Porta Fira Towers by Toyo Ito and b720 Arquitectos
Japanese architect Toyo Ito and b720 Arquitectos of Spain have completed two adjacent towers in Barcelona containing a hotel and offices. More
Japanese architect Toyo Ito and b720 Arquitectos of Spain have completed two adjacent towers in Barcelona containing a hotel and offices. More
Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk has designed a collection of objects for Italian design company Secondome by splicing together recognisable components in unusual combinations. More
French studio Topos Architecture have completed a nursery in Nantes where the gabled ends are clad in red polycarbonate, engraved with floral patterns. More
Here are some photographs of the exhibition Ron Arad: Restless, currently on show at the Barbican in London. More
Chicago office Krueck & Sexton have completed the restoration of two apartment towers in Chicago by German-American architect Mies van der Rohe. More
Torafu Architects of Tokyo, Japan have designed a paper container that can be stretched into a vase, plate or bowl. More
It's Dezeen night at the Barbican's Ron Arad: Restless exhibition in London next Thursday, 11 March and we have 50 pairs of tickets (worth £10 each) to give away for the show and the Dezeentalks we're hosting that evening. More
Jonathan Glancey interviews architect IM Pei, who was recently awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More
Dutch architect Rem D Koolhaas and British shoemaker Galahad Clark have launched the latest collection of footwear for their brand United Nude. More
A solo exhibition of work by Dutch designer Joris Laarman opens at Friedman Benda gallery in New York on Thursday. More
Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of a chemical laboratory at the Universidad de Alcalá by Madrid architect Héctor Fernández-Elorza. More
Milan 2010: Eindhoven collective La Bolleur will construct a mini golf course in Zona Tortona in Milan this April. More
Fashion designer Paul Smith has reworked a coffee pot by late Danish designer Arne Jacobsen to mark the 50th anniversary of Danish brand Stelton. More
Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded at Object Rotterdam last month, fair director Fons Hof, gallerist Wilpert Dreesmann of Particles, and Dutch designers Kiki van Eijk and Aldo Bakker talk about design in the Netherlands. More
Dezeenwire: architect Ole Scheeren is to leave Office for Metropolitan Architecture and establish his own studio - see press release below:
Architect Daniele Durante of studiobv36 in Italy has designed a new headquarters in Rome for the Italian postal service. More
Tokyo studio Shuichiro Yoshida Architects have completed a tall narrow toilet block in Chikusei City, Japan. More
New York designers Constantin and Laurene Leon Boym have designed a set of four bowls that stack into the shape of a vase. More
Danish architects CF Møller have completed a centre for entrepreneurs in Horsens, Denmark, where a green fibre-cement staircase spirals round the central atrium. More
It's taken a while, but German-born designer Moritz Waldemeyer has sent some official pictures of the laser suit he created for U2 singer Bono for their current world tour. More