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RIBA Stirling Prize moves to BBC 2
Dezeenwire: this year's RIBA Stirling Prize is to be broadcast on BBC 2 programme The Culture Show rather than Channel 4. See press release below. More about RIBA Stirling Prize moves to BBC 2
Dezeenwire: this year's RIBA Stirling Prize is to be broadcast on BBC 2 programme The Culture Show rather than Channel 4. See press release below. More about RIBA Stirling Prize moves to BBC 2
Dezeenwire: graphic design magazine Grafik has ceased publication as its owners have gone into administration. More information on the Grafik blog
Dezeenwire: London mayor Boris Johnson plans to disolve the London Development Agency - Financial Times
Dezeenwire: the renovation of the Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island by David Chipperfield Architects and Julian Harrap Architects has been awarded the Grand Prix of the European Heritage Awards 2010. See press release below.
See also: our earlier story about the project More about Grand Prix of the European Heritage Awards 2010 presented to the Neues Museum in Berlin
Dezeenwire: Spanish architects are still suffering most in Europe as a result of the economic crisis according to a report by Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision. See below. More about “Spanish architects still suffer most” - Arch-Vision
Dezeenwire: Bill Mitchell, former dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT and one of the world's leading urban theorists, had died aged 65. MIT News has published an obituary.
Dezeenwire: the winners of the D&AD Awards 2010 were announced last night at a ceremony in London. See press release below.
See all the winning projects on the D&AD website. More about D&AD Awards 2010 winners announced
Dezeenwire: New York designer Tobias Wong has died aged 35 - Core77
See release from Aric Chen below. More about Tobias Wong 1974-2010
Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick on Jean Nouvel's design for the Serpentine Pavilion in London, due to open in July - Independent
See also:
Our story about the Serpentine Pavilion design by Jean Nouvel
All our stories about Jean Nouvel
Dezeenwire: the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have announced Adjaye Associates, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Foster + Partners and Snøhetta as the finalists in a competition to design an expansion to the museum - SFMoMA
Dezeenwire: the Centre Pompidou Metz by Shigeru Ban and French architect Jean de Gastines opens today in Lorraine, France - Guardian
More information about the building in our earlier story.
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Dezeenwire: designer Constantin Boym of Boym Partners has been appointed as director of graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. See statement from Constantin and Laurene Boym below. More about Constantin Boym appointed at Virginia Commonwealth University
Dezeenwire: a television series about design, called The Genius of Design, will be broadcast on BBC 2 in the UK starting Friday 7 May. See press release below. More about Design TV series to air next week
Design Miami/ director Ambra Medda will leave the organisation in June, five years after co-founding the limited-edition design fair. More about Ambra Medda to leave Design Miami/
Dezeenwire: New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn reviews last week's furniture fair in Milan - link.
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More about "Erupting beauty at furniture show" - Alice Rawsthorn in The New York Times
Dezeenwire: an online archive of work by architects Archigram has been launched by the University of Westminster in London. More details in the press release below. More about Archigram Archival Project launched
Dezeenwire: we're trying to help people who are stuck in Milan to get home. Follow Marcus on Twitter for updates: www.twitter.com/marcusfairs Please also tweet Marcus your experiences, tips and requests for help and we'll do our best to assist. Safe travels everyone.
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Dezeenwire: Design Miami/Basel have announced designers Beta Tank, Graham Hudson, rAndom International, Zigelbaum & Coelho as winners of this year's Designers of the Future Award. See press release below: More about Designers of the Future Award winners announced
Dezeenwire: design writer Alice Rawsthorn's latest column in The New York Times previews this week's furniture fair in Milan. Read the article. Related: see all our coverage of Milan 2010.
More about "Furniture designers are shifting focus" - Alice Rawsthorn in The New York Times
Dezeenwire: German magazine Form reports that industrial designer Konstantin Grcic has been appointed design consultant to German football club Bayern München - www.form.de Update 06/04/10: this was an April Fool joke and we fell for it! Hats off to Form magazine!
Related: see all our stories about Konstantin Grcic in our special category.
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