Dezeenwire: The Los Angeles Times reports the death of celebrated architectural photographer Julius Shulman at his home in Los Angeles yesterday, aged 98.
“Julius Shulman, whose luminous photographs of homes and buildings brought fame to a number of mid-20th century Modernist architects and made him a household name in the architectural world, died Wednesday night,” writes Claudia Luther. LA Times
Dutch architects MVRDV in collaboration with Madrid architect Blanca Lleó have completed a social housing project in Madrid, Spain. More »
Dutch product designer Sander Mulder has designed a wall clock with a single, articulated arm that can display hours, minutes and seconds all at once. More »
New York architecture and design practice Axis Mundi have designed a conceptual alternative to French architect Jean Nouvel’s design for a 73-storey tower next to the Museum of Modern Art in New York (see our previous story). More »
Dubai architecture firm X-Architects have unveiled their masterplan for a sustainable urban development in the center of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. More »
Spanish designer Roger Arquer has created a lamp that uses condensation to diffuse light from the bulb. More »
Brazilian design graduate Jorge Lopes Dos Santos has developed a way of making physical models of foetuses using data from ultrasound, CT and MRI scans. More »
The National Stadium in Beijing by architects Herzog & de Meuron has been awarded the RIBA Lubetkin Prize – an award given each year to the best building by an RIBA member built outside Europe. More »
New York architects Rafael Viñoly have completed a new East Wing extension to the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, USA. More »
New York gallery R 20th Century has sent images of recent work by London taxidermy artist Kelly McCallum. More »
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a residence in Nagoya, Japan, featuring a room dedicated to plants. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
We’ve got together with multi-faceted design exhibition Tent London to offer FREE spaces at Tent Digital, a new feature taking place from 24 – 27 September: More »
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reviews Telling Tales, an exhibition of story-telling design which opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. New York Times Related: see Dezeen’s story about the exhibition.
Eindhoven designer Julien Carretero has created a collection of lamps, tables and stools by scraping a profile into hardening plaster. More »
An exhibition of limited-edition design including work by Atelier Van Lieshout, Boym Partners and Studio Makkink & Bey opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. More »