News: architecture firm Foster + Partners and designer Thomas Heatherwick have unveiled images of a finance centre they are collaborating on, which is currently under construction in Shanghai. More about Foster and Heatherwick team up on Shanghai finance centre
This narrow house in Tokyo by local studio Another Apartment has no windows or doors on its front to prevent neighbours from seeing inside. More about Long Window House by Another Apartment has no windows or doors on its front
French office Topos Architecture used timber cladding and a pitched roof to give this kindergarten in Mayenne, France, a domestic appearance that the architects thought would be more welcoming to children (+ slideshow). More about Timber-clad kindergarten with "the silhouette of a house" by Topos Architecture
British architect David Chipperfield is the fourth in our A-Zdvent calendar of architects. He was last year's director of the Venice Biennale and is best known for designing museums and galleries, inlcuding the Hepworth Wakefield in the UK (pictured).
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Design Miami 2013: here's a preview of the nearly completed Pérez Art Museum Miami by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, which opens tomorrow to coincide with the Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach collectors' fairs, and which suggests a new "kind of vernacular" for the city according to Jacques Herzog (+ slideshow + photography is by Iwan Baan). More about Herzog & de Meuron's Pérez Art Museum creates new "vernacular" for Miami
One half of this energy-efficient house in the Netherlands by Paul de Ruiter Architects is raised above the landscape in a glazed box, while the other half is buried underneath a pool of water (+ slideshow). More about Ecological house in a glass box raised above the landscape by Paul de Ruiter Architects
Portuguese studio Tiago do Vale Arquitectos has renovated a townhouse in Braga that was built as a servants' house in the late nineteenth century and modelled on the style of an Alpine chalet (+ slideshow). More about Portuguese townhouse meets Alpine chalet in this renovation by Tiago do Vale Arquitectos
This house situated in an old fishing village in Sweden features pale pine floors, high ceilings and a wood-burning stove inside a concrete block (+ slideshow). More about Lofty Swedish house with a concrete fireplace by Sandell Sandberg
In the third of our A-Zdvent calendar of architects, C is for Santiago Calatrava, whose projects include the Liège-Guillemins station in Belgium (pictured) and the Fourth Bridge on the Grand Canal in Venice.
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A layer of grasses, herbs and flowers blankets the roof of this hump-shaped house near Reims, France, by architect Patrick Nadeau (+ slideshow). More about Hump-shaped house covered in plants by Patrick Nadeau
The concrete walls inside this house in Poland by Ultra Architects were formed against wooden boards, creating a grainy texture that inverts the surface of the timber-clad facade (+ slideshow). More about Timber-clad seaside house with wood-textured concrete interior by Ultra Architects
News: British architect Adrian Priestman claims to have designed and installed the first 3D-printed components to be approved for use in the construction industry. More about British architect claims "first architectural application" of 3D printing
This new metro station in Leipzig, Germany, by Swiss architect Max Dudler comprises a 140 metre-long tunnel made up of illuminated glass blocks. More about Glowing glass blocks surround the Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz metro station by Max Dudler
In the second of our A-Zdvent calendar of architects, B is for Bjarke Ingels whose projects include the House 8 project (pictured), a power plant that doubles up as a ski slope and the Superkilen park in Copenhagen.
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Exposed timber beams branch out from the tops of columns that support the roof of this cafeteria in the Ushimado district of Setouichi city in Japan by Niji Architects (+ slideshow). More about Cafeteria with exposed timber framework by Niji Architects
Our annual A-Zdvent calendar is back! In the days leading up to Christmas we'll be highlighting an architect for each letter of the alphabet. To start off with, A is for Adjaye. His projects include the Dirty House in east London (pictured) the Moscow School of Management and two libraries in Washington DC.
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Angular zinc-clad volumes fold around a central courtyard and stretch out towards ocean views at this house designed by Australian architect John Wardle on the scenic Great Ocean Road in Victoria (+ movie). More about John Wardle's Fairhaven Beach House stretches out towards the ocean
Following the row over whether Zaha Hadid's World Cup stadium looks like a vagina, here's a roundup of yonic architecture from the Dezeen archives. As one commenter wrote: "There are enough phallic buildings in the world; maybe it's time for some vaginal ones". More about After Zaha's "vagina" stadium, here are six more examples of yonic architecture
Following the completion of Dutch studio OMA's De Rotterdam building and our exclusive interviews with Rem Koolhaas, here is a selection of OMA projects that we have featured on Dezeen including a glazed cube for a Tokyo store, a proposed bridge with a pedestrian boulevard in France and the CCTV building in China. See our new OMA Pinterest board »
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The entire facade of this house in the Japanese town of Ōiso by Atelier HAKO Architects is clad in fibre-reinforced cement boards and punctuated by a series of scattered windows (+ slideshow). More about House in Ōiso with walls covered in roofing material by Atelier HAKO Architects