Dezeen Wire: a teenage design student's simple and poignant graphic reworking of Apple's logo that replaces the bite out of the apple with a silhouette of Steve Jobs has generated a huge amount of online interest as well as a job offer for its designer. More about Design student's tribute to Steve Jobs becomes online hit
Dezeen Wire: historians and campaigners are warning that the 358-year-old Taj Mahal near the city of Agra in northern India will collapse in two to five years if urgent action is not taken to maintain rotting wooden foundations - The Daily Mail
Architect Norman Foster has paid tribute to Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, who has died aged 56.
Foster + Partners are working on the new Apple campus to be built in Cupertino, California, and released images of the design just a week before Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple in August. Read Foster's full statement below More about Norman Foster pays tribute to Steve Jobs
Dezeen Wire: Organisation in Design are now accepting applications from designers and companies wishing to exhibit at Ventura Lambrate 2012 in Milan next April. More about Ventura Lambrate 2012 call for visitors
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Kieran Long has written a damning summary of the Olympic Park Legacy Company's plans to regenerate the Olympic site following the games in 2012. In an article in the London Evening Standard Long states: "It seems the OPLC has no idea what the Olympic Park could be, apart from a leisure landscape for visitors and a recreation space for families."
Subsequently on Twitter he commented "OPLC 'not happy with the tone of my piece' in today's Evening Standard," before inviting readers to make up their own minds.
Read all of our stories on the London Olympics here.
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Dezeen Wire: an exhibition of work by Rotterdam architects OMA opens at the Barbican Art Gallery in London tomorrow and Dezeen were at this morning's preview. More about OMA/Progress exhibition opens at the Barbican tomorrow
Dezeen Wire: we've compiled reactions to Elle Decoration editor Michelle Ogundehin's article slamming replica furniture from Twitter below: More about "Arco-gate" reactions on Twitter
Dezeen Wire: editor of Elle Decoration Michelle Ogundehin has published a second article on the magazine's blog condemning copies of classic furniture, following her scathing attack when it emerged that the UK prime minister's wife purchased a reproduction Arco floor lamp for her home. In the article, Ogundehin clarifies her position and adds comments from licensed manufacturers and retailers including Vitra, Fritz Hansen, Skandium and Aram.
Read the original article here, the new update here and reactions to the debate in our Dezeen Wire story here.
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Dezeen Wire: Angela Brady, president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, has criticised the state of housing in Britain, claiming that only good design can ensure the current housing shortage is resolved successfully and sustainably. More about RIBA chief warns that governments ignore architects "at their peril"
Dezeen Wire: architect Richard Meier will receive the 2011 President’s Award from the AIA New York Chapter for his architectural contribution to New York City. More about Richard Meier to receive AIA President's Award
Dezeen Wire: Michelle Ogundehin, editor of Elle Decoration magazine, has reacted angrily to a revelation in the London Evening Standard that Samantha Cameron, wife of UK prime minister David Cameron, purchased a reproduction of the Castiglioni brothers' iconic Arco floor lamp for her home. More about UK prime minister's wife sparks debate over replica furniture
Dezeen Wire: an arts centre by architect Oscar Niemeyer in the Spanish city of Avilés is to close, having been open to the public for just six months. The regional government claims there are irregularities in The Niemeyer Centre's accounts and has forced it to close for at least the next two months, sparking protests from local residents and business owners - The Guardian
Dezeen Wire: there has been mixed reaction from architecture critics to Rafael Viñoly's firstsite visual arts centre in Colchester, dubbed the "golden banana" by some commentators. More about Critics review Rafael Viñoly's "golden banana"
Dezeen Wire: design critic Alice Rawsthorn dicusses the difficulty in accurately defining design, suggesting that more "open" design processes mean anyone can claim to be a designer - The New York Times
Dezeen Wire: here is a roundup of the critics' reactions to Zaha Hadid Architects scooping the RIBA Stirling Prize for the second consecutive year with their design for a school in south London. More about Critics' reactions to Zaha Hadid's Stirling Prize win
Dezeen Wire: Vienna Design Week is underway and Dezeen are covering the festival live from Vienna. Highlights include a machine that draws Spirograph-style patterns in quartz sand by Philippe Malouin, a collaboration between Tomas Alonso and one of the city's oldest silver companies and a wooden treehouse by Konstantin Schmolzer that's constructed alongside the vertical garden inside Jean Nouvel's Sofitel hotel. More about Vienna Design Week 30/09 - 09/10
Dezeen Wire: design and architecture biennale EXD/11 Lisboa (experimentadesign) has opened in Lisbon, with exhibitions and talks on the the theme of Useless underway across the city. Dezeen is at the opening and will bring highlights over the coming days.
Dezeen Wire: planning permission has been granted for Stanton Williams' proposed transformation of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes. The comprehensive renovation of the existing museum and construction of a new 5800m2 extension is due to begin in October with completion scheduled for autumn 2013. More about Stanton Williams receives planning permission for Musée d’Art in Nantes
Dezeen Wire: the London Olympic Velodrome by Hopkins Architects has been voted the public's favourite building from a shortlist for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. The velodrome attracted 63% of the vote in a poll organised by the RIBA. The official judging and announcement of the winner will take place tomorrow. More about Olympic Velodrome is nation's favourite Stirling Prize shortlisted building
Dezeen Wire: design critic Nicole Swengley writes about the increasing number of designers engaging in socially responsible or philanthropic projects, including Yves Behar's See Better to Learn Better reading glasses (see our previous story here) and Max Fraser's Joy of Living exhibition (see the story here and an interview with Max here) - The Wall Street Journal
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