This week on Dezeen, Jeff Bridges was revealed to playing Mies van der Rohe in a forthcoming movie, while Netflix launched its new design documentary series, starring designers including Bjarke Ingels.
New design documentary series Abstract: The Art of Design went live on Netflix yesterday, also featuring Tinker Hatfield, Es Devlin and Ilse Crawford. In its first episode, BIG founder Bjarke Ingels described architecture as "pure fiction".
Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal to star in movie about Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House
Meanwhile, Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal were both revealed to be starring in the upcoming movie about Mies van der Rohe's iconic Farnsworth House.
In other news, Denise Scott Brown won this year's Jane Drew Prize for raising the profile of women in architecture, and a Women in Architecture survey revealed that gender pay disparity is widening. Sci-fi landscape illustrations accompany winning story in architectural fairytale competition
Illustrations depicting gravity-defying megastructures claimed first place in a competition to create an architectural fairytale, and a retractable "scallop shell" roof for Verona's Roman arena was proposed by German firms GMP and SBP.
In the US, Apple and Facebook were among tech companies to take legal action against Donald Trump's immigration ban and Lady Gaga performed at the 51st Super Bowl surrounded by 300 drones.
Meanwhile IKEA announced it will partner with Design Inda...