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Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Dubai will be home to the world's first rotating skyscraper, the so-called Dynamic Tower, designed by Italian architect Dr David Fisher. >

12 Aug 08
Green house for green skin

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Biodegradable body product range Jozi O have expanded into a brand new environmentally friendly building, named the Energy Works. >

12 Aug 08
The house that Pancho built

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Iziko National Gallery shows legendary Mozambican architect Pancho Guedes' first retrospective on the African continent. >

1 Aug 08
Conversations on a Toronto afternoon

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors

Architect Len Abelman sets off to meet expats Jack Diamond and Shirley Blumberg, two South Africans shaping the Toronto cityscape. >

1 Aug 08
From Talking Heads to singing building

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Music & Sound Design

David Byrne turned architecture into a musical instrument and invited the public to "play the building", in an abandoned New York building. >

1 Aug 08
Nothing is lost

Design News > Interaction Design / Architecture & Interiors

Jason Bruges's new Memory Project is an interactive installation piece. >

2 May 08
Paper architect under the hammer

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Japanese starchitect Shigeru Ban's Paper Tea House reached £31 700 at a Phillips de Pury and Company auction. >

2 May 08
Designer hideaway at art fair

Design News > Product Design / Architecture & Interiors

Billed as the world's first contemporary African art fair, the Jo'burg Art Fair 2008 welcomed 6 500 visitors through its doors. >

2 May 08
Stay the night

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Architect Andrew Makin and entrepreneur Nicky Rofail have collaborated on a new boutique hotel, Motel Mi Pi Chi. >

2 May 08
Inn harness

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Ilse Crawford has cast her enchanting touch across the English inn, using country materials such as rush matting, tweed and pewter. >

2 May 08
Design, art or soup kitchen?

Design News > Craft / Architecture & Interiors

Exploring the legroom between art and design is Cape Town's newest gallery - Curious, Whetstone & Frankley. >

2 May 08
Reddy steady...

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Durban architect Ruben Reddy has accelerated into the fast lane of international sporting structures. >

1 May 08
Design Indaba Expo: Newcomers set to delight visitors

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Design Indaba Expo, from February 23 to 26, 2008, pushes the boundaries of creative expression with some highly original new exhibitors. >

12 Feb 08
Top architecture exhibition in Cape Town

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The 2007 DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Architecture exhibition will be on show in Cape Town until March 30. >

2 Feb 08
The green pink party

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design

Seeking to return to its artistic roots, the Mother City Queer Project appointed designer Heath Nash as creative director for 2007. >

2 Feb 08
Only you can prevent forest fires

Design News > Design Thinking / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Creative consultancy Animal Farm brewed a clever idea to highlight the plight of the already stretched Fire Department. >

2 Feb 08
See what creativity can do

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

A round-up of highlights at the upcoming Design Indaba Conference and Expo 2008. >

1 Feb 08
My ekasi, my ekapa

Hot Topic > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Six of Cape Town's top designers tell Monique Pelser's lens what their favourite design in the Mother City is. >

1 Feb 08
Art container

Design News > Craft / Architecture & Interiors

One hundred artworks have been chosen from the 2 147 entries submitted for the inaugural Spier Contemporary 2007 exhibition. >

15 Nov 07
Form follows food

Design News > Food Design / Architecture & Interiors

Jaime Hayón has collaborated with chef Paco Roncero to design a new restaurant interior for La Terraza del Casino de Madrid. >

2 Nov 07
Monument to the now

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The OpenThinkBox: TimePod 2007 design competition captured the imagination of architects around the world. >

2 Nov 07
Five-day wooden house

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Nicknamed “Ed’s Shed”, the house that UK architect David Adjaye designed for photographer friend Ed Reeve took just five days to build. >

2 Nov 07
10 Houses = 10 Families

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Design Indaba’s 10 x 10 Housing Project has challenged 10 architectural teams to provide innovative and dynamic design solutions for the low-cost housing sector >

1 Aug 07
Design of the times

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Massimo and Lella Vignelli received a standing ovation at the 2007 Design Indaba for their retrospective presentation. >

1 May 07

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