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The Temporium: today is your last chance to visit our Christmas shop The Temporium – we close at 3pm – and the final window in our Advent calendar features ceramics and glass by Londoner Shan Valla. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Christmas cards from architects Zaha Hadid, Threefold, and Coop Himmelb(l)au, as well as designers Tom Dixon, Studio Job and Marcel Wanders were getting everyone into the festive spirit. We took a break from eating mince pies to feature windows that create constantly changing shadows in response to the wintery weather outside, a chair shaped like an oar and a picnic pavilion comprising a giant pillow on stilts. Our most popular stories over the holidays were two concrete houses by Japanese architects Apollo, one that readers thought could do with windows and another that was inspired by a drawer being pulled out of a box. See all our stories from…

Fallen stars, glowing red dominoes and a vine-covered tree are some of the lights installed by artists, designers and architects in Lisbon this Christmas (photographs by Fernando Guerra). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Thomas Heatherwick unveiled the prototype of his New Bus for London, Snøhetta released proposals for a Maggie’s cancer care centre in Aberdeen and Foster + Partners won a competition to design a high-speed rail station in northwest Spain. Readers decided Zaha Hadid’s car park for Miami beach must have been designed with action movie settings in mind and two New York designers sent us pictures of their handy riot-shield-cum-coffee-table invention. English heritage announced that the iconic 1986 Lloyd’s of London building designed by Richard Rogers is to be given Grade I listed status and a team of Dutch designers including Hella Jongerius, architect Rem Koolh…

Dezeen Screen: in this movie Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs gives a tour of our Christmas shop The Temporium, which is open at 65 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DG until 3pm tomorrow! Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: there are just two more days to visit our Christmas shop The Temporium, where you can snap up gifts by over 20 designers and brands including this toy cable car from Theo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish architects Henning Larsen and Norwegian landscape architect Gullik Gulliksen have won a competition to design municipal offices and a public square in Trondheim, Norway. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This deceptively hefty-looking cube is actually designed to fly like a kite. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ready yourself for civil unrest without cluttering your apartment: this coffee table incorporates a handy riot shield. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, Milan designer Denis Guidone talks about two of the watch prototypes he presented at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform: Sometimes, which is now available at Dezeen Watch Store and at our Christmas shop The Temporium, and Remember, which is due to be released next year. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Norwegian architects Snøhetta have submitted plans for a Maggie’s Centre to provide cancer care facilities in Aberdeen, Scotland. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Foster + Partners have won a competition to design a high-speed rail station for the city of Ourense in northwest Spain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: you can get 15% off Cristian Zuzunaga‘s new series of digitally printed scarves at our Christmas shop The Temporium, open until Christmas Eve in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Perforated metal balconies fold like ribbons around the facade of an apartment block in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ghostly images of building facades decorate hanging fabric screens in a beauty salon in Omiya, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some more photos of the prototype of Thomas Heatherwick‘s redesign of the iconic routemaster bus for London, unveiled last week as reported on Dezeen Wire. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid has become the latest in a string of architects to design a car park for Miami Beach. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: illustrator Vic Lee‘s intricate prints documenting London streets are on show at our Christmas shop The Temporium, open until 24 December at 65 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DG. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie by photographer Cristobal Palma shows a project installed by Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square, where children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power for three spinning parasols. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The public library for an arts centre in South Korea is condensed into a cube at the centre of a room. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Kimihiko Okada has completed a spiralling house on stilts in Hiroshima. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Triangular windows pierce the faceted walls that fold around a cafe in Hangzhou, China. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: products at our Christmas shop The Temporium are displayed on Henny van Nistelrooy‘s Revolver shelving system. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Herzog & de Meuron have positioned a scaly crown over the top of this Basel museum (photographs by Roland Halbe and Duccio Malagamba). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie features Chris and Polly of Wrap, an illustration magazine that’s designed to be reused as giftwrap, talking about their latest issue on the theme of Dark Days, Bright Nights. Wrap is currently on sale at our Christmas shop The Temporium. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article