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.
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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 ›
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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
Dezeen promotion: a touch-responsive clock that tells the time with shadows is among a series of furniture and home accessories to be auctioned off by Auctionata on 6 December 2016. More about Auctionata's online design auction includes limited-edition Shadowplay Clock by Breaded Escalope
Controversial plans for a new outpost of the Guggenheim museum in Helsinki have been rejected by city councillors following a five-hour debate. More about Guggenheim Helsinki scrapped by Finnish government
Kicking off our review of 2016, architecture editor Jessica Mairs looks back at 10 skyscrapers that have bent the rules in the past year, ranging from a triangular tower in New York to a Lego-like Singapore tower and the world's second-tallest building. More about Dezeen's top 10 skyscrapers of 2016
Future Makers: in this movie, Thomas Granier explains why his organisation La Voûte Nubienne believes the future of housing in sub-Saharan Africa can be transformed by reviving a 3,500-year-old building technique. More about La Voûte Nubienne revives ancient building technique to "transform housing" in Africa
Michael Anastassiades has moved away from his typically colourless palette to create a series of pale green looping lamps. More about Michael Anastassiades ventures into colour with new minimalist lighting collection
Architects Ran Ankory and Maya Carni of Scenario Architecture have opened up the interior of their Victorian terraced house in north London and added a glazed extension at the rear. More about Scenario Architecture founders add glass-roofed extension to their own London home
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Acme in London, which recently completed a shopping centre with a white latticed concrete facade (pictured). See more projects by Acme, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Swiss studio Big-Game has designed a table-friendly version of a classic folding knife by French manufacturer Opinel. More about Opinel's classic wooden folding knife gets a contemporary update