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Miami's Magaldi Studio used charred wood and dark stone to blend this boxy house "as a shadow in the green surroundings" of Valle de Bravo, Mexico. Read more View the full article

Australian studio b.e. Architecture have completed a house surrounded by a steel and timber timber grid in coastal Victoria, Australia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London architects Carmody Groarke have designed a temporary restaurant to be installed late this month atop a construction site overlooking the Olympic Park in east London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian studio Durbach Block Architects have completed a wedge-shaped building in Sydney, Australia, that appears to have been pinched in at the top. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: downloadable magazine Edition29 ARCHITECTURE is giving away an Apple iPad on Twitter. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Antilia, the “world’s most expensive house”, has been completed in Mumbai, India - Time </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tokyo 2010: Japanese designer Naoki Kawamoto presented this faceted spectacle case folded from a single net at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This extension to a family house with marble brise-soleils on the rear façade in New South Wales, Australia, is by Australian practice Carter Williamson Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio David Kohn Architects and artist Fiona Banner have won the A Room For London competition to design a temporary one-bedroom apartment on top of London’s Southbank Centre. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch firm Hofman Dujardin Architects have completed this glazed villa in the Dutch countryside near Geldrop. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wooden horses wearing ties, hats, scarves and shoes from the new Hermès collection are included in a set of interiors by Spanish designers CuldeSac. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Michigan architects Synecdoche stacked up timber offcuts to construct this pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia, held together by gravity alone. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Since our story on the P-Tree urinal that straps to a tree (above, bottom left) was so popular, this month’s top ten is all about toilets. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A forest of timber columns and a stone fireplace feign a woodland campsite inside a visitor centre at the Rocky Mountains. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: Design Miami co-founder Ambra Medda has started a new role as global creative director for the 20/21 Design department at Christie's auction house. (more…) View the full article

Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh have completed a see-through church in Limburg, Belgium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some images by photographer Nelson Garrido of a restored architecture school building in Porto by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has completed a house in Osaka with a sloping wall that looks like it’s toppling over. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Belgian practice MDW Architecture has completed a residential complex in Brussels using industrial materials that reference the site’s former use as a scrap metal dealership (photos by Julien Lanoo). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Thanks for all your Christmas cards – here’s our selection of the best (and strangest) including this one from Studioilse. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this third of four interviews with some of the designers who’ll be part of Dezeen Watch Store and friends at the Interiors UK exhibition in Birmingham from 22 January, Swedish designer Johan Lidehäll presents his Bookman bicycles lights. Watch the movie » Dezeen Watch Store and friends will be at stand G31 in the Design Village at Interiors UK, which takes place at the NEC Centre in Birmingham from 22-25 January featuring furniture, lighting, flooring, soft furnishings and accessories from over 600 exhibitors. Register to attend here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full art…

This collection of furniture by Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk looks like it’s made of textiles but is in fact fashioned from solid metal. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Slovenian architect Nejc Trost to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of Chase for Space, his new book about architecture and space travel. (more…) View the full article

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Belgian studio EXAR Architecture have replaced walls of brick and plaster with glass and Corten steel on this extension to a suburban house outside Brussels. (more…) View the full article