News: Danish architect Henning Larsen is among the five laureates of the Praemium Imperiale arts prize, awarded annually by the Japan Art Association. More about Henning Larsen awarded Praemium Imperiale
In the final movie we filmed with Reinier de Graaf of OMA at the Venice Architecture Biennale, he discusses the firm's fascination with architecture of the late 1960s and how there is an "inherent paradox between the brutal appearance of these buildings and the social mission that they were part of." More about "An underdose of utopia can be as dangerous as an overdose" - Reinier de Graaf
Japanese designers Nendo have built an enormous woodland nesting box with 78 entrances for birds on one side and one big door for humans on the other (+ slideshow). More about Bird-apartment by Nendo
Surfaces of marble and hardwood spread through the rooms of this renovated apartment in Madrid by Spanish architects Schneider Colao (+ slideshow). More about Orfila Flat by Schneider Colao
Japanese designers Nendo have created their first watch collection for Danish brand Noon. The collection consists of five watches, which will be available at Dezeen Watch Store and Dezeen Super Store in September. More details soon...
More about Dark Noon by Nendo
Dezeen hosts a series of innovative daily live shows at 100% Design from 19-22 September with guests including trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, designers Katrin Olina (above), Philippe Malouin, Benjamin Hubert and Asif Khan, and writers and critics including Sam Jacob and Daniel Charny. More about Dezeen Live at 100% Design
The aeroplanes of the future will be catapulted into the sky, fly in formation like birds along "express skyways" and glide into airports with their engines turned off, according to aviation company Airbus. More about Smarter Skies by Airbus
News: the New York Times has published a scathing news report about the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, claiming "the less said, the better."
The article declares the theme of "Common Ground," chosen by director David Chipperfield, to be "a missed opportunity" to draw attention away from "glamorous buildings and celebrated designers" towards "broader issues like urbanism, public space, social responsibility and collaboration." More about Venice Architecture Biennale is "missed opportunity" - New York Times
Photographer Jamie Young is compiling an archive to document the history of water towers in Ireland. More about Water Towers of Ireland by Jamie Young
Budapest architects MARP have replaced the missing corner of a ruined Renaissance palace with a Corten steel lookout point. More about Reconstruction of the Szatmáry Palace by MARP
Dezeen promotion: seven designers including Ross Lovegrove, Makkink & Bey, Greg Lynn and Nendo (above) will create installations at meeting places around this year’s Biennale Interieur, which will take place in Kortrijk, Belgium, from 20-28 October (+ movies). More about Biennale Interieur 2012: Biennale in the City, City in The Biennale
Reinier de Graaf of OMA talks to Dezeen about "architecture with a degree of social conscience" by anonymous local authority architects in France and Italy in the second of three movies we filmed at the firm's Public Works exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012. More about Reinier de Graaf of OMA presents "architecture with a social conscience"
Dezeen News: a British and American proposal for a new district built around manmade waterways has been selected as part of a masterplan to double the size of Moscow in the next few decades. More about Moscow set to double in size with new masterplan for city expansion
A perforated metal box encases the concrete visitor centre for the Atapuerca archaeological site in northern Spain by architects a3gm and Mata y asociados (+ slideshow). More about Centro de Recepción de Visitantes, Atapuerca by a3gm + Mata y asociados
News: Berlin design fair Qubique has been postponed until 2013, the organisers have announced. More about Qubique postponed
London cyclists can hang their bicycles on the walls while they grab a coffee or browse at this Soho store for cyclewear brand Rapha by design studio Brinkworth (+ slideshow). More about Rapha Cycle Club by Brinkworth
Slideshow feature: Dezeen is at Maison & Objet in Paris this week and we have selected our top ten products exhibited at the design and interiors trade fair, including shelves that look like sheets of paper caught in the wind by Japanese studio YOY (image 1). More about Dezeen's top ten products at Maison & Objet
Static boardroom meetings will swing into action around this table with hanging chairs created by Christopher Duffy for British design brand Duffy London. More about Swing Table by Duffy London
London Design Festival: a series of prints based on sketches by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and Pierre Charpin will be presented at design store twentytwentyone next week as part of the London Design Festival. More about Wrong Shop Editions at twentytwentyone
Sound artist, designer and musician Yuri Suzuki, who made this radio from an electronic circuit board that looks like the London tube map, has responded to our call-out for tracks to feature on Dezeen Live with his tribute to synth pioneer and Mute records founder Daniel Miller. More about Dezeen Music Project: Warm Leatherette by Yuri Suzuki