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Architecture

Architecture

Venice Architecture Biennale is "missed opportunity" - New York Times

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

Architecture

Architecture

Reconstruction of the Szatmáry Palace by MARP

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

Architecture

Architecture

Reinier de Graaf of OMA presents "architecture with a social conscience"

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"

Architecture

Architecture

Centro de Recepción de Visitantes, Atapuerca by a3gm + Mata y asociados

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

Interiors

Interiors

Rapha Cycle Club by Brinkworth

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

Furniture

Furniture

Swing Table by Duffy London

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

Music video

Music video

Dezeen Music Project: Warm Leatherette by Yuri Suzuki

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

Architecture

Architecture

"Bloody fools, bloody fools"

In the first of three movies filmed at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Reinier de Graaf of OMA talks about Pimlico School, a brutalist building in London that was demolished last year and which features in OMA's Public Works exhibition of "masterpieces by bureaucrats" at the biennale. More about "Bloody fools, bloody fools"

Design

Design

Tube Map Radio by Yuri Suzuki

London Design Festival: Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has made a radio from an electronic circuit board that's arranged to look like the London tube map. More about Tube Map Radio by Yuri Suzuki

Architecture

Architecture

Lycée Georges Frêche by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas

Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have completed a school for hotel management in Montepellier, France, clad in anodized aluminum triangles and punctured by 5000 unique triangular windows. More about Lycée Georges Frêche by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas