Álvaro Siza: “Emotion is very important” in architecture
Chunky tower covered in plants proposed for Taiwan’s capital
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Swan Chair by Arne Jacobsen
Clover-shaped house by Felipe Escudero built near Chimborazo mountain
Marina Bay Sands offers “a new kind of public realm” says Moshe Safdie
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Mountain hideaway hidden inside a concrete boulder in the Alps
Naoya Matsumoto Design uses crumpled paper to create grotto-like bar in Osaka
Campana brothers cover wooden furniture with doormats
Dezeen’s top 10 Aesop store designs
3D-printed structural components will lead to “new building shapes”
Sinato raises an apartment ceiling to squeeze in an extra floor
Job of the week: head of architecture at the Royal College of Art
Naturehumaine add maple and steel staircase to 1960s house
“They thought I was a troublemaker” says Zaha Hadid
“Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk”
Sensorial Brushes by Najla El Zein Workspace are designed to stimulate the skin
Zaha Hadid designs dune-inspired headquarters for environmental firm
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Rover Chair by Ron Arad
Sigurd Larsen completes low-cost family house in Copenhagen
“The project of education-via-marketisation has had ugly results”
Animal bones adorn the walls of Hueso Restaurant in Mexico
Africa’s tallest skyscraper to be built in Morocco next year
