Dezeen’s top ten: schools
Dezeen's top ten: this month's top ten features our most-viewed Dezeen stories about projects for education, from kindergartens to universities and classrooms to sports halls. More about Dezeen’s top ten: schools
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Architecture
Out of the Box by Cadence
Indian architecture firm Cadence have completed a residence in Bangalore, India, which features cast-concrete external walls decorated with perforations. More about Out of the Box by Cadence
Lighting
Cosmic Angel, Cosmic Ocean and Cosmic Leaf by Ross Lovegrove for Artemide
London designer Ross Lovegrove has designed three lights for Italian brand Artemide. More about Cosmic Angel, Cosmic Ocean and Cosmic Leaf by Ross Lovegrove for Artemide
Design
Tantalus Dinner by Ioli Sifakaki (more images)
Designer Ioli Kalliopi Sifakaki has sent us some more images of the performance for her Tantalus Dinner project, when she invited a dozen of her male friends to feast from tableware cast from her own body parts. More about Tantalus Dinner by Ioli Sifakaki (more images)
Design
Ground by Michael Antrobus
New Designers 09: Kingston University graduate Michael Antrobus exhibits a range of stationary made of steel bars at graduate show New Designers in London this week. More about Ground by Michael Antrobus
Architecture
Raffles City Hangzhou by UNStudio
Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has unveiled plans for a 60-storey building with two towers in Hangzhou, China. More about Raffles City Hangzhou by UNStudio
Architecture
Dorobanti Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have designed a high-rise building for the center of Bucharest, Romania, which has a structural, lattice façade. More about Dorobanti Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects
Promotion
Design Class 09: win free spaces at Tent London's Talent Zone
Dezeen promotion: we've teamed up with interior design and homeware website mydeco and multi-faceted design exhibition Tent London to announce Design Class 09 - a competition for three design graduates to win the opportunity to pitch their projects to mydeco design board members Terence Conran and Philippe Stark. More about Design Class 09: win free spaces at Tent London's Talent Zone
Design
Ink Calendar by Oscar Diaz
Spanish designer Oscar Diaz has designed a calendar that uses the capillary action of ink spreading across paper to display the date. More about Ink Calendar by Oscar Diaz
Design
This is a Fan by Julien Carretero
Designer Julien Carretero has created a domestic fan from a wire cage, a motor and an industrial strap. More about This is a Fan by Julien Carretero
News
Julius Shulman 1910-2009
Dezeenwire: The Los Angeles Times reports the death of celebrated architectural photographer Julius Shulman at his home in Los Angeles yesterday, aged 98.
"Julius Shulman, whose luminous photographs of homes and buildings brought fame to a number of mid-20th century Modernist architects and made him a household name in the architectural world, died Wednesday night," writes Claudia Luther. LA Times
More about Julius Shulman 1910-2009
Architecture
Celosia Residence by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó
Dutch architects MVRDV in collaboration with Madrid architect Blanca Lleó have completed a social housing project in Madrid, Spain. More about Celosia Residence by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó
Design
Continue Time by Sander Mulder
Dutch product designer Sander Mulder has designed a wall clock with a single, articulated arm that can display hours, minutes and seconds all at once. More about Continue Time by Sander Mulder
Architecture
Alternative Design for MoMA Tower at 53 West 53rd by Axis Mundi
New York architecture and design practice Axis Mundi have designed a conceptual alternative to French architect Jean Nouvel's design for a 73-storey tower next to the Museum of Modern Art in New York (see our previous story). More about Alternative Design for MoMA Tower at 53 West 53rd by Axis Mundi
Architecture
Al Nasseem by X-Architects
Dubai architecture firm X-Architects have unveiled their masterplan for a sustainable urban development in the center of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. More about Al Nasseem by X-Architects
Lighting
Dramprom by Roger Arquer
Spanish designer Roger Arquer has created a lamp that uses condensation to diffuse light from the bulb. More about Dramprom by Roger Arquer
Design
The Foetus Project by Jorge Lopes Dos Santos
Brazilian design graduate Jorge Lopes Dos Santos has developed a way of making physical models of foetuses using data from ultrasound, CT and MRI scans. More about The Foetus Project by Jorge Lopes Dos Santos
Architecture
National Stadium in Beijing wins RIBA Lubetkin Prize
The National Stadium in Beijing by architects Herzog & de Meuron has been awarded the RIBA Lubetkin Prize - an award given each year to the best building by an RIBA member built outside Europe. More about National Stadium in Beijing wins RIBA Lubetkin Prize
Architecture
Cleveland Museum of Art East Wing by Rafael Viñoly Architects
New York architects Rafael Viñoly have completed a new East Wing extension to the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, USA. More about Cleveland Museum of Art East Wing by Rafael Viñoly Architects
Design
Recent work by Kelly McCallum
New York gallery R 20th Century has sent images of recent work by London taxidermy artist Kelly McCallum. More about Recent work by Kelly McCallum