A sci-fi animation in which a downtrodden robot workforce battles with police against a backdrop of dystopian architecture is one of the winners of the RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards, announced this evening. More about RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards 2011
As part of the series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Lyndon Neri of Neri&Hu about the Waterhouse at South Bund, a hotel inside a former headquarters of the Japanese army, which won the overall award. More about Inside awards: the Waterhouse at South Bund by Neri&Hu
The Temporium: today's window in our Advent calendar of products at The Temporium features Papernomad's, biodegradable paper sleeves for electronic devices. More about Papernomad at The Temporium
Dezeen Wire: Oscar-winning film maker Bruce Beresford will direct a forthcoming movie about iconic American architect Frank Lloyd Wright - The Hollywood Reporter
The film will be centred around the architect’s Wisconsin home Taliesin, after which the film is to be named.
More about Bruce Beresford to direct Frank Lloyd Wright biopic Taliesin
Dutch architects UNStudio have unveiled designs for a Singapore skyscraper with chunks missing from its facade. More about The Scotts Tower by UNStudio
Dezeen in Israel: devices that spy, measure, dance and eavesdrop have been added to an exhibition of digital and interactive design that has travelled to the Design Museum Holon. More about Decode: Digital Design Sensations at the Design Museum Holon
A wooden plank extends through the walls of three rooms in this renovated Tokyo apartment by architects htmn. More about Suspensions of space by htmn