Monthly archives: October 2010

Dezeen’s top ten: cantilevers

Following the popularity of our story about MVRDV’s Balancing Barn holiday home with a 15 meter cantilever (above, bottom left) we’ve compiled our most-read stories about cantilevered buildings for this month’s top ten. More »

Dezeen archive: bridges

Dezeen archive: bridges

Dezeen archive: Following our story earlier this week on Planning Korea’s bridge for Seoul incorporating a library and museum (read it here), we’ve gathered together a selection of stories from the Dezeen archives featuring brilliant bridges. See all the stories »

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Víctor de la Serna y Espina by Julio Barreno

Víctor de la Serna y Espina by Julio Barreno Gutiérrez

Spanish architect Julio Barreno has added a zig-zag covered walkway to this school building in southern Spain in order to connect what were previously separate sides for boys and girls.  More »

RIBA warns against Prince’s Foundation
design review bid


Dezeenwire:
the RIBA in London have opposed a bid by the Prince’s Foundation to take over the design review role currently fulfilled by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), which is to close in the wake of last week’s government spending review. See press release below.

See also: CABE closed down in spending review

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Reichtum by Mark Braun for Lobmeyr

Carafes by mark Braun for Lobmeyr

Vienna Design Week 2010: Berlin designer Mark Braun presented a series of carafes engraved with images of lakes, glaciers and rivers of Austria for glass company Lobmeyr in Vienna earlier this month.  More »

The Robert and Yadelle Sklare Family Library
by Schwartz Besnosoff Architects

The Robert and Yadelle Sklare Family Library by Schwartz Besnosoff Architects

Israeli firm Schwartz Besnosoff Architects have built this library for Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. More »

Hölick Sea Resort by Mats Edlund,
Henrietta Palmer and Matts Ingman

Holick Sea Resort by Mats Edlund and Henrietta Palmer

Stockholm architects Mats Edlund, Henrietta Palmer and Matts Ingman have designed this timber cabin as part of a camping site in Hudiksvall, Sweden. More »