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Justin McGuirk, Urban-Think Tank and Iwan Baan win best project at Venice Architecture Biennale

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Justin McGuirk (pictured above, holding the award), photographer Iwan Bann and the Urban-Think Tank team of Venezuela (also pictured above) have won the Golden Lion for best project at the Venice Architecture Biennale for their Torre David/Gran Horizonte installation and cafe. More about Justin McGuirk, Urban-Think Tank and Iwan Baan win best project at Venice Architecture Biennale

Rose Etherington | 29 August 2012 | 6 comments
Architecture

Japan awarded best pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale

Dezeen Wire: the Japanese Pavilion curated by Toyo Ito (pictured above) has been awarded best pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Japan awarded best pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale

Rose Etherington | 29 August 2012 | 2 comments
Architecture

Russian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Every surface inside the top floor of the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale is covered in QR codes, which visitors decode using tablet computers to explore ideas for a new Russian city dedicated to science. More about Russian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Rose Etherington | 29 August 2012 | 8 comments
Architecture

Dezeen's top five pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Slideshow feature: Dezeen architecture reporter Amy Frearson selects her top five pavilions from the Giardini at the Venice Architecture Biennale in this slideshow, including the shape-shifting Dutch pavilion and an earthquake in an empty room. More about Dezeen's top five pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Amy Frearson | 29 August 2012 | Leave a comment
Design

"I was obsessed by the idea of making things myself" - Marc Newson

In the first of five movies Dezeen filmed with industrial designer Marc Newson to coincide with the publication of a major book on his work by Taschen, he talks about the early days of his career when he made everything himself - including one of his most famous pieces of work, the Lockheed Lounge chaise longue. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "I was obsessed by the idea of making things myself" - Marc Newson

Dan Howarth | 28 August 2012 | 3 comments
Architecture

Gateway by Norman Foster at Venice Architeture Biennale 2012

Architect Norman Foster (above) has designed the entrance to the Corderie Arsenale exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale, where the names of generations of architects, critics, designers, landscape architects and planners are projected over the floor, columns and visitors. More about Gateway by Norman Foster at Venice Architeture Biennale 2012

Rose Etherington | 28 August 2012 | 1 comment
Design

UNITEA by Fionn Tynan O'Mahony in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store

Interlinking ceramic cups with spouts that allow tea to flow from one to the other are on display in The Changing Room, a former changing space at Dezeen Super Store. More about UNITEA by Fionn Tynan O'Mahony in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store

Dan Howarth | 28 August 2012 | Leave a comment
Furniture

Friends of Steel and Miklimeir by Katrin Olina

Reykjavik designer Katrin Olina has created a range of furniture made of bent steel tubes and a rug depicting a fictional magician. More about Friends of Steel and Miklimeir by Katrin Olina

Rose Etherington | 28 August 2012 | 1 comment
Architecture

Arum by Zaha Hadid Architects at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Here are some photos of Zaha Hadid's installation in the Arsenale at the Venice Architecture Biennale, comprising a huge pleated metal funnel. More about Arum by Zaha Hadid Architects at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Rose Etherington | 28 August 2012 | 3 comments
Architecture

Featured event: Venice Architecture Biennale

Dezeen is in Venice this week for the preview of the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens to the public on Wednesday and runs until 25 November.

See our photos from the first day on Facebook, see all our preview stories here and watch our interview with director of the biennale David Chipperfield here, in which he urges the profession to address “the 99.99% of the rest of the world which architects are not dealing with” in order to avoid becoming merely “urban decorators.”

Above image: Vessel by O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects in the Arsenale
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Rose Etherington | 28 August 2012 | Leave a comment
Architecture

Castlecrag Residence by CplusC Architectural Workshop

Australian studio CplusC Architectural Workshop has extended a house in a Sydney suburb so that it looks like a doll's house with the back wall taken off (+ slideshow). More about Castlecrag Residence by CplusC Architectural Workshop

Amy Frearson | 28 August 2012 | 5 comments
Architecture

Frank Gehry designs new Facebook headquarters

Dezeen Wire: architect Frank Gehry (pictured above, left) is designing the new campus for social media giant Facebook, which claims it will be the largest open-plan office in the world. More about Frank Gehry designs new Facebook headquarters

Rose Etherington | 28 August 2012 | 17 comments
Architecture

Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants by OMA at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

OMA present an archive of buildings designed by European local authority architects in the 1960s and 70s at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012, which opens to the public this week. More about Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants by OMA at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Amy Frearson | 28 August 2012 | 2 comments
Design

Design Museum Collection App: kitchenware

In the next movie in our series of interviews we filmed for the Design Museum Collection App for iPad, Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic talks about iconic kitchenware products in their collection. More about Design Museum Collection App: kitchenware

Dan Howarth | 28 August 2012 | Leave a comment
Architecture

Une Maison sur la Maison by THE Architectes

A mysterious black gable frames two new bedrooms on the roof of a house in the outskirts of Paris. More about Une Maison sur la Maison by THE Architectes

Amy Frearson | 28 August 2012 | 3 comments
Architecture

"This biennale isn't an X Factor of who's hot right now" - David Chipperfield

Dezeen Wire: this year's Venice Architecture Biennale isn't about the genius of any single architects, director David Chipperfield explained today at the press preview of the exhibition. More about "This biennale isn't an X Factor of who's hot right now" - David Chipperfield

Amy Frearson | 27 August 2012 | 1 comment
Architecture

L'Observatoire by CLP Architectes

This woodland observatory by architecture collective CLP Architectes is a patchwork of square wooden panels and windows. More about L'Observatoire by CLP Architectes

Amy Frearson | 27 August 2012 | 1 comment
News

"IKEA's New Catalogs: Less Pine, More Pixels" - Wall Street Journal

Dezeen Wire: furniture giant IKEA is turning to digital imagery instead of photography to illustrate its brochures and online galleries and expects 25% of all images to be created on computers by next year, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. More about "IKEA's New Catalogs: Less Pine, More Pixels" - Wall Street Journal

Marcus Fairs | 27 August 2012 | 1 comment
Design

Fish packaging by PostlerFerguson

If carrying a wet papery packet home puts you off fresh fish from the counter at your local supermarket, London designers PostlerFerguson have designed a series of sleek sleeves to promote the less endangered types. More about Fish packaging by PostlerFerguson

Rose Etherington | 27 August 2012 | 4 comments
Furniture

Cages by Jorge Diego Etienne

Mexican industrial designer Jorge Diego Etienne has created a series of small tables that look like cages. More about Cages by Jorge Diego Etienne

Emilia Kalyvides | 27 August 2012 | 2 comments