A university faculty building in Milan by Irish practice Grafton Architects has been named World Building of the Year at the inaugural World Architecture Festival, held in Barcelona last week. More about Universita Luigi Bocconi by Grafton Architects
More from Ontwerpduo: Nathan Wierink exhibited a table with decorative joints at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show as part of Dutch Design Week, which ended yesterday. More about Joints by Nathan Wierink
Dutch designer Tineke Beunders of Ontwerpduo presents a suite of scaled-up dolls house furniture and objects at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate show this month. More about When I Was Small by Tineke Beunders
Dezeen have teamed up with publishers Thames & Hudson to offer readers the chance to win five copies of Digital by Design by multi-disciplinary art and design practice Troika. More about Competition: five copies of Digital by Design by Troika to be won
Designer Yves Béhar of Fuseproject has unveiled Le Cube, a TV receiver, remote control and graphic interface for French broadcaster CANAL +. More about Le Cube by Yves Béhar
Hedge Gallery in San Francisco presents Not Furniture, an exhibition of work by American sculptor/designer Forrest Myers. More about Forrest Myers at Hedge Gallery
A table covered with charcoal by Dutch designer Anke Weiss is on show at Eat Drink Design as part of Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. More about Table with a View by Anke Weiss
Corpus 2.0 by Marcia Nolte is a set of seven portraits illustrating how the human body could adjust itself to the design of products, including a hole in the lips for smokers (above) and an extended shoulder for holding a phone (below). More about Corpus 2.0 by Marcia Nolte
Architect David Chipperfield has designed a new seating collection for furniture brand B&B Italia. More about Posa by David Chipperfield
Here are new photos of the shoes Zaha Hadid Architects designed for Brazilian brand Melissa. More about Melissa shoes by Zaha Hadid Architects
Green design collective [re]design presented a range of sustainable lights from various British designers including Julia Lohmann, Jericho Hands, Rawstudio, bluegreen&co and others at 100% Design in London last month. More about Lighten Up by [re]design
Here are some more images of A Pile of Suitcases, a wardrobe presented by Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer at the Graduation Galleries 2008 show at Design Academy Eindhoven. More about A Pile of Suitcases by Maarten de Ceulaer
Dezeen's top ten: we're off to Tokyo next week for Tokyo Designers Week and to get us in the mood, here's a roundup of the most popular stories on Dezeen about Japanese architecture and design. More about Dezeen’s top ten: Japanese projects
Australian designer Brodie Neill presented two new furniture pieces at Covent Garden Super Design in London last week. More about Brodie Neill at Covent Garden Super Design
Yesterday saw the topping-out ceremony of a new building designed by Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat for the University of Leipzig in Germany. More about New building for the University of Leipzig by Erick van Egeraat
Diary: the three-day World Architecture Festival takes place 22-24 October in Barcelona. Where: Barcelona, Spain. When: 22-24 October 2008. Web: www.worldarchitecturefestival.com
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Dutch architect René van Zuuk has designed a house for himself in Almere in the Netherlands. More about Project X by René van Zuuk
Innsbruck-based architects Astearchitecture have completed a mountain-top viewing platform above a glacier in Tyrol, Austria. More about Top of Tyrol by Astearchitecture
Dutch architects UNStudio have unveiled their first chair design, called MYchair. More about MYchair by UNStudio
Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Laurence King to give away five copies of Key Urban Housing of the Twentieth Century by architect and architectural historian Hilary French. More about Competition: five copies of Key Urban Housing of the Twentieth Century by Hilary French to be won