Curtain Call by Ron Arad at the Roundhouse
Ron Arad‘s cylindrical cinema screen made of 5600 silicon rods opens at the Roundhouse in London today. Watch a time-lapse movie of the installation’s construction on Dezeen Screen. More »
Monthly archives: August 2011
Polka Gelato by Vonsung
Raw concrete and rough limestone clad the interior of a London ice cream parlour designed by branding studio Vonsung. More »
Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid
Industrial design graduate Florian Schmid made these stools by folding fabric that’s impregnated with cement then drenching it in water. More »
Florida Beach House by Iredale Pedersen Hook
This roof of this sea-facing holiday house in Perth jolts up and down to create four irregular gables. More »
Extension to a house in Chaville
by Cut Architectures
French studio Cut Architectures have extended a Paris house by squeezing a glass-fronted music room and a garage between the building and its neighbour. More »
London Tube Map by Mark Noad Design
London designer Mark Noad has revamped the London Underground map to be more geographically accurate. More »
Dezeen Screen: Open Design Now launch
at DMY Berlin
Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed at DMY Berlin, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs chaired a panel discussion with editors and authors of Open Design Now: Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive. Watch the movie »
The Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care
by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Square box windows provide seating areas at a hospital unit in Bath, UK, for sick and premature babies. More »
Will Alsop to launch
new design studio
Dezeen Wire: Will Alsop and Scott Lawrie are to leave architects RMJM and set up a new design studio in London. More »
Catchbowl by Torafu Architects
Japanese studio Torafu Architects have designed a lidded bowl that can be split into two parts and mounted on the wall as shelves. More »
Interactive Museum of the History of Lugo
by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos have completed an underground museum in Spain with weathered steel towers and cylinders that emerge above a grass lawn (photographs by Roland Halbe and Fernando Alda). More »
Grand Teton Discovery and Visitor Centre
by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
A forest of timber columns and a stone fireplace feign a woodland campsite inside a visitor centre at the Rocky Mountains. More »
Dezeen archive: Australian houses
Dezeen archive: as we’ve been bombarded by beautiful Australian houses in recent weeks and our story from last week about a cliff-top house inspired by a Picasso painting (top left) continues to be popular with readers, we’ve grouped together all our stories about houses in Australia. See all the stories »
Elsbethen Site by Trint + Kreuder d.n.a
A veil of metal lace screened by thin concrete piers clads an extension to a baroque theatre and an adjacent commercial block in Germany. More »
Dri Dri at St Martins Lane by Elips Design
A pop-up Italian ice cream stall at St Martins Lane Hotel in London evokes the seaside with yellow beach huts and striped decking. More »