Latvian architects Substance have built a sports hall in Jurmala, Latvia, inspired by chunks of amber washed up on the Baltic coast. More about Majori Primary School Sports Hall by Substance
Architects Filipe Balestra and Sara Göransson have developed a strategy to develop informal slums into permanent urban districts through a process of gradual improvement to existing dwellings instead of demolition and rebuilding. More about Incremental Housing Strategy by Filipe Balestra and Sara Göransson
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has designed the interiors of the Kameha Grand Bonn hotel, which opens this autumn in Bonn, Germany. More about Kameha Grand Bonn interiors by Marcel Wanders
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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Milan 09: German furniture designer Nils Holger Moormann presented Easy Reader, a combined bookshelf and bench with a wheel, at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan earlier this month. More about Easy Reader by Nils Holger Moormann
Milan 09: Swedish furniture brand IKEA showed in Milan for the first time this year, presenting their PS Collection by designers including Front and Hella Jongerius. Above: IKEA PS SÅGA by Nike Karlsson More about IKEA PS Collection in Milan
In the first of four competitions this month to celebrate publisher Thames & Hudson's 60th anniversary, we're giving away five copies of The Complete Zaha Hadid. More about Competition: five copies of The Complete Zaha Hadid to be won
Milan 09: London furniture brand SCP exhibited work by designers including PearsonLloyd, Matthew Hilton (above) and Konstantin Grcic at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan earlier this month. More about Furniture from SCP
Austrian architects PSA have completed an interior project for a law firm in Vienna. More about Lawyers’ office by PSA
Greek architecture practice KLab architects have completed a summer house on the island of Andros, Greece. More about House in Andros by KLab architects
Milan 09: Italian design brand Magis launched Villa Julia, a cardboard playhouse for children by Spanish designer Javier Mariscal, in Milan last week. More about Villa Julia by Javier Mariscal for Magis
Milan 09: graphic designers Antoine Audiau and Manuel Warosz presented a cabinet for furniture brand BD Barcelona Design at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Tout Va Bien cabinet by Antoine Audiau and Manuel Warosz
Milan 09: designers including Jaime Hayón, Nacho Carbonell (above, on left of photo) and Piet Hein Eek exhibited work at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week. More about All the Forces at Spazio Rossana Orlandi
House of Diffusion is a residence in Shiga, Japan, designed by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects. More about House of Diffusion by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects
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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London architects Glowacka Rennie have completed the interior of the ladies toilets at the V&A museum in London.
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Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reflects on this year’s Milan furniture fair. New York Times
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Milan 09: Danish brand Normann Copenhagen presented furniture by Danish designers including Ole Jensen (above) and Jesper K. Thomsen at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about New Danish Modern by Normann Copenhagen
Milan 09: Italian lighting brand Foscarini launched Le Soleil by Spanish designer Vicente García Jiménez at Euroluce in Milan last week. More about Le Soleil by Vicente García Jiménez