London architects Waugh Thistleton have designed a timber residential tower they say will be the tallest wooden housing block in the world. More »
Monthly archives: June 2007
Vitra Campus party

(Almost) live from Basel: the opening party for the MyHome and Vitra Edition 2007 exhibitions at Weil am Rhein on Wednesday night saw every building on the Vitra Campus open to guests, and open-air lounges set up beneath cherry trees in a meadow. More »
Comme des Garçons Guerrilla Store +4161

Live from Basel: here are some photos we took at Comme des Garçons Guerrilla Store +4161, which has been temporarily set up in an old industrial building in Basel, Switzerland. More »
Hermitage State Museum masterplan by AMO

AMO, the think-tank arm of Office for Metropolitan Architecture, has announced a collaboration with the Hermitage State Museum (above) in St Petersburg, Russia, to develop a new museum typology for the 21st Century. More »
Design London contemporary design fair

Design London, a new contemporary design fair aimed at the collectors' market, will take place in Hanover Square, London this October. More »
Manchester Civil Justice Centre by DCM

Australian architects Denton Corker Marshall have nearly completed the Manchester Civil Justice Centre in Manchester, England. More »
Zaha Hadid at the Serpentine Gallery
Message to the people who are moaning about the amount of Zaha Hadid stuff on dezeen: nobody is forcing you to visit this site! Give us a break! Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
MyHome at Vitra Campus

Live from Basel: here are a few snaps we took at the opening of the MyHome exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum on the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein on Wednesday. More »
Urbantine Project design competition

Emerging designers and architects are invited to enter the Urbantine Project – a competition to design a workspace for the 21st Century. More »
Design performances in Basel

Live from Basel: over the last two days, designers have been creating objects live at the Design Miami/Basel fair in Switzerland. More »
Vitra Edition 2007

Live from Basel: here are some snaps from the Vitra Edition 2007 show in the Buckminster Fuller Dome at the Vitra campus at Weil am Rhein close to Basel. More »
The Cloud by Atelier Hapsitus

The Cloud is a speculative design for a resort city elevated 300 metres in the air above Dubai and supported on slanting legs resembling rain. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
dezeen at Design Miami/Basel

Live from Basel: we just arrived in Basel, Switzerland for the Design Miami/Basel fair. We'll be here for the next few days reporting live on the show. Off to the big event at the nearby Vitra Design Museum now, more news and photos soon...
Zaha Hadid blog update

We've put some more posts up on our blog for the Design Museum's forthcoming Zaha Hadid exhibition, More »
Jean-Marie Massaud for Axor
Axor Massaud, the new bathroom collection designed by Jean-Marie Massaud for Axor, has just launched in the UK. More »


