Dezeenwire: Chinese-born American architect I. M. Pei is to receive the Royal Gold Medal for architecture – RIBA. See press release below More »

Belgian artist Arne Quinze has completed the interior of a store for L’Eclaireur in Paris. More »

Czech architects Projektil Architekti have completed the National Technical Library in Prague, Czech Republic. More »

Polish Design Season: Warsaw designer Marcin Kwietowicz has completed the interior of a perfume shop in Warsaw. More »

London Design Festival 09: London designer Nina Tolstrup of Studiomama presented a collection of furniture made from digitally-altered branches with TEN XYZ at 100% Design in London last month. More »

German designer Stefan Ulrich has designed a conceptual shape-changing object to relieve loneliness, using artificial muscle technology. More »

Dutch architects UNStudio have won a competition to design a football stadium in Dalian, China. More »

American furniture brand Knoll have reintroduced three designs by the late Japanese-American woodworker George Nakashima, originally designed for Knoll in the 1940s. More »

London Design Festival 09: at The Dock in London last month British designer Marina Ralph showed a cabinet that bulges according to the shape items placed inside. More »

Hong Kong-based British designer Michael Young has designed a mobile phone dock and handset for product design firm Native Union. More »

Architect Peter Kostelov has completed a riverside summer house in Tverskaya, Russia. More »

Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata, founder of Case-Real studio, has designed a vacuum tube amplifier for electronics manufacturer Elekit. More »

Architects ONG&ONG have completed the renovation of an open-plan house in Singapore. More »

British designer Jasper Morrison has launched a collection of watches for Swiss brand Rado at Vienna Design Week, which began yesterday. More »