This week, Zaha Hadid won the RIBA Gold Medal and defended her “misunderstood” architecture
Bouroullec brothers create the “Swiss watch” of roller blinds for Kvadrat
US job of the week: designer at Francis Bitonti Studio
RIBA’s Creation from Catastrophe exhibition showcases the world’s best disaster-relief projects
Hypothesis uses plants and discarded objects to create Vivarium restaurant interior
British architecture is experiencing a “dull period” says Peter Cook
Job of the week: professor of industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Pierre Charpin’s Slice chair for Cinna is split up into blocks
COBE’s Frederiksvej Kindergarten is based on children’s drawings
3D-printed braille and picture books help blind children to read
Design brand Hem sold to private investment company
Royal Gold Medal for Zaha Hadid was “totally overdue” says RIBA president
Amagansett Dunes House by Bates Masi Architects is shaded with strips of canvas
Claesson Koivisto Rune unveils new business concept for entrepreneurial designers
AMO “highlights the attitude of Prada” with graphical campaign video
Winners chosen for Alvar Aalto museum extension but told to improve their design
Modernist Wiltshire house with a Smithsons-designed studio gets a facelift by Coppin Dockray
Apple given New York preservation award for repurposing historic buildings
Threefold Architects completes light-filled London home for a pair of objets d’art collectors
Bartlett students use robots to build 3D-printed filigree chairs
Seattle chapel by Hennebery Eddy features walls of rough sandstone and concrete
Penthouse in BIG’s twisted Miami towers is on sale for $28 million
Dezeen Mail issue 291 features this week’s biggest stories in architecture and design
