Opinion: the Brutalist architecture of 1960s British university campuses may not have been popular among students at the time, but recent styles of education architecture suggest a far more cynical approach, says Owen Hatherley. More about "The project of education-via-marketisation has had ugly results"
Thousands of animal bones line the macabre interior of this restaurant in a refurbished 1940s building in Mexico, by design studio Cadena + Asociados (+ slideshow). More about Animal bones adorn the walls of Hueso Restaurant in Mexico
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Salomé Galjaard of engineering firm Arup says 3D-printed building components will result in more efficient and diverse architectural forms (+ movie). More about 3D-printed structural components will lead to "new building shapes"
Architecture studio Sinato raised the ceiling level inside this Japanese apartment to create a mezzanine reading room that can be glimpsed through a narrow opening (+ slideshow). More about Sinato raises an apartment ceiling to squeeze in an extra floor
News: construction will begin next year on Africa's tallest building – a 540-metre-high skyscraper in Morocco. More about Africa's tallest skyscraper to be built in Morocco next year
The founder of London gallery and design studio 19 Greek Street has dressed a show apartment for residences created by architects Darling Associates in the city's former Saint Martins School of Art building (+ slideshow). More about 19 Greek Street fits out show apartment at Saint Martin's Lofts
Powerhouse Company and De Zwarte Hond teamed up to complete this new student centre for Erasmus University in Rotterdam, which features a transparent exterior and a curving oak interior (+ movie). More about "Egg in a box" student pavilion unveiled at Erasmus University
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