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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       OMA completes trio of buildings for Miami Beach cultural district OMA has completed a further two buildings at a new cultural district in Miami Beach, a shopping centre and an automated car park, which join the firm's recently unveiled Faena Forum cultural centre. More ›     Alex Chinneck traps Christmas tree inside gigantic ice cube British artist Alex Chinneck has seemingly frozen a Christmas tree inside a huge ice cube in London's Kings Cross. More ›     MVRDV designs Y-shaped villa with rooftop swimming pool for Taiwan Dutch firm MVRDV has unveiled plans to build a Y-shaped house with a swimming pool cradled into its angular roof. More ›     Job of the day: retail designer at Uxus Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a retail designer at Uxus, which designed the "permanently temporary" gift shop at Herzog & de Meuron's extended Tate Modern (pictured). See more stories about Uxus, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.     Dezeen's top 10 staircases of 2016 Next up in our 2016 review, reporter Eleanor Gibson selects 10 of the most unusual and impressive staircases from the past year, from a gravity-defying look-out tower to a cavernous concrete well  and a minimalist flight of folded metal steps. More ›     Chi and Chi's second watch features a 24-sided dial and refined materials The second watch from Taiwan-based studio Chi and Chi is now available to buy from Dezeen Watch Store. More ›     M+ Museum's Asia-centric design collection goes on display for first time Craft, technology and "evolving notions of copying" are among the themes explored by one of the broadest collections of Asia-centric design, which has just gone on display in Hong Kong's new West Kowloon Cultural District. More ›     Canadian country house by Simard Architecture contrasts pale cedar with dark slate Cedar boards and slate blocks clad the geometric blocks that make up this house in rural Quebec, designed by Canadian studio Simard Architecture to sit over the remnants of an old farmhouse. More ›     Two skyscrapers proposed for London's Blackfriars Wilkinson Eyre and Brisac Gonzalez have revealed plans for a pair of skyscrapers  near London's Blackfriars Bridge, providing 52 floors of housing and 32 storeys of offices. More ›     "We need more Schumachers prepared to shake up consensus thinking" Patrik Schumacher's views on housing may be hard for some to swallow, but pressuring him into silence sets a dangerous example, argues Austin Williams in this Opinion column. More ›     Upside-down Christmas tree suspended from Tate Britain ceiling London's Tate Britain has celebrated the start of the festive season by hanging a Christmas tree upside down from its ceiling. More ›     OMA's Miami cultural centre and Patrik Schumacher controversy feature in this week's Dezeen Mail The latest updates following Patrik Schumacher's controversial World Architecture Festival speech and OMA's completed Faena Forum art and performance centre in Miami feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›     Zaha Hadid-designed Brit Awards trophies unveiled These trophies designed by the late Zaha Hadid to "represent diversity" will be awarded to musicians at next year's Brit Awards. More ›     Auctionata's online design auction includes limited-edition Shadowplay Clock by Breaded Escalope Dezeen promotion: a  touch-responsive clock that tells the time with shadows is among a series of furniture and home accessories to be auctioned off by Auctionata on 6 December 2016. More ›     Guggenheim Helsinki scrapped by Finnish government Controversial plans for a new outpost of the Guggenheim museum in Helsinki have been rejected by city councillors following a five-hour debate. More ›       Follow us You've signed up to receive all Dezeen's architecture and design stories in one daily email. Preferences | Unsubscribe     Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise