Dezeenwire: Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, and other key Apple staff explain the design of the iPad in a video on Apple's website.
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Steven Holl Architects have completed a building conceived as a "horizontal skyscraper", supported over a landscaped garden in Shenzhen, China. More about Vanke Center Shenzhen by Steven Holl Architects
Steven Holl Architects of New York have won a competition to design a major urban quarter on a former industrial site beside a lake at Hangzhou, China. More about International Tourism Complex Hangzhou by Steven Holl Architects
Last week Amsterdam studios DUS Architecten and Studio for Unsolicited Architecture built a dome of umbrellas around a lamp post in Rotterdam and held a party under it. More about The Bucky Bar by DUS Architecten and Studio for Unsolicited Architecture
Dezeen have got together with Steven Holl Architects to give away five copies of their latest monograph, Urbanisms - Working with Doubt. More about Competition: five copies of Urbanisms by Steven Holl to be won
Architects Lightroom Studio of Georgia have completed an outdoor living room, built around a tree at a house in Atlanta, USA. More about Dominey Pavilion by Lightroom Studio
Milan 2010: Hong Kong designer Michael Young has designed a collection of wood and aluminum furniture for design brand Emeco, which will be presented at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this April. More about Lancaster by Michael Young for Emeco
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the iPad, a large touch-screen device for reading, browsing the internet, listening to music and playing games. More about iPad by Apple
Dezeenwire: architect Frank Gehry has withdrawn from a project designing a Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem - New York Times
A house with a deep pitched roof designed by Brooklyn studio Julian King Architect is nearing completion in Greenwich, Connecticut. More about Greenwich House by Julian King Architect
Here are some photos of a blue striped house in Northampton, USA, by Pennsylvanian architect Joe Biondo. More about House Equanimity by Joe Biondo
Design studio Qb of Philadelphia have completed a house in Philadelphia that features a glazed interior wrapped in a curved brick facade. More about Split Level House by Qb
Architects Cottam Hargrave of Austin have completed a house and studio for a photographer in Austin, Texas. More about Atelier Wong by Cottam Hargrave
Here are some new images of the Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum designed by Zaha Hadid for Michigan State University, which has been given permission for construction to begin. More about Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum by Zaha Hadid
TKTS Booth is a ticket booth where the roof forms stepped seating in Times Square, New York, designed by architects Choi Ropiha, Perkins Eastman and PKSB Architects. More about TKTS Booth and Father Duffy Square by Choi Ropiha, Perkins Eastman and PKSB Architects
Los Angeles-based architects Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich of architectural practice Patterns have completed an art gallery on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. More about Prism by Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich
American architects Morphosis have completed a floating house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans, in collaboration with graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles. More about Float House by Morphosis for Make it Right
San Francisco designers Studio O+A have completed the headquarters for social networking website Facebook in Palo Alto, California. More about Facebook Headquarters by Studio O+A
Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of the recently-completed academic building for The Cooper Union in New York, designed by Thom Mayne of American practice Morphosis. More about 41 Cooper Square by Morphosis
Dutch designer Maarten Baas has been named Design Miami/ Designer of the Year, and will present a new body of commissioned work at the fair in Miami this December. More about Maarten Baas named Design Miami/ Designer of the Year