French studio Atelier Fernandez & Serres has completed a cultural centre outside Nantes featuring pale stone walls and sloping roof planes that echo the forms of neighbouring houses (+ slideshow). More about Pale travertine walls frame Cour et Jardin cultural centre by Atelier Fernandez & Serres
Kubo Tsushima Architects gave a curved form to this public toilet in Japanese town of Nakanojo, to avoid creating spaces for dust to collect or spiders to lurk (+ slideshow). More about Kubo Tsushima Architects develops an alternative to Japan's "dismal" public toilets
A flight of stairs wraps around the exterior of this mixed-use concrete tower in Seoul's busy Gangnam district, freeing up prime rental space on the ground floor (+ slideshow). More about Sae Min Oh designs irregularly shaped block in Seoul as a "three-dimensional street"
Opinion: KPF's attempt to recreate the allure of a red Porsche on the facade of Los Angeles automotive museum has left us with an eyesore, says Mimi Zeiger. But can it teach us anything about our architectural now? More about "The Petersen isn't a good building, it's a western-town front posing as architecture"
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles reopened this week following an extensive renovation, featuring a new wavy steel and aluminium facade designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (+ slideshow). More about LA's Petersen Automotive Museum reopens with KPF-designed metal-ribbon facade
Studio Egret West has unveiled a "revolutionary new design vision" for London Underground stations of the future (+ slideshow). More about Studio Egret West reveals designs for future London Underground stations
The double-helix structure of a DNA strand inspired the design of the Singapore Helix Bridge by Cox Architecture, the latest addition to our Christmas countdown. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Helix Bridge by Cox Architecture
One end of this concrete funeral building in Spain by Salas Architecture + Design angles up towards the sky, funnelling light into a waiting room for mourners (+ movie). More about Stark concrete funeral home by Salas Architecture + Design tilts up towards the sun
Architects and urban designers are finally responding to the threat of rising sea levels by welcoming water into cities, says urbanism expert Tracy Metz. More about "Architects are going crazy with the idea of a new relationship to water" says Tracy Metz
RIBA International Prize: the Royal Institute of British Architects is launching its International Prize for the best new building in the world, with the inaugural 2016 ceremony to take place in London. More about International Prize for world's best new building launched by RIBA
A crucifix and bell are set into two hollows in the swollen brick facade of this chapel, which was designed by Wandel Lorch Architekten for a site in Hamburg's docklands (+ slideshow). More about Wandel Lorch completes chapel with bulging brickwork in Hamburg docklands
Architecture office NBBJ has unveiled a concept for a series of natural ice rinks on London's River Thames that emerge from below the water's surface. More about Flower-like ice rinks proposed for London's River Thames
London collective Assemble has become the first architecture or design studio to receive the prestigious Turner Prize for art (+ slideshow). More about Assemble wins 2015 Turner Prize for Liverpool housing regeneration project
For the first time in 45 years, architecture students at Stockholm's Royal Institute of Technology have their own building on campus – a round block with weathering steel walls by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter (+ slideshow). More about Tham & Videgård's Stockholm architecture school features a curving skin of pre-rusted steel
For day seven of our bridge-themed A-Zdvent calendar, the spotlight is on the Gateshead Millennium Bridge by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, which tilts open like a blinking eye to allow tall ships to pass. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Gateshead Millennium Bridge by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Tokyo studio Naf Architect & Design designed this house in Niigata to fit around a narrow driveway, which doubles as a space for outdoor get-togethers during the neighbourhood's annual lantern festival (+ slideshow). More about Roadside House by Naf Architect & Design has a driveway that doubles as a party space
World Architecture Festival 2015: in this exclusive movie, Andrew Buck of Turenscape discusses the flood-resistant topography of the Chinese landscape firm's award-winning wetland park in Jinhua, China. More about Terraces of plants in Yanweizhou Park "control floods in an ecological way"
London studio Emrys Architects has converted a pair of warehouses in London's Covent Garden into apartments, including a pair of penthouses slotted underneath the original pitched roof (+ slideshow). More about Emrys Architects creates six homes in converted Covent Garden warehouses
Eric Parry Architects has unveiled designs for 1 Undershaft, a 73-storey tower that will be the tallest building in London's financial district. More about Eric Parry Architects unveils tallest tower in City of London
A concrete wine cellar props up one end of this tall white house by Portuguese architect João Mendes Ribeiro, located on an estate that also features an olive grove and a vineyard (+ slideshow). More about João Mendes Ribeiro slots concrete wine cellar below gabled house in rural Portugal