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Patkau Architects of Canada created this group of temporary plywood skating shelters huddled together by a skating trail along a frozen river in Winnipeg. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture studio SO-IL has designed a major installation for Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology that creates a new public route through the middle of the Amanda Levete-designed building via a secret rear entrance. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen we published an interview with industrial designer Marc Newson about his new camera for Pentax. You can also watch highlights from Fabio Novembre’s talk about his work and inspirations plus changes in the Italian design scene on Dezeen Screen. Our most popular and most controversial story this week featured Daniel Libeskind’s family of curved towers in Singapore and readers were angered by a stark concrete church on the side of a sacred mountain in China that they claim steals ideas from all of their favourite architects Japanese designers Nendo completed a menswear store that imitates an office while Norwegian architects Eriksen Skajaa created an …

Australian studio b.e. Architecture have completed a house surrounded by a steel and timber timber grid in coastal Victoria, Australia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

BCHO Architects have completed this house buried in the ground in Seoul, Korea. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: garden trade show Spoga+Gafa invites young designers to enter their Garden Goes Balcony design competition for the chance to win a share of €12,500 and exhibit as part of Garden Unique, which takes place at Koelnmesse in Cologne from 4 to 6 September. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian studio CLS Architetti have completed this contemporary art gallery set back from the street in Milan, which the architects claim is the largest private gallery in Europe. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am has been appointed by technology company Intel as director of creative innovation. The rapper will be involved in the development of new technologies involving music and visuals and is reportedly also working on music specially for the brand. Intel’s vice-president Deborah Conrad said: “We’re thrilled to tap into the limitless creativity will.i.am brings to the table. He’s not only a brilliant artist and producer, but also an innovator pushing the bounds of technology professionally and personally. We share a strong interest in innovation around music, art and lifestyle, and are excited to join forces to establish an aut…

Naked mannequins sit on the walls and ceiling of this MC Escher-inspired clothes store in Shanghai. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This cast-concrete house in Almelo, in the Netherlands by Dutch practice Van der Jeugd Architecten has balconies that appear as extrusions of the walls. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DMY Berlin 2011: here are some photos of an exhibition presenting work by London designer Benjamin Hubert at the Direktorenhaus in Berlin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A window made of glass prisms by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka is on show at MUSEUM. beyond museum in Seoul. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German architects Astoc have completed a monastery extension in Duisberg with walls that fold around the entrance like origami sculptures. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish designer and Dezeen Awards 2020 judge Emma Olbers will be looking for "more sustainable projects with a low carbon footprint". Read more View the full article

This illuminated, webbed steel structure at the 2011 Xi’an International Horticultural Expo in China is the second project to be featured on Dezeen this week by London architects Plasma Studio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Design Miami/Basel have announced designers Beta Tank, Graham Hudson, rAndom International, Zigelbaum & Coelho as winners of this year’s Designers of the Future Award. See press release below: (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In anticipation of tonight’s announcement of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010 winner here are six videos about the shortlisted designs including the bookmaker’s favourite, the MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome (above) by Zaha Hadid Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana present pieces developed with Italian glass brand Venini inside the former coach house at Waddesdon Manor in the UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Kazakhstani designer Enis Akiev has developed a method for turning single-use plastic packaging into tiles, by emulating the organic process of rock formation. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: AMO, the research studio of architects OMA, launch a report today outlining how the world’s energy needs could be met without using fossil fuels. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Professional hairdressing academy Studio Marisol created these photographs featuring huge bonnets made of plaited hair for a workshop with Spanish designers CuldeSac. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve got together with publisher Laurence King to give away five copies of 1000 New Designs 2 by Jeniffer Hudson. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Gitta Gschwendtner presented a kitchen island comprising a pile of drawers and a sink at the Wallpaper* Handmade exhibition in Milan last month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

David Dolcini has created an adjustable stool made of solid cedar for Italian brand Riva 1920. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DMY Berlin 2010: Portuguese designer Rui Alves of My Own Super Studio presented this herd of benches at last week’s DMY Berlin. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article