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2009 review: December

Rose Etherington — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:26:30 +0000

To conclude our review of the last year, here are the five most read stories from Dezeen in December 2009, starting with our roundup of the top ten Dubai projects.

Our second most popular story in December was Urban Forest, a skyscraper with gardens at each level designed by Beijing architects MAD for Chongqing in China.

The vaulted steel and glass Liège-Guillemins station by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava was in third place.

In fourth position was The Tote, a banqueting hall that has a structure like an avenue of trees in Mumbai, designed by Serie Architects.

Finally, at number five was Sumaré House, created for a graphic designer in São Paulo by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld.

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2009 review: November

Rose Etherington — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:06:04 +0000

Next up: the five most popular Dezeen stories from November 2009, kicking off with Sleepbox, a booth for taking a quick nap in busy urban environments by Russian architects Arch Group.

Number two was Zaha hadid with MAXXI_National Museum of the XXI Century Arts in Rome.

Things got silly in third place with twin brothers and designers R&E Praspaliauskas presenting a collection of shoes made of bread.

Leonardo Finotti's photos of Caja House in Argentina by Estudio Aire were fourth most popular in November.

In fifth place were the Vodafone headquarters in Porto, designed by architects Barbosa & Guimaraes and photographed by Nelson Garrido.

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2009 review: October

Rose Etherington — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:44:43 +0000

Here are the five most viewed stories from October 2009, starting with Minimal Dresses, a series of dresses made of the smallest amount of fabric by graduate designer Digna Kosse and presented at the Design Academy Eindhoven Graduate Galleries.

The new headquarters for social networking website Facebook in Palo Alto, California, by San Fransisco designers Studio O+A was second.

In third place was this office interior for an advertising agency by Singapore designers Ministry of Design, which features a drawing of the company's founder spread across the walls and floor.

At number four were Roland Halbe's photographs of the 41 Cooper Square academic building for The Cooper Union in New York, designed by Thom Mayne of American practice Morphosis.

Architects ONG&ONG are in the number five slot again (see our review of September 2009) with another renovation on the same street, this time 31 Blair Road.

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2009 review: September

Rose Etherington — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:22:01 +0000

Moving on to our top five Dezeen stories from September 2009, this shoe with no foot plate by London architect Julian Hakes, called the Mojito Shoe, was at number one.

Office for Metropolitan Architecture were at number two with The Interlace, a residential project for Singapore comprising long low apartment blocks stacked in hexagonal configurations.

At number three was this timber-clad house called House Bierings in Utrecht, designed by Amsterdam architects Rocha Tombal.

Beijing office MAD deigned a convention centre with pleated surfaces for Taichung, Taiwan, which was our fourth most viewed story in September.

Architects ONG&ONG were in fifth position with their renovation of a terrace house in Singapore, called 55 Blair Road.

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2009 review: August

Rose Etherington — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:20:22 +0000

Our most popular story in August 2009 was this housing project with windows that look like gilded picture frames by Stockholm architects Wilhelmson Arkitekter. Scroll down for the rest of August's top five...

Herzog & de Meuron's new building for the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York, was at number two.

The Shard by Renzo Piano Building Workshop for London was in third place.

Our fourth most popular story in August featured The Rocking Hotdog, one of several pieces by Jaime Hayon and Nienke Klunder presented in an exhibition of their work in London called American Chateau.

Number five in August was the Knut Hamsun Center at Hamarøy, Norway, by Steven Holl Architects.

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