Set under an old brick archway on the Kent coastline, this timber-lined shop and cafe by Haptic takes its design cues from Scandinavian architecture and traditional beach huts. More about Coastal cafe by Haptic features plywood volumes shaped like beach huts and Scandinavian cabins
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has created a modelling kit made up of triangular-shaped wooden pieces, which has been described as the Japanese alternative to Lego (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma's Tsumiki building blocks can be arranged to create original sculptures
This glass and timber house by Dutch office DP6 Architectuurstudio was designed "like a little black box" with sections of dark larch cladding to help it merge with the surrounding trees. More about DP6 Architectuurstudio completes glass and timber home in a woodland setting
Rocks excavated from the site of this apartment building on the Greek island of Santorini were reused to form terraces and retaining walls so it blends with its mountainous setting (+ slideshow). More about Kapsimalis Architects completes mountainside apartments near Santorini's highest point
A timber box with a pitched roof sits atop the handmade-brick ground floor of this house in the English village of Orford by London studio Nash Baker Architects (+ slideshow). More about Nash Baker Architects combines brick base and gabled timber top for Broad Street House
Italian designer Francesco Musci has created a set of latex fingertip covers designed to protect wearers' hands from greasy food and other substances. More about Francesco Musci's Tidy Tips are brightly coloured finger condoms
For the halfway point in our bridge-themed A-Zdvent calendar, we've chosen the Millau Viaduct by Foster + Partners, a colossal bridge that spans a gorge in southern France. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Millau Viaduct by Foster + Partners
A bedroom at this remodelled and extended house in Porto, Portugal, has been wrapped in cork to shield it from the noise of a nearby school playground (+ slideshow). More about ATKA Arquitectos uses cork cladding to minimise noise inside Casa Bonjardim
French designer Aurélien Barbry has installed a pattern of black and white stripes across the floor of Hong Kong beauty brand Facesss' Harbour City store. More about Aurélien Barbry adds striped floor to Facesss Hong Kong beauty lab
Rising sea levels are leading to a surge of interest in floating architecture. We've created a new Pinterest board full of the best buoyant buildings, including a proposal for mass housing on London's canals and a conceptual amphibious city in China.
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Nicholas Grimshaw has completed a factory in the English town of Melksham for American furniture brand Herman Miller, 40 years after designing the company's first UK production facility (+ slideshow). More about Grimshaw Architects completes third UK manufacturing facility for Herman Miller
Chris Dyson Architects has replaced the rear of a Victorian house in east London with a two-storey extension clad in charred cedar (+ slideshow). More about Chris Dyson Architects adds two blackened-wood extensions to a London terraced house
Music: German animation studio Schnellebuntebilder used an XBox Kinect sensor to record glitchy footage of electronic trio Sissi Rada for their Sunday music video. More about Sissi Rada's glitchy Sunday music video was filmed entirely with Xbox Kinect
The letter L in our festive countdown of bridges is the Langkawi Sky Bridge, a cable-stayed structure at the top of a mountain on Malaysia's Langkawi archipelago. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Langkawi Sky Bridge by Peter Wyss
This house for a retired couple in the Norwegian city of Grimstad features a brick base supporting a wedge-shaped timber roof that incorporates a balcony overlooking the nearby fjords (+ slideshow). More about Schjelderup Trondahl Architects' Vardåsen House is topped with an angular timber box
This week on Dezeen: critics spoke to Dezeen about how China's museum boom has resulted in cultural buildings with "no vision", while other industry experts told us that rising sea levels are sparking interest in amphibious architecture. More about This week, critics slammed China's "mediocre" museums and praised floating architecture
Sports brand Adidas has created a concept trainer with an upper made using waste plastic filtered out of the oceans and a 3D-printed midsole created from recycled fishing nets. More about Adidas combines ocean plastic and 3D printing for eco-friendly trainers
Hennebery Eddy Architects has clad a fire station in rural Oregon with charred wood, turning "the destructive manner of fire into an image of beauty" (+ slideshow). More about Oregon fire station by Hennebery Eddy features a burnt wood facade
Design Miami 2015: Revolution Precrafted is aiming to "democratise high-design and architecture" with prefab structures by over 30 famous designers including Tom Dixon, Marcel Wanders, Kengo Kuma and Zaha Hadid. More about Revolution Precrafted recruits famous architects and designers to create prefab homes
Design Miami 2015: traditional automotive brands "don't need to be scared" of upstarts including Tesla and Apple – and the cars of the future may not be electric, according to Audi's head of experiential marketing. More about Car brands unafraid of Tesla's electric challenge, says Audi marketing head