Dezeenwire: non-profit organization Architecture for Humanity are calling for help to support local Japanese professionals in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Sendai last week. More about After the Quake: Support Sendai - Architecture for Humanity
Dezeenwire: here's a movie filmed inside the Toyo Ito-designed Sendai Mediatheque during last Friday's earthquake in Japan. More about Earthquake movie filmed inside Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito
Dezeen Wire:a major exhibition on the work of Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture is to open at the Barbican art gallery in London this October. More about Barbican announce major OMA exhibition
Dezeenwire: the organisers of Frieze Art Fair have announced that Carmody Groarke will design this year's exhibition, to be held in London this October. More about Carmody Groarke to design Frieze Art Fair 2011
Dezeenwire: food company Del Monte have begun a trial packaging individual bananas in plastic wrappers. The company claim the packaging extends the shelf life of bananas by up to six days - Daily Mail
Dezeenwire: the Royal Institute of British Architects' think tank, Building Futures, have published a report predicting dramatic changes in architecture practice by the year 2025. More about "Will architects exist in 2025?" - RIBA Building Futures
Dezeenwire: the Kingkey Finance Tower by architects Farrells, the tallest tower in Shenzhen, China, topped out today. More details below. More about Farrells tops out Kingkey Finance Tower
Architects Foster + Partners' City Park proposal has been selected as the preferred option for the masterplan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, beating designs by OMA and Rocco Design Architects. More about Foster + Partners win bid for West Kowloon Cultural District
Dezeenwire: Giorgio and Emanuele Busnelli, sons of the founder of design brand B&B Italia, have regained corporate control of the business after an eight year partnership with private equity fund Opera. More details below. More about Busnelli family regain total control of B&B Italia
Dezeenwire: London designers BarberOsgerby are to design the Torch for the London 2012 Olympic Games. More details below. More about BarberOsgerby to design Olympic Torch for London 2012 Olympic Games
Dezeenwire: the Design Council have launched a competition to design ways of tackling violence and aggression in National Health Service Accident & Emergency wards in the UK. More about Design Council and NHS join forces to tackle violence in A&E departments
Dezeenwire: the creative director of fashion brand Issey Miyake, Dai Fujiwara, is to step down next month. The new team will be announced in April. More details below. More about Creative director of Issey Miyake to leave
Dezeen Wire: Dutch firm Maxwan have circulated an open letter signed by architects including Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and Frank Gehry to Mayor of London Boris Johnson, appealing to save architectural advisory body to the mayor Design for London from closure due to spending cuts. Read the letter below. More about Star architects implore Mayor of London to save Design for London
Dezeenwire: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has been appointed to design the Olympic Cauldron, which will house the torch for the London 2012 Olympic Games. More details on the London 2012 website »
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Dezeenwire: Design Museum curator Alex Newson gives a tour of key projects in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011 exhibition, which opens at the museum today, in this BBC News movie. More about “Best of British: Design Award Highlights” - BBC News
Dezeenwire: New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorne discusses German graphic designer Gerd Arntz, who developed the influential Isotype system of graphic symbols in the 1920s and who is the subject of an exhibition at the V&A museum in London. Read the New York Times article.
Isotype: international picture language is at the V&A until 13 March.
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Dezeenwire: football club West Ham United have won the bid to move into the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Olympic Games. More about West Ham United win bid to take over 2012 Olympic Stadium
Dezeenwire: the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and the Design Council have confirmed that they are to merge from 1 April. More details below. More about CABE and the Design Council confirm merger
Dezeenwire: ARCHI-ZINES, an online showcase of independent architectural magazines, has launched. The site includes 75 publications printed over the last eleven years. www.archizines.com
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Dezeenwire: construction of the Frank Gehry-designed Louis Vuitton Foundation of Creation in Paris has been halted due to complaints from neighbours, The Independent reports. Read the full article »
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