News: Herzog & de Meuron has been chosen to design the new National Library of Israel in Jerusalem after the initial competition winner was dismissed over a copyright dispute. More about Herzog & de Meuron wins second competition for National Library of Israel
News: Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland, by Henning Larsen Architects and artist Olafur Eliasson has won this year's European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award. More about Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2013
Milan 2013: Foster + Partners has designed a coffee table made by stretching a perforated disk of steel upwards to form a metal-mesh base. More about Teso table by Foster + Partners for Molteni&C
This asterisk-shaped restaurant and winery at the centre of a lake near Beijing is our second story in the last week about Chinese studio SAKO Architects (+ slideshow). More about Asterisk by SAKO Architects
Arched openings bring students past shimmering tiled buildings and into landscaped courtyards at this grammar school near Melbourne by Australian architects McBride Charles Ryan (slideshow). More about Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Senior by McBride Charles Ryan
Walls appear to be peeling back from the facade of this house by Chinese office AZL Architects, one of 24 architect-designed buildings underway in a forest near Nanjing, China. More about Blockhouse by AZL Architects
Milan 2013: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has created chunky grey seating resembling the jagged forms of an iceberg for Swedish furniture brand Offecct. More about Airberg by Jean-Marie Massaud for Offecct
Dezeen archive: we've published a few buildings covered in thatch recently, so here's a roundup of more examples from the Dezeen archives. See all our stories about thatched architecture »
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Milan 2013: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola unveiled a chair with a backrest wrapped in rush for Italian brand Moroso in Milan this month. More about Mathilda by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
Black-painted pine clads the walls of this small gabled house by Swedish studio Erik Andersson Architects on an island in the Stockholm archipelago (+ slideshow). More about Villa Wallin by Erik Andersson Architects
Milan 2013: Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has designed a set of minimal dials to monitor air temperature, pressure and humidity for Italian brand Magis. More about Meteo by Naoto Fukasawa for Magis
Tweets sent to this machine are transmitted from one form of media to another and cannibalised at every stage until they emerge as distorted, printed headlines (+ movie). More about Colors News Machine by Fabrica
We've created a new Pinterest board from Milan 2013 featuring all the products, installations and exhibitions we've covered from the design world's biggest get-together. See our coverage of the event on Pinterest »
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This week Japanese firm SANAA became the latest famous architects to complete a building at the Vitra Campus. Read on for more highlights from the week and Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: designer Ron Arad launched a range of 3D printed eyewear in Milan earlier this month. In this movie he discusses his pioneering 3D printing experiments in 2000 and his views on the technology today. More about "It's the first pair of glasses that is one component"
Madrid studio Ábaton has rebuilt a crumbling stone stable in the countryside of western Spain and converted the building into a self-sufficient family home (+ slideshow). More about Off Grid Home in Extremadura by Ábaton
A bill to extend copyright protection on industrial design from 25 years to the length of the author's life plus 70 years has today become law in the UK. More about UK design copyright bill comes into force
News: architects Broadway Malyan have been chosen to masterplan a new 196-hectare residential and commercial district south of Kuala Lumpur. More about Broadway Malyan to masterplan new district for Kuala Lumpur
Japanese studio SANAA has completed a circular production hall with rippled acrylic walls for furniture brand Vitra, making it the latest addition to the firm's campus of buildings by famous architects in Weil am Rhein, Germany (+ slideshow). More about Factory Building on the Vitra Campus by SANAA
Milan 2013: Zaha Hadid folded a round sheet of plastic to create this chair for Italian brand Sawaya & Moroni (+ slideshow). More about Kuki chair by Zaha Hadid for Sawaya & Moroni