Architecture
Architecture
More images of 166 Perry Street by Asymptote
Here are some better-quality images of Asymptote's 166 Perry Street residential building in New York, which is just about to go on site. More
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Design
Design
Unsustainable by Greetje van Helmond 2
RCA summer show: Greetje van Helmond has sent us some new photos of her Unsustainable range of jewellery made from sugar, which are much better than the ones we took last week. More
Architecture
Architecture
166 Perry Street by Asymptote
Work is about to start on the construction of 166 Perry Street, an apartment building in New York designed by Asymptote. More
Lighting
Lighting
Big Dipper by Sarah van Gameren
RCA summer show: part production line and part performance, Big Dipper is a machine that produces candle chandeliers by automatically dipping wick into vats of molten wax. More
Interiors
Interiors
e-glue vinyl wall decorations for children
Now children can indulge in the craze for self-adhesive vinyl wall decorations with a new product called e-glue. More
Hotels
Hotels
Yotel by Priestman Goode
The first of a new chain of economy hotels based on a cross between Japanese capsule hotels and first-class airline cabins has opened at Gatwick Airport in England. More
Design
Design
Unsustainable by Greetje van Helmond
RCA summer show: Design Products graduate Greetje van Helmond has created a range of jewellery using sugar crystals, which she "grows" directly onto cord suspended in sugary solution. More
Design
Design
Transition sportswear by Arik Levy
Arik Levy has become the latest industrial designer to create a clothing range, with his Transition collection for Korean sportswear brand Kolon Sport. More
Architecture
Architecture
Basel rejects Zaha Hadid casino
The citizens of Basel, Switzerland, have voted by a clear majority against architect Zaha Hadid's proposed Neues Stadt-Casino, meaning the auditorium will now not be built. More
Design
Design
Diffusion Vessels by David Sutton
RCA summer show: Diffusion Vessels are a series of bowls designed by digitally recreating the fractal growth patterns of natural phenomena such as lightning and snowflakes. More
Architecture
Architecture
Zaha Hadid blog update
The Zaha Hadid - Architecture and Design exhibition opens at the Design Museum in London this Friday, and we've updated the exhibition blog with more material about the show and about Zaha Hadid Architects in general. More
Design
Design
Domestic wind turbine by Ben Storan
RCA summer show: here is the first of our posts from The Great Exhibition 2007 - the Royal College of Art Summer Show, which is on at the RCA in London and a temporary venue in Kensington Gardens. More
Architecture
Architecture
Casa da Musica wins RIBA European award
The Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto, Portugal, by Office for Metropolitan Architecture has won the European Award at the Royal Institute of British Architects awards, held in London tonight. More
Hotels
Hotels
Ostel communist-style hotel in Berlin
Ostel is a new budget hotel in Berlin that celebrates Communist retro chic. More
Restaurants/bars
Restaurants/bars
Matsalen and Matbaren by Ilse Crawford
Designer Ilse Crawford has completed the interiors for two new restaurants at Grand Hotel Stockholm in Sweden. More
Furniture
Furniture
Martino Gamper for Nilufar
Basel update: Milanese gallery Nilufar presented a limited edition series of Bookcase by Martino Gamper at Design Miami/Basel last week. More
Restaurants/bars
Restaurants/bars
East Beach Cafe interior
We've finally got hold of a photo of the interior of Thomas Heatherwick's just-opened East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton, England. Just the one though. See our earlier post for more images and links.
Architecture
Architecture
Turner Contemporary by David Chipperfield
David Chipperfield Architects have presented new designs for the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate, England. More
Architecture
Architecture
Szczecin Philharmonie by EBV
Spanish architects Estudio Barozzi Veiga have won first prize in a competition to design the new Szczecin Philharmonie concert hall in Szczecin, Poland. More
Furniture
Furniture
Galerie Kreo at Design Miami/Basel
Basel update: Galerie Kreo of Paris showed new furniture by Hella Jongerius (above) and the Bouroullec brothers (below) plus work by Front and Fernando Brizio, among others, at the Design Miami/Basel fair last week. More