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...
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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
Architecture
New Holland Island by WORKac
New York architects WORKac have won a competition to design a cultural hub on a St Petersburg island that has been closed to the public for over 300 years. More about New Holland Island by WORKac
Design
Blickfang designworkshop: designers
In this second movie filmed by Dezeen at the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna last month, young designers Yi-Cong Lu (above), Hanna Emelie Ernsting and Only ET Will Judge Me talk about what they have learned. More about Blickfang designworkshop: designers
Architecture
Sainsbury Laboratory by Stanton Williams
An unusual combination of limestone columns and concrete bands surrounds the exterior of a laboratory by UK architects Stanton Williams in the botanic gardens of Cambridge University. More about Sainsbury Laboratory by Stanton Williams
Interiors
Setagaya Flat by Naruse Inokuma Architects
Unfinished plywood and cement smeared over concrete give a renovated Tokyo apartment the appearance of an elegant building site. More about Setagaya Flat by Naruse Inokuma Architects
News
"Japan disaster sparks demand for air-conditioned clothes" - ABC News
Dezeen Wire: sales of air-conditioned clothing have increased tenfold in Japan this summer as the disasters that hit the country in March continue to cause power shortages - ABC NewsDesigned by Hiroshi Ichigaya, the Kuchofuku jackets feature a battery-operated fan in each side to draw air inside, over the skin and out through the cuffs and neck.
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Design
Competition: four sets of books and platters by People Will Always Need Plates to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with British illustrators People Will Always Need Plates to give away four sets of books and platters in anticipation of their upcoming first book, London Buildings: An Architectural Tour. More about Competition: four sets of books and platters by People Will Always Need Plates to be won
Architecture
Santa Isabel Houses by Bak Gordon
Two stark concrete houses in Lisbon feature secluded courtyards with overflowing ponds and swimming pools (photographs by Fernando Guerra). More about Santa Isabel Houses by Bak Gordon
