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Architecture

Architecture

Four World Trade Center tops out

Dezeen Wire: the final steel beam has been put in place at Four World Trade Center, the first rebuilt tower on the site of the September 11 attacks in New York City. The 298-metre, 72-storey tower was designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki and has been under construction since 2008.

Ground Zero is also home to two fountains sunk into the site of the former Twin Towers, designed by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker. Watch an animation of the the fountains here.

The unfinished Freedom Tower nearby is already the tallest building in the city, set to reach 1,776 feet on completion.

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Furniture

Furniture

Another Chair by Mathias Hahn for Another Country

Hackney designer Mathias Hahn has created this oak chair referencing traditional alpine furniture for London company Another Country. More about Another Chair by Mathias Hahn for Another Country

Designed in Hackney

Designed in Hackney

Call for submissions: Designed in Hackney Market

Calling creative businesses in the London borough of Hackney! As part of our Designed in Hackney Day on 1 August, we're offering twelve FREE stalls at an indoor market at Hackney House on Shoreditch High Street. More about Call for submissions: Designed in Hackney Market

Interiors

Interiors

Based on a Grid by Esther Stocker

Artist Esther Stocker has built a disjointed grid of black blocks across the floor, walls and ceiling of Z33 – House for Contemporary Art in Hasselt, Belgium. More about Based on a Grid by Esther Stocker

News

News

Dezeen in The Sunday Times

Dezeen Wire: this weekend The Sunday Times featured us in their Home section's top-ten interior sites, describing Dezeen as "indispensable". Read the full article here.

Design

Design

Outliers by Maskull Lasserre

Canadian designer Maskull Lasserre has created a series of shoes that leave animal footprints. More about Outliers by Maskull Lasserre

Architecture

Architecture

Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center by Kengo Kuma and Associates

This visitor centre in Tokyo by Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Associates looks like a stack of smaller buildings with sloping roofs. More about Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center by Kengo Kuma and Associates

Design

Design

Movie: tour of Design Interactions at Show RCA 2012 with Tony Dunne

Movie: in the second of four movies filmed by Dezeen at the Royal College of Art graduate exhibition in London, leader of the Design Interactions course Tony Dunne talks about selected projects including mice with the DNA of Elvis and a prototype for a biological factory. More about Movie: tour of Design Interactions at Show RCA 2012 with Tony Dunne

Design

Design

Beyond the Body by Imme van der Haak at Show RCA 2012

Royal College of Art graduate Imme van der Haak has printed photos of people onto silk shrouds so that the wearer's image is overlaid with someone else's face and body (+ movie). More about Beyond the Body by Imme van der Haak at Show RCA 2012

Design

Design

The Reflection Range by Kim Thome at Show RCA 2012

Graphic patterns and two-way mirrored glass create optical illusions on these furniture pieces by Royal College of Art graduate Kim Thome. More about The Reflection Range by Kim Thome at Show RCA 2012