One year ago...
This time last year Chinese architects MAD unveiled plans for a museum shaped like a giant icicle and a mirrored treehouse in Sweden opened up its doors to overnight guests. More about One year ago...
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Architecture
PC House by XVA
A steel staircase outside this renovated summerhouse in eastern Spain spirals up onto a roof terrace with a view of the sea. More about PC House by XVA
This week on Dezeen
This Week on Dezeen
This week a boat-shaped apartment washed up on the roof of the Southbank Centre in London, dRMM completed a shimmering golden wedding chapel in the British seaside town of Blackpool and we showed images of Renzo Piano's new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. More about This Week on Dezeen
Design
FaceMaker by Millergoodman at Home
Brighton designers Zoe Miller and David Goodman of Millergoodman will present their hand-printed wooden blocks for constructing pictures of faces at new domestic interiors show Home in London this weekend. More about FaceMaker by Millergoodman at Home
Architecture
A Room for London by David Kohn and Fiona Banner completes
A boat-like structure temporarily anchored to the roof of London’s Southbank Centre is in fact a rentable one-bedroom apartment by London architect David Kohn and artist Fiona Banner. More about A Room for London by David Kohn and Fiona Banner completes
Lighting
Ola Rune at Qubique 2011
In this Dezeen movie Ola Rune of Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune presents a lamp that they created for lighting company Wästberg at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011. More about Ola Rune at Qubique 2011
Interiors
Jaffa Tel Aviv Restaurant by Baranowitz Kronenberg Architecture
Industrial outdoor lamps hang over the tables of a restaurant in Tel Aviv by Israeli architects Baranowitz Kronenberg. More about Jaffa Tel Aviv Restaurant by Baranowitz Kronenberg Architecture
Architecture
Umicore Hoboken by Conix Architects
A giant zinc-plated ribbon folds in and out between the floors of this Antwerp office extension for metal refiner Umicore. More about Umicore Hoboken by Conix Architects
Design
Mangus Wästberg at Qubique 2011
In this movie we filmed at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011, Mangus Wästberg of Swedish lighting company Wästberg presents lamps designed by Studioilse, James Irvine and David Chipperfield. More about Mangus Wästberg at Qubique 2011
Dezeen Mail #89
Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a memorial to witches by Peter Zumthor, a car park by Zaha Hadid, Google's new headquarters and a new London bus by Thomas Heatherwick.
There's also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, all our new competitions and jobs, plus news on our latest pop-ups. Take a look at it here.
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Architecture
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum extension by Renzo Piano
Architect Renzo Piano has completed a new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, which opens next week. More about Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum extension by Renzo Piano
Architecture
Iron Gallery by Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio
Four-storey-high panels of corrugated Corten steel cover the exterior of this Tokyo gallery and office block by Japanese architect Kensuke Watanabe. More about Iron Gallery by Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio
Architecture
Tower of Love by dRMM
Couples visiting the British seaside town of Blackpool can tie the knot inside a shimmering golden wedding chapel by London architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM). More about Tower of Love by dRMM
Furniture
De La Espada at Qubique 2011
In this movie filmed by Dezeen at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011, Luis De Oliveira of Portuguese design company De La Espada presents work by designers including Ilse Crawford, Matthew Hilton, Benjamin Hubert and Autoban. More about De La Espada at Qubique 2011
News
Isi Metzstein (1920 - 2012)
Dezeen Wire: Scottish architect Isi Metzstein, who was awarded the Royal Scottish Academy Gold Medal for Architecture in 1975, has died at the age of 83- BBC NewsMetzstein worked for Scottish firm Gillespie Kidd & Coia and also taught at the Glasgow School of Art.
More about Isi Metzstein (1920 - 2012)
Design
BlancoWhite by Estudi Arola for Santa & Cole
Spanish designer Antoni Arola has created a series of stackable tables, shelves and surfaces with light flooding from their undersides. More about BlancoWhite by Estudi Arola for Santa & Cole
Architecture
Klein Bottle House by McBride Charles Ryan
The walls of this house in Australia by architects McBride Charles Ryan have origami-like facets and folds. More about Klein Bottle House by McBride Charles Ryan
Architecture
Guggenheim Museum is viable for Helsinki
The results of a study carried out by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on behalf of the City of Helsinki has revealed that it would be feasible to construct a new Guggenheim Museum in Finland. More about Guggenheim Museum is viable for Helsinki
News
Design Museum announce shortlist for Designs of the Year 2012
Dezeen Wire: the Design Museum in London have announced the projects nominated for the Designs of the Year 2012, including a device for detonating landmines, a machine that uses desert sand to print glass and a cinema under a motorway. See the full shortlist below. More about Design Museum announce shortlist for Designs of the Year 2012
Architecture
Mirror House by MLRP
Funhouse mirrors are mounted on the gabled ends of this playground pavilion in Copenhagen, as well as behind the doors. More about Mirror House by MLRP