Istituto Europeo di Design to launch sustainable building course in 2016
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Rolling Bridge by Thomas Heatherwick
Job of the week: landscape designer/architect at MAD
URAStudio creates minimal boutique in Istanbul for Cashmere in Love
Go Bang House by Takeru Shoji Architects references traditional Japanese farmhouses
Top-heavy house by Archi LAB designed to minimise snow buildup
Hong Kong McDonald’s pilots “an experiment in non-design”
Dezeen Mail issue 284 features a selection of this week’s best stories and discussions
Royal College of Art appoints Adrian Lahoud as dean of architecture
Woodland Quebec home by Bourgeois Lechasseur features a facade of wooden tiles
Form Us With Love’s acoustic tiles for Baux can be arranged into pixellated patterns
Epicentro fills São Paulo flower shop with vintage furniture
Encore Heureux uses recycled materials to build Circular Pavilion in Paris
Heatherwick gets go ahead for canal-side shopping centre in London’s King’s Cross
Splattered paintwork inspired by Jackson Pollock covers concrete music school in France
House aroma diffuser resembles a snow-covered cabin
Museum of Tomorrow by Santiago Calatrava opens in Rio de Janeiro
Fránek Architects’ mountainside Sky Walk loops up around a giant slide
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande by Santiago Calatrava
Fraser Ross’ synthetic organs combine human and animal attributes
Designers create winter installation for Montreal featuring 30 glowing seesaws
Rural Icelandic cottages by PK Arkitektar have turf roofs and burnt timber cladding
Oslo warehouse converted into film production facility for Storyline Studios
