This week the Olympic torch by BarberOsbery won the top prize at the Design Museum's Designs of the Year awards, a decision that divided Dezeen readers and provoked some design critics to question the validity of the awards. More about This week on Dezeen...
In the second announcement from Rem Koolhaas' office today, OMA have unveiled their designs to convert a 5400 square metre 1960s pavilion in Stalinist-era Gorky Park in Moscow into a new venue for the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture. Update: watch Rem Koolhaas give a quick introduction to the gallery in Dezeen's movie here. More about Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by OMA
Dezeen Wire: Rem Koolhaas' architecture and urban planning practice OMA scored highest in a competition between ten firms seeking to win the right to oversee an ambitious expansion of Moscow. More about OMA wins first round of competition for Moscow expansion
Milan 2012: a single piece of fabric folds around the moulded polyurethane foam seat of this club chair by London designer Benjamin Hubert. More about Garment by Benjamin Hubert for Cappellini
Slideshow: this small twisted tower is one of the six artists' studios that Saunders Architecture of Norway are constructing on Fogo Island off the coast of Canada (photographs by Bent René Synnevåg). More about Tower Studio by Saunders Architecture
Milan 2012: last week at the Hacked Lab in Milan, Hackney-based designer Dominic Wilcox battled a 3D printer in a competition to build a model of the nearby Duomo cathedral. More about Wilcox vs 3D Printer at Hacked Lab
Dezeen promotion: this video shows Basque woodworking company Axalko crafting a bicycle frame from wood. More about BAT bicycle by Axalko
Construction has started on an art museum with four overlapping peaks that Foster + Partners have designed for Datong, China. More about Datong Art Museum by Foster + Partners
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The restoration of historic tea clipper the Cutty Sark in London by Grimshaw architects has been derided by architecture critics and conservation experts after being officially reopened by the Queen yesterday. Here's a round up of what people are saying. More about Critics trash Grimshaw's Cutty Sark restoration
New York architect Steven Holl has unveiled designs for a new institute for contemporary art at the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond. More about New Institute for Contemporary Art by Steven Holl Architects
Dezeen Wire: design journalists are divided by the announcement that the Olympic Torch by British designers BarberOsgerby has won the overall prize at the Design of the Year awards, presented by the Design Museum in London. More about Critics' reactions to "cheese grater" Olympic torch winning Design of the Year
These magnetic bicycle lights by Copenhagen Parts turn on as soon as they come into contact with the steel frame. More about Magnetic Bike Lights by Copenhagen Parts
London architects Grimshaw have completed the restoration of historic tea clipper the Cutty Sark, which reopened to the public today in Greenwich. More about Cutty Sark by Grimshaw
Milan 2012: Hackney designers were busy in Milan last week and we're bringing you some of the best new product launches, including this shelf by Stoke Newington duo Raw Edges where the front slides down to create a work surface. More about Deskbox by Raw Edges for Arco
Dezeen Wire: a report that contradicts our earlier story about the UK entering a double-dip recession claims there is cautious optimism among companies in the UK office furniture market, who are anticipating increased sales in 2012. More about Report highlights positivity in UK office furniture market
Dezeen Wire: a 3% drop in output from the construction industry is being cited as a major contributing factor to the UK economy re-entering recession – BBC. More about Construction output blamed as UK faces double-dip recession
Milan studio AtelierFORTE have built a sauna in the northern Italian countryside that has wings like a bird. More about Sauna Huginn&Muginn by AtelierFORTE
Dezeen Wire: Zaha Hadid's MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome could be closed after Italian culture and heritage minister Lorenzo Ornaghi began proceedings to have it placed under special administration – The Guardian More about MAXXI museum in financial meltdown
In this second instalment in our series of articles on technology and design supported by computing brand Intel, we look at how our online lives and physical environments will become increasingly entwined. More about Technology and design: our digitally enabled future