Architecture
Baltyk Tower by MVRDV
Dutch architects MVRDV have unveiled plans for an 18-storey tower in Poznań, Poland, with staggered floors like a giant staircase. More about Baltyk Tower by MVRDV
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Architecture
Green Cast by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Plants sprout through the patchwork aluminium facade of this pharmacy and clinic in Japan by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates (+ slideshow). More about Green Cast by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Furniture
Z Step by Michael Schoner at Depot Basel
This shop display system by German designer Michael Schoner consists of stackable sheet-metal steps that allow a wide variety of configurations. More about Z Step by Michael Schoner at Depot Basel
News
Zaha Hadid becomes a dame
Dezeen Wire: architect Zaha Hadid has been awarded a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's 2012 Birthday Honours list for services to architecture.Jewellery designer Lara Bohinc has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the fashion industry.
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Architecture
Villa Jian by CU Office
Beijing architects CU Office have completed a contemporary granite office building that uses a traditional local measuring system in a rapidly developing agricultural city in eastern China. More about Villa Jian by CU Office
Design
Matka Vases by Pepe Heykoop
Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop has worked with people from one of Mumbai's poorest areas to transform traditional water carriers into leathery vases. More about Matka Vases by Pepe Heykoop
Interiors
Annakapelle Schladming by Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten
Austrian architects Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher have renovated a fourteenth century stone chapel with skeletons in its basement (+ slideshow). More about Annakapelle Schladming by Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten
Lighting
Tekiō by Anthony Dickens
London designer Anthony Dickens has created a snaking, modular lighting system made of bamboo and paper (+ movie). More about Tekiō by Anthony Dickens
Architecture
HANS-house by MODO
The top of this Australian house by architect Michael Ong of MODO is a timber box that sits at an angle on top of the ground floor walls. More about HANS-house by MODO
Pinterest
New Pinterest board: cafes
Browse the best cafes from the pages of Dezeen in our latest board on Pinterest. We’ve now got over 11,000 followers on Pinterest and you can follow us here.
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Five years ago...
This week five years ago Dezeen was at the opening of the Royal College of Art's 2007 summer show, where graduate designers were exhibiting jewellery made from sugar crystals and pencils, a chandelier-making machine and digitally recreated snowflakes. More about Five years ago...
Architecture
Emblematic Monument by Enrique Norten and TEN Arquitectos
A cafe, playroom and gallery are tucked beneath the artificial topography of this undulating public square in Mexico by architect Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos. More about Emblematic Monument by Enrique Norten and TEN Arquitectos
Furniture
Masonite: Memoriam by Folkform for Svenskt Tenn
Swedish designers Folkform have used 80-year-old samples of hardboard in these cabinets for Swedish interiors brand Svenskt Tenn. More about Masonite: Memoriam by Folkform for Svenskt Tenn
Design
Dezeen archive: hair
Dezeen archive: this week's stories about hairstyles inspired by architectural forms (top right) and seats filled with hair swept from a salon floor have prompted this archive all about hair. See all the stories » More about Dezeen archive: hair
Interiors
La Galerie de Lunettes by Dumazer & Lafallisse Architectes
French architects Dumazer & Lafallisse have converted a former gallery in Paris into an optician's. More about La Galerie de Lunettes by Dumazer & Lafallisse Architectes
One year ago...
One year ago a lot of architecture and design seemed to be centred around love and sex, as we featured a coin-operated wedding machine, a mask for clamping mouths together and a couple of architectural installations that resembled parts of the female anatomy. More about One year ago...
Design
Hairchitecture by FAHR 021.3 and Gijo
Portuguese architects and hairdressers have collaborated on these coiffures inspired by architectural structures. More about Hairchitecture by FAHR 021.3 and Gijo
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
There's been a bit of a re-use theme on Dezeen this week with seats made of hair, bowls made of money and buildings made of skips. More about This week on Dezeen
Design
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick on his design for the Olympic cauldron
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about his top-secret design for the cauldron that will hold the London 2012 Olympic flame in this interview filmed at his ongoing exhibition at the V&A museum in London. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Movie: Thomas Heatherwick on his design for the Olympic cauldron
Architecture
Singapore Subordinate Courts by Serie Architects and Multiply Architects
London-based architects Serie and Singapore architects Multiply have designed an extension to a law court in Singapore with terracotta-clad courtrooms stacked up inside a giant cage. More about Singapore Subordinate Courts by Serie Architects and Multiply Architects