Monthly archives: August 2011

Copenhagen studio Henning Larsen Architects and Icelandic studio Batteriid Architects have completed a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland, in collaboration with artist Olafur Eliasson. More »

Garments hang from the recycled parts of four bicycles inside a sustainable clothing shop in Stuttgart. More »

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Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Malene Hartmann Rasmussen created this ceramic installation evoking a surreal forest hut from a Brothers Grimm fairytale for her graduation show earlier this summer. More »

Competition: we’ve teamed up with new Swedish bicycle accessory brand Bookman to give away five sets of their bicycle lights. More »

Spotlights at the ends of tentacle-like cables illuminate the client’s collection of paintings and sculptures inside a seafront apartment in Belgium. More »

A music recital room resembling a Japanese tea house hangs like a lantern in the garden of a residence northwest of Washington DC. More »

The ceiling of a drama studio in Milan is imprinted with inverted bubbles that house both spotlights and skylights. More »

Dezen Screen: Moody Nest is part of Hanna Emelie Ernsting‘s series of furniture for stroppy people. Watch the movie »
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Square windows with various dimensions sporadically puncture the plain brick exterior of a community centre in Hungary. More »

These lamps by Paris designer Arik Levy consist of dark grey ceramic vessels with brightly glazed interiors. More »

Japanese designers Nendo will draw black and white floorboards that appear to flow around plinths for their solo show at the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute later this month. More »
Dezeen Wire: Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have finally launched a website - www.herzogdemeuron.com.
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Lisbon studio Orgânica Arquitectura have completed a two-storey residence behind the solid stone walls of an otherwise ruined house in Sintra, Portugal. More »

Canadian studio Molo has designed a system of paper partitions that provide privacy at shelters in the wake of a disaster. More »