Architecture
Dorobanti Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have designed a high-rise building for the center of Bucharest, Romania, which has a structural, lattice façade. More about Dorobanti Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have designed a high-rise building for the center of Bucharest, Romania, which has a structural, lattice façade. More about Dorobanti Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects
Dezeen promotion: we've teamed up with interior design and homeware website mydeco and multi-faceted design exhibition Tent London to announce Design Class 09 - a competition for three design graduates to win the opportunity to pitch their projects to mydeco design board members Terence Conran and Philippe Stark. More about Design Class 09: win free spaces at Tent London's Talent Zone
Spanish designer Oscar Diaz has designed a calendar that uses the capillary action of ink spreading across paper to display the date. More about Ink Calendar by Oscar Diaz
Designer Julien Carretero has created a domestic fan from a wire cage, a motor and an industrial strap. More about This is a Fan by Julien Carretero
Dezeenwire: The Los Angeles Times reports the death of celebrated architectural photographer Julius Shulman at his home in Los Angeles yesterday, aged 98.
"Julius Shulman, whose luminous photographs of homes and buildings brought fame to a number of mid-20th century Modernist architects and made him a household name in the architectural world, died Wednesday night," writes Claudia Luther. LA Times
More about Julius Shulman 1910-2009
Dutch architects MVRDV in collaboration with Madrid architect Blanca Lleó have completed a social housing project in Madrid, Spain. More about Celosia Residence by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó
Dutch product designer Sander Mulder has designed a wall clock with a single, articulated arm that can display hours, minutes and seconds all at once. More about Continue Time by Sander Mulder
New York architecture and design practice Axis Mundi have designed a conceptual alternative to French architect Jean Nouvel's design for a 73-storey tower next to the Museum of Modern Art in New York (see our previous story). More about Alternative Design for MoMA Tower at 53 West 53rd by Axis Mundi
Dubai architecture firm X-Architects have unveiled their masterplan for a sustainable urban development in the center of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. More about Al Nasseem by X-Architects
Spanish designer Roger Arquer has created a lamp that uses condensation to diffuse light from the bulb. More about Dramprom by Roger Arquer
Brazilian design graduate Jorge Lopes Dos Santos has developed a way of making physical models of foetuses using data from ultrasound, CT and MRI scans. More about The Foetus Project by Jorge Lopes Dos Santos
The National Stadium in Beijing by architects Herzog & de Meuron has been awarded the RIBA Lubetkin Prize - an award given each year to the best building by an RIBA member built outside Europe. More about National Stadium in Beijing wins RIBA Lubetkin Prize
New York architects Rafael Viñoly have completed a new East Wing extension to the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, USA. More about Cleveland Museum of Art East Wing by Rafael Viñoly Architects
New York gallery R 20th Century has sent images of recent work by London taxidermy artist Kelly McCallum. More about Recent work by Kelly McCallum
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a residence in Nagoya, Japan, featuring a room dedicated to plants. More about House in Nagoya by Suppose Design Office
We've got together with multi-faceted design exhibition Tent London to offer FREE spaces at Tent Digital, a new feature taking place from 24 - 27 September: More about Competition: up to 10 free spaces for digital designers at Tent Digital
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reviews Telling Tales, an exhibition of story-telling design which opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. New York Times Related: see Dezeen's story about the exhibition.
Eindhoven designer Julien Carretero has created a collection of lamps, tables and stools by scraping a profile into hardening plaster. More about Drag by Julien Carretero
An exhibition of limited-edition design including work by Atelier Van Lieshout, Boym Partners and Studio Makkink & Bey opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. More about Telling Tales at the V&A
Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a video of Zaha Hadid's Bach Chamber Music Hall in Manchester including an interview with the architect - The Guardian Related: see Dezeen's story about the project