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Here's a selection of our favourite Christmas cards and movies we've received this year, including a collapsible model snow globe from architecture firm Aedas (pictured). (more...) View the full article

The 365 wooden sledges used to construct this Christmas tree in Budapest by Hungarian designers Hello Wood will be given to a local children's charity following the festive period (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Dutch supermarket Spar's flagship store in Budapest features a series of undulating wooden forms through its interior by local firm LAB5 architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We've reached the final edition of our festive A-Zdvent calendar of architects, which wouldn't be complete without Zaha Hadid. The architect's recent built projects include the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Azerbaijan (pictured) and a new exhibition space for the Serpentine Gallery in London, but she is also working on a stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and a Miami skyscraper. See more architecture by Zaha Hadid » View the full article

News: the Russian designer of the AK-47 assault rifle Mikhail Kalashnikov has died aged 94. (more...) View the full article

Ma Yansong of Beijing studio MAD is the penultimate architect to appear in this year's A-Zdvent calendar. Featured here is his blob-shaped Ordos Museum in the Gobi desert, which is clad in polished metal tiles to resist sandstorms. The firm also recently presented a masterplan for China where buildings are designed to look like mountains and public spaces overlap with the natural landscape. See more architecture by MAD architects » View the full article

We've reached the final day of our festive countdown, so in the first of three final posts today here's Chinese architect Li Xiaodong, whose projects include a school that bridges a creek between two castles and a library clad with firewood (pictured). See more architecture by Li Xiaodong » View the full article

Japanese firm atelier HAKO architects used concrete dotted with formwork impressions for both the internal and external surfaces of these stacked residences in a suburb of Tokyo (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

One thousand editions of literary journal The Paris Review cover the ceiling of skincare brand Aesop's new store in Chelsea, New York (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This movie shows shoppers walking under and sitting beneath the Christmas lights installed above public crossings and squares in central Berlin by German studio Brut Deluxe. (more...) View the full article

Japanese practice k/o design studio has designed a bulbous silver building that adjoins a red-tiled rectilinear tower at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Kawasaki (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

People could immerse themselves in a huge fabric cocoon at this interactive installation by architect and artist Sophia Chang (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We hope you've all been good boys and girls for Santa this year! Hopefully he'll deliver the suggestions collected together in our updated Christmas list Pinterest board if you ask him nicely. Check out our Pinterest board full of presents and stocking fillers » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest» View the full article

Today's A-Zdvent calendar features Rafael Viñoly and his Firstsite gallery wrapped in golden metal. New York architect Vinoly also made the headlines this summer after reports surfaced that his Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London was reflecting light intense enough to melt cars. See more architecture by Rafael Viñoly » View the full article

Architects Takero Shimazaki and Charlie Luxton have renovated a 1960s house outside London to create a modern home that features black-painted brickwork, large windows and a new angular roof (photographs by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: a choir of outdated computer equipment and games consoles performs a rendition of Carol of the Bells in this music video by Glasgow filmmaker James Houston. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: as protests continue against private shuttle buses for tech company workers in San Francisco, Mimi Zeiger asks how designers and architects should engage with the fight. (more...) View the full article

Continuing our coverage of the recent explosion of tech company headquarters in San Francisco, here's a look inside the offices of online property rental service Airbnb, which feature rooms modelled on eight of the company's listed apartments (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The penultimate project in Polish designer Karina Wiciak's series of fantasy restaurants depicts tables locked up in prison cells. (more...) View the full article

The next letter in our A-Zdvent calendar is U, for Dutch architecture firm UNStudio. Pictured is Galleria Centercity, a department store in South Korea, and the architects have also recently completed a shopping centre in China with over 42,000 shiny silver balls attached to its facade. See more architecture by UNStudio » View the full article

The visitor centre for ancient archeological site Stonehenge opened to the public this week. Our roundup of architecture and design news follows, along with the Dezeen Music Project featured track. (more...) View the full article

News: Amazon has gained planning permission for a new Seattle headquarters that will feature a trio of glass orbs containing a jungle of mature trees and tropical plants (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Twitter's headquarters in a 1937 San Francisco building features brightly coloured furniture, padded booths, games rooms and an enormous roof terrace (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a design engineer with London studio Troika, whose Arcades installation featuring beams of light that appear to bend into curved gothic arches is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Steel reinforcing bars are used for shelving and partitions at this coffee shop in Dublin by VAV architects. (more...) View the full article