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Technical architect at Parritt Leng
Mar 26th
Dezeen Jobs: London architects Parritt Leng require a technical architect: More �
Cape Town named World Design Capital 2014
Oct 26th
Dezeen Wire: Cape Town in South Africa has been named World Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design ( Icsid ). (more…)
Commuter by Levi’s
Jul 12th
Clothing brand Levi’s is introducing garments adapted for commuter cyclists, including jeans featuring storage for a bike lock. (more…)
Mordecai Mole the Building Thief / Julian Hector
May 28th
Many great buildings… A few weeks ago, we shared a whimsical architectural version of the children’s tale “Three Little Pigs” by Steven Guarnaccia
Dezeen archive: toys
Dec 22nd
Dezeen archive: since it’s nearly time for Santa Claus’ rounds we’ve compiled all our stories from the Dezeen archive about toys . See all the stories »
On Line
Nov 22nd
On Line explores the radical transformation of the medium of drawing throughout the twentieth century, a period when numerous artists subjected the traditional concepts of drawing to a critical examination and expanded the medium’s definition in relation to gesture and form. In a revolutionary departure from the institutional definition of drawing, and from the reliance on paper as the fundamental support material, artists instead pushed line across the plane into real space, thus questioning the relation between the object of art and the world.
A Flying Kitchen / Daniele Claudio Taddei
Nov 7th
© Bruno Helbling Architect: Daniele Claudio Taddei Location: Zürich, Switzerland Client: Willy Klossner, Stephan Willi Project Year: 2009-2010 Photographs: Bruno Helbling The task was to adapt the existing unit, originally an office space, to the needs of the clients, a couple who enjoy to cook and entertain. The cramped floor plan needed some cleaning up. © Bruno Helbling The center of the house, the kitchen, needed to be opened up to the living space, and the master bedroom required a bathroom. The decision was easily taken: some 6 tons of concrete walls had to go. plan 01 plan 02 In the kitchen, the flying kitchen table, with working space and sink area, uses the space above the stairs. On the walls lots of big closets for the fridge and storage. The same approach was taken with the master bedroom. The repositioned closets made room for an open master bathroom, with an unique large tub with a view of the alps, a splendid luminescent wall, and an inviting open shower
Video: “A Necessary Ruin: The Story of Buckminster Fuller and the Union Tank Car Dome”
Oct 23rd
Click here to view the embedded video. Upon its completion in October 1958, the Union Tank Car Dome , located north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was the largest clear-span structure in the world. Based on the engineering principles of the visionary design scientist and philosopher Buckminster Fuller, this geodesic dome was, at 384 feet in diameter, the first large scale example of this building type.
Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution / Daniel Libeskind
Oct 12th
Libeskind's Denver Art Museum © Bitter Bredt Yesterday, it was announced that Daniel Libeskind will design a landmark building for the UK that will house the new Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution. As part of the University of Essex , the UK’s highest ranked university for social science research, this new building seeks to become an “international beacon for democracy” as it will build upon the university’s 40 years of practical and academic expertise in the field of human rights, justice and governance. Libeskind commented, “I consider it an honor to be involved in a project with such visionary humanitarian objectives. I have always believed that democratic openness and conflict resolution is critical not only in the political sphere but in the making of architectural space.” More about the project after the break
