Stadsmissionen School by Codesign
Architects Codesign have converted a Stockholm warehouse into a school. More
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"Humanitarian design project aims to build a sense of community"- The New York Times
Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times, design correspondent Alice Rawsthorn profiles Studio H, a humanitarian design project has spent a year teaching design skills to school children in a deprived part of North Carolina - The New York TimesRawsthorn describes the process that Studio H founders Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller undertook with the pupils – providing basic skills that resulted in the creation of a 2,000-square-foot pavilion at a local farmers market – and outlines the benefits of teaching design to students at a formative age.
See links to more articles by Alice Rawsthorn here.
Gender and race on Dezeen
Dezeen Wire: Dezeen reader Salomé Francpourmoi has emailed us her analysis of the gender and race of designers whose portraits we've published on our homepage in the last seven months which, she says, shows a predominance of white males. More
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WSJ. Magazine announces winners of inaugural Innovator of the Year Awards
Dezeen Wire: artist Ai Weiwei, architect Bjarke Ingels and designer Joris Laarman are among the winners of WSJ. Magazine's first Innovator of the Year Awards, a prize honouring the world's most creative and progressive individuals. More
City Music by Akko Goldenbeld
Dutch Design Week 2011: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Akko Goldenbeld has made a model of the city that plays the piano. More
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"Confidence about overall workloads remains fragile" - RIBA Future Trends Survey
Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects' Future Trends Survey for September points to a drop in the number of architectural practices anticipating increased demand for their services. More 
Liyuan Library by Li Xiaodong
Architect Li Xiaodong has completed a library in China that's covered in firewood. More
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Libeskind's Military History Museum should be "more than a gesture"- The Observer
Dezeen Wire: in his latest review for The Observer architecture critic Rowan Moore criticises Daniel Libeskind's angular five-storey extension to the Military History Museum in Dresden, stating that "something so large and conspicuous should surely be more than a gesture." More 
Dezeen Space at 54 Rivington Street
Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs gives a tour of our activities at Dezeen Space in this movie filmed on the last day at 54 Rivington Street in London.
Dezeen Space was open from 17 September to 16 October and hosted our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up, the launch of our new Dezeen Book of Ideas, specially commissioned sculptures by Dominic Wilcox, a new product launch by Paul Cocksedge, the Dezeen Lounge furnished by Ligne Roset and a micro-exhibition that changed every day.
Gate by mihadesign
Architects mihadesign have completed a Tokyo house with sloping skylights, suspended lofts and a staircase that spirals around a wall. More