“Hotel Droog brings all of our activities under one roof—from curation to product design, exhibitions and lectures—and invites people to plug in as they choose,” says Droog Design’s Renny Ramakers of the firm’s first hotel, opening this week in Amsterdam.

The new fundraising portfolios Occuprint and Artists for Obama “represent two distinct traditions within the history of political printmaking”: agitprop and celebrated artists championing causes near and dear to them.

The world of architecture and home design is starting to make things so small that they disappear. “We’re interested in having our work reflect and melt into the environment,” says Rene Gonzalez, a Miami architect who makes rooms that can be stowed away.

“Feminism weds theory to practice and encourages us to rethink the relationship between architecture schools and the larger professional world”: Despina Stratigakos on feminism, architecture, and a recent Van Alen roundtable.

Japanese architecture firm Nendo has made the natural urban by building a “Bird-Apartment.” The small animal complex—nested high above the ground—can house 78 birds and one human guest. The project was funded to promote access to nature activities.

Deborah Berke is the winner of UC-Berkeley’s first Berkeley-Rupp Prize, awarded every two years to outstanding women architects. At Yale since ’87, she receives $100,000, a semester teaching at Berkeley, and a show of her work on campus.