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This week we reported on the production of Ikea's flat-pack refugee shelters, the design of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (pictured) and plans for Europe's tallest skyscraper in the Alps. Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news, plus our track of the week. (more…)

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Dezeen, Habitat and Stanton Williams, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Camron PR, Tom Dixon and more… (more…) View the full article

Washington firm Stuart Silk Architects has completed a waterfront house in Seattle, which consists of cedar-clad pavilions organised around a Japanese garden. Read more View the full article

Sushi is prepared on a faceted white counter at this restaurant in London’s Soho by architects Gundry & Ducker. (more…) View the full article

Converting convention centres into coronavirus hospitals is the most efficient way to increase intensive-care capacity, according to James Hepburn of architect BDP, which helped convert London's ExCel centre into the 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale. Read more View the full article

Music: producer Benjamin Wiessner referred to the design of old French lithograph posters to create this multi-layered illustrated video for ex-Pink Floyd musician David Gilmour. (more…) View the full article

We've updated our Japanese houses Pinterest board with pictures from new projects, including a house in Osaka with 16 different floor levels and a minimal square building clad in black corrugated metal. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Riluxa has expanded its Corian surface material collection with an array of new colours to help users create vibrant yet minimal bathrooms. Read more View the full article

American studio LMN Architects has renovated and expanded a 1930s, art deco-style museum in Seattle, making sure to preserve "the architectural legacy of the historic building". Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for architects and interior designers to join Moroccan studio Imaad Rahmouni, which designed this villa in Marrakech (pictured). More › View the full article

Our new Pinterest board features a proposal for a wavy pedestrian bridge in China, British designer Thomas Heatherwick's proposed Garden Bridge across London's River Thames and a bridge in Denmark that has a musical instrument made out of hanging metal pipes from the underside. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a senior technical architect at the London office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, whose current projects include the expansion of New York's Pennsylvania Station (pictured). Read more stories on SOM, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

A Shigeru Ban-designed boutique hotel in Japan and a resort that hides amongst the Malaysian rainforest are among the projects to be shortlisted in this year's AHEAD Asia awards. Read more View the full article

Prints by graphic designer Peter Saville adorn the garments and footwear in fashion brand Y-3's Spring Summer 2014 collection. (more...) View the full article

Product news: London designer Samuel Wilkinson has launched a blown-glass lamp with a digitally created lozenge pattern for Danish brand &tradition (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Product news: furniture brand Vitsœ has reissued a classic chair by German designer Dieter Rams, the former head of design at Braun. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2016: Studio Job has updated its collection of mosaic tiles for Italian brand Bisazza, including a range influenced by Britain's Industrial Revolution. (more…) View the full article

Spanish-Italian designer Pablo Dorigo Sempere has extracted algae polluting the Venetian Lagoon and used it to make paper postage stamps for the Italian city. Read more View the full article

Architects are turning to virtual worlds for both working and socialising during the coronavirus pandemic, with everything from site visits to social events happening in cyberspace. Read more View the full article

Belgian designer Alain Gilles looked to the world of cycling when designing this lounge chair, which incorporates a tubular metal frame and customisable elements. Read more View the full article

Designed in Hackney: Shoreditch-based interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio are presenting a lighting mobile that moves around to map its surroundings at Light+ Building in Frankfurt this week. (more…) View the full article

Portuguese architects Comoco have added a weathered steel cafe and a wooden gazebo on the hill of a castle in the town of Pombal. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

David Adjaye says museums, monuments and memorials should be sites of resistance against those "propagating fictions" about climate change, civil rights or the holocaust. Read more

It's easy to shock with technology and innovation, says Michael Anastassiades, but the real challenge for designers is creating objects that stay relevant over time. Read more View the full article

Merry Christmas to all our readers! We'll be back with more architecture and design tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy this photo of a cabin in Norway design by Snøhetta, and take a look at the best Christmas trees and cards of the year. View the full article