Exclusive Maarten Baas interview | Rotterdam house by MVRDV

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [Architecture]( [Interiors]( [Design]( [News]( [Jobs]( [Watch Store]( [MVRDV wraps glass facade of Rotterdam house around a mature olive tree]( [Casa Kwantes by MVRDV]( Two tiers of glazing sweep around a stout olive tree in the back garden of this [Rotterdam]( residence by [MVRDV](, contrasting with the almost windowless [brick]( walls that face the street and neighbouring houses. [More ›]( ["I really want to keep on shaking things up" says Maarten Baas]( [Scorched furniture](, [theatrical clocks]( and an [indoor circus]( are among the projects that Dutch designer [Maarten Baas]( presents in his first retrospective, at the [Groninger Museum](. In this exclusive interview, he explains why taking risks has been crucial to his success. [More ›]( [Job of the day: senior designer at PearsonLloyd]( Our job of the day from [Dezeen Jobs]( is for a [senior designer at PearsonLloyd's London studio](, whose recent projects include a [collection of bins designed to promote home recycling](. [More ›]( [House L27 by dIONISO LAB is arranged around a curving courtyard in northern Portugal]( Straight walls are in short supply at this [house]( in Póvoa de Varzim, [Portugal](, which curls around the edges of a curving cobbled [courtyard](. [More ›]( [Royal College of Art students design The Brinery home fermentation tool]( [The Brinery]( The Brinery is a home fermentation [vessel]( designed by a team of [Royal College of Art]( students to kickstart interest in the "forgotten" process of preserving vegetables. [More ›]( [Rob Hootsmans adds serrated glass extension to stone-clad Dutch courthouse]( Architect Rob Hootsmans has [renovated]( a 1970s courthouse in the Dutch city of Zwolle and added a "transparent and approachable" [extension]( featuring sawtoothed glass facades. [More ›]( [Biasol creates Melbourne cafe interior based on 1950s Greek delicatessens]( [Concrete]( surfaces, hand-painted teal tiles and [brass]( details all feature in this Melbourne [cafe](, designed by local studio [Biasol]( to pay tribute to the Greek delicatessens that could be found in the city in the 1950s. [More ›]( [IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art captured in new photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li]( [New Photos of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha]( These [photographs]( by Yueqi Jazzy Li show the monumental form of [IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art](, eight years after the building completed in Doha, Qatar. [More ›]( [Alain Gilles' Mass tables rest on wireframe-style metal bases]( The bases of these [tables]( by Brussels designer [Alain Gilles]( are made from bent [metal]( frameworks that resemble crinoline petticoats. [More ›]( [Curving wood-lined nooks create private reading spaces in Shanghai children's library]( [Sissi's Wonderland by Muxin studio]( Huge arched doorways lead to a suite of cosy wood-lined reading nooks in this children's [library]( in [Shanghai](, designed by Muxin Studio to be like a "giant toy". [More ›]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us [Dezeen on Pinterest]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Forward this newsletter to a friend]( You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. [Unsubscribe]( [Contact us]( | [Submit a story]( | [Advertise](