Villa Topoject by AND
A cedar-clad house near Seoul by Korean architects AND spirals up from beneath the ground. More »
Monthly archives: August 2011
One year ago…
One year ago OMA, Foster + Partners and local firm Rocco Design Architects were competing to to create a master plan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. More »
Atrium by Studio RHE
Rotating walls with acid green edges slot together like jigsaw pieces between a London lighting showroom and its window display. More »
Draughtsman’s Arms by Gundry & Ducker
Architects Gundry & Ducker created a pub inside a cardboard box inside the crypt of a London church. More »
The Shard: “a lunatic attack on London”
- The Guardian
Dezeen Wire: as Renzo Piano’s Shard takes shape in London, art critic Jonathan Jones decries it as “a flashing warning sign of disease” – The Guardian
See visualisations of how the building might be photographed once complete »
This week on Dezeen
Our biggest story this week is Apple’s new headquarters by Foster + Partners (above, top left) which sparked some hilarious comments and tweets. More »
Kiss by Z-A Studio
Pop-up shops might be commonplace in retail but would you consider getting married in a pop-up chapel made of cardboard? More »
Dezeen Screen: interview with Maarten De Ceulaer
Dezeen Screen: this movie by Brussels gallerist Victor Hunt reveals the story and process behind Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer’s bowls shaped by balloons. Watch the movie »
COD by Rami Tareef
Young designer Rami Tareef creates chairs with geometric patterns by wrapping and weaving cords around spare, steel frames. More »
Pasarela del Arganzuela by Dominique Perrault
Ribbons of mesh spiral around two conical bridges by French architect Dominique Perrault that cross a river and park in Madrid. More »
The Sea Chair by Alexander Groves,
Azusa Murakami and Kieren Jones
What if plastic polluting the seas could be harvested by a retired fishing trawler, then transformed into chairs by an onboard factory? More »
Dezeen Screen: Junya Ishigami at the Barbican
Dezeen Screen: here’s a movie about the almost invisible installation by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami that’s on show at the Barbican art gallery in London. Watch the movie »
Air Heads by Héctor Serrano
London designer Héctor Serrano presents a series of paper accessories for turning balloons into animal heads at the New York Gift Fair this week. More »
Will Alsop and Scott Lawrie
announce new practice name
Dezeen Wire: architects Will Alsop and Scott Lawrie have announced the name of their new practice: Alsop Lawrie Ltd, trading as ALL Design.
The announcement follows their decision to leave architects RMJM and set up a new design studio in London, as reported on Dezeen Wire last week.
Médiathèque Romain Rolland by Philippe Gazeau
Criss-crossing metal beams surround a first floor reading room at a multimedia library near Paris. More »