Dezeenwire: nonprofit design services firm architecture for humanity has launched an appeal to raise money for long-term reconstruction in earthquake-hit Haiti. For updates visit the architecture for humanity website or for updates on Twitter follow @archforhumanity or architecture for humanity CEO Cameron Sinclair @casinclair.
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Dezeenwire: we've now announced the schedule for Dezeentalks in Cologne next week. See the schedule and find out more about the talks here.
Dezeenwire: Lady Gaga has beed named creative director of camera company Polaroid - Lady Gaga
Dezeenwire: IDEO founder Bill Moggridge has been named director of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York - New York Times
Dezeenwire: traffic to Dezeen grew by just over 90% in 2009 compared to the previous year. Read on for more stats...
Dezeenwire: Huma Qureshi reviews the last decade of interior design - Guardian
Dezeenwire: the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai, opens in Dubai today - BBC
Dezeenwire: designers Marc Koska and Studio Makkink & Bey have been awarded joint first place in our competition to find the person most deserving of applause for their work in design in 2009, organised in collaboration with Laikingland, makers of the Applause Machine.
Dezeen reader Michael Wigle won the competition with his nomination for Marc Koska. All three will receive an Applause Machine worth £225. See the competition and all the votes here.
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Dezeenwire: Building Design's website presents a review of the most important architecture stories from 2009 - bdonline.co.uk.
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Dezeenwire: Spanish architecture and design book publisher ACTAR has bought Swiss publisher Birkhäuser. More details from Actar below: More about ACTAR buys Birkhäuser
Dezeenwire: US design magazine I.D. is to close in the New Year, reports UnBeige.
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Dezeenwire: London practice Foreign Office Architects are to cease trading following the partners' divorce - BDonline
Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey reviews the architecture of the past decade - The Guardian
Dezeenwire: architects Squire & Partners, Dixon Jones and landscape architects Kim Wilkie Associates are to design a new masterplan for the Chelsea Barracks redevelopment in London - BDonline
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Dezeenwire: Steve Rose considers "the eye-popping erections that should never have been commissioned" in Dubai - Guardian
Dezeenwire: The Week reports on Switzerland's referendum banning the construction of minarets. Switzerland's vote to outlaw the construction of minarets is sparking charges of racism," the report says. The Week
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Dezeenwire: The Guardian's digital content blog shows technology giant AOL's new logo design and asks designers what they think of it - The Guardian
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Dezeenwire: the Finnish capital Helsinki was yesterday named as World Design Capital 2012. More about Helsinki is named as World Design Capital 2012
Dezeenwire: at Design Miami next month, products from Dutch design brand Droog will be presented in a specially-designed house by Japanese architects Atelier Bow Wow. See press release below. More about Droog Townhouse by Atelier Bow-Wow
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