Restoration of Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library wins 2014 Modernism Prize
News: the World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize for preservation of a modern landmark has been given to a Finnish committee responsible for restoring architect Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library in Vyborg, Russia (+ slideshow). More
Using traditional crafts in design is not "sentimental" says Sebastian Cox
Interview: neglected techniques represent a new set of opportunities says Sebastian Cox, one of a number of young designers that are championing the revival of traditional crafts in the UK. More
Work starts on Calatrava-designed Greek Orthodox Church on World Trade Center site
News: work has begun on a Greek Orthodox Church designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava to replace a building that was destroyed by the collapse of New York's World Trade Center buildings on 9/11. More
Dubai plans to build world's tallest twin towers
News: the massive 6 million-square-metre Dubai Creek Harbour development launched this week will include a pair of record-breaking towers, according to the developers. More
French designers hack a 3D printer to make a tattooing machine
Paris design studio Appropriate Audiences has combined a 3D printer with a tattooist's needle to form an automated tattoo "printer" that can create indelible artworks on skin (+ movie). More
"Some of his own buildings belong to the 98% he's talking about"
Comments update: two design heavyweights, Marc Newson and Frank Gehry, dominated the debate on Dezeen this week for very different reasons. More
Barber and Osgerby's Science Museum gallery is their "most important" architecture project
Barber and Osgerby's architecture firm Universal Design Studio has completed a gallery for London's Science Museum dedicated to communications technology (+ slideshow). More
"98% of what gets built today is shit" says Frank Gehry
News: Frank Gehry has responded to criticism of his own architectural style by giving an audience of journalists the middle finger and saying that most architecture today has "no sense of design". More
Ron Arad is one of few contemporary designers with art collector appeal, says French auctioneer
An auction taking place during Parisian art fair FIAC next week will cement Ron Arad's reputation as one of the only collectible contemporary designers on the art market, according to French auction house Artcurial (+ slideshow). More
Sou Fujimoto stacks aluminium boxes to form "nomadic" house installation in Paris
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has created an installation in Paris' Jardins des Tuileries composed of suspended metal cubes and plants, for the FIAC art fair. More
"I personally quite like Rem's Pants... as for the giant penis, why not?"
Comments update: architecture dominated the discussions on Dezeen this week, spurred on in part by the president of China who declared that he wanted "no more weird architecture" in his country. More
Will.i.am launches Puls smart "cuff" with special editions by Zaha Hadid
News: the Puls smartwatch by music producer Will.i.am is due to go on sale in the USA and UK later this year, featuring special edition designs created by architect Zaha Hadid. More
Nendo's modular office tables create "casual spaces for standing conversation"
Japanese design studio Nendo has created a series of modular desk units for office furniture and supplies brand Kokuyo to complement its existing Brackets sofa (+ slideshow). More
Drones become a flock of dancing lampshades in this movie by Cirque du Soleil
Circus troupe Cirque du Soleil teamed up with drone specialist Raffaello D'Andrea to create Sparked – a short movie that transforms 10 autonomous flying machines into lampshades that seem to come alive and "dance" with a human performer (+ movie). More
Eley Kishimoto creates six geometric prints for menswear collaboration
Fashion and design studio Eley Kishimoto has collaborated with tailor Timothy Everest and graphic design firm New Future Graphic to produce a range of shirts that are hand screen printed with geometric shapes (+ slideshow). More
The golden age is over for public buildings in Britain, says Stirling Prize winner
News: architects in the UK are being "cut to the bone" by bureaucracy says architect Steve Tompkins, whose firm won the RIBA Stirling Prize last night for the Liverpool Everyman Theatre (+ interview). More
OMA and Olin win competition to design garden bridge for Washington DC
News: Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA has teamed up with American landscape architecture studio Olin to create the winning design for the 11th Street Bridge Park – a raised garden spanning Washington DC's Anacostia River (+ slideshow). More
Andrea Rekalidis' ceramic desk-tidies take the form of Italian landmarks
Maison&Objet 2014: designer Andrea Rekadlidis has created a set of white-glazed ceramic desk organisers based on the simplified outlines of five famous Italian monuments (+ slideshow). More
UK's "first amphibious house" can float on floodwater like a boat in a dock
Work is nearing completion on the Amphibious House by Baca Architects – a family home on an island in the middle of the River Thames that can float on rising floodwater like a ship in its dock. More
David Adjaye to transform "Mole Man" house in London into home for artists
News: architect David Adjaye has submitted plans to overhaul a house in Hackney – made famous by its former resident who dug a warren of tunnels underneath the property – to create a home for artist couple Tim Noble and Sue Webster. More