Dezeenwire: The Guardian reports that Prince Charles tried to persuade property developers to drop Jean Nouvel as architect of a £500 million office and shopping centre next to St Paul's cathedral in London. The Guardian More »
Monthly archives: August 2009
Prince of Wales tried to remove Nouvel
Frost by Mars

Korean designer HwaSung Yoo of Mars has designed a table and chair made of extruded aluminium with a cross-section inspired by frost patterns. More »
Finch to succeed Sorrell as Cabe chairman
- Building Design
Dezeenwire: Building Design magazine reports that former Architectural Review editor Paul Finch has been appointed chair of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). BDonline
Lockheed Chair by Riot & Sollier

French designers Benjamin Riot & Valentin Sollier have designed a chair based on the DSW chair by Charles and Ray Eames. More »
Taxidermy artwork by Idiots
Haus + by Anne Menke and Winkens Architekten

German architects Anne Menke and Winkens Architekten have completed an extension to an existing 1950's house in Hameln, Germany. More »
Felt Up by Charlotte Kingsnorth

Graduate designer Charlotte Kingsnorth has designed a chair made from a single sheet of folded felt. More »
A cup of coffee by Ryohei Yoshiyuki

Japanese designer Ryohei Yoshiyuki has designed an ash tray made of used coffee grounds. More »
Dezeen Podcast: Colin Forbes remembering
Alan Fletcher at the Design Museum

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Dezeen podcast: in our latest podcast for the Design Museum in London, graphic designer Colin Forbes reminisces about his design partner and friend Alan Fletcher, with whom he co-founded Fletcher/Forbes/Gill in the 1960s and subsequently Pentagram in the 1970s. More »
The PaperVillain by The Functionality

Designers The Functionality have built a canopy constructed from 2,452 newspaper hats. More »
Brooks Avenue House by Bricault Design

Canadian architects Bricault Design have completed a plant-covered extension to a house in Venice, Los Angeles. More »
Music Cage by Nendo
Museum of Image and Sound
by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

New York architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro have won a competition to design the Museum of Image and Sound in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More »
Old Town Apartments in Tallinn by Kosmos
Parrish Art Museum by Herzog & de Meuron

Architects Herzog & de Meuron have designed a new museum building for the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York, USA. More »


