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Barcelona architects Xavier Vilalta Studio have won a competition to design a tower for Doha, Qatar. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have laid a stripy field of fabric inside the Raphael Court of the V&A museum as part of the London Design Festival. You can see an animation of the project over on Dezeen Screen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This angular structure looping around a central courtyard is an office building in Saint-Etienne by French studio Manuelle Gautrand Architecture. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish studio MAB Arquitectura have completed a social housing project situated in a public park in Milan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some more photographs of Peter Zumthor’s recently-opened Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London, taken by UK photographers Hufton + Crow. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

With the Milan furniture fair just around the corner, Dezeen has teamed up with Organisation in Design, initiators of the Ventura Lambrate design district in Milan, to provide this downloadable map and guide to the area. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Shenzhen Stock Exchange building by OMA topped out today – see press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

For those who’d rather be woken by a gentle breeze or the smell of coffee that a shrill alarm, Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim has designed a clock that wakes users with the electrical appliance of their choice. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American fashion designer Alexander Wang has worked with Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen to create a greyscale interior for his latest store, inside a former post office in London's Mayfair (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A chair designed by American recording artist and producer Pharrell Williams will be on show at Gallerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris next week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

There’s a horse made of crystals hanging in fashion designer Stella McCartney‘s new Las Vegas store designed by London studio APA. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: design brand Luminaire announce their collaboration with Italian stone company Salvatori. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photographs of the Moscow School of Management by architect David Adjaye, where four buildings precariously cantilever over a large circular base. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: Spanish designer Nacho Carbonell today unveils a new series of combined table and chair forms finished in materials including gravel, thorns, corn and broken glass. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Introducing a new feature on Dezeen: here’s a roundup of the top stories, news, comments and movies this week. Our most hotly debated story was about an upside-down skyscraper designed to neighbour the Hoover Dam – you can join the discussion here. Other stories that caused a stir included stools created in an explosion and an absurdly cantilevered Berlin hotel. Check out all our stories about alarming cantilevers here. Meanwhile the RIBA revealed this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist, UK designers joined forces to promote design education in schools and Palestinian business leaders announced plans to launch a national brand. Over on Dezeen Watch Store we’ve…

The timber stalactites of an undulating cave-like ceiling bear down around the bar of a coffee shop in Łódź, Poland. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will launch a crumpled aluminium chair for Italian brand Moroso in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: since The Bird’s Nest by Inrednin Gsgruppen was so frequently mentioned on Twitter this week, so we have compiled a selection of stories from the Dezeen archive about treehouses. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This pavilion created for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale mishmashes the architectural styles of three studios to question authorship. Read more View the full article

This glass library by new studio Zauberscho[e]n stands in a former stable yard in Münster, Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Japanese designers Nendo present this tubular steel chair made with techniques traditionally used for bamboo furniture in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing studio Sunlay Design have designed this building to house the headquarters for a technology park in Huainan City, Anhui Province, China. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: German designers Ett La Benn show these vases made of biodegradable cellulose as part of Poetry Happens at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These lamp shades wrapped in adhesive tape are by Italian designer Sylvia Pichler for design brand Skitsch. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris design studio A+A cooren have designed a collection of lights held together with velcro. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article