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Construction has begun on an aluminium-clad museum in Norway by Danish architecture studios COBE and Transform. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Portuguese architects Cerejeira Fontes inserted this slatted timber chapel inside a school for friars in Braga, Portugal (photos: Nelson Garrido). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects MVRDV have unveiled proposals for a giant greenhouse on the outskirts of Amsterdam with a flower-covered hotel inside. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: sports architecture firm Populous claims that original plans to air condition a stadium they are designing for the 2022 Football World Cup are too expensive and “notoriously unsustainable” when used in desert environments – The Independent Populous director John Barrow says they are now considering other options for creating a comfortable climate inside the Sports City stadium and is encouraging the Qatari government to alter its building schedule to give new technologies time to develop. You can see our previous story on the 2012 London Olympic stadium, also by Populous, and all our stadium stories here. </img> </img> </img> </…

Dutch designers Tjep. have reduced part of a mass produced Ikea chair to a skeletal form to evoke the receding state of the global economy. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in his latest article for the Evening Standard architecture and design critic Kieran Long describes a network of noiseless transport pods launched in September to carry passengers from Heathrow airport‘s business car park to Terminal 5 as “the future we were supposed to have.” Long says the £30 million Rapid Personal Transit system, created by transport specialists Ultra PRT and engineers Arup, offers a “brief but safe moment of isolation” and “is an expression of the minor psychological irritations of business travellers” but adds that the concept has potential to be applied in larger urban scenarios. See all of our transport stories including a self-dri…

Architect Ole Scheeren has designed a skyscraper for Kuala Lumpur that will have a four-storey-high tropical garden slicing through its middle. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: industrial designer James Dyson has called on engineers and designers to develop the new ideas needed to revitalise the UK economy – The Guardian Dyson says that only tangible engineering can address issues such as global warming and population growth, stating: “The allure of digital should not distract us from the bigger challenges.” He adds that the government must “focus on investment in ideas,” urging them to support design education and creative businesses. We published the winner of the 2011 James Dyson Award for innovative student engineering projects on Monday and you can see more stories about James Dyson here. </img> </img> &lt…

Inside awards: in the first of a series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona last week, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Dutch designer Jeroen Luttikhuis of interior design studio OPERA Amsterdam about the Ceramics Study Galleries at the Victoria & Albert museum in London, which won the display category. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: UK industry body Anti Copying in Design (ACID) is calling on designers to share their experiences of intellectual property infringement to help support its submission to the government’s review of design law. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Product designer Samuel Wilkinson has created a miniature garden that works like a living Tamagotchi. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: UK designers have two more days to take part in a government survey aimed at improving intellectual property laws. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A herb garden surrounds this glass-fronted spa in Santiago by Chilean studio LAND Arquitectos. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chinese studio Interval Architects have completed a pavilion that snakes around a school square in Beijing like the tracks of a roller coaster. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: designer Philippe Starck says that not being able to save lives and tackle key global issues in his work leaves him feeling “impotent”- The Independent The designer has created a new photobooth that meets his aims of designing democratic and affordable products. Starck claims they offer a solution for those who can’t afford a camera, adding that photos help us to “exist.” He also laments the modern propensity for vandalism that threatens the booths, saying: “Twenty years ago it was possible to design something pretty and people to respect it. Not now.” </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View…

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed at the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, German projection artists Urbanscreen transform the surface of the Leopold Museum into a three-dimensional film canvas. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana and architects SuperLimão Studio have covered the facade of a São Paulo furniture showroom with thousands of plant-filled vases. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times, design critic Alice Rawsthorn analyses the career of influential graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass. Rawsthorn explains that the designer’s bold style “reflected his fascination with constructivism, modernism and surrealism,” adding that his work with some of the most important directors in history ”transformed what were once cursory lists of the cast and crew into thrilling complements to the movies.” See more articles by Alice Rawsthorn here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers including Jaime Hayon, Paul Cocksedge and Dominic Wilcox will create unique products and curate displays of their work at The Temporium, our Christmas shop taking place at 65 Monmouth Street in Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London from 1-24 December. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: a system that extracts moisture from air like a desert-dwelling beetle has won this year’s James Dyson Award for students working on innovative engineering solutions. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following the controversy surrounding the release of the official London 2012 posters last week, graphic designer Sarah Hyndman has come up with a set of alternatives. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with the American Hardwood Export Council to give away ten copies of Timber Wave, a book documenting the installation of the same name by architects AL_A and engineers Arup at the V&A museum in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tokyo 2011: French designer Emmanuelle Moureaux presented a wedding dress made from 500 snowflake-like baubles at this year’s DesignTide Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architectural theorist Charles Jencks has written a new article for Blueprint magazine about the resurgence of postmodern architecture over the past twenty years, during which time other commentators claim it has become defunct. Jencks points to projects from the likes of Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron and Santiago Calatrava as demonstrative of the continuing influence of postmodern ideas, which he claims have led to “the explosive growth in iconic buildings and landmark sculptures.” The V&A is currently hosting an exhibition of postmodern architecture and design and you can see all of our stories on postmodernism here. </img&g…

Traditional Japanese toys inspired this modular furniture by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates for the East Japan Project. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article