This week on Dezeen we published analysis by Dezeen reader Salomé Francpourmoi, which questioned whether there was a bias towards white males in our features. You can have your say on the gender and race issue by leaving comments at the end of the post. More about This week on Dezeen
JDS Architects have won a competition to design a youth centre for Lille, France. More about Lil/Euralille Youth Centre By JDS Architects
Dezeen Wire: British curator and writer Beatrice Galilee has been named as the chief curator for the third edition of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which will take place between October 2013 and January 2014. More about Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2013 appoints new chief curator
In this next movie from our series filmed at the opening of OMA/Progress at the Barbican in London, OMA partner Iyad Alsaka explains how the firm charted the Libyan desert, having been asked how to best exploit it for tourism. More about Iyad Alsaka on OMA and tourism in the Libyan desert
Estonian architects KAMP have completed a timber house outside Tallinn that's cranked around an oak tree. More about Private house in Tallinn by KAMP Arhitektid
Qubique 2011: Tel Aviv designer Nir Meiri uses desert sand to create these tactile moulded lights. More about Desert Storm by Nir Meiri
Dezeen Wire: Australian industrial designer Marc Newson has been announced as the recipient of the Lucky Strike Designer Award 2011, which includes a prize of €50,000.
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Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has completed an underground museum extension with a park on top in Assen, the Netherlands. More about Drents Museum by Erick van Egeraat
In this interview from our series filmed at the OMA/Progress exhibition at the Barbican in London, OMA partner Iyad Alsaka talks about the firm's presence in Arab countries, starting with a 2007 exhibition about the Gulf Region and leading up to their current projects in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. More about Iyad Alsaka on OMA, the Middle East and North Africa
Dezeen Wire: architect Frank Gehry has confirmed that he has submitted designs for projects in China and India as difficult economic conditions in the US have led to a decline in development - Bloomberg More about "Frank Gehry turns to Asia for architecture projects as U.S. growth slows"- Bloomberg
Qubique 2011: look carefully at these tables by Berlin-based collective llot llov and you'll see that there's a mirror in the wooden under-frame. More about Elias & Son tables by llot llov
Dezeen Wire: the ceremony for next year's Pritzker Prize for architecture will take place in Beijing, the first time the ceremony has ever been held in China. More about 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize ceremony to be held in China
Photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre has sent us these photographs of a curved concrete library in San Sebastian with a narrow courtyard driven through its centre. More about Carlos Santamaría Centre by JAAM
Designers Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra created a 3D sketch of a living room by suspending strands of wool from fishing wire. More about Analogia #001 by Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra
Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. More about Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
British architect Piers Gough of CZWG and fashion designer Paul Smith have completed the latest Maggie’s Centre for cancer care in Nottingham, UK. More about Maggie's Nottingham by CZWG and Paul Smith
Dezeen Wire: fifteen international design teams are in with a chance of redesigning one of three sites on Washington's National Mall following the announcement of the shortlist for the National Mall Design Competition. More about Shortlist announced for Washington's National Mall Design Competition
Dezeen Wire: 11 design teams including OMA, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Zaha Hadid, Grimshaw Architects and HOK have been shortlisted in a competition to redesign the public spaces at Chicago's Navy Pier development. More about OMA, Zaha Hadid, BIG, Grimshaw and HOK on shortlist for Chicago's Navy Pier
Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela Fashion brand Maison Martin Margiela have completed their first hotel interiors at the Maison Champs Elysées in Paris. More about Maison Champs Elysées by Maison Martin Margiela
Dutch Design Week 2011: designers Raw Color and Studio Mkgk present people dressed as trees as part of Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven this week. More about Temporary Trees by Raw Color and Mkgk