Slovakian architects Vallo Sadovsky have created a flexible pavilion for a public square in Bratislava. More »

German architects Archimedialab have completed a visitor centre and administration building beside at incineration plant in Stuttgart. More »

Car brand BMW will unveil its Vision EfficientDynamics concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. More »

Another Index Award winner: PIG 05049 by Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma, a book documenting the products made from a pig, won the Play category of the awards, which were announced yesterday. More »

Chulha, a cooking stove intended for use in the developing world by Philips Design, is among the winners of the Index Awards 2009, which were announced in Copenhagen last night. More »

Dezeenwire: the winners of Index Awards, the biannual global design prize that rewards designs that improve life, were announced in Copenhagen last night. Winners in the five categories (body, home, work, play and community) each earn €100,000. Winners include Chulha, a cooking stove for the developing world by Philips Design, and PIG 05049 by Christien Meindertsma – a book that documents all the uses of a pig. www.indexaward.dk

Archivi Architects & Associates of Osaka have completed a private house in Wakaura bay, near Wakayama city in Japan. More »

French car brand Citroën will launch its new DS3 model at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. More »

Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) have won a competition to design the urban centre of Masdar, a zero-carbon, zero-waste city to be built in the desert near Abu Dhabi. More »

London Design Festival 09: Korean designers Maezm will show work including Table-Dish-Cover, a silicon tablecloth with integrated dishes, at Designersblock in London next month. More »

London designer Gitta Gschwendtner has completed a wall that incorporates 1,000 nest boxes for birds and bats in Cardiff Bay, UK. More »

London Design Festival 09: Waggott Tripp & Graham, who created an installation where the viewer becomes the exhibit, are one of 10 designers to have won our Tent Digital competition for free exhibition space at Tent Digital during London Digital Week in September. More »

Amsterdam architects O+A have completed an extension to a villa near Eindhoven in the Netherlands. More »

This month’s top ten features Dezeen’s most popular stories about retail projects. In first place is Shop in a church by Merkx + Girod Architecten. More »