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Terence Conran makes major gift to the Design Museum
Dezeen Wire: co-founder of London's Design Museum Terence Conran has donated a cash gift of £7.5 million towards developing the museum's new home in south London. More
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Le Corbusier application deferred by UNESCO World Heritage Committee
Dezeen Wire: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have announced 25 new additions to the World Heritage List, including the Fagus Factory by Walter Gropius as reported yesterday, but deferred an application for the inclusion of 19 buildings by Modernist architect Le Corbusier, referring the decision to the next committee meeting. -
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"Modernist Icon Joins UNESCO Heritage List" - Spiegel online
Dezeen Wire: Spiegel online reports that Walter Gropius' pioneering 1911 Fagus Factory at Alfeld in Lower Saxony, Germany, will be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
UNESCO is still deliberating whether to add works by Le Corbusier to the list. Via Spiegel online
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"Centaur Media axes print versions of New Media Age and Design Week" - Telegraph
Dezeen Wire: The Telegraph has confirmed that UK magazine Design Week is to close, as reported by Dezeen earlier today. New Media Age magazine will also close, although the websites of both titles will continue.
Dezeen understands that Design Week editor Lynda Relph-Knight and most of her editorial team have been made redundant. Read The Telegraph's story | Read our earlier story
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Design Week magazine to close
Dezeen Wire: UK design magazine Design Week is to close this week, Dezeen understands. It is thought that the title will continue as a web-only publication at www.designweek.co.uk.
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"Habitat stores enter administration as part of sale" - BBC
Dezeen Wire: thirty UK branches of furniture chain Habitat are to go into administration as part of a deal involving the sale of the brand and the three London stores, the BBC reports.
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2011 Design Summit at the Design Council
Dezeen Wire: the Design Council in London is publishing a webcast and Twitter summary of Design for Growth, its 2011 Design Summit, taking place this morning and featuring designers including Jonathan Ive of Apple, Ian Callum of Jaguar and Tom Hulme of IDEO. Follow the summit here from 10.35am
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"Ai Weiwei released from detention" - Guardian
Dezeen Wire: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been released on bail after two months in detention, which Xinhua news agency said was "because of his good attitude in confessing his crimes" - Guardian -
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Bilbao, Cape Town and Dublin shortlisted for World Design Capital 2014
Dezeen Wire: Bilbao, Cape Town and Dublin have been shortlisted for the title of World Design Capital in 2014. More 
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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture to design world's fourth-tallest building
Dezeen Wire: Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture have won a competition to design the Wuhan Greenland Center in Hubei province, China, which is set to be the world's fourth-tallest building. More-
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Chelsea Barracks plan approved by Westminster Council
Dezeen Wire: new plans by Dixon Jones, Squire & Partners and Kim Wilkie to redevelop the controversial Chelsea Barracks site in central London have been approved by Westminster Council - BBCDeveloper Qatari Diar withdrew its earlier plan by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2009, following criticism of the design from Prince Charles.
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The Designer Fund founded to help designers become startup CEOs
Dezeen Wire: designer Enrique Allen has founded The Designer Fund, an organisation in Silicon Valley that supports startup businesses founded by designers - Co.Design -
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"Chinese Secretly Copy Austrian UNESCO Town" - Spiegel Online
Dezeen Wire: a Chinese firm is planning to build an exact replica of the Austrian village of Hallstatt in the Chinese province of Guangdong - Spiegel Online -
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V&A acquire work by Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard
Dezeen Wire: the V&A museum in London has purchased work by designers including Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard using a new acquisition fund for contemporary design. More -
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Zaha Hadid gains planning permission for Serpentine Sackler Gallery
Dezeen Wire: plans by Zaha Hadid Architects to extend London's Serpentine Gallery have been approved by Westminster Council. More -
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D&AD award winners announced
Dezeen Wire: the winners of the D&AD awards were announced at a ceremony in London last night.Winners include the iPad and Plumen 001 light bulb in the consumer product design category, Thomas Heatherwick's Seed Cathedral at Shanghai Expo 2010 and Studio East by Carmody Groarke in the spatial design section, and Puma's Clever Little Bag in the packaging category.
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"Eco-friendly mosque planned for Germany" - Guardian
Dezeen Wire: German architect Selcuk Ünyilmaz has prepared designs for a £2.2 million mosque near Hamburg with wind turbines in its minarets - Guardian -
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners propose a bridge over the O2 Arena
Dezeen Wire: UK architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have submitted proposals to Greenwich Council for a walkway spanning the roof of London's O2 Arena, which was completed by Richard Rogers Partnership back in 1999 - Greenwich.co.uk 
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Former Foreign Office Architects principal Alejandro Zaera-Polo launches studio
Dezeen Wire: former Foreign Office Architects co-founder Alejandro Zaera-Polo has opened his new studio, Alejandro Zaera-Polo Architecture (AZPA). More-
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"Architects hit out at Tory 'smear tactics'" - Building Design
Dezeen Wire: architects including Foster + Partners, Aedas and BDP have accused the UK Conservative Party of exaggerating the fees architects were paid under the previous government's Building Schools for the Future scheme - Building Design