Dutch architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture have won a competition to design an extension to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in Canada. More about Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec by OMA
We've got all warm and cosy for this month's top ten, which is all about rugs and blankets. More about Dezeen’s top ten: rugs and blankets
Artist Anish Kapoor has won a commission to design a 115m high public artwork at Olympic Park in London, to be built as part of London's Olympic Games in 2012. More about ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor
Fashion designer Sruli Recht of Iceland has sent us his movie Garrote, which features a necklace from his latest collection apparently used to strangle a woman. Watch the movie »
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This movie by fashion designer Sruli Recht of Iceland features a necklace from his latest collection, apparently used to strangle a woman. More about Garrote by Sruli Recht
Milan 2010: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will launch a crumpled aluminium chair for Italian brand Moroso in Milan next month. More about Memory by Tokujin Yoshioka for Moroso
Shanghai Expo 2010: Thomas Heatherwick's UK Pavilion is nearing completion for the Shanghai Expo 2010, which opens in May. More about UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 by Thomas Heatherwick
Lyon designers USIN-e have designed a series of furniture made of wooden batons joined by folded metal parts. More about Pleats by USIN-e
Brussels studio Label Architecture have transformed the interior of a family house in Brussels, Belgium, by covering some walls in rough, black-stained oriented strand board and painting others white. More about Fiat Lux by Label Architecture
Milan 2010: Amsterdam designer Bo Reudler and architect Olav Bruin will present a collection of furniture made of bamboo stalks in Milan next month. More about Haute Bamboo by Bo Reudler and Olav Bruin
Dezeen movie: for our latest movie, we travelled to São Paulo in Brazil to interview Humberto and Fernando Campana (above) about Gloriette, a pavilion they have designed for Champagne marque Veuve Clicquot that will be unveiled in Milan next month. More about Gloriette by the Campana Brothers for Veuve Clicquot
Berlin designer Werner Aisslinger of Studio Aisslinger has completed a small mountainside mobile living unit in Ritten, Italy. More about Fincube by Studio Aisslinger
Dezeenwire: Den Norske Opera & Ballett by Snøhetta and Open-Air-Library by KARO* with Architektur+Netzwerk have been jointly awarded the 2010 European Prize for Urban Public Space.
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More details in the press release below. More about Snøhetta and KARO* awarded 2010European Prize for Urban Public Space
Milan 2010: Congratulations to Copy Nature/Nature of Copies who won our competition for a free exhibition space in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan. More about Ventura Lambrate exhibition space winners
Italian designer Giorgio Biscaro will present a flat-pack stool made of bent plywood at the Salone Satellite in Milan next month. More about Offset by Giorgio Biscaro Design Studio
We've got together with publishers Quadrille to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of The Genius of Design by Penny Sparke, the official companion to a BBC television series due for transmission in May. More about Competition: five copies of The Genius of Design to be won
Milan 2010: This zebra-patterned chair will be on show at Mindcraft10, an exhibition of new work by 14 Danish designers in Milan next month. More about Mindcraft10 by Danish Crafts
Here's an extension to a family home in rural Belgium by Brussels studio ADN Architectures. More about House Satiya by ADN Architectures
London office Levitt Bernstein have completed an energy centre for the University of Liverpool in the UK, clad in diamond-shaped aluminium scales. More about University of Liverpool Heating Infrastructure by Levitt Bernstein
Milan 2010: More ice: aluminium furniture brand Emeco will launch a new version of its iconic Navy Chair in Milan next month, made of recycled plastic Coca-Cola bottles. More about 111 Navy Chair by Emeco