Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: Dezeen are media partners for the London series of Pecha Kucha talks, and the next one takes place on Thursday 24 May at Clerkenwell Design Week with speakers including architect Nigel Coates, architecture publisher Peter Murray and designer Benjamin Hubert. More »
Monthly archives: May 2012
Pecha Kucha at Clerkenwell Design Week
Pentominium by Murphy/Jahn
Skyscrapers in Seoul: Chicago architects Murphy/Jahn have designed two towers under one roof for the western side of South Korea's new commercial centre, the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul. More »
Dezeen Watch Store: Iconograph
chronograph by Werner Aisslinger
Dezeen Watch Store: new to Dezeen Watch Store this week is this chronograph addition to the Iconograph range by Berlin industrial designer Werner Aisslinger for Italian brand Lorenz. The watch is available to buy online or at our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up shop at Clerkenwell Design Week from 22 to 24 May. More »
Weave Bookcase by Chicako Ibaraki
for Casamania
This bookcase without shelves by Tokyo designer Chicako Ibaraki is now in production with Italian brand Casamania. More »
Daeyang Gallery and House
by Steven Holl Architects
Slideshow: New York architect Steven Holl has concealed a underground gallery beneath a pool of water in Seoul, the city in South Korea that we've been focusing on following a string of proposals for skyscrapers. More »
Dezeen archive: South Korea
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Dezeen archive: this week on Dezeen we've featured a series of stories on skyscrapers in the Yongsan International Business district in Seoul, so now we've grouped together all our stories about South Korea. See all the stories »
Harmony Tower by Studio Daniel Libeskind

Skyscrapers in Seoul: this skyscraper with a pointy midriff is the second of two stories about buildings designed for the Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, by architect Daniel Libeskind. More »
Five years ago...
Five years ago this week a huge new stadium by Foster + Partners opened in London, while yet more radical projects were proposed for the United Arab Emirates, including a bulging office block by Zaha Hadid and a revolving skyscraper. More »
Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind
Skyscrapers in Seoul: the first of two stories about buildings that architect Daniel Libeskind has designed for the Yongsan International Business District that he masterplanned for Seoul, South Korea, features three towers inspired by the movements of a Korean Buddhist dance. More »
Diagonal Tower by SOM
Skyscrapers in Seoul: American architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have designed a skyscraper with glazed triangular facets for emerging commercial centre the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, which we've been focussing on this week. More »
One year ago...
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Highlights from this time last year include a maze filled with mirrors, an electric car powered by jet engines and a hotel room that looks more like a bird's nest. More »
Designed in Hackney: laser dresses by
Hussein Chalayan for Swarovski
Designed in Hackney: we conclude our week of fashion design from Hackney with Hussein Chayalan and his dresses that emit laser beams. More »
Dezeen Music Project: Desultory Hearts
by Remote Scenes
Maybe it's because we're all partied out from the tokyobike store opening last night, but we're finishing off the week on Dezeen Music Project with a nice mellow track. This melodic soundscape is by Remote Scenes (aka Greig Penny), a graduate architect from Aberdeen.
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This week on Dezeen
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This week Dezeen has been all about skyscrapers, with towers by 15 of the world's most famous architects for a new business district in Seoul plus a timelapse movie and interview with architect Renzo Piano as his 300 metre-high tower The Shard nears completion in London. More »
Interview: Renzo Piano on The Shard
As The Shard nears completion in London, here is the transcript of an interview conducted with architect Renzo Piano before work started on the 300 metre-high tower. More »



















