Architecture
Habit Makes Us Blind by Espai MGR
These conceptual images by Spanish studio Espai MGR show impossible Lego structures filling vacant neighbourhood plots in Valencia. More about Habit Makes Us Blind by Espai MGR
-
Architecture
Dezeen Screen: Landgrab City by Joseph Grima and Jeffrey Johnson
Dezeen Screen: in this fourth movie filmed by Dezeen in 2009 at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Architecture Biennale, designers Joseph Grima and Jeffrey Johnson explain their urban farm project Landgrab City. Watch the movie »
More about Dezeen Screen: Landgrab City by Joseph Grima and Jeffrey Johnson
Competition: five copies of STILLS by Wiel Arets Architects to be won
Competition: we’ve teamed up with Wiel Arets Architects to give away five copies of their new book STILLS: A Timeline of Ideas, Articles and Interviews 1982-2010. More about Competition: five copies of STILLS by Wiel Arets Architects to be won
Design
Matières à Chaud by 5.5 Studio
This pane of glass supported by wood, metal and marble sticks is a sculptural radiator designed by 5.5 Designers of Paris for French company Saazs. More about Matières à Chaud by 5.5 Studio
Architecture
The Souk, Abu Dhabi Central Market by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners have completed a new shopping centre that combines high-end boutiques with independent local food and craft markets on the site of a historic city marketplace in Abu Dhabi. More about The Souk, Abu Dhabi Central Market by Foster + Partners
Dezeenmail #72
We’ve just sent the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions, jobs and highlights from Dezeenwire, Dezeen Screen and Dezeen Watch Store. You can subscribe here.
More about Dezeenmail #72
Furniture
Plug-In by MAP Studio
MAP Studios of Madrid have designed this table with an integrated mirror, vase and candle sticks. More about Plug-In by MAP Studio
News
Nigel Coates retires from Royal College of Art
Dezeenwire: architect Nigel Coates is to retire from his role as head of architecture at the Royal College of Art in London after 16 years. More about Nigel Coates retires from Royal College of Art
Interiors
No Picnic by Elding Oscarson
Swedish design duo Elding Oscarson have completed this office for design consultants No Picnic in Stockholm, divided in two by a reflective aluminium wall. More about No Picnic by Elding Oscarson
Architecture
Une Architecture at the Mobile Art Pavilion by Zaha Hadid
An exhibition of work by London architect Zaha Hadid has opened inside her Mobile Art Pavilion (see our earlier story), which has found its permanent home in Paris having toured New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong since 2008. More about Une Architecture at the Mobile Art Pavilion by Zaha Hadid
Video
Neville Mars and Marco Casagrande at Shenzhen architecture biennale
In the third movie made by Dezeen in 2009 at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Architecture Biennale, architects Neville Mars and Marco Casagrande explain their projects. More about Neville Mars and Marco Casagrande at Shenzhen architecture biennale
Architecture
Comic and Animation Museum by MVRDV
Dutch studio MVRDV have won a design competition to build a Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China, formed of eight giant balloon-shaped forms. More about Comic and Animation Museum by MVRDV
Architecture
Cultural centre in Tirana by BIG
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design a mosque, Islamic centre and museum in Tirana, Albania. More about Cultural centre in Tirana by BIG
Architecture
EDF Archives Centre by LAN Architecture
Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these pictures of an archives centre designed by Paris studio LAN Architecture, which has an exterior of stainless steel studs set into earth-coloured concrete to reflect the colour and texture of the surrounding French landscape. More about EDF Archives Centre by LAN Architecture
Interiors
Open Lounge by NAU + DGJ
Design cooperative NAU and DGJ have completed this interior for Swiss bank Raiffeisen in Zurich, featuring curving walls perforated to create pictures of faces. More about Open Lounge by NAU + DGJ
Dezeen Screen: Built to Wear by Ball-Nogues Studio
Dezeen Screen: in this next movie filmed by Dezeen at Shenzhen& Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Architecture/Urbanism 2009, Benjamin Ball of Ball-Nogues Studio talks about their installation made by suspending 10,000 garments. Watch the movie »
More about Dezeen Screen: Built to Wear by Ball-Nogues Studio
Interiors
Kyoto Silk by Keiichi Hayashi
Architect Keiichi Hayashi of Japan has converted this traditional timber townhouse in central Kyoto into a cosmetics store. More about Kyoto Silk by Keiichi Hayashi
Design
Finger-nose Stylus by Dominic Wilcox
London designer Dominic Wilcox created this stylus that straps over his nose for using his touch-screen phone in the bath. More about Finger-nose Stylus by Dominic Wilcox
Architecture
Sheraton Milan Malpensa Hotel by King Roselli Architetti
This 436 room hotel situated next to Malpensa Airport, Milan, has a rounded shell cut into seven bays, designed by Italian firm King Roselli Architetti. More about Sheraton Milan Malpensa Hotel by King Roselli Architetti
Interiors
Shadowboxing exhibition by Slowscape Collective
London designers Slowscape Collective created this temporary cinema at the Royal College of Art in London from faceted planes of oriented strand board. More about Shadowboxing exhibition by Slowscape Collective