Curved walls made from sun-bleached timber slats screen the exterior of this sports centre by Explorations Architecture in the French commune of Arpajon, near Paris (+ slideshow). More about Sports centre clad with sun-bleached wooden slats by Explorations Architecture
London designer Emilie Voirin has created a minimal nativity set where characters in the Christmas story are represented by wooden blocks with their names printed in plain black capital letters. More about Minimal Nativity Set made of plain wooden blocks by Emilie Voirin
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: next in our series of movies from Eindhoven, Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek discusses his fascination with waste materials and explains how he set up his huge studio complex in the city to manufacture his own products. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Eindhoven designer Piet Hein Eek: "I always want to make my own stuff"
A rare prefabricated one-room house designed by Jean Prouvé in 1945 is on sale at Design Miami for $2.5 million. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12 (+ movie + interview). More about One-room prefab house by Jean Prouvé on sale at Design Miami for More.5m
We've recently featured a house with a fritted glass facade and an energy efficient house in a glazed box located in the Netherlands. From the iconic Piet Blom cube houses to the traditional Dutch townhouse, here is a selection of Dutch homes from the pages of Dezeen. See our new Dutch houses Pinterest board »
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Dublin designers Notion have established their own design brand called NTN with an inaugural collection featuring wooden sunglasses, an aluminium watch and a table with a hammock underneath (+ slideshow). More about First collection from new Dublin design brand includes a table with a hammock underneath
Following a preview of the nearly completed Pérez Art Museum in Miami this week, our eighth A-Zdvent calendar window features Swiss architecture duo Herzog & de Meuron. Here's a picture of their Vitrahaus showroom shaped like a pile of houses.
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Decorative tiles salvaged from different apartments are rearranged in stripes across the floor of this Barcelona residence by Spanish studio Bach Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More about Traditional floor tiles arranged in stripes in a Barcelona apartment by Bach Arquitectes
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our first movie from Miami, Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron claims the Swiss architecture studio is trying to create a "new vernacular for Miami" that eschews sealed, air-conditioned buildings in favour of more "transparent or permeable" structures. More about Herzog & de Meuron is "deconstructing stupid architecture" in Miami
Design Miami 2013: designer Simon Heijdens has created a series of hand-blown glass vessels that turn data from wind movement into projected patterns of light, installed at Design Miami this week (+ slideshow + interview). More about High-tech lighting installation by Simon Heijdens creates "3D drawings in water"
Dutch studio NL Architects used turquoise-coloured bricks to build this apartment block in Rotterdam, which staggers at the top to make room for sunny balconies on one side (+ slideshow). More about NL Architects completes turquoise tower that leans over towards the top
G is for Frank Gehry in our seventh A-Zdvent calendar window. The American architect's Guggenheim Museum in the Spanish city of Bilbao (pictured) famously sparked a trend for cities commissioning iconic buildings as catalysts for regeneration, while other high-profile projects include his Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the upcoming new headquarters for Facebook.
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We've been soaking up the sun at Design Miami this week, where a previously unbuilt house by Charlotte Perriand (pictured) and 3D-printed wearable sculptures are among the projects on display. Read on for more of the week's top architecture and design news. More about This week on Dezeen
Spanish design studio Masquespacio chose hospital colours for the exterior, interior and branding of this smartphone and tablet repair shop in Valencia (+ slideshow). More about Gadget repair shop fitted out in hospital colours by Masquespacio
News: architect Daniel Libeskind has unveiled plans to build an angular apartment block in Berlin that will feature a gleaming metallic facade. More about Daniel Libeskind designs metallic apartment block for Berlin
News: American lawmakers are rushing to amend a law banning firearms made entirely of plastic ahead of its expiration on Monday, amid fears that the spread of 3D-printing makes it easier to produce weapons that cannot be detected by airport security. More about 3D-printed guns cause US to review prohibition of plastic firearms
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an interior designer with Dutch brand Moooi, whose Unexpected Welcome exhibition (pictured) was the most talked-about show in Milan this year. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Design Miami 2013: German architect Juergen Mayer H is exhibiting a sculpture derived from the patterns used on the inside of envelopes to obscure personal information at Art Basel Miami Beach (+ slideshow). More about Juergen Mayer H exhibits stone sculpture based on data-protection patterns in Miami
Dezeen promotion: designer Raffaello Galiotto has created patterned marble disks that blur into new shapes when spun fast enough for Italian brand Lithos Design (+ slideshow). More about Optical illusions created by spinning marble disks
This London building appears to have been turned on its head, but it's actually an installation created by Hackney artist Alex Chinneck. More about London building turned upside down by Alex Chinneck