Analogia #001 by Andrea Mancuso
and Emilia Serra
Designers Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra created a 3D sketch of a living room by suspending strands of wool from fishing wire. More »
Monthly archives: October 2011
Analogia #001 by Andrea Mancuso
Ora by Denis Guidone at Dezeen Watch Store
Dezeen Watch Store: Ora is the fourth watch by Italian designer Denis Guidone to be available from Dezeen Watch Store. More »
Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. More »
Maggie’s Nottingham by CZWG and Paul Smith
British architect Piers Gough of CZWG and fashion designer Paul Smith have completed the latest Maggie’s Centre for cancer care in Nottingham, UK. More »
Shortlist announced for Washington’s
National Mall Design Competition
Dezeen Wire: fifteen international design teams are in with a chance of redesigning one of three sites on Washington’s National Mall following the announcement of the shortlist for the National Mall Design Competition. More »
OMA, Zaha Hadid, BIG, Grimshaw and HOK
on shortlist for Chicago’s Navy Pier
Dezeen Wire: 11 design teams including OMA, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Zaha Hadid, Grimshaw Architects and HOK have been shortlisted in a competition to redesign the public spaces at Chicago’s Navy Pier development. More »
Maison Champs Elysées
by Maison Martin Margiela
Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela Fashion brand Maison Martin Margiela have completed their first hotel interiors at the Maison Champs Elysées in Paris. More »
Temporary Trees by Raw Color and Mkgk
Dutch Design Week 2011: designers Raw Color and Studio Mkgk present people dressed as trees as part of Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven this week. Watch the movie on Dezeen Screen » More »
Critics’ reactions to Libeskind’s
Military History Museum
Dezeen Wire: architecture critics have been offering their thoughts on Daniel Libeskind’s divisive Military History Museum in Dresden, which opened earlier this month. More »
Documentary claims that architects are
not the solution to urbanisation
Dezeen Wire: a feature-length documentary outlining the dangers of poor urban planning and including contributions from leading architects such as Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster has been released by film director Gary Hustwit. More »
“Abu Dhabi’s cultural vision suffers
setback”- Financial Times
Dezeen Wire: plans for branches of the Guggenheim, Louvre and other museums in Abu Dhabi by leading architects have been dealt a blow by delays to a key construction contract, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. More »
Transitlager by BIG
Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to convert a Basel warehouse with their design for an extension that will zigzag across the roof like a bolt of lightning. More »
Dezeen podcast: Laufen Swiss
architecture tour 2011
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Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded on our recent architectural tour of Basel and Zurich, leading Swiss architects talk about their work and offer opinions on the current state of Swiss architecture. More »
Cape Town named World Design
Capital 2014
Dezeen Wire: Cape Town in South Africa has been named World Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid). More »
Help Remedies by Pearlfisher
If pharmacy packaging leaves you feeling perplexed about what you’re taking, then these medicine packets named after symptoms rather than ingredients will be right up your street. More »