Salmela Architect has completed an office building for a Minneapolis advertising agency featuring a gridded monochrome facade and a monumental fire escape. More about Minneapolis office building by Salmela Architect features a chequerboard facade
Trees killed by mountain beetles were used to construct this seven-storey tower in Minneapolis by Michael Green Architecture, which is described by the firm as the first modern tall wood building in the United States. More about Michael Green completes largest mass-timber building in United States
German brand e15 is taking IKEA to Germany's highest court over a bed it claims is copied from one of its own designs. More about Bestselling IKEA bed infringes design right claims e15
Tiny reading nooks and light-filled alcoves feature in this week's roundup from Dezeen's Pinterest boards, offering ideas for spaces to escape into. More about 10 of the most popular window seats from Dezeen's Pinterest boards
Dezeen has teamed up with Swiss technology brand Punkt to give away 10 red AC01 alarm clocks by British designer Jasper Morrison. More about Competition: win a Jasper Morrison-designed Punkt alarm clock
Yuta Tokunaga, director of a museum dedicated to architectural models, has selected his five favourite exhibits from a collection that includes works by Kengo Kuma and Shigeru Ban. More about Archi-Depot Museum director picks his five favourite architectural models
Following a protracted preservation campaign, James Stirling's No 1 Poultry has been granted listed status as an "unsurpassed example of commercial postmodernism". More about James Stirling's postmodern No 1 Poultry granted listed status
The New York office of Dutch firm OMA, headed by Shohei Shigematsu, has completed a further two buildings at a new cultural district in Miami Beach to join the Faena Forum cultural centre. More about OMA completes trio of buildings for Miami Beach cultural district
British artist Alex Chinneck has seemingly frozen a Christmas tree inside a huge ice cube in London's Kings Cross. More about Alex Chinneck traps Christmas tree inside gigantic ice cube
Dutch firm MVRDV has unveiled plans to build a Y-shaped house with a swimming pool cradled into its angular roof. More about MVRDV designs Y-shaped villa with rooftop swimming pool for Taiwan
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a retail designer at Uxus, which designed the "permanently temporary" gift shop at Herzog & de Meuron's extended Tate Modern (pictured). See more stories about Uxus, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
More about Job of the day: retail designer at Uxus
Next up in our 2016 review, reporter Eleanor Gibson selects 10 of the most unusual and impressive staircases from the past year, from a gravity-defying look-out tower to a cavernous concrete well and a minimalist flight of folded metal steps. More about Dezeen's top 10 staircases of 2016
The second watch from Taiwan-based studio Chi and Chi is now available to buy from Dezeen Watch Store. More about Chi and Chi's second watch features a 24-sided face and refined materials
Craft, technology and "evolving notions of copying" are among the themes explored by one of the broadest collections of Asia-centric design, which has just gone on display in Hong Kong's new West Kowloon Cultural District. More about M+ Museum's Asia-centric design collection goes on display for first time
Cedar boards and slate blocks clad the geometric blocks that make up this house in rural Quebec, designed by Canadian studio Simard Architecture to sit over the remnants of an old farmhouse. More about Canadian country house by Simard Architecture contrasts pale cedar with dark slate
Wilkinson Eyre and Brisac Gonzalez have revealed plans for a pair of skyscrapers near London's Blackfriars Bridge, providing 52 floors of housing and 32 storeys of offices. More about Two skyscrapers proposed for London's Blackfriars
Patrik Schumacher's views on housing may be hard for some to swallow, but pressuring him into silence sets a dangerous example, argues Austin Williams in this Opinion column. More about "We need more Schumachers prepared to shake up consensus thinking"
London's Tate Britain has celebrated the start of the festive season by hanging a Christmas tree upside down from its ceiling. More about Upside-down Christmas tree suspended from Tate Britain ceiling
The latest updates following Patrik Schumacher's controversial World Architecture Festival speech and OMA's completed Faena Forum art and performance centre in Miami feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
More about OMA's Miami cultural centre and Patrik Schumacher controversy feature in this week's Dezeen Mail
These trophies designed by the late Zaha Hadid to "represent diversity" will be awarded to musicians at next year's Brit Awards. More about Zaha Hadid-designed Brit Awards trophies unveiled