Monthly archives: August 2010

We;ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here.

Japanese firm Avehideshi Architects and Associates have completed this house in Osaka, Japan, with a staircase that wraps around the house’s internal perimeter. More »

German studio Designliga created the new interior and branding for this patisserie owned by a Munich punk on a crusade against doilies. More »

German designer Matthias Zschaler has made a concept watch that takes its geometry from an isometric drawing of a cube. More »
Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick interviews London architects Muf, curators of the British pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale that opens later this month - Independent

Architect Hans Hollein of Vienna has designed this high-rise office tower for Shenzhen, China. More »

Hungarian studio A+ Z Designers have created a range of items inspired by Gypsy culture, and made from traditional materials and methods. More »

Japanese firm Mount Fuji Architects Studio have completed this house in Tokyo, Japan, made from a series of wooden arches gradually rising in height as they pivot around a central column. More »

This wavy wall forms the east facade of an information centre designed by BCHO Architects at a Korean concrete factory. More »

Architecture graduate John Becker‘s final project involved creating the future headquarters of a fictional company that sells bottled water harvested from dew. More »

Designers Studio Weave have installed a meandering 324 metre-long bench on the seafront at Littlehampton in the UK. More »

This shop in Fukuoka, Japan, by Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata of Case-Real can be converted into a gallery or party venue by rapidly dismantling the display stands. More »

We’ve teamed up with design show Tent London to offer readers the chance to win ten FREE exhibition spaces at Tent Digital, taking place 23-26 September at the Truman Brewery in London. More »
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn interviews humanitarian architect Nathaniel Corum, who designed the cabin of the Plastiki boat made of plastic bottles (see our earlier story) - New York Times

Photographer Edmund Sumner has shared with us his photos of this house that cost just $12,000 to build by Matharoo Associates in Ahmadabad, India, featuring shutters weighted with concrete balls. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »