Monthly archives: December 2011

Danish architects Henning Larsen and Norwegian landscape architect Gullik Gulliksen have won a competition to design municipal offices and a public square in Trondheim, Norway. More »

This deceptively hefty-looking cube is actually designed to fly like a kite. More »

Ready yourself for civil unrest without cluttering your apartment: this coffee table incorporates a handy riot shield. More »

Dezeen Screen: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, Milan designer Denis Guidone talks about two of the watch prototypes he presented at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform: Sometimes, which is now available at Dezeen Watch Store and at our Christmas shop The Temporium, and Remember, which is due to be released next year. Watch the movie »

Norwegian architects Snøhetta have submitted plans for a Maggie’s Centre to provide cancer care facilities in Aberdeen, Scotland. More »

Foster + Partners have won a competition to design a high-speed rail station for the city of Ourense in northwest Spain. More »

The Temporium: you can get 15% off Cristian Zuzunaga‘s new series of digitally printed scarves at our Christmas shop The Temporium, open until Christmas Eve in London. More »

Perforated metal balconies fold like ribbons around the facade of an apartment block in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. More »

Ghostly images of building facades decorate hanging fabric screens in a beauty salon in Omiya, Japan. More »

Here are some more photos of the prototype of Thomas Heatherwick‘s redesign of the iconic routemaster bus for London, unveiled last week as reported on Dezeen Wire. More »

Zaha Hadid has become the latest in a string of architects to design a car park for Miami Beach. More »

The Temporium: illustrator Vic Lee‘s intricate prints documenting London streets are on show at our Christmas shop The Temporium, open until 24 December at 65 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DG. More »

Dezeen Screen: this movie by photographer Cristobal Palma shows a project installed by Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square, where children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power for three spinning parasols. Watch the movie »

The public library for an arts centre in South Korea is condensed into a cube at the centre of a room. More »

Japanese architect Kimihiko Okada has completed a spiralling house on stilts in Hiroshima. More »