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Dezeen Wire: in a review for The Guardian, architecture critic Jonathan Glancey says that the new Maggie’s centre in Nottingham is like something out of a fairytale and “is clearly designed to make visitors smile” – The Guardian Glancey claims that architect Piers Gough of CZWG and fashion designer Paul Smith, who was responsible for the interior, have triumphed in their attempt at creating a homely environment for those affected by cancer, adding: “From a purely architectural and design point of view, few hospital buildings – this side of the other eight Maggie’s Centres built in Britain since the 1990s – are as welcoming.” See our original story on Maggie’s Nottingh…

This boutique by Japanese designers Nendo is full of fake doors. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, Hopkins Architects and Sugru, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with David Chipperfield Architects, Marcel Wanders and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this time-lapse movie American furniture designer Matthias Pliessnig wraps an iconic Thonet chair with strips of steam-bent white oak to create a sculpture. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British architects Liddicoat & Goldhill constructed their own north London home using black engineering bricks and slabs of white marble. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Toba eco-stove by Italian brand MCZ has been awarded an IF Product Design Award. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Handles on the tops of these pastel-coloured side tables let you easily move them around. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Manchester designer Liam Hopkins of Lazerian used waste cardboard from media company Bloomberg to construct a meeting area inside their London headquarters. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: one of our most popular stories this week featured a glowing art studio in a car park (top left), so we’ve compiled all of our stories from the Dezeen archive about studios for artists or designers. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Qubique 2011: New York designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew of byAMT has added new designs to her collection of jewellery made using a 3D-printing technique. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A patchwork of yellow, green and white panels covers the erratically curving facade of a school in Finland by Linja Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

One year ago Zaha Hadid Architects unveiled designs for an enormous undulating arts centre in Chengdu, China and Michael Graves & Associates completed a building for the Dutch national automobile museum inspired by a traditional carriage house. A Japanese home with stairs covering the façade divided opinion, with some of our readers saying it looked like stadium bleachers, while one reader described a monolithic office and residential complex by Erick van Egeraat as an “ugly big charmless building!”. Meanwhile, British designer Robin Day passed away aged 95, architects Carmody Groarke designed an interior for a fashion exhibition with backlit partitions that resem…

A 1960’s residence renovated by London architects Duggan Morris has won the RIBA Manser Medal 2011 for the best new house in the UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen Thomas Heatherwick designed an interior for an abbey with curving walnut and ash choir stalls and Dutch architects MVRDV unveiled proposals for a hotel covered in flowers inside a giant greenhouse. The Campana brothers wrapped a furniture showroom with faceted aluminium plant holders and a glass-clad spa encircling a tree was popular with Dezeen readers. Many of the designs for the London 2012 Olympic posters by leading UK artists failed to impress, while graphic designer Sarah Hyndman’s conceptual alternatives replaced the Olympic rings with everyday objects. Stocking-shaped blood packs that encourage people to give blood for Christmas were descri…

Japanese artist Takaya adorns the heads of models with raw vegetables and blossoming flowers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Design and Technology Association is urging people to complete an online petition to retain design and technology as a compulsory part of the UK’s National Curriculum. Design and technology is one of the subjects that could become optional in schools following the government’s announcement in January that it intends to slim down the curriculum. The petition is supported by key members of the creative and manufacturing industries, who believe the subject to be vital to the UK’s economic development. Anyone wishing to support the campaign should visit the the Design and Technology Campaign website to sign the online petition or contact their local MP. …

Dezeen Watch Store: a limited edition watch that displays the time in eight international cities by British designer Crispin Jones of Mr Jones Watches is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with bi-monthly publication Architectural Design to give away five copies of their latest issue, Experimental Green Strategies. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A faceted glass shroud cloaks these former shipbuilding warehouses in Elsinore, Denmark, which architects AART have converted into a cultural centre. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: discarded bottles sourced from hotels, restaurants, homes and foreign embassies are being filled with sand and used as bricks to create curved-walled houses in a Nigerian village – BBC The bottles are bound together with mud resulting in durable walls that are sustainable, cost-effective and provide insulation from the sun’s heat. The resulting buildings are also bullet-proof – a useful benefit in an area plagued by violence. An estate of 25 houses is currently being built with plans for a school to follow. See our previous story on a house made from sand bags in South Africa. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img…

Dezeen Wire: a meals-on-wheels service that brings home cooked food to elderly residents is one of three projects that will share £100,000 awarded by the UK government’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) to the winners of a competition that called for innovative ideas to help elderly citizens live more independent lives. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Small windows offer glimpses of the straw used to construct this university building in Nottingham, England, by architects Make. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: David Chipperfield is to curate the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale, becoming the first British architect to take on the role - The Guardian The official announcement has been delayed because of Chipperfield’s reservations over working with Giulio Malgara, who was expected to become the director of the biennale and is a friend of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Following Berlusconi’s decision to stand down it is expected that current director Paolo Baratta will retain the role as biennale director. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie shows how Dutch designers Rietveld Landscape placed rows of flaming torches inside an abandoned building so that it would appear to be on fire, before inviting visitors inside. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designers Doshi Levien have completed a Rome store for shoe brand Camper with faceted lighting clusters and a cash desk shaped like an old-fashioned television. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article