Architecture firm OMA has designed a temporary auditorium for the basement of London department store Selfridges (+ slideshow). More about OMA's temporary auditorium at Selfridges features mirrored walls and an Op Art floor
A rooftop swimming pool with a glass floor cantilevers out beside the entrance to this house in Marbella, Spain, by Dutch office Wiel Arets Architects (+ slideshow). More about Wiel Arets' Jellyfish House features an elevated swimming pool with a glazed underside
This floor lamp by Japanese designer Yasutoshi Mifune leans backwards to cast light at an angle. More about Floor lamp that tilts backwards by Mifune Design Studio
Here's a full set of images showing the Jazz superyacht Zaha Hadid is designing for German shipbuilders Blohm+Voss, including new interior shots (+ slideshow). More about More images of Zaha Hadid's Jazz superyacht
News: architect Santiago Calatrava is facing legal action from his home city of Valencia because parts of the opera house roof at his City of Arts and Sciences complex are falling off just eight years after completion. More about Valencia to sue Calatrava over falling masonry at City of Arts and Sciences
This black house by German studios Fabian Evers Architecture and Wezel Architektur is raised up over a translucent base where the client's truck can be stored (+ slideshow). More about House Unimog stores a truck within its translucent base
News: architect David Adjaye has designed an office campus featuring ten conical towers as the centrepiece of a new 65-hectare urban development under construction in Kampala, Uganda. More about David Adjaye designs office campus for new 65-hectare development in Uganda
News: British architect Norman Foster has unveiled a concept to build a network of elevated pathways above London's railways to create safe car-free cycling routes, following 14 cyclist deaths on the city's streets in 2013. More about Norman Foster promotes "cycling utopia" above London's railways
South Korean designer Jinil Park has created a range of furniture from intersecting wires that has the appearance of a two-dimensional sketch. More about Furniture that looks like line drawings by Jinil Park
Metal pipes and lightbulbs previously used on squid fishing boats are used to make a sculptural light that hangs from a double-height space in the centre of this Aesop skincare store in Kyoto (+ slideshow). More about Aesop Kawaramachi by Torafu Architects features squid fishing lamps
Design Miami 2013: this chair shaped like the fanned tail of a peacock by Toronto design studio UUfie was one of the most talked-about pieces at the Design Miami collectors' fair last month. More about Chair shaped like the tail of a peacock by UUfie
Dezeen Guide: we kick off 2014 with five design events in the diary for January, starting with the imm Cologne trade fair in Germany. More about Dezeen Guide update: January 2014
Happy new year from the Dezeen team and best wishes for 2014!
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We wrap up our review of this year's architecture and design news with December, when our top stories were all about wearable technology including 3D-printed shoes that could repair themselves overnight. More about Dezeen's review of the year: December 2013
News: London retailer and furniture designer Zeev Aram (pictured) is among figures from the design world awarded in the New Year Honours 2014. More about Zeev Aram awarded in New Year Honours 2014
Things got a little weird in November, as our focus turned to synthetic biology and we featured cheese made from bacteria taken from human noses and tears (pictured) plus new creatures that could save existing species. More about Dezeen's review of the year: November 2013
Our review of the year continues with October, during which the design of Zaha Hadid's stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was set to be scaled back after a number of high-profile architects rallied against its colossal size. More about Dezeen's review of the year: October 2013
Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London stole the limelight when it reflected the September sun onto cars parked nearby and caused them to melt. More about Dezeen's review of the year: September 2013
Comedy skyscraper stories dominated August, when a Spanish residential tower was reportedly built without a working elevator and a Chinese businessman made himself a home resembling a fake mountain on top of a Beijing housing block (pictured). More about Dezeen's review of the year: August 2013
Moving into the second half of the year, China opened the largest building in the world in Chengdu in July but halted the construction of a 838-metre-high tower in Changsha that was planned to become the world's tallest (pictured). More about Dezeen's review of the year: July 2013