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Issue 143 14/03/13

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3D printing

It's been a crazy week for additive manufacturing including a 3D-printed dress, a file-sharing website for printing out guns or drugs and - wait for it - spider robots using lunar dust to build on the moon. Read more 3D printing news »

Skyhouse by David Hotson and Ghislaine Viñas

Readers really want to have a go on this four-storey slide in a New York apartment by David Hotson and Ghislaine Viñas. Read the story and comments »

Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid's latest scheme for a cultural complex in China is reminding people of whipped cream and dead whales. Read the story and comments »

"South Africa has always had an upcycling culture"

In the second part of our tour around Cape Town, Design Indaba founder Ravi Naidoo shows us the former industrial suburb of Woodstock, which the city's design community has recently made its home, and explains the importance of upcycling in South African design. Watch the movie »

Canaletto by UNStudio

In an interview at the launch of his new residential tower for London (above) UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel told Dezeen that "we all live in the iPhone 5 phase and architecture is still in the Walkman phase." Read the interview and comments »

Neil Barrett Shop in Shop by Zaha Hadid Architects

Readers can't understand why the Zaha Hadid-designed interior of this boutique overshadows the clothes. Read the story and comments »

Sergio concept car by Pininfarina

Maybe this Pininfarina concept car would be better with a windscreen. Read the story and comments »

Still by Apollo Architects & Associates

Some readers like the exposed concrete surfaces of this house by Apollo Architects & Associates but others liken it to "a series of cold surgical theatres". Read the story and comments »

Marcus Fairs Opinion gated communities

In his latest column, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs discusses why gated communities are "becoming the default setting in towns and cities around the world" and asks whether it matters who owns the land beneath our feet. Read the story and comments »

Folio Staircase by Disguincio & Co

Readers are nervous about the fibreglass folds of this staircase by Disguincio & Co flexing underfoot and users falling off without a handrail, but they still think it's cool. Read the story and comments »

Mondaine Simply Elegant at Dezeen Watch Store

Simply Elegant is the second watch inspired by iconic Swiss railway clocks from Mondaine at Dezeen Watch Store. Buy now »

Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre by Charles Wright Architects

This invisible mirror-clad visitor centre at a botanical garden has readers discussing its impact on the local avian death-rate. Read the story and comments »

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Competition winners

 

Alex Garrow from the UK, Andrew Leibnitz from South Africa, Victoria Boland from the UK, James Milne from the UK and Moritz Gaiser from Italy all won a copy of Behind the Scenes.

Claire Lammiman from the UK, Benjamin Hoke from the USA, Oliver Ackerschewski from Norway, Stefano Diacci from Italy and Sameena Sitabkhan from the USA all won a copy of Todd Saunders: Architecture in Northern Landscapes.

Dezeen Music Project

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