Monthly archives: December 2011

Concluding our review of 2011, here are the five most popular stories from December. Up first are two skyscrapers by MVRDV for Seoul that will be joined at the hip by a pixelated cluster. These renders kicked up a lot of controversy, as reported on Dezeen Wire. More »

Moving onto the most popular Dezeen stories in November, architects Snøhetta were the favourites with their Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion. More »

Next up we take a look at the favourite five stories from October. Topping the list here is Passing Cloud, proposing an enormous inflatable cloud as a form of transport. More »

Here are our five most-viewed stories from September of this year. Sleepbox came first - a small hotel room for napping in airports. More »
Dezeen Wire: Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, has been awarded a KBE on the 2012 New Year Honours list, published today, for services to design and enterprise.
Australian designer Marc Newson has been awarded a CBE for services to design in the UK and worldwide.
Architect John McAslan and founder of Open-City Victoria Thornton were both awarded an OBE for services to architecture.
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Continuing our roundup of 2011, we take a look at the most popular Dezeen stories in August: Foster + Partners’ designs for the new Apple campus in California made it to the top spot. More »
Dezeen Wire: Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta has died at the age of 80. He was awarded the Praemium Imperiale earlier this year.

Next in our review of 2011 is July, when this cliff-top house near Sydney inspired by a Picasso painting was our most popular story. More »

Zaha Hadid Architects top our list of the most popular stories in June 2011, with their Riverside Museum in Glasgow that features a zig-zagging metallic roof. More »

Continuing our review of 2011, we take a look at the most popular stories from May. In first place was the Finger-nose Stylus by Dominic Wilcox, which straps over the nose and enables the user to securely operate a touch-screen device with one hand. More »

Our most popular story in April was a giant timber canopy by Architects J. Mayer. H in Spain. Scroll on for our roundup of the rest of the month. More »

March is up next in our roundup of the most popular stories from each month in 2011, with a sixteenth-century house in Girona converted into two contemporary holiday apartments at number one. More »

Continuing our look back at 2011, here are the five most popular stories from February: first place goes to this house with a slide connecting all three storeys. More »

To finish off 2011 we’re showcasing our five most popular stories from each month of the year. First up is January, when this mirrored treehouse hotel in Sweden was our most-clicked story. More »

A long stairway and ramp extend from a private house in Barcelos, Portugal. More »