Asymmetric House in Tourimachi slots between two buildings
Japanese studios SNARK and OUVI have slotted a six-metre-wide house with a lopsided roof between two buildings on the edge of a cemetery (+ slideshow). More
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Olson Kundig Architects based Design Miami lounge on historic lumber yards
Design Miami 2014: Seattle studio Olson Kundig Architects used stacks of timber beams to form the collector's lounge at this year's Design Miami fair (+ interview + slideshow). More
Rem Koolhaas' Faena Forum in Miami shown in new renderings and model
News: the Pantheon-like interior of Rem Koolhaas and OMA's arts and culture centre in Miami Beach has been revealed by developer Faena during this year's Art Basel and Design Miami events (+ slideshow). More
Nike sues former designers over Adidas defection
News: sports brand Nike is suing three of its former footwear designers for $10 million, alleging that they took trade secrets to arch-rival Adidas. More
Fungi Mutarium turns waste plastic into edible treats
Austria-based Livin Studio has created a process to cultivate edible fungi that digests plastic as it grows (+ movie). More
Moshe Safdie to receive the 2015 AIA Gold Medal
News: the American Institute of Architects has named Moshe Safdie as the 2015 recipient of the AIA Gold Medal. More
3XN reveals "dynamic, undulating" design for Swiss Olympic headquarters
News: Danish firm 3XN has shown the first images of its design for the new headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. More
IKEA's refugee housing is "unusually sensitive and intelligent" says Alice Rawsthorn
News: IKEA's flat-pack refugee shelters, which have now been tested in Ethiopia and Iraq, have been described by design critic Alice Rawsthorn as being part of "one of the most important design developments of the past decade" (+ slideshow). More
KriskaDECOR creates colourful and imaginative chain curtains
Dezeen promotion: a new short film, entitled As Far As Your Imagination Can Reach, shows how artists and designers are using metallic chain curtains by Spanish brand KriskaDECOR to create endless patterns and images (+ movie). More
Hiroyuki Ito completes Tokyo housing block with staggered concrete silhouette
This apartment block in Tokyo by Hiroyuki Ito Architects features concrete walls that step back and forth, and a series of terraces screened by the facade (+ slideshow). More
"The vast majority of the built environment is of an unspeakable ugliness"
Opinion: the legacy of the Modernist movement is a "God complex" among contemporary architects that is turning architecture into its own worst enemy, says OMA partner Reinier de Graaf in his first column for Dezeen. More
OMA's Stockholm skyscrapers move towards construction
News: apartments for OMA's twin towers in Stockholm have gone on sale, with construction set to begin in the spring. More
Kilo pitches giant camel-hair tent outside Jean Nouvel's Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris
Architecture studio Kilo has pitched a traditional Moroccan camel and goat wool tent in front of the patterned glass and metal facade of Jean Nouvel's Institut du Monde Arabe building in Paris. More
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Jam Chair by Archirivolto
Moving on to J, the next design in our festive alphabetical countdown is the Jam Chair created by Italian studio Archirivolto for Calligaris. More
