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Dezeenwire: the RIBA in London have published a survey that points to tougher times ahead for architects. See press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian architects Onsitestudio have completed the Milan headquarters wrapped in profiled steel of an electrical product manufacturer. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Simon Hasan has hand-made 400 bowls, cups and vases from boiled leather, which he will sell via a vending machine. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian architectural photographer Pedro Kok has made this black-and-white movie of the Rolex Learning Centre in Switzerland, designed by Japanese architects SANAA. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects have won a competition to design a new campus for the University College Sealand in Roskilde, Denmark. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Featured category: for the summer season we’ve created a new architecture category, grouping together all our stories about pavilions. Happy browsing! Featured category: pavilions Above: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010 by Jean Nouvel. Photograph is by Julien Lanoo </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An irregularly-shaped glass top is supported by a network of beech struts to form this table by Italian designer Paolo Cappello. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some more photographs of Jean Nouvel’s recently-opened Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London, this time taken by French photographer Julien Lanoo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British designers Priestmangoode have unveiled a conceptual high-speed train for the UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Victoria and Albert museum in London are to launch an open international competition this autumn to design an extension to the museum on Exhibition Road - Independent </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This long narrow house in Okinawa, Japan, by Japanese studio Shinichi Ogawa & Associates is divided lengthways into a courtyard and living space. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of Fuseproject has designed these electric car-chargers for public and home use. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German photographer Peter Nitsch has sent us a selection of his latest series of photos, documenting combined businesses and homes in Bangkok, Thailand. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Need a designer disguise? Estonian product designer Pavel Sidorenko has created this range of felt fake moustaches. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architectural photographer Gerard van Beek shares his photographs of a heating plant in the Netherlands by Dutch architects Bonnema. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Dezeen podcast: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to James Dyson in this podcast recorded at the UK launch of Dyson’s new floor-standing blade-less fans. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Dezeen podcast: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to James Dyson in this podcast recorded at the UK launch of Dyson’s new floor-standing blade-less fans. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Michigan studios Rootoftwo and PLY Architecture have housed their conceptual models of future kitchen appliances in a paper teahouse at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: in this second movie in our Dezeentalks at [D3]Design Talents series, London designer Tomás Alonso talks about being an exhibitor as part of [D3]Design Talents at imm cologne, his favourite projects and making a mess at OKAY Studio. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Toru Shimokawa of STAD clad this shop selling eels in burnt and carbonised cedar. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This shelving with integral steel box-files by London designer Benjamin Hubert has been created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of British design brand Heals. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: German architect Günter Behnisch, founder of Behnisch Architekten, and has died aged 88. Via sueddeutsche.de </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Greek firm Point Supreme Architects have completed an installation for a gallery in Athens that is a half-size replica of the room in which it sits. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid has curated and designed an exhibition at Galerie Gmurzynska Zurich that juxtaposes her own work with early twentieth-century Russian art pieces. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: earlier this year Dezeen teamed up with [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne to interview 12 designers, including several whose careers have been launched at the young designers’ showcase. To kick off the Dezeentalks at [D3]Design Talents series, Cologne regular James Irvine discusses sweaty armpits, car bonnets and Jasper Morrison’s buckets. Keep an eye out for more Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents interviews over the coming weeks… </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article