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Architecture studio J Mayer H has unveiled a tram stop made from a stack of exposed-concrete discs in Kehl, Germany. Read more

An education centre shaped like a oversized neuron cell, designed by the late Will Alsop for his practice All Design, has opened at Centre of the Cell in Whitechapel, London. Read more

MATA Architects has added a timber-clad extension to a house in north London, with windows concealed behind large shutters that can be opened using mechanical winches. Read more

A system of hydraulics opens and closes three panels of this visitor centre in Xiahuayuan Village, China, depending on the temperature outside. Read more

Designer Alicja Biała and architect Iwo Borkowicz have aimed to capture the realities of climate change with these colourful Totemy towers that serve as multi-storey data visualisations. Read more

The high-tech Camden Road Sainsbury's designed by Grimshaw, and the housing complex built alongside it, have been awarded Grade II-listed status. Read more

A canopy of tree-like timber columns crowns the double-height living space at the centre of this polycarbonate-clad house, which JK-AR has completed in South Korea. Read more

The Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow has launched a postgraduate course to research how the Earth could be terraformed to reverse the impacts of climate change. Read more

BIG has completed The Twist art gallery that twirls "like a deck of cards" and bridges the river dividing Kistefos sculpture park in Norway. Read more

LED lights on a plus-shaped installation floating on Manhattan's East River change colour based on the water quality conditions. Read more

An easily biodegradable material that could be "part of a global answer" to single-use plastic pollution has won its inventor, British designer Lucy Hughes, the international James Dyson Award. Read more View the full article

Patrik Schumacher and Harriet Harriss clashed over architecture's long-hours culture at the Dezeen Day conference in October. The movie of the discussion shows Schumacher arguing that protecting students from working too hard would lead to "a kind of socialist world of stagnation". Read more View the full article

Design studio Waldo Works has completed the interiors of a penthouse apartment inside London's Television Centre, which takes cues from the "pure geometrics" of post-war British aesthetics. Read more View the full article

Danish furniture brand Møbel has collaborated with Studio David Thulstrup to create a duo of odd-couple tables – one made entirely from ceramic and the other from contrasting, powder-coated steel. Read more View the full article

Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has presented its autumn/winter 2020 collection on a purposefully flooded catwalk to draw attention to the threat of climate change and rising sea levels. Read more View the full article

Japanese architect Tadao Ando is restoring a 18th-century stock exchange building in Paris and turning it into a contemporary art gallery. Read more View the full article

Falling-Down Collection is a series of porcelain containers that Studio Meng-Chan Yu is presenting during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Museum de Lakenhal, a 375-year-old building in the Dutch town of Lien, has been given a contemporary extension and redesign by Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven and Julian Harrap Architects. Read more View the full article

Bathroom and kitchen brand Grohe takes over Virtual Design Festival today, with a talk about the latest trends in bathroom design at 11:00am and video about the brand's hands-free and 3D-printed products at 3:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

In a colourful overhaul of this period house in Tooting, south London, 2LG Studio has added dusky pink walls, blue tilework and coral-orange cabinetry. Read more View the full article

Mexican studio TEN Arquitectos have recently completed a laboratory for studying genomics in in Irapuato, Mexico. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Paul Coudamy has created this red-gloss sliding wall unit combining a desk, bed and wardrobe for an apartment in Paris. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: business stationery brand Vistaprint are running a design competition that offers cash prizes for winning T-shirt and business card designs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Mexican firm Rojkind Arquitectos created this design for the restoration of the National Archive Museum in Mexico City, located in a former prison. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Compeixalaigua Design Studio of Barcelona have created a range of flexible silicone dishes for steaming and serving food. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article