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Issue 311

This month Blueprint invites you on a personal tour of the tallest building by a British architect KK100 by Terry Farrell in Shenzhen. Herbert Wright traveled to the Chinese city with the architect to discuss the project in the context of his work that has seen stylistic changes from Hi-Tech to Post-modernism and classicism.

Also this month: Herzog and de Meuron discuss their plans for the future with Gwen Webber as they prepare to complete the Parrish Art Museum in New York State; Owen Pritchard visits the new Canada Water Library with architect Piers Gough of CZWG; and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are interviewed by Christopher Kanal as they reflect on their relationship with their work, their clients and each other.

In View we feature the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff by BFLS; the story behind the new £50 note; Bjork’s new album becomes and interactive app; Architects design tables at Testbed1; Achtung by Erik Spiekermann and the 2012 diary.

In Review; Saul Bass, A Life in Film is reviewed by Clive Joinson, and there are round ups from Design Miami and Dutch Design Week.

In Produce; Gian Luca Amadei visits a series of workshops organized by Robofold, that explored the use of digital fabrication for architectural components.

And much more.