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The MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts by Zaha Hadid Architects has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: designer Philippe Nigro presented this series of interlocking pendant lights for Ligne Roset at imm cologne earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This office for a law firm in Ragusa, Italy, by Chiavola + Sanfilippo Architetti has a translucent faceted wall framing the waiting room. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: during the London Design Festival Dezeen and champagne brand Veuve Clicquot have teamed up to present London tastemakers reading excerpts from their favourite books in the Once Upon A Dream bed designed by Mathieu Lehanneur. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Comments update: Plans to construct Europe's tallest skyscraper next to Peter Zumthor's world-famous spa building in a tiny Alpine village attracted over 140 comments this week. (more…)

White display stands inside this Los Angeles boutique designed by Bureau Spectacular fit together like a puzzle, forming a set of steps for events and performances (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

German design firm Nils Holger Moormann will present this leaning coat stand by designers Martin Pärn and Edina Dufala-Pärn at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial designer Asaf Weinbroom has created a range of lighting made entirely of wood, including the joints and connector clamps. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: a prototype packaging product made from seaweed instead of plastic has been named as the Grand Prix winner of this year's Lexus Design Award for emerging designers. (more…) View the full article

Amsterdam studio Crafted Works has designed a timber cabin in the Netherlands, which has a structural frame that is exposed throughout its interior. Read more View the full article

Italian designer Fabio Novembre will present this robot-shaped shelving unit for design brand Casamania in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brothers Adrian and Jeremy Wright of London based design studio DesignWright have released this set of stackable. colour-coded stationary in collaboration with design brand Lexon. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian lighting brand Fabbian will present a collection of pendant lamps covered in silicone tiles by London designer Benjamin Hubert in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Dutch firm OMA have unveiled their design for the renovation of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Customers can leave their children playing downstairs and dine beside a four metre-high model elephant at this Bucharest restaurant. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

At this year’s Royal College of Art graduate show in London designer Nicola Zocca presents a series of furniture made by shrinking plastic around its joints. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A narrow white wall appears to hover around the perimeter and garden of this house and atelier – the third project on Dezeen this week by Japanese office UID Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Axia collection from Australian brand Phoenix is a set of ultra-thin minimalist taps for architecture fans. Read more View the full article

Dutch designers Niels van Eijk & Miriam van der Lubbe have refurbished a concert hall in Eindhoven. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German-Taiwanese designer Béatrix Li-Chin Loos has created this series of spherical vases from layers of scrap wood, glass, cardboard and leather. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This wooden chair by designers Markus Bergström and Joe Nunn of Glass Hill for Phillips de Pury is on show at the Saatchi Gallery in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Universal Design Studio have created a perforated pleated facade for clothing retailer H&M in Seoul, South Korea. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian designers Büro North have completed the interiors and signage for the head office of Australian department store MYER, featuring patterns carved into the walls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s an update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with us at Dezeen and Dezeen Watch Store, Amanda Levete Architects and graphic designers Micha Weidmann Studio. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Marcel Wanders, Established and Sons and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish interior designers Guise have inserted these tall black free-standing cabinets throughout a Stockholm apartment. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article