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Spanish architects VAUMM have completed a golden culinary centre for Basque chefs in San Sebastián. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The winners of the UK graduate exhibition New Designers Part 2 awards were announced at the opening of the show on Wednesday night, with Tortie Hoare being awarded the New Designer of the Year prize for her boiled leather furniture (above). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: Finnish designer Sami Kallio presents a collection of furniture, including these stools with legs shaped like lolly sticks, as part of the Greenhouse at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A yellow wall of storage divides this Portuguese apartment by architects Pedro Varela & Renata Pinho (photographs by José Campos). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Berlin designer Mark Braun talks about his latest work in this next movie from Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Estonian firm Salto Architecs have completed a sports hall in Tartu, Estonia, where the concave rectangular structure appears to be draped over the undulating landscape. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This 436 room hotel situated next to Malpensa Airport, Milan, has a rounded shell cut into seven bays, designed by Italian firm King Roselli Architetti. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This park in Xi’an, China, by international architects West 8 recently opened to the public and contains red bridges offering vantage points. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Featured architect: David Chipperfield is our featured architect at the moment, having just been announced as this year’s winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture (see our Dezeenwire story). Browse all Dezeen’s stories about him in this special category. Featured architect: David Chipperfield Above photograph is by Martin Godwin </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Luzinterruptus installed an army of radioactive scarecrows at a German festival and we finished the summer by rounding up our top ten stories about swimming pools. We also released the Dezeen Book of Ideas for pre-order ahead of its launch at Dezeen Space during the London Design Festival later this month. UK design organisation Hidden Art was forced to close, Angela Brady took over from Ruth Reed as president of the Royal Institute of British Architects and artist Ai Weiwei branded Beijing as “a city of violence” in an article for American magazine Newsweek. The winners of this year’s Index Awards were announced, including See Better to Learn Bet…

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with David Adjaye's firm in London and sportswear brand Nike in Portland, Oregon. Read more View the full article

London studio Aberrant Architecture designed a city of wooden towers for an exhibition at Liverpool’s Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German architects Astoc have completed a monastery extension in Duisberg with walls that fold around the entrance like origami sculptures. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with illustration magazine WRAP to give away a free copy of their first issue with the next 100 orders from Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York studio Axis Mundi have designed a house for a mountainside in Montana, USA, which incorporates a 60 foot internal bridge (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Anglepoise, Carpenters Workshop Gallery and LSA International, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Klein Dytham Architecture, Fredrikson Stallard and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Assorted glass blocks give varying levels of translucency to the facade of this showroom and storage facility for an antiques dealer in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Here’s another football training centre (see Soweto training ground in our earlier story), this time a football academy for the junior team of FC Basel 1893 in Switzerland by Swiss studio Luca Selva Architekten. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Interiors firm Studio Linse selected classic furniture by celebrated Dutch designers for the cafe of the recently reopened Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. (more...) View the full article

Gentrification is the hot topic in this week's comments update, after the creators behind New York's High Line launched a website advising on how to create similar projects without pushing out local communities. Read more View the full article

This illuminated, webbed steel structure at the 2011 Xi’an International Horticultural Expo in China is the second project to be featured on Dezeen this week by London architects Plasma Studio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Design Miami/Basel have announced designers Beta Tank, Graham Hudson, rAndom International, Zigelbaum & Coelho as winners of this year’s Designers of the Future Award. See press release below: (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: at his shop in London this week Jasper Morrison presents this telephone he’s designed for Swiss brand Punkt. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Muji announced the roll out of Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa's minimal kitchen appliances internationally last week. Here's a look at some of the other products he has created for the design brand, including his iconic CD player (pictured), a suitcase, and even ballet shoes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

In anticipation of tonight’s announcement of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010 winner here are six videos about the shortlisted designs including the bookmaker’s favourite, the MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome (above) by Zaha Hadid Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article