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Iranian-born British architect Farshid Moussavi has been selected ahead of Rem Koolhaas, Jeanne Gang and David Chipperfield to design an Ismaili cultural centre in Houston, Texas. Read more

Dezeenwire: British architect David Chipperfield is to be awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. See press release below. See all our stories about David Chipperfield » Listen to our podcast interview with David Chipperfield » (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This little titanium zinc-clad house in Melbourne is by Australian Studio Architecture Gestalten. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The top-floor living room of this Seattle house projects across the garden in a twisted cantilever. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paraguayan studio Gabinete de Arquitectura has built a structure for composting at Casa Wab arts centre that Tadao Ando designed in Oaxaca, Mexico. Read more View the full article

Japanese architecture firm Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates have completed this house in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Big-Game of Lausanne have won the Swiss Federal Design Award with their shelving system comprising aluminium slats on wooden frame. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in the second instalment of our video interview with Rem Koolhaas, the OMA co-founder discusses two of his current preoccupations: the countryside, which he is addressing for the first time; and generic architecture, which could result in neutral, copyright-free building forms. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We've selected five of the top architecture and design roles on Dezeen Jobs this week including positions at designer Yinka Ilori's studio and skincare brand Aesop. Read more View the full article

These patterned false eyelashes made of paper by Paperself are the latest addition to the range of designer goods on sale at our pop-up The Temporium in London next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: French designer Pierre Favresse presented this collection of furniture with looping sections and bent ply at the Nouvelle Vague exhibition of new French design in Milan last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Lee Broom will also launch two faceted pendant lights in white and gold at the London Design Festival next month (see our earlier story on his Architrave collection). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Victoria and Albert Museum have announced the six proposals for a building to house the V&A on the Dundee waterfront in Scotland, including designs by Steven Holl Architects, Snøhetta and Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Converse has released a movie explaining the changes it has made to its classic Chuck Taylor All Star basketball sneakers, which have been redesigned for the first time in over 80 years. (more…) View the full article

The moment has arrived! Winners of the 30 Dezeen Awards project categories will be announced this week, starting tomorrow with the architecture categories. Read more

In this short interview we conducted as part of our Food and Design report for luxury kitchen appliances brand Scholtès, Design Academy Eindhoven chairwoman Anne Mieke Eggenkamp presents graduate projects involving food, including this system that uses sand to keep vegetables fresh (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Imagine waking up in a glass bedroom by the waterside on a remote Finnish island. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Philadelphia Inquirer has apologised for a headline equating the loss of black lives with damage to buildings during protests over the killing of George Floyd in police custody. Read more View the full article

Stockholm 2011: Note Design Studio present a series of objects developed from doodles in the margins of their sketchbooks at their Stockholm studio this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architecture Office has designed the interior of a food-photography studio in Tokyo. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: online architecture and design platform Architonic present impressions from this week’s Stockholm Furniture Fair on their Facebook Page. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen is one of many London design businesses supporting Love Japan – a design auction taking place at Clerkenwell Design Week next week to raise money for Shigeru Ban Architects’ evacuation centre project, which is helping people made homeless by the recent earthquake in Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture studio CAN has added a blue and white striped extension to a Victorian terrace in London, which features a statement pink curtain. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The Artisanal collection of tiles by Bert & May is awash in different hues of blue, which nod to the vibrant seas and skies of Spain where the pieces are made by hand. Read more View the full article

Competition: we have teamed up with Rafael Viñoly Architects to give away five copies of their new monograph, written by Rafael Viñoly and critic Philip Jodidio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article