Basel update: Galerie Kreo of Paris showed new furniture by Hella Jongerius (above) and the Bouroullec brothers (below) plus work by Front and Fernando Brizio, among others, at the Design Miami/Basel fair last week. More about Galerie Kreo at Design Miami/Basel
Developer Urban Splash has completed the first phase of Chimney Pot Park, a project to revitalise streets of unwanted century-old terraced housing in Salford, England. More about Chimney Pot Park by ShedKM and Urban Splash
Here are some more photos of East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton, England, designed by Thomas Heatherwick. More about More images of Heatherwick’s East Beach Cafe
Basel update: British artist/designer Barnaby Barford presented a new range of porcelain figurines with David Gill Galleries at the Design Miami/Basel collectors' fair that ended on Saturday. More about Noir Collection by Barnaby Barford
SANAA Houses is a new book about the cult Japanese architectural practice headed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. More about SANAA Houses
London architects Waugh Thistleton have designed a timber residential tower they say will be the tallest wooden housing block in the world. More about Timber tower by Waugh Thistleton
(Almost) live from Basel: the opening party for the MyHome and Vitra Edition 2007 exhibitions at Weil am Rhein on Wednesday night saw every building on the Vitra Campus open to guests, and open-air lounges set up beneath cherry trees in a meadow. More about Vitra Campus party
Live from Basel: here are some photos we took at Comme des Garçons Guerrilla Store +4161, which has been temporarily set up in an old industrial building in Basel, Switzerland. More about Comme des Garçons Guerrilla Store +4161
AMO, the think-tank arm of Office for Metropolitan Architecture, has announced a collaboration with the Hermitage State Museum (above) in St Petersburg, Russia, to develop a new museum typology for the 21st Century. More about Hermitage State Museum masterplan by AMO
Design London, a new contemporary design fair aimed at the collectors' market, will take place in Hanover Square, London this October. More about Design London contemporary design fair
Australian architects Denton Corker Marshall have nearly completed the Manchester Civil Justice Centre in Manchester, England. More about Manchester Civil Justice Centre by DCM
Message to the people who are moaning about the amount of Zaha Hadid stuff on dezeen: nobody is forcing you to visit this site! Give us a break! Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Zaha Hadid at the Serpentine Gallery
Live from Basel: here are a few snaps we took at the opening of the MyHome exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum on the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein on Wednesday. More about MyHome at Vitra Campus
Emerging designers and architects are invited to enter the Urbantine Project – a competition to design a workspace for the 21st Century. More about Urbantine Project design competition
Live from Basel: over the last two days, designers have been creating objects live at the Design Miami/Basel fair in Switzerland. More about Design performances in Basel
Live from Basel: here are some snaps from the Vitra Edition 2007 show in the Buckminster Fuller Dome at the Vitra campus at Weil am Rhein close to Basel. More about Vitra Edition 2007
The Cloud is a speculative design for a resort city elevated 300 metres in the air above Dubai and supported on slanting legs resembling rain. More about The Cloud by Atelier Hapsitus
Live from Basel: we just arrived in Basel, Switzerland for the Design Miami/Basel fair. We'll be here for the next few days reporting live on the show. Off to the big event at the nearby Vitra Design Museum now, more news and photos soon...
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We've put some more posts up on our blog for the Design Museum's forthcoming Zaha Hadid exhibition, More about Zaha Hadid blog update
Axor Massaud, the new bathroom collection designed by Jean-Marie Massaud for Axor, has just launched in the UK. More about Jean-Marie Massaud for Axor