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News: UK architecture watchdog the Architects Registration Board has been described as "crackers" and "pathetic" after the body gave Dezeen 14 days to amend an article describing John Pawson as an architect (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Paul Smith, LAN and Coop Himmelb(l)au, whose winter sports resort in a Chinese quarry is pictured. Plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with FR-EE Fernando Romero Enterprise, Populous, the Royal College of Art and more... (more...) View the full article

Concrete canopies shaped like leaves shelter the rooms of this house in the coastal town of Alibaug, India, by SJK Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with online design store Clippings.com to curate a digital pop-up shop full of gift ideas for Christmas. (more...) View the full article

News: a redesigned accident and emergency department by London studio PearsonLloyd has been found to reduce aggression and violence by 50 percent. (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 faceted forms of these 3D-printed wireframe bowls and vessels by French designer Michaël Malapert are inspired by the Japanese art of origami. (more...) View the full article

London retailer Heal's has released its first own-brand collection of textiles in four decades (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Our next interactive slideshow features the most recent products by Nordic architects and designers for Danish brand Muuto. (more...) View the full article

The mountain landscape of coastal Mexico provides an idyllic setting for this red concrete house by Mexican architect David Pedroza Castañeda (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: a cultural centre in Arnhem covered in a dense pattern of pale concrete mullions by Rotterdam firm Neutelings Riedijk Architects has won the award for the Netherlands' Best Building of the Year 2014. (more...) View the full article

This long and narrow brick house outside Budapest, by Foldes Architects, integrates a 17-metre-long library wall that accommodates the owners' expansive book collection (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: American architect Richard Meier has unveiled his design for a 163-metre-high skyscraper that is already under construction in the Taiwanese city of Taichung. (more...) View the full article

News: more than half of employees prefer a private work space, while open-plan office workers often experience too many distractions to work effectively, according to new data. (more...) View the full article

Swedish car brand Volvo is launching a prototype cycling helmet that offers two-way communication between the wearer and nearby drivers to help prevent accidents (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

German design studio Ding3000 has created a cast-iron candle holder for Danish brand QDO that holds six coasters within its base. (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Gothenburg-based Studio Esinam to give readers the chance to win its latest monochrome prints showing elevations of iconic structures in London. (more…) View the full article

Music: nine different artists contributed to this animated music video for US musician Dan Deacon's single When I Was Done Dying. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: designers could offer beautiful, meaningful and lasting alternatives to the mass-produced souvenirs offered inside London's tourist shops, says Will Wiles. (more…) View the full article

Communications firm Darkhorse has used a camera mounted to a drone to capture footage of Via 57 West, the residential building by Bjarke Ingels Group that is now rising in New York (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Spanish designer Jaime Hayón is launching a limited-edition chronograph with a chimp-like face for his watch company Orolog. (more…) View the full article

CES 2016: Chinese manufacturer Ehang has unveiled the world's first passenger-carrying drone, which will transport individuals through the air without a pilot (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

French furniture brand Smarin has created a temporary installation of soft dune-shaped lounge chairs, designed to encourage visitors to stop and take a nap (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

US designers Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu have proposed transforming Manhattan's Central Park into a sunken landscape encircled by a below-grade megastructure with office, housing, retail and cultural space. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: Norwegian designer Andreas Engesvik has created a minimal toothbrush that "will look good in any bathroom" for Danish brand Hay. (more…) View the full article