World Architecture Festival 2014: an image of the cavernous white interior of Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center has been named architectural photograph of the year, from a shortlist that also featured a twisted skyscraper and a sunken flea market (+ slideshow). More about Architecture photographs of the year revealed
American company Bernhardt Design has celebrated its 125th anniversary by commissioning designers Ross Lovegrove, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance and Jephson Robb to create new furniture pieces for the brand (+ slideshow). More about Ross Lovegrove designs first wooden chair to mark Bernhardt Design's 125th anniversary
World Architecture Festival 2014: after working as project architect for OMA's giant CCTV tower, architect Ole Scheeren stepped out of Rem Koolhaas' shadow and set up his own practice in China. He spoke to Dezeen about what he learned from his former mentor and the vastly different speed, scale and ambition of working in the east (+ slideshow). More about Ole Scheeren: Asia has "a certain fearlessness and vision for the future"
Dutch designer Piet Boon has renovated a former office building in New York to create luxury apartments that borrow aesthetics from interiors in his home country (+ slideshow). More about Piet Boon brings "Dutch design" to Huys apartments in New York
News: Will Hobhouse of high-street furniture retailer Heal's has berated design schools for failing to teach business principles, claiming there's "no better background than an education through eBay" for designers who want to learn how to make a living. More about "Education through eBay" is the best business training for designers, says Heal's chairman
Brutalism: Denys Lasdun's National Theatre – one of London's best-known and most divisive Brutalist buildings – is a layered concrete landscape that Prince Charles once described as being like "a nuclear power station". More about Brutalist buildings: National Theatre, London by Denys Lasdun
Following the unveiling of a floating cycle path proposed for the River Thames, we've collected together 13 controversial projects from the pages of Dezeen that could transform London. More about 13 projects that could change the face of London
Atelier Data has extended a 1980s home in the Algarve, Portugal, with whitewashed concrete structures and fenced-in courtyards (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Data adds concrete volumes and internal courtyards to Algarve house
Maison & Objet 2014: Dutch firm Studio Macura has launched a collection of furniture and home accessories, including a marble tablet stand and oversized cork bottle stoppers. More about Studio Macura designs minimal accessories collection