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12- 1 8 sepT-2011

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Contents

Cover image: By Peter Guenzel

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Leader Scene iary Anatomy of rethink FIVE Most Wanted Icon of the Month ARCHITECTURAL TOYS

LORIS HOVERS LEGO REIMAGINED DAVID ROCKWELL

FRONT School of block China’s carbon-copy Austrian village Events to see this month Makerbot, the 3D printer you can build yourself Artworklove gets clever with the car registration plate Daniel Charny’s objects of desire Taliban favourite: the Casio F-91W watch

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NEW Zaha Hadid’s swerving Glasgow transport museum, Plasma Studio’s megastructural expo in Xi’an, sportinspired tables by Konstantin Grcic at Galerie Kreo, a colourful skatepark in Mérida, Nika Zupanc’s new line of luxurious furniture, Richard Rogers’ transformation of a Barcelona bullring and our round-up of Clerkenwell Design Week

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FEATURES Did modernism begin in the kindergarten? The Dutch toy designer on simple pleasures What happens when you give some top British architects some classic Lego to play with? The American architect reinvents the playground

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REVIEW Architecture goes to war, bra designers go into space, and Pablo Bronstein goes back to Regency London

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PRODUCTS Selected products including lighting, furniture and flooring

DIRECTORY A noticeboard for design, retail and services

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BACK PAGE Peter Zumthor’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

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