Contemporary Belgian barn house by Pascal François is covered in clay tiles
Star Wars planets receive fictional flag designs by Scott Kelly
Icehotel 2016 opens in Lapland with suites themed around animals and films
Competition: five copies of Fiera magazine issue three to be won
Design firm Pininfarina bought by India’s Mahindra Group
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Øresund Bridge by ASO Group
New Zealand selects Silver Fern as design for national flag vote
Design industry should step in to plug education funding gap says Neville Brody
Taiwan apartment renovation by Hao Design includes a new floor with house-shaped doors
Yves Béhar designs slanted Surf Shack for Design Miami
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Nescio Bridge by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Mark Foster Gage proposes elaborate gargoyle-covered skyscraper for New York
Metal skin wraps the exterior of Niigata residence by Takeru Shoji Architects
Commune converts 1960s Space Age-style bank into a hotel in North Carolina
New photos offer a closer look around Jean Nouvel’s Philharmonie de Paris
“Cars should be banned from Manhattan”
Lego introduces Skyline building kits for recreating cityscapes
Kengo Kuma and Toyo Ito unveil competing bids for Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Old Norwegian boathouse overhauled to create glowing wooden summer house
Transparent SkyDeck offers aeroplane passengers panoramic views from the sky
“What would you do with a piece of Thatcher memorabilia?”
DontDIY installs black wireframe staircase inside house and atelier in Sofia
Marcel Wanders’ seminal 1996 Knotted Chair was “a little miracle”