The bulbous Up5 Chair by Italian designer Gaetano Pesce follows on from the 20 iconic seat designs we've already featured for our A-Zdvent calendar. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Up5 Chair by Gaetano Pesce
Do you have a favourite Aesop store design? Browse our new Pinterest board to view every one of the Australian skincare brand's outlets featured on Dezeen, including the boutiques that made it into our top ten roundup.
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News: the Prince of Wales has called for urbanists to "reconnect with traditional approaches" in an essay that lays out his vision for the future of architecture and planning. More about Prince Charles reveals 10 principles for "more mature view" of urban design
The concrete and chipboard components of this irregularly shaped holiday home in Japan have been designed to deal with the difficult conditions of its woodland site, from restricted lighting to hilly topography (+ slideshow). More about House by Double Negatives Architecture adapted to suit a difficult woodland site
Movie: in the final video interview from our exclusive series, architect Moshe Safdie says that architects are too concerned with designing objects to create skyscrapers that work with the city. More about Architects "haven't learned" how to connect skyscrapers to the public realm, says Safdie
Music: director Nuno Barbosa layered images of pop artist Emmy Curl over her body during this one-take music video for her single Come Closer. More about Emmy Curl's own image is projected onto her face in Come Closer music video
This rust-coloured copper home extension by British studio Poulsom Middlehurst sits above the red-brick walls and clay-tiled roof of a Victorian terrace in east London. More about Poulsom Middlehurst adds copper-clad extension to east London attic flat
Swedish studio Form Us With Love has designed an all-white interior for a Stockholm boutique dedicated to coloured pens. More about Form Us With Love uses monochrome palette for Pen Store interior
A staple in cafes around the world, Thonet's steam-bent No 14 chair is T in the alphabetical list of iconic seats we're publishing each day until Christmas. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Thonet No 14 Chair
This week London firm Stanton Williams completed a home designed to evoke "the spirit of a treehouse" (pictured), and we featured interviews with world-famous architects Zaha Hadid, Moshe Safdie and Álvaro Siza. Read on for more architecture and design highlights. More about This week on Dezeen
Movie: in the second interview from our exclusive series, AIA 2015 Gold Medallist architect Moshe Safdie explains how he used Lego to design the groundbreaking Habitat 67 housing development. More about Moshe Safdie used "all the Lego in Montreal" to design Habitat 67
The lower floor of this live-work building in Japan was designed by architects SNARK and OUVI as a barber shop, while the upper level contains an apartment featuring a spacious loft (+ slideshow). More about Combined home and barber shop features exposed ceiling beams
News: autonomous vehicles in urban areas could be up to thirty years away, according to Audi's Thomas Müller, the engineer leading the development of the brand's driverless sports car (+ interview). More about Driverless cars in cities still "20 to 30 years" away, says senior Audi engineer
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its first project in Brazil – an 11-storey apartment building overlooking Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. More about Zaha Hadid's first Brazilian building designed for Copacabana Beach
Interview: Álvaro Siza, one of the world's most decorated architects, spoke to Dezeen recently in his home city of Porto, Portugal. In this interview he tells us his projects are never finished "because we never have enough time". More about Álvaro Siza: "Emotion is very important" in architecture
Architect Fernando Menis has developed a concept for a residential tower complex with rock-like walls, a cavernous swimming pool and plants growing out of every crevice. More about Chunky tower covered in plants proposed for Taiwan's capital
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for the Royal College of Art's head of architecture programme. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Angular shapes have been sliced out of the planks of smooth maple that encase a staircase at the centre of this Montreal renovation by Naturehumaine (+ slideshow). More about Naturehumaine add maple and steel staircase to 1960s house
As we head closer to Christmas with our A-Zdvent list of iconic seats, S is represented by Danish designer Arne Jacobsen's Swan Chair. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Swan Chair by Arne Jacobsen
Architect Felipe Escudero designed and built this clover-shaped house near the Ecuadorian mountain immortalised in the Walter J Turner poem Romance (+ slideshow). More about Clover-shaped house by Felipe Escudero built near Chimborazo mountain