Inside award winner: Hostem by JamesPlumb
Inside 2011: Hostem by JamesPlumb has just been announced as the winner of the retail category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: Hostem by JamesPlumb
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Inside award winner: Football Training Centre Soweto by RUFproject
Inside 2011: Football Training Centre/Soweto by RUFproject is the winner of the culture and civic category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: Football Training Centre Soweto by RUFproject
Inside award winner: St Barbara Bastions by Architecture Project
Inside 2011: St Barbara Bastions in Malta by Architecture Project has won the creative reuse category at the Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: St Barbara Bastions by Architecture Project
Inside award winner: V&A Ceramics Study Galleries by OPERA Amsterdam
Inside 2011: the Ceramics Study Galleries at the Victoria & Albert museum in London by OPERA Amsterdam have just been announced as the winner of the display category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: V&A Ceramics Study Galleries by OPERA Amsterdam
Dezeen in Barcelona
Inside 2011: we're in Barcelona this week with our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at Inside world festival of interiors and a party to celebrate our Dezeen Book of Ideas at Otrascosas de Villar-Rosàs tomorrow night. More about Dezeen in Barcelona
Lilla Råby by Anahita Nahoomi, Lina Davidsson, Miranda Westfelt and Robert Janson
A spiky kindergarten and a bulbous sports centre with rooftop funnels are included in this conceptual community by architecture students at Lund University, Sweden. More about Lilla Råby by Anahita Nahoomi, Lina Davidsson, Miranda Westfelt and Robert Janson
Inside award winners announced today
Inside 2011: Dezeen are at Inside in Barcelona and we'll be posting the winners of the inaugural Inside awards on Dezeen Wire as they're announced throughout the day. See the full shortlist here.
Inside world festival of interiors is taking place on the third floor of the Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona until 4 November - see all our stories about Inside here, including interviews with the judges on Dezeen Screen.
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Villa Rotonda by Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten
A shallow pool of water wraps around the grey brick facade of this house in Goirle, the Netherlands. More about Villa Rotonda by Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten
Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion by Snøhetta
The rippled timber core of this reindeer observation pavilion by architects Snøhetta mirrors the curves of the surrounding Dovre Mountains in Norway. More about Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion by Snøhetta
Musical Chairs by Bobby Petersen
This movie shows an installation by designer Bobby Petersen at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where chairs were programmed to play music when visitors sat on them. Each seat represented a different instrument and rhythm, creating a harmony when people sat down together. More about Musical Chairs by Bobby Petersen
"RIBA urges architects to embrace localism" - new guides promote community involvement
Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects has published two new guides aimed at encouraging architects to help improve local communities through urban planning and cooperation with residents. More about "RIBA urges architects to embrace localism" - new guides promote community involvement-
Critics' reactions to Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture, 1915-1935
Dezeen Wire: art and architecture critics have been offering their opinions on Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture, 1915-1935, an exhibition presenting the revolutionary imagery of communist Russia at the Royal Academy in London. More about Critics' reactions to Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture, 1915-1935 
Oshikamo by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates
Japanese architects Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates have completed a four-winged house in Toyota. More about Oshikamo by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates
New City by Galit Barak
These rings by jewellery designer Galit Barak of Israel create rectilinear frames around the wearer's fingers. More about New City by Galit Barak
Competition: five pairs of 01M OneMoment shoes to be won
Competition: we’ve teamed up with Figtree Factory Studios to give readers a chance to win one of five pairs of their 01M OneMoment 100% biodegradable shoes. More about Competition: five pairs of 01M OneMoment shoes to be won
Shigita House by Masato Sekiya
Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has completed a house in Osaka with a sloping wall that looks like it’s toppling over. More about Shigita House by Masato Sekiya
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"The Power, or Folly, of a Product’s Name" - The New York Times
Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn strikes a blow against the current trend for naming products with confusing, forgettable or misleading monikers. More about "The Power, or Folly, of a Product’s Name" - The New York Times -
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama extension is "dazzling"- The Independent
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Jay Merrick has praised the £22 million extension of Cardiff's Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama by BFLS Architects, explaining that the spaces perform functionally as well as succeeding in "generating an atmosphere that can only be described as happening." More about Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama extension is "dazzling"- The Independent 
Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond's Olympic sculpture is "a grower"- The Guardian
More about Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond's Olympic sculpture is "a grower"- The Guardian
Dezeen Wire: The Guardian's architecture critic Jonathan Glancey explains that the much-criticised ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture, designed by Anish Kapoor and structural engineer Cecil Balmond for next year's Olympics in London, has been an easy target for jokes but that it demonstrates Britain's manufacturing capabilities and says it "may even effect buildings of the future just as the Eiffel Tower and the Crystal Palace did" - The Guardian
Earl by llot llov
Qubique 2011: this light by German collective llot llov can be adjusted by hooking the shade onto one of a string of twenty turned wooden balls. More about Earl by llot llov