Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza has concealed an office block with walls made entirely of glass behind a sandstone enclosure in the Spanish city of Zamora (+ slideshow). More »
Monthly archives: September 2012
Offices for Junta de Castilla y León
Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations
curated by Dezeen
London Design Festival: the London Design Festival is underway and the sun is shining so if you're out and about this afternoon be sure to check out the Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations curated by Dezeen (+ map). More »
Movie: Collective Works by Mischer'Traxler
at Clerkenwell Design Week
Austrian design duo Mischer'Traxler talk to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about how their basket-building machine will only work when someone's watching in this movie we filmed at Clerkenwell Design Week. More »
Architecture as New Geography
by Grafton Architects
Irish studio Grafton Architects have acknowledged the influence of celebrated Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha on their work by constructing models of his buildings at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More »
Selfridges Men's Designer Space
by Alex Cochrane
A geometric sculpture grows from a column and branches across the ceiling of the new designer menswear space designed by architect Alex Cochrane for London department store Selfridges. More »
Villa Nieuw Oosteinde
by Engelarchitecten
A prefabricated concrete cube appears to hover above the wooden base of this house near Amsterdam by Dutch practice Engelarchitecten (+ slideshow). More »
Seeds of Change by Gitta Gschwendtner
and Maria Thereza Alves
German designer Gitta Gschwendtner and Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves have planted a garden on a derelict barge in Bristol Harbour using the kinds of foreign seeds that were once mixed up in ships' ballast before being dumped in the river (+ slideshow). More »
This week on Dezeen
Our big news this week is Dezeen featuring in Apple's launch movie for the iPhone 5. The story was picked up by MacRumours last night and was so popular it knocked our servers out for a moment. More »
So-So Chairs by Jean Nouvel
for Emeco
Paris Design Week 2012: architect and designer Jean Nouvel unveiled a collection of aluminium chairs for Emeco at his studio in Paris this week. More »
Competition: five copies of Care of Wooden
Floors by Will Wiles to give away
Competition: Dezeen are giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of architecture and design critic Will Wiles' novel about how interior design affects the way we live, called Care of Wooden Floors. More »
Stripe House
by GAAGA
Dezeen Mail #118
A meeting table with swinging chairs (above) leads the latest issue of Dezeen Mail, which includes the best stories and comments from readers plus new jobs, competitions, movies and more.
Literature Versus Traffic
by Luzinterruptus
Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus scattered 10,000 glowing books across the ground at Federation Square in Melbourne this summer for a lighting festival dedicated to reading. More »
Wu Residence
by Neri&Hu
Decorex International 2012 preview
Dezeen promotion: furniture designers including Katie Walker (above), Rebecca Scott and Charlene Mullen will exhibit at Decorex International 2012, which takes place in London from 23 to 26 September 2012. More »






