Dezeen Wire: Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will collaborate on the design of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London, which will tunnel underground. More »
Monthly archives: February 2012
Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei to design
W103s by Inga Sempé for Wästberg
Stockholm 2012: French designer Inga Sempé presents a collection of LED pendant lamps for Swedish lighting brand Wästberg at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair this week. More »
Stadtmuseum Rapperswil-Jona extension
and renovation by :mlzd
Hundreds of circular holes puncture a faceted bronze extension to a fortified museum in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, that is set to reopen next month. More »
Luminaire and Salvatori
Vanke Triple V Gallery by Ministry of Design
Here are some images of an extremely pointy pavilion in Tianjin, China, by Singapore studio Ministry of Design. More »
Peroni Collaborazioni Talks:
Fabio Novembre part 1
In this first instalment from a discussion chaired by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, Milan designer Fabio Novembre talks about his work and inspirations. We filmed the talk at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as part of Peroni Nastro Azzurro's series on Italian design. More »
Halsuit by Nendo
Dezeen Mail #91
Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including new work by Daniel Libeskind and Marc Newson, a temple for atheists and an office with a slide.
There's also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, plus all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here.
Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here.
Seaside House by A2 Architects
A glazed corridor connects the two wooden halves of this seaside house on the east coast of Ireland by Dublin studio A2 Architects. More »
Buoy by TAF for Zero
Stockholm 2012: Stockholm designer Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF presents this pendant lamp inspired by the fenders and buoys that hang down from the side of boats at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and Northern Light Fair this week. More »
The Monastery by Eriksen Skajaa Architects
Employees at web consultancy Netlife Research in Oslo can take a moment for contemplation inside one of three wooden rooms dedicated to silence. More »
Fang by Iris van Herpen
and United Nude
Ten fangs protrude from the sole of each of these shoes, worn by models at the Spring/Summer 2012 show of fashion designer Iris van Herpen. More »
Roadside Reststop Akkarvikodden
by Manthey Kula Architects
This small rusty cabin designed by Oslo architects Manthey Kula provides public toilets along one of Norway’s tourist routes. More »
Laboratory for Behavioural and Social
Sciences by Böge Lindner K2 Architekten
Two Corten steel pavilions form the mouths to a tunnel of university laboratories inside a former army tank depot in Bremen, Germany. More »
Five years ago...
Five years ago this week an all-star lineup of architects comprising Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Tadao Ando released proposals for a cultural complex on an island off the coast of Abu Dhabi. Hadid's designs were for a performing arts centre projecting towards the harbour while Gehry put forward plans for a Guggenheim contemporary art museum, Nouvel proposed a Louvre classical art gallery and Ando designed a maritime museum. All four are currently still in development. More »












