Architecture
Old Workshop by Jack Woolley
Slideshow: people strolling by this brick wall in London might miss the disguised entrance to a secret office and home. More about Old Workshop by Jack Woolley
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Design
1% products by Nendo
Milan 2012: Japanese designers Nendo will present new additions to their 1% products in Milan this April, including this tea set where the lids double as spinning tops. More about 1% products by Nendo
Architecture
Oasis Centre of Pastoral Care by X Architekten
Slideshow: stripy monochrome triangles are folded into facets around the walls and ceiling of this church hall in Linz, Austria, to create a cavernous interior. More about Oasis Centre of Pastoral Care by X Architekten
Lighting
Vader by Luca Nichetto for David Design
Venetian designer Luca Nichetto presented this table lamp, called Vader after the Star Wars character whose mask it resembles, at Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair earlier this month. More about Vader by Luca Nichetto for David Design
Promotion
Call for entries to A' Design Award 2012
Dezeen promotion: the deadline to apply for this year's A' Design Award is 29 February. More about Call for entries to A' Design Award 2012
Design
Cinque Terre by Ljiljana Majkić
Sarajevo fashion designer Ljiljana Majkić presents her Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 collection of garments with exaggerated geometric silhouettes. More about Cinque Terre by Ljiljana Majkić
Architecture
Schuler Villa by Andrea Pelati Architecte
Slideshow: the dark-rendered exterior walls of this house in Switzerland screen top-floor terraces at either end. More about Schuler Villa by Andrea Pelati Architecte
Furniture
Trotters by TAF for Pieces
Designers Gabriella Gustafson & Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF have created a collection of storage cabinets and tables for new brand Pieces with large interchangeable feet made from wood, marble or porcelain. More about Trotters by TAF for Pieces
Architecture
Competition: five copies of Hans Hollein's monograph to be won
Competition: Dezeen and Austrian architect Hans Hollein have teamed up to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of his new monograph. More about Competition: five copies of Hans Hollein's monograph to be won
Design
Bottle Humidifier by Cloud and Co
Seoul studio Cloud and Co have designed this discrete bottle-shaped desktop humidifier. More about Bottle Humidifier by Cloud and Co
Architecture
Arch Leaks website reveals the secrets of UK architecture firms
Dezeen Wire: a London architect has launched a website, named Arch Leaks, where architecture professionals are invited to anonymously comment on the environments of offices in which they've worked.Initial comments have been made about the studios of Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, David Chipperfield Architects and Herzog & de Meuron.
See them all at www.archleaks.com
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Architecture
Capel Manor House Guest Pavilion by Ewan Cameron Architects
Two guest suites in the grounds of a ruined Victorian house in Kent are separated by a walkway cast from concrete set against rough planks of wood. More about Capel Manor House Guest Pavilion by Ewan Cameron Architects
Dezeen Space
Dezeen Platform: Fraser Ross
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at our micro exhibition Dezeen Platform last autumn, Glasgow designer Fraser Ross presents his series of plant-like sculptures that react to the breath and touch of people around them. More about Dezeen Platform: Fraser Ross
Architecture
The Park House by Formwerkz Architects
The elevated garden of this Singapore house by architects Formwerkz creates a huge canopy to shelter bedrooms beneath. More about The Park House by Formwerkz Architects
Architecture
Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture by David Adjaye and FAB
Construction will begin this week on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC designed by architect David Adjaye. More about Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture by David Adjaye and FAB
Design
WikiGlasses by Lynton Pepper
London architect Lynton Pepper of 00:/ designed these open-source spectacle frames in 18mm plywood to be made from the offcuts of his studio's WikiHouse project. More about WikiGlasses by Lynton Pepper
Architecture
Park Groot Vijversburg by Junya Ishigami + Associates and MAKS
Japanese architects Junya Ishigami + Associates and Dutch studio MAKS have won a competition to co-design a visitor centre for a nineteenth century park in the north of the Netherlands. More about Park Groot Vijversburg by Junya Ishigami + Associates and MAKS
Design
Archive of Years to Come by Koby Barhad
Having noticed piles of old books used as props in fashionable boutiques and bars, Royal College of Art student Koby Barhad created this "time machine" to accelerate the ageing of new tomes into objects with a sense of history. More about Archive of Years to Come by Koby Barhad
Architecture
Frank Gehry: 'There's a backlash against me' - Observer
Dezeen Wire: architect Frank Gehry discusses how the success of the Bilbao Guggenheim sparked an inevitable backlash against iconic architecture in an interview with architecture critic Rowan Moore, but says expression is still a fundamental quality of his buildings - ObserverYou can see more stories about Frank Gehry here, including the rippled steel skyscraper he completed in New York last year.
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Architecture
The Lanes by Mole Architects
A 1960’s bungalow in Cambridgeshire is hidden behind a Siberian larch-clad extension with a row of gabled roofs. More about The Lanes by Mole Architects