Dec 31

2011 review: December

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2011 review: December

Concluding our review of 2011, here are the five most popular stories from December. Up first are two skyscrapers by MVRDV for Seoul that will be joined at the hip by a pixelated cluster. These renders kicked up a lot of controversy, as reported on Dezeen Wire.

2011 review: December

This refuge for climbers tube that cantilevers over the edge of a mountain is in second place, and was especially admired for its “Christmas-sweater paint job”.

2011 review: December

Thomas Heatherwick’s redesign of the iconic routemaster bus for London comes in third. Some readers love the detailing while others think it’s a step backwards.

2011 review: December

This spiralling car park by Zaha Hadid for Miami Beach was our fourth most-clicked story in December, despite readers’ scathing comments.

2011 review: December

And finally, fifth place goes to the revamped Burger King restaurant in Singapore that’s designed to imitate a garden. You can see more stories about fast food restaurants here.

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Dec 31

2011 review: November

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Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion by Snohetta

Moving onto the most popular Dezeen stories in November, architects Snøhetta were the favourites with their Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion.

Sunken Bridge by RO&AD

A Dutch bridge that sinks below the water rather than rising above it took second place.

McDonalds by Patrick Norguet

Third most popular was the redesign for French outlets of fast-food giant McDonalds.

Mountain-Hill-Cabin-by-Fantastic-Norway

A mountain lodge with a sloping roof that you can ski over comes in fourth.

Villa Plus by Waldemarson Berglund

In fifth place was a pine house by the sea outside Stockholm with a glass-fronted lookout loft.

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Dec 31

2011 review: October

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Passing Cloud by Tiago Barros

Next up we take a look at the favourite five stories from October. Topping the list here is Passing Cloud, proposing an enormous inflatable cloud as a form of transport. 

Roca London Gallery by Zaha Hadid Architects

Landing in second is another appearance here for Zaha Hadid Architects with their showroom design in London for Spanish bathroom brand Roca.

Spaceport America by Foster and Partners

Third place was the  world’s first space terminal for tourists in New Mexico by Foster + Partners.

Garden Shed by Ville Hara and Linda Bergroth

A bedroom enclosed by glass on a remote Finnish island attracted fourth place on our list.

Liyuan Library by Li Xiaodong

Fifth most-viewed story for this month was a library in China covered in firewood.

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Dec 31

2011 review: September

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Sleepbox by Arch Group

Here are our five most-viewed stories from September of this year. Sleepbox came first – a small hotel room for napping in airports. 

Dresden Museum of Military History by Daniel Libeskind

Next up was the Dresden Museum of Military History in Germany by architect Daniel Libeskind with an angular steel and glass wedge between the existing galleries of the museum, which really fired up readers’ comments.

Naust paa Aure by TYIN tegnestue Architects

Third most-viewed for this month was this summer house in Norway built using reclaimed material.

House in Sri Lanka by Tadao Ando

In fourth place was a concrete house by architect Tadao Ando in Sri Lanka.

Silencio by David Lynch

The Club Silencio in Paris by movie director David Lynch completes our list as the fifth most popular story in September.

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Dec 30

2011 review: August

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Apple Campus 2 by Foster Partners

Continuing our roundup of 2011, we take a look at the most popular Dezeen stories in August: Foster + Partners’ designs for the new Apple campus in California made it to the top spot. 

Wangjing-Soho

Next up is a proposal for a 200 metre-high commercial complex in Beijing comprising three pebble-shaped buildings by Zaha Hadid Architects.

London Tube Map by Mark Noad Design

This more geographically accurate version of the London Underground tube map came in third and caused quite an argument among our readers.

Zmianatematu by xm3

A coffee shop in Poland featuring an undulating ceiling of curved plywood ribs lands fourth place, although many readers thought they’d seen the same idea elsewhere.

WasteLandscape-by-Elise-Morin-and-Clemence-Eliard

The fifth most popular story in August was this installation where 65,000 CDs covered the floor of a former mortuary in Paris.

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Dec 30

2011 review: July

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Holman House by Durbach Block Jaggers

Next in our review of 2011 is July, when this cliff-top house near Sydney inspired by a Picasso painting was our most popular story.

8-Spruce-Street-by-Frank-Gehry

Frank Gehry’s skyscraper in New York was in second place.

The aquatics centre by Zaha Hadid for the London 2012 Olympic Games came in third.

