Dezeenwire: in his speech at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London tonight, Prince Charles will tell that “communities should be key to their work with the needs of locals put first.” Sky News Background to this story: Elite architects attack Prince Charles
London architecture and design practice Sybarite have completed the interior of a new flagship store for fashion brand Marni in New York. More »
Dezeenwire: Norman Foster and Richard Rogers’ skyscraper designs for Ground Zero in New York could be scuppered by the credit crunch. The Guardian
Dezeen has teamed up with Ligne Roset to give a presentation in London next week of key trends emerging from last month’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile and Fuori Salone events in Milan – and we have five tickets (worth £15 each) to give away to Dezeen readers. More »
Milan 09: Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop presented Soft Oak chair as part of Dutch Invertuals in Milan last month. More »
Ljubljana practice Bevk Perovic Architects have completed a residence called House D in Ljubljana, Slovenia. More »
Court of Sant Boi de Llobregat in Barcelona is a court house designed by Jordi Badia of Barcelona practice BAAS Architects. More »
Brussels designers Big-game have created a collection of objects with graduated patterns applied to their surfaces that make them appear blurry. More »
In the second of four competitions celebrating publisher Thames & Hudson‘s 60th anniversary this month, we’re giving readers the chance to win five copies of XS Extreme by Phyllis Richardson. More »
Milan 09: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón launched TwentyTwo, a chair for Italian brand Ceccotti, in Milan last month. More »
Professor Ingeborg M. Rocker of Rocker-Lange Architects and students at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA, have used a robot to build an undulating double-wall structure. More »
Milan 09: Studio Makkink & Bey presented Work Sofa for Dutch brand Prooff at SuperStudio in Zona Tortona last month. More »
Dezeenwire: Stephen Bayley writes the obituary of British designer David Mellor, who died on 7 May. The Guardian
Milan 09: British designer Jasper Morrison showed two collections, Pipe (above) and Trattoria (below), for Magis at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last month. More »
Milan 09: House of Furniture Parts by Studio Makkink & Bey is a shed-like structure where furniture components are pressed out from the walls and assembled. More »