Designed in Hackney: we're stepping into the fashion world for Designed in Hackney this week, showcasing fashion designers who are based in the borough every day. We start with Gareth Pugh's sculptural designs for new ballet Carbon Life, which had its premier at the Royal Opera House last month. More
Dezeen Wire: the completed ArcelorMittal Orbit tower has opened its doors to critics, who unlike Dezeen readers have welcomed the gigantic steel structure by artist Anish Kapoor and structural engineer Cecil Balmond. More
Dezeen is media partner for the fifth annual World Architecture Festival, taking place in Singapore from 3-5 October, and our readers can get a 25% discount when they enter their projects for the awards programme (see below).
To kick off a series of videos about the awards, programme director Paul Finch explains what WAF is all about and sets the scene for this year's event. More
Zwolf has combined minimal beats and a glitchy bass to great effect in this gentle electronica remix of This Fortune, a track by Cardiff-based experimental rock band Islet.
You can listen to the original track here if you prefer a more hardcore start to your week.
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Construction of the controversial 115 metre-high sculpture that artist Anish Kapoor and structural engineer Cecil Balmond designed for the London 2012 Olympic Park is now complete. More
Slideshow: OMA have created a stage set for an ancient outdoor theatre in Sicily that dates back to the fifth century BC. More
Dezeen has teamed up with tokyobike to launch their new London store this week and to celebrate we're give away a single-speed bike worth £520 (above). More
Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune have completed a house on the coast of a Baltic island with slanted roofs and walls that make the building narrower in the middle. More
