Li Xiaodong wins inaugural Moriyama Prize for "modest" Liyuan Library
News: Chinese architect Li Xiaodong has become the first recipient of the Moriyama Prize – a new award launched by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and architect Raymond Moriyama to rival the Pritzker and Stirling prizes. More
Moshe Safdie on Marina Bay Sands: a single tower would have been "unbearable"
World Architecture Festival 2014: architect Moshe Safdie spoke to Dezeen about his two best-known projects: Singapore's Marina Bay Sands development, which hosted this year's WAF; and Montreal's Habitat 67 building which, he revealed, was modelled using pieces of Lego (+ interview + slideshow). More
Miralles Tagliabue and Elizabeth de Portzamparc to design new Paris metro stations
News: architects have been selected for two of three new "iconic" train stations in Paris that will be built as part of the Grand Paris Express ring-route rail project. More
Priestmangoode unveils driverless tube train designs for London Underground
News: designs by London studio Priestmangoode are due to be rolled out on four London tube lines in 2020, and could be the first fleet of driverless Underground trains (+ interview + movie). More
Valentin Vodev's Vello bike folds with "a simple kick" thanks to one big magnet
Vienna Design Week 2014: Bulgarian designer Valentin Vodev has launched a folding bike that can be wheeled when folded and uses a magnet to create the locking system that holds the frame together (+ slideshow). More
"If this is the answer then you are asking the wrong question"
Comments update: a proposal to create a £600 million floating cycle path on London's River Thames was the most debated project on Dezeen last week. More
Thomas Feichtner launches cutlery for Jarosinski & Vaugoin at Vienna Design Week
Vienna Design Week 2014: Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with silverware manufacturers Jarosinski & Vaugoin to produce the company's 192nd cutlery range. More
TaliaYstudio turns colourful photography filters into jewellery collection
Vienna Design Week 2014: Vienna designers TaliaYStudio have released their first range of self-produced products with JellySeries 1, a collection of brass pendant necklaces that hold circles of yellow, cyan and magenta glass that can be used as camera filters (+ slideshow). More
Alejandro Zaera-Polo steps down as dean of Princeton Architecture School
News: Spanish architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo has abruptly stepped down from his post as dean of Princeton's School of Architecture to "devote greater attention to his research", just two years after taking the post. More
COBE and Lunden win competition to design new transport hub for Finland's second city
News: a team comprising Danish architects COBE and Finnish firm Lundén Architecture has won a competition to design a new transport centre for Tampere, Finland's second-largest city. More
Alex Chinneck performs architectural "magic trick" with Covent Garden building installation
A piece of the historic Covent Garden market appears to have broken free of its stone base, with its top half levitating in the air, in the latest installation by London designer Alex Chinneck. More
Marc Newson designs "revolutionary" draft beer machine for Heineken
In his first interview since joining Apple, industrial designer Marc Newson discusses his latest product – a domestic draft beer machine he says is the equivalent to a Nespresso coffee maker for beer lovers – and the future of the mechanical timepiece in the wake of the Apple Watch (+ interview + slideshow). More
Farshid Moussavi designs London shop interior for Victoria Beckham
London architect Farshid Moussavi has overhauled three storeys of an existing Georgian building in the city's West End to create the first physical retail space for Victoria Beckham's eponymous fashion label (+ slideshow). More
London's latest canal bridge rises and falls like the opening and closing of a fan
British firm Knight Architects and structural engineers AKT II have completed a moving footbridge in Paddington, London, that opens and closes like the blades of a traditional hand-held fan. More
The Link Shelf offers an update on a classic modular shelving system
Described as an update of the "classic string shelf", this customisable shelving system by Berlin design firm Studio Hausen comprises a series of steel and ash wood modules. More
"As useful as a concrete cushion"
Comments update: a prototype for a flying car was the focus of a debate on the future of transport this week, while a classic piece of Brutalist architecture divided readers over the merits of high-rise social housing. More
PostlerFerguson partners with Viennese jewellers to design bespoke microphone accessories
London design studio PostlerFerguson has collaborated with Viennese jewellers A.E. Köchert to make a set of bespoke microphone accessories for DJ Ken Hayakawa, being presented for Vienna Design Week. More
"Le Corbusier was incredibly attuned to the power of photography," says Barbican exhibition curator
Interview: a new exhibition at the Barbican in London explores how photographers have shaped public perceptions of architecture over the past century. Dezeen spoke to curator Elias Redstone about how greats including Le Corbusier, Aldo Rossi and Zaha Hadid have forged "symbiotic relationships" with photographers. More
Barbican exhibition focuses on relationship between architecture and photography
Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern World at the Barbican will attempt to explore the shared history of photography and architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries, in the "first major exhibition" of its kind in London (+ slideshow). More
Seatylock is a bicycle seat that is also a removable bike lock
A New York-based company has unveiled designs for a bicycle seat that also functions as a one-metre-long bike lock made of steel links that fold up under the seat for storage during travel (+ slideshow). More