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Peru studio 51-1 Arquitectos and Colombian architects Ctrl G have won a competition to design an extension to the Modern Art Museum of Medellin, Colombia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

It’s Dezeen night at the Barbican’s Ron Arad: Restless exhibition in London next Thursday, 11 March and we have 50 pairs of tickets (worth £10 each) to give away for the show and the book event we’re hosting that evening. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Kingston University graduate Wannayos Boonperm has made a series of objects by splicing together familiar household and office products, including this combined watering can and telephone (above). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid’s aquatics centre for the London 2012 Olympics opened this week, exactly one year ahead of the opening ceremony, while new aerial photos of all the venues were released and the Olympic medal design failed to impress. See all our stories about the London 2012 Olympics here. Our most popular story of the week featured a cliff-top house inspired by a Picasso painting but our favourites were a kiosk at Grand Central made from torn copies of the New York Times, a community built around public toilets and a robot that steals your covers in the morning and poos all over the floor. Meanwhile we’ve made a few changes to Dezeen’s layout and navigation - take a …

Design group United Nude have taken a number of recognisable objects and created simplified versions, including this Lamborghini, made up of a series of triangulated planes. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A sequence of horizontal steel rods resemble a barcode on the glass facade of a house extension in Washington DC. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This shop in Fukuoka, Japan, by Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata of Case-Real can be converted into a gallery or party venue by rapidly dismantling the display stands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year the London Design Festival was in full swing with Kram/Weisshaar’s robotic display lighting up Trafalgar Square, Paul Cocksedge‘s giant magnetic coin crash-landing at the Southbank and Stuart Haygarth’s staircase covered in picture frames at the Victoria & Albert museum. Alasdhair Willis resigned as chief executive of Established & Sons and Thomas Heatherwick won the London Design Medal 2010. Meanwhile Marc Newson designed a range of limited-edition shoes for NIKE and Jaime Hayón launched a collection of furniture for London design brand Sé. John Pawson talked to us about an exhibition of his work at the Design Museum in one of o…

Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk has designed a collection of objects for Italian design company Secondome by splicing together recognisable components in unusual combinations. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The golden ration determines proportions throughout this raw concrete house in Germany. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio VW+BS have designed an office building for Singapore that resembles a giant periscope. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cooling pools of water and trees line corridors and rooms inside an Indonesian house by architects Budi Pradono. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zurich photographer Bruno Helbling has sent us his photos of a house in Feldkrich, Austria, by Austrian studio Marte.Marte. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Melbourne office Architects EAT have completed an extension to a house in Canterbury, Australia, suspended above the ground on steel columns. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The ceiling of a drama studio in Milan is imprinted with inverted bubbles that house both spotlights and skylights. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house in Takarazuka city by Japanese architects EASTERN Design Office has a studio supported above the residence on two mounds of crushed marble. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The UK's creative sector has welcomed the huge financial package announced by the government yesterday aimed at helping companies protect jobs during the coronavirus crisis, but warned that freelancers and self-employed workers need greater support. Read more View the full article

Residents at this remote Australian lodge can step straight out of bed to the side of a long narrow outdoor pool. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Athens designer Yiannis Ghikas has designed a coat rack comprising three Y-shaped components leaning against each other. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Korean designer Hyung Suk Cho has designed a collection of upholstered furniture trapped in metal cages. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our fourth featured pavilion from Mexican pilgrimage route La Ruta del Peregrino is a precariously balanced viewing platform by Chilean architects Elemental. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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 </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Los Angeles designer Christopher Warren of WORD has created a collection of chairs made of plywood grids for an exhibition of artists’ books. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Design Museum in London have announced the category winners for the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards. See press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture graduate Stephan Sobl has designed an upside-down skyscraper to hang over the Colorado River in Nevada, right beside the Hoover Dam. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article