MN-Roy-Club-by-Emmanuel-Picault-and-Ludwig-Godefroy

In fourth position was the conversion of a house once occupied by Mexican communist party founder M. N. Roy into a private nightclub.

PTree by Aandeboom

In fifth place, were these tree-mounted urinals for festivals. We also rounded up our top ten toilets here.

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Dec 30

2011 review: May

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Finger-Nose Stylus by Dominic Wilcox

Continuing our review of 2011, we take a look at the most popular stories from May. In first place was the Finger-nose Stylus by Dominic Wilcox, which straps over the nose and enables the user to securely operate a touch-screen device with one hand. 

Une-Architecture-Mobile-Art-Paris-by-Zaha-Hadid

In second place is an exhibition of work by London architect Zaha Hadid inside her Mobile Art Pavilion outside the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris.

Villa-Överby-by-John-Robert-Nilsson

A house on a hilltop in Sweden by John Robert Nilsson came in third, with readers claiming it would be an ideal setting for a Bond film.

Nest by UID Architects

A timber house in Japan with wide openings in the wall, roof and floorplate was the fourth most-viewed story of the month.

The Bird's Nest by Inrednin Gsgruppen

Completing our list for the month is a large birds nest hotel in Sweden, supported by existing trees and with a retractable staircase.

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Dec 29

2011 review: April

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Metropol-Parasol-by-J.-Mayer-H.

Our most popular story in April was a giant timber canopy by Architects J. Mayer. H in Spain. Scroll on for our roundup of the rest of the month. 

Casa-Lude-by-Grupo-Aranea

The number two slot is also taken by a project in Spain, this time an apartment that sits on the roof of another house.

D-house-by-Panorama

Another house was the third most-viewed – a contemporary cliff-top house in Chile.

Sugamo-Shinkin-Bank-by-Emmanuelle-Moureaux

The colourful horizontal projections of this Bank in Tokyo by architect Emmanuelle Moureaux attracted fourth place on out list.

House-in-Casavells-by-05-AM-arquitectura

A split-level terrace house in Girona, Spain by 05 AM Arquitectura is the fifth most popular story from April.

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Dec 29

2011 review: March

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Alemanys-5-by-Anna-Noguera

March is up next in our roundup of the most popular stories from each month in 2011, with a sixteenth-century house in Girona converted into two contemporary holiday apartments at number one. 

Brewsters-Discovery-Walkway-by-Sturgess-Architecture

The second most popular story of the month featured a glass viewing platform cantilevering over a glacial valley in Alberta, Canada.

Sky-Garden-House-by-Guz-architects

Third is a house in Singapore with gardens on all three levels.

Galleria-Centercity-by-UNStudio

A department store in South Korea by UNStudio won fourth place.

Ausgebrannt-by-Kaspar-dzn_Hamacher-at-20-Designers-at-Biologiska

Kaspar Hamacher’s stools made by burning wooden logs is the final addition to our list of the most popular stories in March 2011.

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Dec 29

2011 review: February

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House in Nakameguro by Level Architects

Continuing our look back at 2011, here are the five most popular stories from February: first place goes to this house with a slide connecting all three storeys. 

Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid Architects are second on the list with the Guangzhou Opera House.

Zaha_Hadid_Architects_Dubrovnik

Another entry here for Zaha Hadid Architects, coming in at third with their prototype design for two villas as part of a resort development in Croatia.

House for elderly people by Aires Mateus Arquitectos

The fourth most-viewed story was this nursing home in Portugal, which readers labelled an architect’s dream but a nightmare for its elderly residents. We rounded up all our stories about Portugal later that month.

London 2012 Velodrome by Hopkins Architects

The timber-clad London 2012 Velodrome by Hopkins Architects comes in fifth, and was later shortlisted for the Stirling prize. See all our stories about the London 2012 Olympics here.

Also in February 2011, JDS Architects completed the Holmenkollen ski jump in Norway and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completed One Hyde Park in London, including the most expensive apartment in the world.

CABE and the Design Council confirmed they were to merge, BarberOsgerby were announced as designers of the Olympic Torch for 2012 and Heatherwick Studios were announced as designers of the Olympic Cauldron.

Two Dutch designers launched a bicycle helmet that erupts from its hiding place inside a scarf when triggered by abnormal movements, which later went on to win the INDEX awards.

Meanwhile, we reported from Stockholm Design Week, where our favourite show presented designs among the dried grasses and stuffed animals of the Biologiska museum. We also interviewed Winy Maas of Rotterdam firm MVRDV about their cantilevered Balancing Barn.

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