London designers Sybarite have fitted out this boutique in Bengaluru, India, with a modular system of hourglass-shaped shelves More »
Monthly archives: January 2012
Sur Mesure by
FREAKS freearchitects
This movie shows how French studio FREAKS freearchitects stuck huge dimension arrows onto the facade of the French Communist Party Headquarters in Paris in a bid to educate the general public about the importance of architecture. More »
Tie-break by Bertjan Pot
for Richard Lampert
Cologne 2012: Dutch designer Bertjan Pot showed this chair made of a tennis net at imm cologne last week. More »
Museo ABC
by Aranguren + Gallegos
This movie by Spanish agency impresiones [de arquitectura] shows Museo ABC, a brewery in Madrid that's been converted into a museum by Spanish architects Arranguren & Gallegos. Read more about the project in our story on Dezeen. More »
Grimshaw to design new
masterplan for Wimbledon
Dezeen Wire: British architects Grimshaw have been selected by the All England Lawn Tennis Club to design a new masterplan for Wimbledon, home to the annual tennis championships.
Due to complete in 2020, the proposals are commissioned following the conclusion of the tennis club's 1993 Long Term Plan developments, which included a new roof for Centre Court by architects Populous.
You can see more projects by Grimshaw here, including a decommissioned blast furnace converted into a museum of steel.
Inca Public Market by Charmaine Lay
and Carles Muro
The zigzagging wooden roof of this market hall in Mallorca snakes around a plaza and over a car park entrance before sloping down to meet the ground. More »
CT09 Enoki side tables by
Philipp Mainzer for e15
Cologne 2012: German brand e15 presented these side tables that combine marble tops with coloured steel bases at trade fair imm cologne last week. More »
Design Museum by John Pawson
London's Design Museum have unveiled designs by British architect John Pawson for their new home in the former Commonwealth Institute building in west London. More »
Competition: six wooden boats
by Papafoxtrot to be won
Competition: Dezeen and toy company Papafoxtrot have teamed up to offer readers the chance to win one of six hand crafted wooden boats, each worth more than £100. More »
The Floor of Atsumi by 403architecture
Japanese studio 403architecture laid the patchwork floor of this bedroom using timber stripped from the ceiling. More »
Gradation and Cube Air Vases by
Torafu Architects for Ligne Roset
Paris 2012: more from Maison & Objet in Paris this week - Japanese studio Torafu Architects present two new versions of their paper containers that can be stretched into bowls or vases for French brand Ligne Roset. More »
XYZ note
by KAMKAM
This animation by Studio Yog and LOBOTOMY was drawn on the isometric grid of XYZ Note, a sketchbook designed by Seoul studio KAMKAM. Each drawing in the animation responds to the rhythm of the music. More »
Memorial to all victims by Martin Papcún
and Adam Jirkal
Designer Martin Papcún and architect Adam Jirkal of Atelier SAD want to immerse an upside-down shell of a house into the ground of St. Jakob’s Square in Munich. More »
C/Z House by SAMI arquitectos
Portuguese studio SAMI arquitectos have completed a blackened timber house on the hillside of a Portuguese island. More »
Dezeen Watch Store and Friends
at Interiors UK
Dezeen Watch Store is at trade show Interiors UK this week, along with a selection of the most successful designers and brands from The Temporium. More »