Zaha Hadid to receive Royal Gold Medal for architecture
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
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Seung H-Sang clads South Korean mountain house in pre-rusted steel
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
Raw Edges designs bespoke edition of Stack drawers for Established & Sons
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
Floating timber slabs create layered walls within New York shoe store by Jordana Maisie
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
Pinch's Nim coffee table is made from textured hand-painted Jesmonite
London Design Festival 2015: London design studio Pinch has unveiled a coffee table made from plaster and resin composite material Jesmonite (+ slideshow). More
SANAA completes river-inspired building at Grace Farms nature reserve
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
Vienna Design Week to showcase specially commissioned projects
Dezeen promotion: Vienna Design Week takes place from 25 September to 4 October 2015, and will feature works commissioned especially for the show. More
Lee Broom creates floral setting for products at The Flower Shop
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
Finland's tallest wooden apartment block wins Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2015
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
Post-Office creates "simple and elegant" UK headquarters for Aesop
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
Robochop by Kram/Weisshaar gives "anyone with a smartphone" access to an industrial robot
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
Eternal bonfire on the River Thames wins satirical contest to rival Heatherwick's Garden Bridge
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
Munarq transforms an old farmhouse into an art studio and gallery in Mallorca
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
David Chipperfield presents cabinets referencing Greek architecture at David Gill Gallery
Architect David Chipperfield has designed a series of bronze, steel and glass bookshelves and cabinets for his first gallery collaboration with David Gill. More
Sophie Hicks conceals "concrete monster" within translucent walls for Acne Studios' Seoul flagship
A translucent lightbox hides the concrete interior of Swedish fashion brand Acne Studios' first flagship store in Seoul, designed by London architect Sophie Hicks (+ slideshow). More
Chicago's Vista skyscraper by Jeanne Gang will be world's tallest building designed by a woman
In a newly released video, American architect Jeanne Gang explains how natural crystal formations inspired the shape of Vista Residences, a new skyscraper proposed for Chicago that will be the world's tallest building designed by a woman (+ movie). More
Farming tools line clay walls in Museum of Rural Labor by Sergei Tchoban and Agniya Sterligova
This museum by architects Sergei Tchoban and Agniya Sterligova contains a single room inside a silo-like structure in a Russian potato field (+ slideshow). More
Max Lamb displays rows of preserved logs for My Grandfather's Tree installation
London Design Festival 2015: British designer Max Lamb's installation at Somerset House includes 131 logs sourced from an ailing ash tree at his grandfather's farm (+ slideshow). More
Ready Made Go presents designs by Philippe Malouin, Hilda Hellström and more for Ace Hotel
London Design Festival 2015: an exhibition at London's Ace Hotel in Shoreditch includes stackable stools, cast concrete lights and copper cone-shaped ashtrays that were all designed for the venue (+ slideshow). More
Gary Card creates MDF landscape for Roksanda's Spring Summer 2016 fashion show
Post offices and stacked parcels influenced the MDF shapes that dotted the runway for London fashion brand Roksanda's Spring Summer 2016 show, which took place at a Grade-II listed sports hall in Marylebone (+ slideshow). More