Dream Downtown Hotel by Handel Architects
American firm Handel Architects have completed a New York hotel with porthole windows that give it an uncanny resemblance to children's game Connect Four. More about Dream Downtown Hotel by Handel Architects
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Five years ago...
Five years ago this week we published images of the six finalists for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2007, including the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart by Ben van Berkel of UNStudio. More about Five years ago...
SIP Panel House by Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy
Chilean architects Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy designed this house in Santo Domingo as a cluster of prefabricated modules made from structural insulated panels. More about SIP Panel House by Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy
Le Temps Machine by Moussafir Architectes
Paris firm Moussafir Architectes have blanketed the roof of this concert hall in Tours, France, with a synthetic material that looks like a quilt. More about Le Temps Machine by Moussafir Architectes
One year ago...
One year ago a proposal for 47 lodges carved into the side of a sandstone cliff in Jordan sparked a furious debate about the project's "ecological" credentials and London designer Dominic Wilcox created a provocative stylus for using a touch-screen phone in the bath. More about One year ago...
Movie: Rem Koolhaas on Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by OMA
Movie: Rem Koolhaas was at the ICA in London this morning to launch OMA's design for the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow. He gave Dezeen a quick introduction to the new gallery, which will be built in Gorky Park in the Russian capital for gallerist Dasha Zukhova. More about Movie: Rem Koolhaas on Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by OMA
Colour Porcelain by Scholten & Baijings for 1616 Arita Japan
Milan 2012: Dutch designers Scholten & Baijings showed a tableware set based on the archives of hand-painted porcelain company 1616 Arita Japan at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week. More about Colour Porcelain by Scholten & Baijings for 1616 Arita Japan
Cacophony Bell by Tord Boontje with Laikingland
Milan 2012: more about Hackney designers in Milan last week - this tangle of bent rods and random objects is actually a doorbell by Dutch Shoreditch-based designer Tord Boontje that was shown at the Ventura Lambrate design district. More about Cacophony Bell by Tord Boontje with Laikingland
Dezeen Music Project: Bar Project by Nsquared
We're rounding off the week on Dezeen Music Project with a bit of tech-house. This track by Nsquared builds up gradually with different rhythmic and melodic layers, before teasing you with a delayed drop about three minutes in.
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This week on Dezeen...
This week the Olympic torch by BarberOsbery won the top prize at the Design Museum's Designs of the Year awards, a decision that divided Dezeen readers and provoked some design critics to question the validity of the awards. More about This week on Dezeen...
Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by OMA
In the second announcement from Rem Koolhaas' office today, OMA have unveiled their designs to convert a 5400 square metre 1960s pavilion in Stalinist-era Gorky Park in Moscow into a new venue for the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture. Update: watch Rem Koolhaas give a quick introduction to the gallery in Dezeen's movie here. More about Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by OMA
OMA wins first round of competition for Moscow expansion
Dezeen Wire: Rem Koolhaas' architecture and urban planning practice OMA scored highest in a competition between ten firms seeking to win the right to oversee an ambitious expansion of Moscow. More about OMA wins first round of competition for Moscow expansion
Garment by Benjamin Hubert for Cappellini
Milan 2012: a single piece of fabric folds around the moulded polyurethane foam seat of this club chair by London designer Benjamin Hubert. More about Garment by Benjamin Hubert for Cappellini
Tower Studio by Saunders Architecture
Slideshow: this small twisted tower is one of the six artists' studios that Saunders Architecture of Norway are constructing on Fogo Island off the coast of Canada (photographs by Bent René Synnevåg). More about Tower Studio by Saunders Architecture
Wilcox vs 3D Printer at Hacked Lab
Milan 2012: last week at the Hacked Lab in Milan, Hackney-based designer Dominic Wilcox battled a 3D printer in a competition to build a model of the nearby Duomo cathedral. More about Wilcox vs 3D Printer at Hacked Lab
BAT bicycle by Axalko
Dezeen promotion: this video shows Basque woodworking company Axalko crafting a bicycle frame from wood. More about BAT bicycle by Axalko
Datong Art Museum by Foster + Partners
Construction has started on an art museum with four overlapping peaks that Foster + Partners have designed for Datong, China. More about Datong Art Museum by Foster + Partners
Dezeen Mail #98
The latest issue of Dezeen Mail includes our daily movies and favourite exhibits from Milan, stories and comments from readers plus new jobs, competitions, music and updates from Dezeen Wire and Dezeen Screen. Check it out here.
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Critics trash Grimshaw's Cutty Sark restoration
The restoration of historic tea clipper the Cutty Sark in London by Grimshaw architects has been derided by architecture critics and conservation experts after being officially reopened by the Queen yesterday. Here's a round up of what people are saying. More about Critics trash Grimshaw's Cutty Sark restoration
New Institute for Contemporary Art by Steven Holl Architects
New York architect Steven Holl has unveiled designs for a new institute for contemporary art at the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond. More about New Institute for Contemporary Art by Steven Holl Architects