Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam by Benthem Crouwel Architects
Benthem Crouwel Architects have completed the new extension to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, which looks rather like the underside of a kitchen sink (+ slideshow). More
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Competition: five copies of Variations on Normal by Dominic Wilcox to be won
Competition: Dezeen and designer Dominic Wilcox have teamed up to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of his new book that features over one hundred drawings of his "odd yet strangely logical" inventions (+ movie). More
Paralympic design: discus throwing frame
Discus-thrower Derek Derenalagi competes using a custom frame that's specially designed to meet strict rules for Paralympic athletics, which state that any equipment can be used so long as he can get set up and ready to compete within 60 seconds. More
"Honduras sets stage for 3 privately run cities" - ABC News
Dezeen News: The government of Honduras has given the go-ahead for three privately run cities with "their own police, laws, government and tax systems", according to ABC News. More
Dezeen Mail #117
A cross between a ladder and a staircase leads this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, which also contains the latest news, jobs and readers' comments.
Tint room dividers by Kristine Five Melvær
Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær has made a series of sheer silk room dividers in pale, graduated colours. More
designjunction 2012 at London Design Festival
Dezeen promotion: designjunction 2012 will take place at the Sorting Office, 21-31 New Oxford Street, London WC1 from 19 to 23 September during the London Design Festival and registration for free visitor passes is now open. More
Dezeen Music Project: special call out for tracks and performers
Dezeen Music Project is looking for original music tracks and performers to take part in Dezeen Live, our series of talks at 100% Design from 19 to 22 September during the London Design Festival. More
Two-handled tennis racket spotted at the U.S. Open
Dezeen News: mixed doubles tennis player Brian Battistone turned heads at the U.S. Open this week with a two-handled tennis racket his playing partner has dubbed "the alien". More
New owners of Battersea Power Station pledge to finally redevelop London landmark
Dezeen News: the new owners of Battersea Power Station say their £8bn revamp of the site will begin in 2013, ending more than 25 years of speculation over the future of the London landmark. More
Five six towers with unfortunate likenesses
Following yesterday's story about a skyscraper that resembles a pair of trousers (above), here are some more looky-likey towers including one that readers have compared to a stack of toilet rolls and another that looks like a sex toy. More
Simple Convenience iron by Laura Nelson
British product designer and recent graduate Laura Nelson has come up with a hinged iron based on a set of hair straighteners. More
Frank Gehry establishes SCI-Arc prize with $100,000 donation
Dezeen News: architect Frank Gehry has donated $100,000 to the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) to endow a new annual prize for the best graduate thesis projects. More
Iwan Baan on "architecture without architects"
In a movie Dezeen filmed at his Golden Lion-winning installation in collaboration with Justin McGuirk and Urban-Think Tank at the Venice Architecture Biennale, architectural photographer Iwan Baan talks about how residents have built their own homes between the columns and floor plates of the unfinished Torre David skyscraper in Caracas. More