A Room for London by David Kohn and Fiona Banner completes
A boat-like structure temporarily anchored to the roof of London’s Southbank Centre is in fact a rentable one-bedroom apartment by London architect David Kohn and artist Fiona Banner. More
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Ola Rune at Qubique 2011
In this Dezeen movie Ola Rune of Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune presents a lamp that they created for lighting company Wästberg at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011. More
Jaffa Tel Aviv Restaurant by Baranowitz Kronenberg Architecture
Industrial outdoor lamps hang over the tables of a restaurant in Tel Aviv by Israeli architects Baranowitz Kronenberg. More
Umicore Hoboken by Conix Architects
A giant zinc-plated ribbon folds in and out between the floors of this Antwerp office extension for metal refiner Umicore. More
Mangus Wästberg at Qubique 2011
In this movie we filmed at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011, Mangus Wästberg of Swedish lighting company Wästberg presents lamps designed by Studioilse, James Irvine and David Chipperfield. More
Dezeen Mail #89
Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a memorial to witches by Peter Zumthor, a car park by Zaha Hadid, Google's new headquarters and a new London bus by Thomas Heatherwick.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum extension by Renzo Piano
Architect Renzo Piano has completed a new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, which opens next week. More
Iron Gallery by Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio
Four-storey-high panels of corrugated Corten steel cover the exterior of this Tokyo gallery and office block by Japanese architect Kensuke Watanabe. More
Tower of Love by dRMM
Couples visiting the British seaside town of Blackpool can tie the knot inside a shimmering golden wedding chapel by London architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM). More
De La Espada at Qubique 2011
In this movie filmed by Dezeen at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011, Luis De Oliveira of Portuguese design company De La Espada presents work by designers including Ilse Crawford, Matthew Hilton, Benjamin Hubert and Autoban. More
Isi Metzstein (1920 - 2012)
Dezeen Wire: Scottish architect Isi Metzstein, who was awarded the Royal Scottish Academy Gold Medal for Architecture in 1975, has died at the age of 83- BBC NewsMetzstein worked for Scottish firm Gillespie Kidd & Coia and also taught at the Glasgow School of Art.
BlancoWhite by Estudi Arola for Santa & Cole
Spanish designer Antoni Arola has created a series of stackable tables, shelves and surfaces with light flooding from their undersides. More
Klein Bottle House by McBride Charles Ryan
The walls of this house in Australia by architects McBride Charles Ryan have origami-like facets and folds. More
Guggenheim Museum is viable for Helsinki
The results of a study carried out by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on behalf of the City of Helsinki has revealed that it would be feasible to construct a new Guggenheim Museum in Finland. More
Design Museum announce shortlist for Designs of the Year 2012
Dezeen Wire: the Design Museum in London have announced the projects nominated for the Designs of the Year 2012, including a device for detonating landmines, a machine that uses desert sand to print glass and a cinema under a motorway. See the full shortlist below. More
Mirror House by MLRP
Funhouse mirrors are mounted on the gabled ends of this playground pavilion in Copenhagen, as well as behind the doors. More
AIA Coffee & Restaurant by Inês Aia
Portuguese designer Inês Aia has inserted a coffee shop and restaurant inside a nineteenth century townhouse in Porto (photographs by José Campos). More
Capital headphones by KiBiSi for AIAIAI
Copenhagen designers KiBiSi designed these headphones to withstand being worn in the rain and snow. More
The Mantes-la-Jolie Water Sports Centre by Agence Search
French architects Agence Search have completed a water-sports centre beside the Seine with a roof of undulating waves. More
Competition: five Urban Gridded Notebooks to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with Brooklyn firm Aminimal Studio to give away five copies of their sketchbooks printed with a city grid on each page. More