Architecture
Villa Roces by Govaert & Vanhoutte
This glass house by Belgian architects Govaert & Vanhoutte has a 50-metre-long wall at the back and a sunken swimming pool at the front. More about Villa Roces by Govaert & Vanhoutte
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Competition: five copies of Chase for Space to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with Slovenian architect Nejc Trost to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of Chase for Space, his new book about architecture and space travel. More about Competition: five copies of Chase for Space to be won
Design
Highlights from MOST in Milan
Dezeen Studio we've been back from Milan for a week now and have fully recovered from filming a TV show every day for Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST.Here's a roundup of the highlights from MOST at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, which took place among the ships, fighter jets, submarines and canons of the museum from 17 to 22 April, plus another chance to see the daily movies we made. More about Highlights from MOST in Milan
Interview
Interview: Zaha Hadid at Dezeen Studio
Milan 2012: in Milan earlier this month Zaha Hadid paid a surprise visit to Dezeen Studio at MOST to chat to us about her Secret Garden installation, some of the other projects she has in the pipeline and her impression of this year's furniture fair. More about Interview: Zaha Hadid at Dezeen Studio
Lighting
Marble Lights by Studio Vit
Milan 2012: Stoke Newington designers Studio Vit showed these glass lamps with marble cuffs as part of Salone Satellite at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this month. More about Marble Lights by Studio Vit
Design
Im Blanky by Studio NMinusOne and Rodolphe el-Khoury
This blanket is embroidered with tiny sensors so it can watch you sleeping. More about Im Blanky by Studio NMinusOne and Rodolphe el-Khoury
New Pinterest board: food
This week we’ve added a new board to Pinterest compiling all the best photos of food from the pages of Dezeen. We now have over 2000 followers on Pinterest – join in here.
See all of our stories about food.
More about New Pinterest board: food
Interiors
Level Apartment by OFIS Arhitekti
Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti have created an apartment in Ljubljana where rooms are separated by staggered floors rather than walls, with storage areas located underneath. More about Level Apartment by OFIS Arhitekti
Architecture
Squish Studio by Saunders Architecture
Slideshow: here's another of the six artists' studios that Norwegian firm Saunders Architecture designed for an island off the coast of Canada, this time a white angular cabin (photographs by Bent René Synnevåg). More about Squish Studio by Saunders Architecture
Interiors
Private Residence by Garcia Tamjidi
Slideshow: Californian architects Garcia Tamjidi have completed a studio apartment in San Francisco that looks more like an art gallery or showroom. More about Private Residence by Garcia Tamjidi
Design
Arab Seasons by Bokja
Lebanese design duo Bokja have created embroidered maps of the Arab world that present a tapestry of changing politics and traditions. More about Arab Seasons by Bokja
Architecture
Dream Downtown Hotel by Handel Architects
American firm Handel Architects have completed a New York hotel with porthole windows that give it an uncanny resemblance to children's game Connect Four. More about Dream Downtown Hotel by Handel Architects
Five years ago...
Five years ago this week we published images of the six finalists for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2007, including the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart by Ben van Berkel of UNStudio. More about Five years ago...
Architecture
SIP Panel House by Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy
Chilean architects Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy designed this house in Santo Domingo as a cluster of prefabricated modules made from structural insulated panels. More about SIP Panel House by Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy
Architecture
Le Temps Machine by Moussafir Architectes
Paris firm Moussafir Architectes have blanketed the roof of this concert hall in Tours, France, with a synthetic material that looks like a quilt. More about Le Temps Machine by Moussafir Architectes
One year ago...
One year ago a proposal for 47 lodges carved into the side of a sandstone cliff in Jordan sparked a furious debate about the project's "ecological" credentials and London designer Dominic Wilcox created a provocative stylus for using a touch-screen phone in the bath. More about One year ago...
Architecture
Movie: Rem Koolhaas on Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by OMA
Movie: Rem Koolhaas was at the ICA in London this morning to launch OMA's design for the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow. He gave Dezeen a quick introduction to the new gallery, which will be built in Gorky Park in the Russian capital for gallerist Dasha Zukhova. More about Movie: Rem Koolhaas on Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by OMA
Design
Colour Porcelain by Scholten & Baijings for 1616 Arita Japan
Milan 2012: Dutch designers Scholten & Baijings showed a tableware set based on the archives of hand-painted porcelain company 1616 Arita Japan at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week. More about Colour Porcelain by Scholten & Baijings for 1616 Arita Japan
Design
Cacophony Bell by Tord Boontje with Laikingland
Milan 2012: more about Hackney designers in Milan last week - this tangle of bent rods and random objects is actually a doorbell by Dutch Shoreditch-based designer Tord Boontje that was shown at the Ventura Lambrate design district. More about Cacophony Bell by Tord Boontje with Laikingland
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen...
This week the Olympic torch by BarberOsbery won the top prize at the Design Museum's Designs of the Year awards, a decision that divided Dezeen readers and provoked some design critics to question the validity of the awards. More about This week on Dezeen...