Design
Cancer City by Visiondivision
Swedish architects Visiondivision have created this undulating concrete habitat for crayfish in a stream in Sweden. More about Cancer City by Visiondivision
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Design
Kettle by Estelle Sauvage
This kettle by Ecole Nationale supérieure d'Art et de Design de Saint-Etienne graduate Estelle Sauvage uses a light bulb to heat water for a cup of tea. More about Kettle by Estelle Sauvage
Architecture
Vacant NL by Rietveld Landscape
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: a blue-foam model city is suspended in the top half of the Dutch pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Vacant NL by Rietveld Landscape
News
Golden Lion award winners announced at Venice Architecture Biennale
Dezeenwire: the Golden Lion award winners at the Venice Architecture Beinnale were announced at a ceremony on Saturday. The Kingdom of Bahrain was awarded for the best National Participation, while Junya Ishigami + Associates received the Golden Lion for best project in the Exhibition People meet in Architecture. See press release below. More about Golden Lion award winners announced at Venice Architecture Biennale
Architecture
Emergency Exit by Agnieszka Kurant and Aleksandra Wasilkowska
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: visitors to the Polish pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale launch themselves off a pile of birdcages into a sea of artificial clouds. More about Emergency Exit by Agnieszka Kurant and Aleksandra Wasilkowska
Architecture
Corporate University for Sberbank Russia by Erick van Egeraat
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has unveiled his design for a corporate university campus to the west of Moscow for Sberbank Russia. More about Corporate University for Sberbank Russia by Erick van Egeraat
Design
TW35 40 by Tamawa
Belgian designer Hubert Verstraeten of Tamawa will present these watches made of Bakelite at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. More about TW35 40 by Tamawa
Furniture
Modern Primitives by Aranda\Lasch
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: New York studio Aranda\Lasch have installed a collection of seating that's made up of foam pyramids at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Modern Primitives by Aranda\Lasch
Architecture
Fondaco dei Tedeschi restoration by OMA
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Dutch firm OMA have unveiled their design for the renovation of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice. More about Fondaco dei Tedeschi restoration by OMA
Interiors
Be Clinique by Openlab Architects
Here's a dental clinic by Openlab Architects of Portugal, where the waiting room and reception are separated by a curtain of twisting metal strips. More about Be Clinique by Openlab Architects
Architecture
Sugamo Shinkin Bank by Emmanuelle Moureaux
Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture & Design have completed a bank branch in Tokiwadai, Tokyo, with recessed brightly coloured windows. More about Sugamo Shinkin Bank by Emmanuelle Moureaux
Interiors
Red Nest by Paul Coudamy
French designer Paul Coudamy has created this red-gloss sliding wall unit combining a desk, bed and wardrobe for an apartment in Paris. More about Red Nest by Paul Coudamy
Architecture
Can Gili Footbridge by Alfa Polaris
This sloping Corten steel footbridge by Spanish civil engineers Alfa Polaris straddles a main road to connect two parts of Granollers, Spain. More about Can Gili Footbridge by Alfa Polaris
Design
Extra-ORdinary by Jennifer Rabatel
ÉCAL University of Art and Design Lausanne graduate Jennifer Rabatel has taken inspiration from tools such as spanners, spatulas and try squares to create a series of functional everyday objects. More about Extra-ORdinary by Jennifer Rabatel
Architecture
Ferry Terminal by CF Møller
Danish architects CF Møller have won a competition to design a new ferry terminal in Stockholm, Sweden. More about Ferry Terminal by CF Møller
Interiors
Living with Books and Art by UNStudio
Dutch firm UNStudio have introduced curved walls and sweeping ceiling lights to this Manhattan loft to create a gallery, library and living space for an art collector. More about Living with Books and Art by UNStudio
Architecture
Villa Frankenstein by Muf architecture/art
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: a wooden 1:10 scale model representing a portion of the London 2012 Olympic stadium has been installed at the British Pavilion directed by Muf architecture/art for the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Villa Frankenstein by Muf architecture/art
Architecture
Hylozoic Ground by Philip Beesley
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Toronto architect Philip Beesley has installed a forest of acrylic fronds that move as though breathing inside the Canada pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens this week. More about Hylozoic Ground by Philip Beesley
Architecture
Taastrup Theatre by COBE
Danish architects COBE have extended this theatre in Taastrup, Copenhagen, by wrapping it in a curtain of translucent prisms that slope away from the existing building. More about Taastrup Theatre by COBE
Design
Slightly Windy by José Ferrufino
This music box designed by ÉCAL University of Art and Design Lausanne graduate José Ferrufino uses the movement of the musical mechanism to cause sticks of barley to gently sway. More about Slightly Windy by José Ferrufino