MASS Design Group, a nonprofit US firm, plans to start an architecture and design training centre in Kigali, Rwanda, to help address the "dearth of professional designers" across Africa (+ movie). More about US firm announces plans to open "the Bauhaus of Africa"
This week's Dezeen Mail features Zaha Hadid's Royal Gold Medal win, Norman Foster's controversial views on the future of London and a Modernist-inspired home in Tel Aviv (pictured). There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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An angry Zaha Hadid cut short a live radio interview over "absolutely inaccurate" allegations about her Qatar World Cup and Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadiums, and told a Radio 4 presenter she had failed to check her facts. More about Zaha Hadid cuts off live BBC interview over Qatar and Tokyo stadium questions
Herzog & de Meuron has completed a concrete apartment building on the outskirts of Zurich, which has staircases housed in four cylindrical corner towers (+ slideshow). More about Staircase towers form corners of Uster apartment building by Herzog & de Meuron
London Design Festival 2015: design duo Isabel + Helen is exhibiting a swing made from large geometric shapes as part of Chelsea 10, an alumni exhibition celebrating 10 years of Chelsea College of Arts (+ slideshow). More about Isabel + Helen uses brightly coloured shapes to create Constructivism-inspired swing
Black textured walls give this seemingly windowless Tokyo residence by ARTechnic Architects a bunker-like appearance (+ slideshow). More about Angular black walls fold around SRK home in Tokyo by ARTechnic Architects
Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer has created a new ergonomically-shaped change box with a tilted head for UK cancer charity Maggie's. More about Layer redesigns the charity collection box for Maggie's
British architect Zaha Hadid is to become the 2016 recipient of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture, marking the first time a woman has won the prize in her own right (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid to receive Royal Gold Medal for architecture
Orange-hued panels of weathering steel encase the upper storey of this house in South Korea, which is elevated above the treetops of its mountain forest setting (+ slideshow). More about Seung H-Sang clads South Korean mountain house in pre-rusted steel
London Design Festival 2015: design studio Raw Edges has updated its Stack drawers for this year's London Design Festival, using leftover materials to create multicoloured side panels (+ slideshow). More about Raw Edges designs bespoke edition of Stack drawers for Established & Sons
Australian designer Jordana Maisie has created a Manhattan boutique for upscale shoe brand Feit that features asymmetrical display areas made of thin sheets of wood (+ slideshow). More about Floating timber slabs create layered walls within New York shoe store by Jordana Maisie
London Design Festival 2015: London design studio Pinch has unveiled a coffee table made from plaster and resin composite material Jesmonite (+ slideshow). More about Pinch's Nim coffee table is made from textured hand-painted Jesmonite
Japanese studio SANAA has completed a sinuous building of glass, concrete, steel and wood that winds across the landscape of a nature reserve in New Canaan, Connecticut. More about SANAA completes river-inspired building at Grace Farms nature reserve
Dezeen promotion: Vienna Design Week takes place from 25 September to 4 October 2015, and will feature works commissioned especially for the show. More about Vienna Design Week to showcase specially commissioned projects
London Design Festival 2015: London designer Lee Broom is presenting his latest collections of furniture and vases against a backdrop of flowers at his Shoreditch showroom (+ slideshow). More about Lee Broom creates floral setting for products at The Flower Shop
OOPEAA has won the 2015 Finlandia Prize for Architecture with Puukuokka – the tallest wooden apartment block in Finland and one of the first high-rise examples of prefabricated cross-laminated timber construction in the world. More about Finland's tallest wooden apartment block wins Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2015
Philippe Malouin's design studio Post-Office has used a minimal colour palette and custom-designed furniture to turn a London warehouse into the UK head office of skincare brand Aesop. More about Post-Office creates "simple and elegant" UK headquarters for Aesop
Future Makers: in this movie filmed by Dezeen in Munich, Clemens Weisshaar of Kram/Weisshaar explains how the design studio's Robochop project allows online users around the world to harness the power of a robotic arm. More about Robochop by Kram/Weisshaar gives "anyone with a smartphone" access to an industrial robot
A vision of a blazing bridge has won a tongue-in-cheek competition seeking "alternative but equally ridiculous" design proposals that could replace Thomas Heatherwick's much maligned Garden Bridge for London. More about Eternal bonfire on the River Thames wins satirical contest to rival Heatherwick's Garden Bridge
Tasked with creating a painting studio for an artist in rural Mallorca, local studio Munarq has overhauled a crumbling farmhouse and added a stone-walled extension (+ slideshow). More about Munarq transforms an old farmhouse into an art studio and gallery in Mallorca