Monthly archives: May 2011

Dezeenmail #74

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House on the Flight of Birds by Bernardo Rodrigues

House on the Flight of Birds by Bernardo Rodrigues

This house on S. Michael Island in the Azores by Portuguese architect Bernardo Rodrigues comprises a jumble of curved and rectilinear volumes, creating little sheltered patios in-between them. More »

Competition: five copies of Open Design Now
to be won

Open Design Now

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Dutch design organisation Premsela to offer readers a chance to win one of five copies of Open Design Now: Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive. More »

Dezeen Screen: Tour of Intent with Tord Boontje

Dezeen Screen: Tour of Intent with Tord Boontje

Dezeen Screen: our next movie filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan features Tord Boontje, head of design products at the Royal College of Art, giving a tour of work in the college’s show Intent, including this bag-making machine by We Do Studio. Watch the movie »

Garden Goes Balcony design competition

Garden Goes Balcony design competition

Dezeen promotion: garden trade show Spoga+Gafa invites young designers to enter their Garden Goes Balcony design competition for the chance to win a share of €12,500 and exhibit as part of Garden Unique, which takes place at Koelnmesse in Cologne from 4 to 6 September. More »

House of Wakayama by Yoshio Oono
Architect & Associates

House of Wakayama by Yoshio Oono Architect & Associates

The roof of this house in Hashimoto, Japan, by designers Yoshio Oono Architect & Associates folds around to become an exterior canopy with triangular reveals. More »

Josephine Baker schools by Dominique
Coulon & Associés

La Courneuve by Dominique Coulon & Associés

This group of schools outside Paris by French architects Dominique Coulon & Associés has walls, ceilings and details picked out in bright orange. More »

Soot by Note Design Studio and Karolina Stenfelt

SOOT by Note design studio

This architects’ desk designed by Note Design Studio of Stockholm has been covered inside and out with pine veneer in a herringbone pattern, then charred black on the outside. More »

“Almost a quarter of architects underemployed”
- RIBA Future Trends Survey


Dezeen Wire:
almost a quarter of architects remain underemployed according to the the latest Future Trends Survey released by the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. More »