Following our recent roundup of stories featuring ice and snow, here’s a timber lodge outside Prague that was photographed days after a blizzard. More about House on the outskirts of Prague by Martin Cenek
Architect Peter Zumthor designed this memorial on an island in Norway to commemorate suspected witches who were burned at the stake there in the seventeenth century (photographs by Andrew Meredith). More about Steilneset Memorial by Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois
Dezeen in Israel: these high-heeled shoes disguised as birds are by designer Kobi Levi, whose footwear resembling inflatable sex dolls caused a stir amongst our readers back in November. More about Bird Series by Kobi Levi
Japanese architect Shinya Miura has completed a house in Shizuoka with three courtyards concealed inside. More about Izukougen House by Atelier Shinya Miura
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Viennese designer Thomas Feichtner talks about One Crystal Chandelier and Drawing Lamp, the two lighting designs he exhibited as part of our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform. The first is a chandelier with a single crystal, while the second is a task lamp that can be balanced in two different positions. Read more about this project here »
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Dezeen Wire: the Board of the Venice Architecture Biennale have confirmed that British architect David Chipperfield will curate the architecture sector of this year's exhibition, as reported on Dezeen Wire back in November, while Italian film critic Alberto Barbera will direct the cinema sector. More about David Chipperfield and Alberto Barbera confirmed as curators of 2012 Venice Biennale
Dezeen Wire: New York Times critic Alice Rawsthorn previews the design highs and lows of the coming year, including Thomas Heatherwick's new double-decker bus for London (high) and the logo for the 2012 Olympic games (low) - New York Times
This desk lamp resembling bent blades of grass is by American designer Victor Vetterlein. More about Fresh by Victor Vetterlein
Cavernous holes in the courtyard of three museum buildings in Graz, Austria, lead underground into a new, shared entrance by Spanish architects Nieto Sobejano and local firm eep architekten (photographs by Roland Halbe). More about Joanneum Museum extension by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and eep architekten
The latest collection by London designer Philippe Malouin combines concrete with a complex brass grid. More about Gridlock 2 by Philippe Malouin
Concluding our review of 2011, here are the five most popular stories from December. Up first are two skyscrapers by MVRDV for Seoul that will be joined at the hip by a pixelated cluster. These renders kicked up a lot of controversy, as reported on Dezeen Wire. More about 2011 review: December
Moving onto the most popular Dezeen stories in November, architects Snøhetta were the favourites with their Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion. More about 2011 review: November
Next up we take a look at the favourite five stories from October. Topping the list here is Passing Cloud, proposing an enormous inflatable cloud as a form of transport. More about 2011 review: October
Here are our five most-viewed stories from September of this year. Sleepbox came first - a small hotel room for napping in airports. More about 2011 review: September
Dezeen Wire: Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, has been awarded a KBE on the 2012 New Year Honours list, published today, for services to design and enterprise.
Australian designer Marc Newson has been awarded a CBE for services to design in the UK and worldwide.
Architect John McAslan and founder of Open-City Victoria Thornton were both awarded an OBE for services to architecture.
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Continuing our roundup of 2011, we take a look at the most popular Dezeen stories in August: Foster + Partners' designs for the new Apple campus in California made it to the top spot. More about 2011 review: August
Dezeen Wire: Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta has died at the age of 80. He was awarded the Praemium Imperiale earlier this year.
Next in our review of 2011 is July, when this cliff-top house near Sydney inspired by a Picasso painting was our most popular story. More about 2011 review: July
Zaha Hadid Architects top our list of the most popular stories in June 2011, with their Riverside Museum in Glasgow that features a zig-zagging metallic roof. More about 2011 review: June
Continuing our review of 2011, we take a look at the most popular stories from May. In first place was the Finger-nose Stylus by Dominic Wilcox, which straps over the nose and enables the user to securely operate a touch-screen device with one hand. More about 2011 review: May