Architecture
Ben Rousseau at the Ice Hotel
Interior designer Ben Rousseau has created a suite for the Ice Hotel, which has just opened in Sweden. More about Ben Rousseau at the Ice Hotel
Interior designer Ben Rousseau has created a suite for the Ice Hotel, which has just opened in Sweden. More about Ben Rousseau at the Ice Hotel
Swiss architects Group8 have won a competition to build luxury villas as part of a new mountain resort called New Andermatt in Switzerland. More about New Andermatt by Group8
Andreas Bittis has re-launched TranslucentConcrete - load-bearing concrete containing optical fibres that means you can see through it. A bit. More about TranslucentConcrete by Andreas Bittis
Design Miami 07: Our third movie from Miami features Tom Dixon, with his Artek hat on, talking about two related projects the Finnish brand showed at the event last week. More about Movie: Tom Dixon at Design Miami
This isn't exactly new, but the last time we wrote about Alison Brooks Architects the story was very popular... so here's The Salt House at Maldon in England, which won the RIBA Manser Medal for best new house in the UK back in October. More about The Salt House by Alison Brooks Architects
Swedish creative studio Medium has completed a mini art museum for children, contained in a wooden box inside a grown-up art gallery. More about Barens Konstmuseum by Jacob Dahlgren and Medium
If you're looking for design-related Christmas presents, this makes the perfect gift, etc etc! Twenty-First Century Design by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs is an overview of design at the start of the new millennium More about Twenty-First Century Design by Marcus Fairs
The AA Hijmans van den Bergh medical faculty in Utrecht designed by Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects is the joint winner of the 2007 Rietveldprijs for architecture. More about AA Hijmans van den Bergh medical faculty by Erick van Egeraat
Forum 't Zand in Utrecht by architects VenhoevenCS is one of two projects to be awarded the 2007 Rietveldprijs for architecture. More about Forum 't Zand by VenhoevenCS architects
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us a set of photos of the Meydan shopping square in Istanbul, Turkey, designed by Foreign Office Architects. More about Meydan shopping square by Foreign Office Architects
A lot of people have been asking for more on The Dairy House by architect Charlotte Skene Catling, which is shortlisted for the Bombay Sapphire Prize (see our earlier story). So here you go... More about The Dairy House by Charlotte Skene Catling
Italian architects AKA architetti have won a competition for a low-energy wooden house. More about Prototyp Einfamilienhaus by AKA architetti
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA, opened in New York on the weekend. More about New Museum by SANAA opens in New York
Here are some photographs and plans of the Thiais Bus Centre near Paris, designed by architects Emmanuel Combarel and Dominique Marrec of ECDM. More about Thiais Bus Centre by ECDM architects
The winners of the Architectural Review's Awards for Emerging Architecture 2007 were announced last night, with three buildings sharing the £15,000 prize money, including Wall House in Chile by Far: Frohn & Rojas (above and below). More about AR Awards for Emerging Architecture - winners
Zaha Hadid Architects have completed four stations on the Nordpark Cable Railway in Innsbruck, Austria. More about Nordpark Cable Railway by Zaha Hadid Architects
Interior designer Ab Rogers has send us photos of the exhibition he designed about the work of his father, architect Richard Rogers, which opened at the Pompidou Centre in Paris last week. More about Richard Rogers + Architects at Pompidou Centre
Architects Coop Himmelb(l)au have won the competition to design a performing arts centre in Zarautz, Spain. More about Zarautz Scenic Arts Center by Coop Himmelb(l)au
Steven Holl Architects have presented a masterplan for Hudson Yards, a large former rail yard beside the Hudson River in Midtown, New York. More about Hudson Yards masterplan by Steven Holl
Doubleview House (Casa Doblevista) is a family home designed by Chilean architects Benjamín Murúa and Rodrigo Valenzuela of Murúa-Valenzuela. More about Doubleview House by Murúa-Valenzuela architects