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The Royal Institute of British Architects in London have announced 97 winners of this year’s RIBA Awards, including projects by Tony Fretton, David Chipperfield, MVRDV and Zaha Hadid Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with German typography magazine Slanted to give away five copies of their latest issue. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hungarian studio A+Z Design will present these cute lamps with squashed heads at Tent London during the London Design Festival next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The latest Maggie’s cancer care centre to complete is a concrete spiral in southwest Wales. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris 2012: Swedish designers Claesson Koivisto Rune present this lounge chair with a little work table attached at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A shiny copper chapel hovers above the entrance to this Catholic school in Gloucestershire, England, by London studio Nicholas Hare Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hackney architects Theis and Khan have refurbished this apartment in south-west London by removing dividing walls, exposing the roof trusses and adding a terrace at the rear. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: these ridged metal walls enclose the facilities of an outdoor swimming pool that Spanish firm Arquitecturia have just completed in the town of Tortosa. (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: projecting window frames cast dramatic shadows across the sandy red walls of this university in the Moroccan desert. (more…) View the full article

Architect John Lin has adapted the traditional style of a rural Chinese courtyard residence to create a village house that is entirely self-sufficient. (more…) View the full article

This sprinkler by Dutch artist Edwin Deen sprays jets of coloured water to turn a room into a rainbow (+ slideshow + movie). (more…) View the full article

Dutch designer Annebet Philips cut this sofa and its cushions from a single block of foam and covered it with a blank canvas so that it looks like an unfinished cartoon. (more…) View the full article

The locker room at the London School of Economics is now a village of cabinets with house-shaped profiles and bold graphics. (more…) View the full article

Curator and writer Daniel Charny explains why making, hacking and fixing represent the future of design in this interview filmed at the Dezeen Live series of talks at 100% Design. (more…) View the full article

South Korean designer Dong-yeop Han has created a series of storage boxes with duffle-coat toggles as fastenings. (more...) View the full article

The second of two movies in this series about Steven Holl's Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China, is a walk through the spaces of the mixed-use complex. (more...) View the full article

A secluded courtyard is concealed behind the stark concrete facade of this house in Nuevo León, Mexico, by Monterrey studio Stación-ARquitectura (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu sliced away the rear wall and replaced it with glass for this renovation of a 1930s townhouse in Shanghai. (more...) View the full article

News: architect Daniel Libeskind has refuted allegations that he was given an unfair advantage and received unlawful payments for designing a new building at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany, where he is also a part-time professor. (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with John McAslan + Partners who designed the Western Concourse at King’s Cross Station (pictured), OMA and Platform 5 Architects plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Priestmangoode and Foster + Partners and more... (more...) View the full article

Fashion designer Alexander Wang has launched a collection of limited-edition furniture for Italian brand Poltrona Frau, including bean-bag chairs and a drinks cabinet (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British firm Simon Conder Associates has built two wooden houses into the side of a steep hill in the English coastal village of Porthtowan (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This 20-storey-high lift transports residents and visitors in the Maltese capital Valletta from the recently restored harbour to the top of the city's fortified walls (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This spiral staircase conceived by London designer Paul Cocksedge will feature balustrades overflowing with plants and circular spaces where employees can take time out from their work. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: Mimi Zeiger argues that dismay over the New York Museum of Modern Art's plan to demolish the next-door American Folk Art Museum represents "a lingering sentimental belief that architecture is an exception to the rules of obsolescence." (more...) View the full article