Dezeenwire: the Design Museum Holon have announced that the new building by Ron Arad Architects will be inaugurated on 31 January 2010. See press release below. More about Design Museum Holon inauguration date announced
Dezeenwire: a YouGov survey published this week claims that the public prefer traditional to contemporary buildings. See press release from Robert Adam Architects below. More about "People prefer traditionally designed buildings" - YouGov
Chinese-born American architect IM Pei is to receive the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More about IM Pei to receive the Royal Gold Medal for architecture
Dezeenwire: designer Konstantin Grcic will curate an exhibition entitled Design Real at the Serpentine Gallery in London, opening 26 November 2009 - Serpentine Gallery
Dezeenwire: the Mission One electric superbike designed by Yves Béhar & fuseproject has claimed the world speed record for an electric motorcycle, achieving 150.059 mph sustained for one mile - Fuseproject. Related: see our story about Mission One.
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Dezeenwire: the New Amsterdam Pavilion by dutch designers UNStudio opens today in Battery Park, New York. Related: see our previous story about the project.
British fashion designer Paul Smith will be Guest of Honour at Stockholm Furniture Fair next year. More about Sir Paul Smith is Guest of Honour 2010 - Stockholm Furniture Fair
Dezeenwire: Time magazine reports on the backlash following IKEA's decision to drop its customised version of Futura for all its print and online collateral in favour of Verdana. Time
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Dezeenwire: the winners of Index Awards, the biannual global design prize that rewards designs that improve life, were announced in Copenhagen last night. Winners in the five categories (body, home, work, play and community) each earn €100,000. Winners include Chulha, a cooking stove for the developing world by Philips Design, and PIG 05049 by Christien Meindertsma - a book that documents all the uses of a pig. www.indexaward.dk
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Dezeenwire: The Guardian reports that Prince Charles tried to persuade property developers to drop Jean Nouvel as architect of a £500 million office and shopping centre next to St Paul's cathedral in London. The Guardian More about Prince of Wales tried to remove Nouvel - The Guardian
Dezeenwire: Building Design magazine reports that former Architectural Review editor Paul Finch has been appointed chair of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). BDonline
More about Finch to succeed Sorrell as Cabe chairman - Building Design
Dezeenwire: architect Will Alsop is to leave Alsop Architects but will continue to work as a consultant to the company - bdonline
Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey reflects on this year's Stirling Prize shortlist - The Guardian. Related: see our story announcing the shortlisted buildings.
Dezeenwire: The Los Angeles Times reports the death of celebrated architectural photographer Julius Shulman at his home in Los Angeles yesterday, aged 98.
"Julius Shulman, whose luminous photographs of homes and buildings brought fame to a number of mid-20th century Modernist architects and made him a household name in the architectural world, died Wednesday night," writes Claudia Luther. LA Times
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Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reviews Telling Tales, an exhibition of story-telling design which opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. New York Times Related: see Dezeen's story about the exhibition.
Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a video of Zaha Hadid's Bach Chamber Music Hall in Manchester including an interview with the architect - The Guardian Related: see Dezeen's story about the project
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Dezeenwire: U2's latest tour, 360°, kicked off at Camp Nou in Barcelona last night with singer Bono wearing a leather jacket containing 240 lasers and designed by Moritz Waldemeyer. More info and a video on Waldemeyer's blog.
See also our earlier stories on Waldemeyer's digital costume collaborations with OK Go and Hussein Chalayan.
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Dezeenwire: Sunday Times architecture critic Hugh Pearman has posted his review of Bernard Tschumi's new Acropolis Museum in Athens on his website - www.hughpearman.com
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