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Architect Ivo Pavlik created this gateway overlooking a nuclear power station in the Czech Republic by casting concrete between hay bales then setting them on fire. Called The Cross-Gate, the structure in Dukovany stands at the end of a path leading from a cemetery, in front of a tree.The ends of one wall and the lintel are gilt [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: visitors to the Polish pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale launch themselves off a pile of birdcages into a sea of artificial clouds. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with NAi Publishers to to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of the Dutch Design Yearbook 2010. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka designed this boutique to display fashion designer Issey Miyake’s 132 5. collection of garments, which fold from two-dimensional geometric shapes into structured clothes (see our earlier story). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: the Rewrite desk by Copenhagen designers GamFratesi (see our earlier story) has been put into production by French brand Ligne Roset. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this next movie Dezeen filmed at the Design Academy Eindhoven My Way talks in Milan, academy graduate Massoud Hassani presents his device for seeking and destroying landmines. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tel Aviv architect Ron Fleisher has designed a house in an Israeli-Arab village that combines traditional Palestinian architecture with modernism. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London-based Fraher Architects have completed a house extension in Islington that is wrapped in larch batons and has a flower-covered roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architects UNStudio have designed a concrete observation tower to cantilever into the sky above a nature reserve in the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we’ve got just two of these limited edition V01 18k watches so you’ll need to be quick to snap one up from Dezeen Watch Store, either online or at The Temporium. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago this week an all-star lineup of architects comprising Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Tadao Ando released proposals for a cultural complex on an island off the coast of Abu Dhabi. Hadid’s designs were for a performing arts centre projecting towards the harbour while Gehry put forward plans for a Guggenheim contemporary art museum, Nouvel proposed a Louvre classical art gallery and Ando designed a maritime museum. All four are currently still in development. In the Netherlands, a ziggurat-like college by Erick van Egeraat opened its doors for the first time and NL Architects won a competition to design a new civic building in the northern town of …

Designed in Hackney: we’re kicking off our new Designed in Hackney initiative today, showcasing world-class architecture and design created in the borough that’s home to Dezeen’s offices and one of the five host boroughs for the London 2012 Olympic Games. First up is the London 2012 Olympic Torch by BarberOsgerby. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The huge tiled roof that wraps around this Tokyo house integrates arched windows and openings for tree branches. (more…) View the full article

Skyscrapers in Seoul: American architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have designed a skyscraper with glazed triangular facets for emerging commercial centre the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, which we’ve been focussing on this week. (more…) View the full article

Movie: British designer Ross Lovegrove talks to Dezeen about the tree-like solar-powered street lights he brought to St John’s Square for Clerkenwell Design Week. (more…) View the full article

This week’s issue of Dezeen Mail leads with the Porsche Pavilion at a German theme park that’s been likened to Apple’s Magic Mouse (above), plus new jobs, competitions and music. Read Dezeen Mail issue 115 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Planks of translucent glass provide the walls for this house in south London designed by architect Carl Turner for himself and his partner (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Shoes that undergo physical changes to represent stages in a life cycle – from floating in amniotic fluid to rebirth through fire – form this collection by London designer Benjamin John Hall (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Hong Kong-based designer Michael Young talks about his MY03 Hacker watch, designed for watch brand ODM and available from Dezeen Watch Store, in this movie filmed by Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

Product News: clouds, umbrellas, flying machines and suits of armour are among the motifs in this collection by Italian design house Fornasetti for English wallpaper brand Cole & Son (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Rounded shingles create wooden scales across the walls of this small house in Hackney that architect Laura Dewe Mathews has built for herself (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Researchers at MIT plan to 3D print a pavilion by imitating the way a silkworm builds its cocoon. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: tracking along conveyer belts at MOST in Milan, British designer Tom Dixon's collection for Adidas includes garments that convert into luggage and camping equipment (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Plastic extruded from this robotic 3D printer solidifies instantly, allowing it to draw freeform shapes in the air extending from any surface (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

News: the viewing terraces opened today at the top of Rafael Viñoly's so-called Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London, pictured in these exclusive images by photographer Edmund Sumner (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article