News: French practice bureau faceB has won a competition to design a bridge across the Seine in Paris with plans for a wobbling crossing of stretched steel cables. More »
In this movie we filmed for the Stepney Green Design Collection, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs introduces East London creatives Nicolas Roope, Lee Broom, Nina Tolstrup and Phil Cuttance, who explain why east London has become such a hub for designers and the creative industries. More »
Interieur 2012: beams of light appear to bend into curved gothic arches above this illusory passageway by London design studio Troika at the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, this week. More »
Interieur 2012: design fairs need to be better designed to provide a better experience to visitors, according the curator of the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, which opened this weekend (+ interview). More »
News: the company that makes London's famous taxis, Manganese Bronze Holdings, is going into administration having failed to make a profit since 2007. More »
Dezeen Watch Store: Grow by Andrea Morgante of Shiro Studio for Alessi is now available at Dezeen Watch Store for only £84.00. Inspired by the act of growing, Morgante designed the surface of the watch to replicate the muscle fibres of the wearer’s arm. More »
News: architect Maurice Shapero has released plans for a cross-shaped skyscraper on the waterfront in Liverpool, England. More »
News: Dezeen featured in a presentation of new products by Apple for the second time at an event in San Jose, California, yesterday evening. More »
Dutch Design Week: designer Kiki van Eijk presents a cabinet that opens like a giant sewing box at her studio in Eindhoven this week as part of Dutch Design Week (+ movie). More »
German practice J. Mayer H. has replaced the gridded facade of a 1950s office building with organically curved glass and white render. More »
London architecture team Softkill Design has designed a conceptual house that would be 3D printed in sections in a factory and fitted together on site (+ interview transcript). More »
News: while Foster + Partners think simply increasing capacity is the way to improve New York's Grand Central Terminal, architecture firm SOM has proposed adding a floating observation deck that slides up and down the sides of two new skyscrapers (+ slideshow). More »
Here's another soothing acoustic guitar instrumental by Italian musician Francesco Fiotti. Make sure you also check out the equally serene Latido, which we featured on Dezeen Music Project back in June.
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World Architecture Festival 2012: Murat Cengiz Tabanlıoğlu of Tabanlıoğlu Architects says that Turkey has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world because they have "learnt how to be in a crisis," in this interview we filmed about the firm's airport project that topped the transport category at this year's World Architecture Festival. More »
