Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Herzog & de Meuron
Traditional floor tiles arranged in stripes in a Barcelona apartment by Bach Arquitectes
NL Architects completes turquoise tower that leans over towards the top
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Frank Gehry
Daniel Libeskind designs metallic apartment block for Berlin
3D-printed guns cause US to review prohibition of plastic firearms
Optical illusions created by spinning marble disks
London building turned upside down by Alex Chinneck
Suppose Design Office’s House of Tousuienn has translucent plastic walls
Louis Vuitton realises unbuilt Charlotte Perriand beach house in Miami
Dezeen Mail #181
“We must examine the human cost of objects, not just their semiotic resonances”
Herzog & de Meuron is “deconstructing stupid architecture” in Miami
High-tech lighting installation by Simon Heijdens creates “3D drawings in water”
This week on Dezeen
Gadget repair shop fitted out in hospital colours by Masquespacio
Job of the week: interior designer at Moooi
Juergen Mayer H exhibits stone sculpture based on data-protection patterns in Miami
Wiel Arets completes a glazed house for a vintage car collector
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Norman Foster
Daniel Widrig creates wearable sculptures based on a 3D scan of the body
Nendo adapts traditional Japanese paper-making to design crumpled lamps