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A timber pavilion called Biobasecamp at Dutch Design Week brought together projects that demonstrate the potential of the "concrete of the future" to fight against climate change. Read more View the full article

This exhibition at the Judd Foundation in New York pairs together furniture by architect Alvar Aalto and paintings by sculptor John Chamberlain from late American artist Donald Judd's archive. Read more View the full article

Artist Anne Hardy has decorated the facade of London's Tate Britain gallery to make it look like a temple marooned by rising sea-levels, in a bid to raise awareness about the impact of climate change. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio TAA Design has made the green roof of this house in Quang Ngai, Vietnam, from stepped planters finished in red plaster and tiles. Read more View the full article

A bubblegum-pink kitchen and stripey watermelon-green floor are some of the features inside this Tokyo apartment, which designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has completed in a sugar-sweet colour palette. Read more View the full article

The dark walls of this house in Mexico City were designed by Spanish practice Francesc Rifé Studio to conceal outdoor areas from the street. Read 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

Curator Aric Chen and designer Thomas Thwaites discuss their work in the second part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around, which also features short films by Kalyanee Mam and Apichatpong Weerasthakul. Read more View the full article

Concrete blocks, mountain rocks and reddish cement are among the materials used to build these five Peruvian residences in natural surrounds. Read more View the full article

Winners of Bompas & Parr's Fountain Of Hygiene competition include a machine that blows sanitising bubbles, single-dose seaweed capsules and a disinfecting doorbell. Read more View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, communications agency BBH, Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Beijing architects MAD. This is also the last chance to apply for jobs with UNStudio, Jason Bruges Studio, Mikou Design Studio and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has trapped a crystal in a perfume bottle for crystal brand Swarovski. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: Vienna designer Marco Dessí kicked off the third day of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, talking us through some of the work he has produced since first exhibiting there in 2006. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects y+M Design Office have completed this family house in Japan, with a façade that forms a staircase to the roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: UK design organisation Hidden Art is in danger of losing half its funding and may be forced to close. See press release below (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This sculpture of a boy and rocking horse by Berlin artists Elmgreen and Dragset will be the next installation on top of the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Downloadable magazine publishers Edition29 are offering a free copy of their latest architecture title for the iPad, Edition29 Structures. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The golden ration determines proportions throughout this raw concrete house in Germany. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian brand 3D Surface have launched their inaugural collection of relief wall panels. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple, has died, the company has announced. He was 56. Apple’s homepage is today dedicated to a photo of Jobs (above) and, instead of product news, hosts a short statement which starts “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being”. Steven Paul Jobs, 1955-2011 – Wall Street Journal | Steve Jobs dies – live blog – The Telegraph | All our stories about Apple </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Inside 2011: the Ceramics Study Galleries at the Victoria & Albert museum in London by OPERA Amsterdam have just been announced as the winner of the display category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Concluding our review of 2011, here are the five most popular stories from December. Up first are two skyscrapers by MVRDV for Seoul that will be joined at the hip by a pixelated cluster. These renders kicked up a lot of controversy, as reported on Dezeen Wire. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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A year ago this week the Guangzhou Opera House designed by architect Zaha Hadid opened up in China. The curved timber velodrome was completed in London in preparation for this year’s Olympic Games and Thomas Heatherwick was revealed as designer of the Olympic torch. Industrial designer Marc Newson launched a collection of clothing featuring drawn-on pockets and fake turn-ups, plus Issey Miyake’s creative director Dai Fujiwara announced his decision to stand down. He was later replaced by Yoshiyuki Miyamae. We featured a house with a slide connecting its floors that went on to become one of Dezeen’s most popular stories of all time and we talked to MVRDV architect Win…

Architects TYIN tegnestue of Norway have taken an empty slot in a dense residential area of Bangkok and worked with the local community to built a climbing frame and basketball court. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article