China “can’t buy culture” with museum boom, say critics
Job of the week: curator of 20th century and contemporary furniture at the V&A
Glass walls and terraces frame views from bright white house in Argentina
Sight Unseen’s LA exhibition showcases work from “focal point of the American design scene”
Tomás Saraceno installs Aerocene metallic orbs in Paris’ Grand Palais
Synthetic biology is turning into industrial design, says Daisy Ginsberg
Copyright legislation will destroy design publishing says Charlotte Fiell
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge by Alexandre Chan
Circular perforations create natural spotlights inside Elisa Valero’s concrete school extension
Disposture chair forces sitters into an uncomfortable slump
Dot One produces personalised textiles and prints based on DNA data
Floating architecture will offer “an improved way of living”
Henning Larsen Architects bases Microsoft headquarters on Bill Gates’ workplace theory
Patricia Urquiola overhauls Cassina’s New York showroom
Seattle running store by goCstudio has hanging racks that can be raised toward the ceiling
“Robots may force us to confront how we treat the people that currently make our cities tick”
Dezeen Mail issue 283 features a selection of this week’s best stories and discussions
Santiago Calatrava unveils three bridge designs for Huashan, China
Straw bales insulate monochrome house in Ontario by Nicolas Koff
OMA completes pixellated Timmerhuis complex in Rotterdam
Aluminium louvres screen facade of Toronto home by Paul Raff Studio
Fala Atelier converts Porto shoe shop into pared-back fashion boutique
