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Barcelona architect Anna Noguera has converted a sixteenth-century house in Girona into two contemporary holiday apartments. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the 150 Series, the latest design by best-selling British watch brand Uniform Wares, is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Thin black metal frames arch between floor and ceiling in this Parisian boutique by French architect Joseph Grappin for shoe designer Karine Arabian (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A triangulated glass and steel restaurant sits beside a river in a remote forested gorge in southern China. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Garments hang from the recycled parts of four bicycles inside a sustainable clothing shop in Stuttgart. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A drawbridge-like flap lowers from the steel-plated facade of this Melbourne bunker to reveal a bedroom window. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another triangulated outcrop: Technische Universität Dresden students Philip Modest Schambelan and Anton Fromm have designed a hotel for mountain bikers for the edge of a cliff in Pregasina, Italy. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this previously unpublished video interview by Dezeen, industrial designer Konstantin Grcic talks about Design Real, the exhibition he curated at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 2009. More information about the exhibition in our story published at the time. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week the first of the London Design Festival events opened, including John Pawson’s installation at St Paul’s Cathedral and the Bouroullec brothers’ Textile Field at the Victoria & Albert museum. Dezeen Space opens tomorrow at 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN. Dyson launched a new heater that takes its cue from their Air-Multiplier bladeless fans and Icon magazine celebrated its 100th issue. A handy hotel for napping at airports popped up in Moscow, the RIBA unveiled the shorlisted entries for their Pylon of the Future competition and we rounded up our stories featuring Corten steel, including a see-through church. A film showing the const…

A bright red shipping container at the entrance to the offices of Cape Town branding agency 99c houses a waiting room for visitors. (more...) View the full article

Rotterdam designer Roeland Otten has designed a collection of 26 chairs, each spelling out one letter of the alphabet. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pointed cantilevers project above an office block that is sandwiched between a corporate complex and a slum in Mumbai (photographs by Edmund Sumner). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: 41 projects have been shortlisted for the inaugural Inside awards as part of Inside, the World Festival of Interiors that takes place in Barcelona from 2-4 November 2011. See the full shortlist below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen have got together with J Mayer H Architects to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of Arium – Weather and Architecture, edited by Jurgen Mayer H and Neeraj Bhatia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: a team led by Norwegian architects Snøhetta have won a competition to redesign Times Square in New York. See press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Maltese studio Chris Briffa Architects have renovated a public toilet in Valletta, Malta, inspired by the facility’s location in what was once a red-light district. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Daniel Libeskind has revealed his latest project – an £11.5-million centre for cosmology and astronomy researchers at Durham University in England. Read more View the full article

A team of illustrators and graphic artists camped out for a week in this Rococo-style dome hidden under a carpark in Soho, London, covering every surface and arch with a sinister, sprawling illustration for new restaurant and bar Meat Liquor. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This park in Xi’an, China, by international architects West 8 recently opened to the public and contains red bridges offering vantage points. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York studio Axis Mundi have designed a house for a mountainside in Montana, USA, which incorporates a 60 foot internal bridge (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Strips of perforated fabric are tacked onto the facades of this house near Amsterdam by Dutch architects CC-Studio and Studio TX. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Thomas Heatherwick’s UK Pavilion is nearing completion for the Shanghai Expo 2010, which opens in May. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: artists Studio Job and designer Pieke Bergmans present a collection of polished bronze objects with blown-glass lamps spilling out of them for Italian gallery Dilmos in Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect David Adjaye has designed a collection of sustainable underwear for online clothing retailer PACT. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Shanghai Expo 2010: here are some photographs of the Dutch pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010, taken by photographer Montse Zamorano. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article