News
UK to drop crafts from list of creative industries
News: crafts will no longer be considered part of the creative industries under proposals published by the UK government this week. More about UK to drop crafts from list of creative industries
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Design
Fab.com to design its own range of products
News: online design retailer Fab.com has announced it will design its own range of furniture and homeware to be sold alongside its existing inventory. More about Fab.com to design its own range of products
Architecture
World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Here are the latest images of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners' extension to the British Museum in London, set to complete early next year. More about World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Interiors
Bagatti Valsecchi 2.0 exhibition by Rossana Orlandi
Milan 2013: Rossana Orlandi curated an exhibition of work by designers including Nacho Carbonell, Front and Studio Libertiny at the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum in Milan. More about Bagatti Valsecchi 2.0 exhibition by Rossana Orlandi
Architecture
Rethinking the Split House by Neri&Hu
Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu sliced away the rear wall and replaced it with glass for this renovation of a 1930s townhouse in Shanghai. More about Rethinking the Split House by Neri&Hu
Design
Competition: five packs of Le Corbusier greeting cards to be won
Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five packs of greeting cards illustrated with buildings by Le Corbusier. More about Competition: five packs of Le Corbusier greeting cards to be won
Architecture
Profile House by BLOXAS
A wooden wall with the silhouette of three little buildings lines the edge of this house extension in Melbourne by Australian architecture studio BLOXAS (+ slideshow). More about Profile House by BLOXAS
Interiors
Home 09 by i29
Dutch interiors studio i29 has added plywood walls, furniture and surfaces to every room inside this house in North Holland (+ slideshow). More about Home 09 by i29
Architecture
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas to redesign central railway area of Bari, Italy
News: Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have won a competition to transform the central railway area of Bari, a city in southern Italy, with a proposal to build a three-kilometre-long elevated park over the track. More about Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas to redesign central railway area of Bari, Italy
Design
4StrikeBike by TSG Essempio
A bicycle that can be pedalled with hands and feet at the same time has been developed by Dutch studio TSG Essempio. More about 4StrikeBike by TSG Essempio
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron wins second competition for National Library of Israel
News: Herzog & de Meuron has been chosen to design the new National Library of Israel in Jerusalem after the initial competition winner was dismissed over a copyright dispute. More about Herzog & de Meuron wins second competition for National Library of Israel
Architecture
Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2013
News: Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland, by Henning Larsen Architects and artist Olafur Eliasson has won this year's European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award. More about Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2013
Furniture
Teso table by Foster + Partners for Molteni&C
Milan 2013: Foster + Partners has designed a coffee table made by stretching a perforated disk of steel upwards to form a metal-mesh base. More about Teso table by Foster + Partners for Molteni&C
Architecture
Asterisk by SAKO Architects
This asterisk-shaped restaurant and winery at the centre of a lake near Beijing is our second story in the last week about Chinese studio SAKO Architects (+ slideshow). More about Asterisk by SAKO Architects
Architecture
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Senior by McBride Charles Ryan
Arched openings bring students past shimmering tiled buildings and into landscaped courtyards at this grammar school near Melbourne by Australian architects McBride Charles Ryan (slideshow). More about Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Senior by McBride Charles Ryan
Architecture
Blockhouse by AZL Architects
Walls appear to be peeling back from the facade of this house by Chinese office AZL Architects, one of 24 architect-designed buildings underway in a forest near Nanjing, China. More about Blockhouse by AZL Architects
Furniture
Airberg by Jean-Marie Massaud for Offecct
Milan 2013: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has created chunky grey seating resembling the jagged forms of an iceberg for Swedish furniture brand Offecct. More about Airberg by Jean-Marie Massaud for Offecct
Architecture
Dezeen archive: thatch
Dezeen archive: we've published a few buildings covered in thatch recently, so here's a roundup of more examples from the Dezeen archives. See all our stories about thatched architecture »
More about Dezeen archive: thatch
Furniture
Mathilda by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
Milan 2013: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola unveiled a chair with a backrest wrapped in rush for Italian brand Moroso in Milan this month. More about Mathilda by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
Architecture
Villa Wallin by Erik Andersson Architects
Black-painted pine clads the walls of this small gabled house by Swedish studio Erik Andersson Architects on an island in the Stockholm archipelago (+ slideshow). More about Villa Wallin by Erik Andersson Architects