The next seat in our A-Zdvent calendar is Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Postmodern interpretation of an eighteenth-century Queen Anne chair. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Queen Anne Side Chair by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
London firm Stanton Williams has completed a house in leafy north London with a timber and stone exterior, green sedum roofs and an entrance that brings residents over a bridge (+ slideshow). More about Hampstead home by Stanton Williams designed to evoke "the spirit of a tree house"
French artist Didier Faustino has included a salacious hole in the centre of this ornately framed silver mirror. More about Didier Faustino surrounds Glory Hole mirror with Baroque embellishment
News: Italian design school Domus Academy has recruited leading creatives – including Patricia Urquiola, Joseph Grima, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Alice Rawsthorn – to form a panel that will help the school "revolutionise" its teaching (+ interview). More about Domus Academy design school launches salon-style teaching system
Comments update: a concept for a modular hotel on the banks of the Seine got readers fired up this week, with one describing it as among "the ugliest, most useless" projects we've published. More about "I need this as much as I need Ebola"
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Gothenburg-based Studio Esinam to give readers the chance to win one of five monochrome prints showing elevations of iconic structures from different cities. More about Competition: five Landmarks and Elevations posters to be won
This take on a traditional Slovenian cottage by Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti features cast concrete walls inlaid with chunks of stone to create a rugged texture (+ slideshow). More about Rural Slovenian cottage by Dekleva Gregorič has walls of stone set into concrete
News: architectural licensing bodies in the United States, Canada and Mexico have forged an agreement to allow architects to work across North American borders. More about United States, Canada and Mexico to recognise each other's architects
Architecture studio Snøhetta has created a ceiling of intersecting domes inside Aesop's first outpost in Norway – the Australian skincare brand's 100th boutique (+ slideshow). More about Snøhetta references religious architecture for Aesop's 100th store
A beam of orange light slices through a blacked-out gallery inside Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton building, in an exhibition by Olafur Eliasson that aims to skew viewers' perceptions of space (+ slideshow). More about Olafur Eliasson's immersive light installations inhabit Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton
These tiny pebble-shaped seaside cabins by Korean studio Yoon Space Design are designed to be easily transported from beach to beach (+ slideshow). More about Mobile egg-shaped beach huts installed along a South Korean shoreline
The curvaceous Panton Chair by Danish designer Verner Panton continues our alphabetical list of iconic seating designs for the run up to Christmas. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Panton Chair by Verner Panton
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects stacked up cuboid volumes with different dimensions and cladding finishes to create this library in Halifax, Canada (+ slideshow). More about Halifax library by Schmidt Hammer Lassen comprises four stacked blocks
News: Danish furniture brand Muuto has chosen a lamp that bends like a fishing rod as the winner of its annual Nordic design award for emerging talents. More about Nick Ross' Tension Lamp wins Muuto Talent Award 2014
These retail display stands by Berlin designer Till Wiedeck have multiple shelves for presenting monochrome products in the stores of fashion brand COS (+ slideshow). More about Till Wiedeck designs multi-level display stands for COS
Audi has teamed up with design studio Kram/Weisshaar to capture the "deathly fear" and "complete excitement" of passengers experiencing their first journey in a car that can drive itself at speeds of up to 220 kilometres per hour (+ slideshow). More about Audi's super-fast driverless car is fitted with a mini film studio
American firm Choi + Shine Architects has created tube-shaped lighting modules that assemble into three-dimensional arrangements using magnets. More about Modular lighting system by Choi + Shine Architects sticks together with magnets
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has presented its third prototype for low-cost housing in Vietnam, which combines the lightweight structure of the first model with the durability of the second (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia's latest low-cost house is "stable enough to withstand natural disasters"
Perrier-Jouët Small Discoveries: design duo Mischer'Traxler discuss their interactive installation featuring plants that sprout when nobody is nearby in this Dezeen movie for champagne brand Perrier-Jouët. More about Mischer'Traxler's kinetic Ephemerā installation "comes alive" when visitors walk away
A spiral staircase rises through the trough-shaped floors of this concrete residence in Japan by local studio Takeshi Hosaka Architects (+ slideshow). More about Spiral stairs puncture hilly floors inside Takeshi Hosaka's House in Byobugaura