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"London design festival debate: products, people and punk"
Dezeenwire: London Design Festival director Ben Evans and Anti-Design Festival curator Neville Brody debate the state of British design in this movie by The Guardian
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Pugh + Scarpa split
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"A Global Celebration of Design" - The New York Times
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Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn's roundup of design festivals around the globe this autumn - The New York Times -
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"Bricks, mortar and mateyness" - Observer
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London Design Festival guide online
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Golden Lion award winners announced at Venice Architecture Biennale
Dezeenwire: the Golden Lion award winners at the Venice Architecture Beinnale were announced at a ceremony on Saturday. The Kingdom of Bahrain was awarded for the best National Participation, while Junya Ishigami + Associates received the Golden Lion for best project in the Exhibition People meet in Architecture. See press release below. More about Golden Lion award winners announced at Venice Architecture Biennale -
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London Housing Design Guide published by Mayor of London
Dezeenwire: the Mayor of London has published a guide containing 90 standards for new housing in London - London Evening StandardThe new London Housing Design Guide can be downloaded here.
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“European architects positive about possibilities of prefab” – Arch-Vision
Dezeenwire: European architects are becoming more enthusiastic about using prefabricated elements according to a report by Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision. See press release below. More about “European architects positive about possibilities of prefab” – Arch-Vision -
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Strata tower by BFLS wins 2010 Carbuncle Cup - Building Design
Dezeenwire: the Strata tower in south London by BFLS architects has won The Carbuncle Cup, awarded annually by Building Design magazine to the ugliest building completed in the UK during the past 12 months - Building Design
Also on Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey's review of the Strata tower
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“Double-dip recession is almost certain” - RIBA
Dezeenwire: the Royal Institute of British Architects in London have published a trends survey indicating that a significant downturn in overall levels of business for British architects is expected. See press release below. More about “Double-dip recession is almost certain” - RIBA -
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"Muf is enough"
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Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick interviews London architects Muf, curators of the British pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale that opens later this month - Independent -
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"A Font of Ideas From a ‘Nomadic’ Humanitarian Architect"
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Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn interviews humanitarian architect Nathaniel Corum, who designed the cabin of the Plastiki boat made of plastic bottles (see our earlier story) - New York Times -
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"Boris Johnson's London Cycle Hire scheme flogs our birthright to Barclays"
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"As usual, the committee has missed some of the best candidates"
Dezeewire: Rowan Moore on the projects that didn't make this year's RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist - ObserverSee also: our story announcing the RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist 2010
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Angela Brady elected next president of the RIBA
Dezeenwire: Angela Brady has been elected the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. See press release below. More about Angela Brady elected next president of the RIBA -
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Plastiki arrives in Sydney
Dezeenwire: the Plastiki boat made entirely from plastic bottles (see our earlier story) has arrived in Sydney after a 130-day voyage across the Pacific from San Francisco. More information on the Plastiki blog.See also: our story about the boat's design.
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“Alain de Botton’s modernism for the masses” - Independent
Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick on the rollout of Alain de Botton's Living Architecture project, creating contemporary holiday homes in the UK - IndependentSee also:
Houses by Peter Zumthor, MVRDV and others for Living Architecture (July 2010)
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Snøhetta selected to design extension for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Dezeenwire: Norwegian firm Snøhetta have been selected to design an extension to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - more details in press release below More about Snøhetta selected to design extension for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art -
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Snøhetta win competition to redesign Times Square
Dezeenwire: a team led by Norwegian architects Snøhetta have won a competition to redesign Times Square in New York: More about Snøhetta win competition to redesign Times Square -
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Spin city: London's Strata tower - Guardian
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Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey reviews London's recently-opened Strata tower, the world's first skyscraper with built-in wind turbines - Guardian