Dezeenwire: Sunday Times architecture critic Hugh Pearman has posted his review of Bernard Tschumi's new Acropolis Museum in Athens on his website - www.hughpearman.com
Monthly archives: June 2009
A rock and a hard place: the New Acropolis
International student housing competition
for architects UPTO35
UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010
by Thomas Heatherwick
Shanghai Expo 2010: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has released images of his updated design for the UK pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010. More »
Emporium by Sergio Calatroni Artroom
Italian designer Sergio Calatroni has completed the interior design of Emporium, a fashion store in Tokyo. More »
Walking Berlin by Fantastic Norway
DMY Berlin 09: Norwegian designers Fantastic Norway have sent photos of Walking Berlin, a project in which they dressed up as their latest building and walked around Berlin. More »
Sansaburu Kindegarten by VAUMM
S+tarck with Ballantyne by Philippe Starck
French designer Philippe Starck has designed a range of cashmere garments for Italian brand Ballantyne. More »
Qui est “in”, Qui est “out” by
Yes We Can Architects
London architects Yes We Can Architecture have sent images of a project they built last summer out of hula hoops. More »
Competition: five copies of UFO to be won
Dezeen and the NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft gallery are offering five readers the chance to each win a copy of UFO: Blurring the boundaries between art and design, the catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same name. More »
D. Dinis Secondary School by Bak Gordon
Architectural photographer Leonardo Finotti has sent us images of a school in Lisbon, Portugal, recently modernised by Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos. More »
Folding Plug by Min-Kyu Choi
Royal College of Art graduate Min-Kyu Choi has designed a folding version of the standard UK electrical plug. Update 17/03/2010: Folding Plug has won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year award 2010. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
The Drop Series by Olivia Decaris
The Drop Series by graduate designer Olivia Decaris is a range of tent-like structures that can be raised and lowered over tables, beds and desks. More »
Saegeling Medizintechnik office by
Gerd Priebe Architects and Consultants
German architects Gerd Priebe have completed a new office situated in the existing complex of medical equipment developers Saegeling Medizintechnik in Heidenau, Germany. More »
Mini Capsule Hotel by Atelier Van Lieshout
Mini Capsule Hotel, a six-bed dorm by Atelier Van Lieshout, featured in an outdoor installation called Never-EverLand at Design Miami/Basel earlier this month. More »
The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
Royal College of Art graduate Thomas Thwaites has built a working toaster from scratch, extracting raw materials and processing them himself in an attempt to replicate a mass-produced toaster he bought in a shop for less than £5.00. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »