Dezeenwire: the winners of the National Design Awards 2009, organised by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to honour the best American design, have been announced. National Design Awards 2009
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Dezeenwire: Caroline Roux reviews the Milan furniture fair. Building Design
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Dezeenwire: an aluminum Lockheed Lounge chair by designer Marc Newson sold today at Phillips de Pury in London for 1.1 million pounds ($1.6 million), an auction record for a piece of contemporary design art. Bloomberg
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Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reflects on this year’s Milan furniture fair. New York Times
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Update: we've added a new set of diagrams and model shots to our story about the New Tamayo Museum by Rojkind Arquitectos and BIG, published yesterday. Read the story here.
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Dezeenwire: Norwegian architects Snøhetta have won the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2009, for their Norwegian Opera & Ballet, Oslo. See our story on the building here. See our story on the award shortlist here.
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Dezeenwire: Frank Gehry walks off Miami Beach New World Symphony Orchestra project; Jonathan Glancey writes on other famous architect-client rows including Sydney Opera House. The Guardian
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Dezeenwire: Reuters reports on the Milan furniture fair, with organisers claiming there are "signs of a small recovery". Reuters
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Nicole Martinelli reports from Milan for the Wall Street Journal and finds the furniture industry is holding up suprisingly well. Wall Street Journal
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Business Week presents a series of features comparing architects' struggling fortunes in the UK, Germany, Spain, India and the UAE. Business Week
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UK architecture weekly Building Design is to become a paid-for title after being free to architects for 40 years. "The web, and particularly the blogging community, have changed things," explains editor Amanda Baillieu. "The old business model is over... the web is disrupting not just BD’s but all print titles’ business models by providing content for free." Building Design
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Michael Cannell on why Tom Dixon is design's Barack Obama. Fast Company
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Amy Cortese on big architectural projects, including Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire and Foster + Partner's Russian Tower, put on ice due to the credit crunch. New York Times
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Alice Rawsthorn previews this year's Milan furniture fair (above quote from Tom Dixon) New York Times
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Architects including Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry and Herzog & de Mueron attack Prince Charles' attempts to stop fellow architect Richard Rogers' redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks in London. Sunday Times
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Dezeen Wire: Architects Journal editor Isabel Allen is leaving to work for TV presenter Kevin McCloud. More about AJ editor leaves to work with TV's McCloud