Artist Retreat by 0 to 1
Guest artists will be invited to live and work inside this shard-like timber hut. More
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Cantina de Comida Mexicana by Taller Tiliche
Following our recent feature about projects that intentionally look as though the builders haven’t left yet, here’s a restaurant in Mexico City with lumps of plaster and holes on its ceiling. More
Dezeen Mail #84
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Outrage at gardens for Aberdeen by Snøhetta, Foster + Partners and Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Dezeen Wire: architects including Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Foster + Partners and Snøhetta have submitted plans to a controversial competition that proposes the transformation of a Victorian public gardens in Aberdeen, Scotland.Models of the six shortlisted entries were unveiled at a public exhibition yesterday but Andrew MacGregor, secretary of the protest group Friends of Union Terrace Gardens, condemned the designs as an “absolute abomination” and said there would be rolling public protests by supporters who want to keep the gardens as they are - The Scotsman
Design is Dead Pencil by Studiolav
London designers Studiolav have declared the pencil redundant and redesigned it for life in a pencil-pot graveyard. More
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Design Museum building for sale
Dezeen Wire: the Design Museum has announced that the building at Butler's Wharf in London, which has been its home since 1989, is up for sale. More 
Tales of the Hunt: Tom Price
British designer Tom Price talks about his Meltdown series of furniture while he melts a big ball of nylon rope into a chair in this movie from the Tales of the Hunt interview series made by Brussels gallerist Victor Hunt. More
Les Grandes Tables de L'île by 1024 Architecture
Paris studio 1024 Architecture have completed a cafe made from scaffolding and shipping containers on an island on the Seine in Paris. More
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Gehry admits criticism of proposed Eisenhower Memorial has been "mostly fair"
Dezeen Wire: American architect Frank Gehry has said that "people are asking good questions" about his divisive design for a memorial to America's 34th president, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The proposal features large metal tapestries hung from 80-foot-tall columns and set in a landscaped park. At a presentation to fellow architects at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington on Tuesday evening, Gehry insisted that concerns voiced by the public and Eisenhower's grandchildren about the concept and scale of the project would be taken on board ahead of a planning application on 1 December - The Associated Press
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Critics' reactions to Pylon Design Competition winner
Dezeen Wire: here is a roundup of reports following the announcement that Danish company Bystrup have won the UK Pylon Design Competition, organised by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the National Grid, and the Royal Institute of British Architects. More 
Heliocosm by FREAKS freearchitects
French studio FREAKS freearchitects have inserted a rectangular timber tunnel inside this Paris cosmetics shop. More
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Owners of world's most expensive house choose to live elsewhere
Dezeen Wire: The New York Times claims that Antilia, the 27-storey house in Mumbai owned by India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, is still acting as a pricey pied-à-terre, with Ambani's family choosing to spend their time in a more modest 14-storey converted apartment block in the south of the city - The New York Times 
Special offer: order Dezeen Book of Ideas and London Design Guide for £20
Order the new Dezeen Book of Ideas together with the London Design Guide by Max Fraser and pay just £20 for both books. More
House Folded by Alphaville
Slanted walls pierced by square peepholes bisect this house in Osaka by architects Alphaville. More
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Design Council review recommends networked system of design support
Dezeen Wire: a report commissioned by the Design Council has recommended a more localised approach to supporting design and architecture across England. More -
"Stephen Bayley delivers Pomo its death blow" - The Architect's Newspaper
Dezeen Wire: author and curator Stephen Bayley has written a savage review of the Victoria & Albert museum's current exhibition of Postmodern design and architecture, which he describes as "a revived chamber of horrors." - The Architect's Newspaper More
Spaceport America by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners have completed the world’s first space terminal for tourists in New Mexico. More
Reinier de Graaf on OMA’s preoccupations
In this interview we filmed at the opening of OMA/Progress at the Barbican in London, OMA partner Reinier de Graaf talks about the architecture firm's current preoccupations, including the city of London. More
Nursery in Sarreguemines by Michel Grasso and Paul Le Quernec
Visitors enter this nursery in northeast France through a curving concrete orifice. More
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Frank Gehry creates strategic alliance of leading architects
Dezeen Wire: architect Frank Gehry has invited some of the world's leading architects and designers to join an advisory board that aims to identify ways to achieve a higher quality of built environment through intelligent design. More