News
Will Alsop to launch new design studio
Dezeen Wire: Will Alsop and Scott Lawrie are to leave architects RMJM and set up a new design studio in London. More about Will Alsop to launch new design studio
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Design
Catchbowl by Torafu Architects
Japanese studio Torafu Architects have designed a lidded bowl that can be split into two parts and mounted on the wall as shelves. More about Catchbowl by Torafu Architects
Architecture
Interactive Museum of the History of Lugo by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos have completed an underground museum in Spain with weathered steel towers and cylinders that emerge above a grass lawn (photographs by Roland Halbe and Fernando Alda). More about Interactive Museum of the History of Lugo by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Architecture
Grand Teton Discovery and Visitor Centre by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
A forest of timber columns and a stone fireplace feign a woodland campsite inside a visitor centre at the Rocky Mountains. More about Grand Teton Discovery and Visitor Centre by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Architecture
Dezeen archive: Australian houses
Dezeen archive: as we've been bombarded by beautiful Australian houses in recent weeks and our story from last week about a cliff-top house inspired by a Picasso painting (top left) continues to be popular with readers, we've grouped together all our stories about houses in Australia. See all the stories »
More about Dezeen archive: Australian houses
Architecture
Elsbethen Site by Trint + Kreuder d.n.a
A veil of metal lace screened by thin concrete piers clads an extension to a baroque theatre and an adjacent commercial block in Germany. More about Elsbethen Site by Trint + Kreuder d.n.a
Interiors
Dri Dri at St Martins Lane by Elips Design
A pop-up Italian ice cream stall at St Martins Lane Hotel in London evokes the seaside with yellow beach huts and striped decking. More about Dri Dri at St Martins Lane by Elips Design
One year ago...
This time last year Dezeen featured a collection of 3D-printed dresses followed by clothing that becomes transparent when approached. More about One year ago...
Architecture
R-House by Budi Pradono
Cooling pools of water and trees line corridors and rooms inside an Indonesian house by architects Budi Pradono. More about R-House by Budi Pradono
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
Our most popular story this week featured a steel-plated house with a drawbridge-like flap that one reader thought might come in useful in a zombie apocalypse. Other hotly debated stories included a Mumbai office block sandwiched between a corporate complex and a slum and a leaning house with a tree growing inside. More about This week on Dezeen
Architecture
House on Zaru Street by Open AD
These twin residences in Riga, Latvia, mirror one another exactly, except that one is clad in timber and the other in blackened steel. More about House on Zaru Street by Open AD
Design
Good ideas glow in the dark by Bruketa&Žinić and Brigada
Croatian designers Bruketa&Žinić have created a book that can only be identified in the dark. More about Good ideas glow in the dark by Bruketa&Žinić and Brigada
Interiors
Marttiini shop by Suunnittelutoimisto Amerikka
Leather-bound blades displayed against chunky wooden blocks adorn the walls of a Finnish knife shop in Helsinki by designers Suunnittelutoimisto Amerikka. More about Marttiini shop by Suunnittelutoimisto Amerikka
Architecture
House at Alibag by Malik Architecture
This jumbled house in India features an elevated steel tunnel, bridged corridors and a rooftop swimming pool on stilts. More about House at Alibag by Malik Architecture
Interiors
Max & Co by Duccio Grassi Architects
Garments hidden behind semi-circular screens in a Hong Kong outlet can be glimpsed through jagged perforations. More about Max & Co by Duccio Grassi Architects
Design
PhotoGraphy by ShiKai Tseng
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate ShiKai Tseng has decorated a range of vases by covering them in photo-sensitive solution then exposing them inside pinhole cameras. More about PhotoGraphy by ShiKai Tseng
Design
Pressedleathershoe by Marloes ten Bhömer
These shoes by Dutch footwear designer Marloes ten Bhömer are pressed from three pieces of leather. More about Pressedleathershoe by Marloes ten Bhömer
Architecture
BMW Guggenheim Lab by Atelier Bow-Wow
The first-ever building to have a carbon fibre structure is a mobile studio-cum-stage by Japanese architects Atelier Bow-Wow, which just opened in New York. More about BMW Guggenheim Lab by Atelier Bow-Wow
Design
Competition: nine Rigolo notebooks by Denis Guidone to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with Italian designer Denis Guidone to give away nine of his Rigolo notebooks with slanted and squiggly ruled pages. More about Competition: nine Rigolo notebooks by Denis Guidone to be won
Architecture
Domus Technica by Iotti + Pavarani
A translucent training centre in northern Italy has earned architects Iotti + Pavarani the Renzo Piano Foundation prize for the best Italian practice under 40. More about Domus Technica by Iotti + Pavarani