Metallic polygonal roof tops La Madeleine library by Tank Architectes
Eight resourceful low-cost housing projects from around the globe
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Navy Chair by Emeco
Updated Pinterest board: Japanese houses
Dropbear Digital turns paper cut-outs into stop-motion music video for John Butler Trio
Alventosa Morell slots a four-storey house between two blocks in Barcelona
Courtyard becomes rotunda inside Toronto university building by Moriyama & Teshima
This week on Dezeen
“Koolhaas may think we’re past the time of manifestos, but that’s no reason to play dumb”
Competition: five Roll-Up Bins by Michel Charlot and L&Z to be won
Job of the week: interior designer at Joyce Wang Studio
Theo Jansen creates giant wind-powered Strandbeest sculptures
Bionic Runner combines cycling and jogging for “injury-free” running
Low-cost house by Enrique Mora Alvarado built using rainforest wood and bamboo
Hotel cafe by Campos Costa Arquitectos projects towards a swimming pool
OS & OOS upholsters Keystone chair in Raf Simons’ Kvadrat textiles
Studio Puisto’s Dream Hotel extends a popular hostel in a former warehouse
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Miss Blanche Chair by Shiro Kuramata
Solar-powered cars could become standard “within 30 years”
New York’s Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum reopens
MenoMenoPiu Architects proposes capsule hotel along the Seine
London designers create tiny dream rooms for Museum of Childhood exhibition
Campana brothers bring “nature indoors” with bristly installation
