Canada Water Library by CZWG
Architects CZWG have completed a bronzed, hexagonal library that leans across a dock in south London. More
Architects CZWG have completed a bronzed, hexagonal library that leans across a dock in south London. More
Dezeen Wire: the Board of the Venice Architecture Biennale have confirmed that British architect David Chipperfield will curate the architecture sector of this year's exhibition, as reported on Dezeen Wire back in November, while Italian film critic Alberto Barbera will direct the cinema sector. More
Dezeen Wire: New York Times critic Alice Rawsthorn previews the design highs and lows of the coming year, including Thomas Heatherwick's new double-decker bus for London (high) and the logo for the 2012 Olympic games (low) - New York Times
Engineers for web giant Google can lounge on sofas or draw on the walls at their new London headquarters by designers Penson. More
Norwegian architects Snøhetta have submitted plans for a Maggie’s Centre to provide cancer care facilities in Aberdeen, Scotland. More
Foster + Partners have won a competition to design a high-speed rail station for the city of Ourense in northwest Spain. More
Here are some more photos of the prototype of Thomas Heatherwick's redesign of the iconic routemaster bus for London, unveiled last week as reported on Dezeen Wire. More
Zaha Hadid has become the latest in a string of architects to design a car park for Miami Beach. More
Dezeen Wire: a prototype of Thomas Heatherwick's redesign for the iconic Routemaster bus was unveiled in London this morning. More
British architect Terry Farrell has unveiled conceptual proposals to convert London’s Battersea Power Station into a park, which oppose existing plans for a mixed-used development by New York architect Rafael Viñoly. More
A sci-fi animation in which a downtrodden robot workforce battles with police against a backdrop of dystopian architecture is one of the winners of the RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards, announced this evening. More
Dezeen Wire: Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger has been named as the recipient of this year's Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More
Visitors to this year’s Design Miami/ fair could climb into the hollow belly of a wooden pavilion by architect David Adjaye. More
Waves of stone ripple around the corners of a Hong Kong shopping centre that was recently renovated by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. More
Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will chair a discussion with Milan designer Fabio Novembre at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London tonight as part of Peroni Nastro Azzurro's latest series of talks on Italian design. You'll be able to watch the talk via a live stream on Dezeen Screen from 7pm. More
This pod-shaped woodland retreat floats on a net between the trees in Dorset, UK. More
Dezeen Wire: an architect from one of the firms that collaborated with Foster + Partners on the design of the Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal in China says that recent damage caused by wind had nothing to do with the quality of the design – The Washington Post
Shao Weiping of the Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute said he was "very confident that the design was perfect and involved no mistakes or flaws.” China state media say passengers reported seeing roofing material from Terminal 3 blowing across the runway and through the three-year-old terminal building. It is the second time in a year that wind has reportedly affected the structure.
British architect Alison Brooks has won a competition to design a new quadrangle for a college at the University of Oxford. More
Dezeen Wire: Italian architect Renzo Piano says his London skyscraper, The Shard, will be loved by the public, because "it will be accessible, because it is transparent, understandable and not mysterious" – The Telegraph More
Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Design Council have expressed support for a new housing strategy announced by the UK government that aims to deliver high quality homes rather than a higher volume of poor standard properties. More