News
Happy new year from Dezeen!
Happy new year from Dezeen! We'll be back tomorrow, but in the meantime, you can read our review of the design, interiors and architecture highlights of 2024. More about Happy new year from Dezeen!
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Residential architecture and interiors
Ryan Leidner Architecture creates home and studio in High Desert
San Francisco studio Ryan Leidner Architecture has based the design of a wood-and-stucco desert house and art studio in southern California on mid-century Eichler homes and southwestern art. More about Ryan Leidner Architecture creates home and studio in High Desert
Chinese houses
Chaoffice fills concrete grid with reclaimed stone for home in rural China
An exposed concrete frame infilled with reclaimed stone walls encases warm, timber-lined interiors at this home near Beijing by architecture studio Chaoffice. More about Chaoffice fills concrete grid with reclaimed stone for home in rural China
Houses of the month
Dezeen's top five houses of December 2024
From a slender home nestled into an infill site in Wisconsin to a micro home prototype in Indore, here are Dezeen's houses of the month for December. More about Dezeen's top five houses of December 2024
Renovations
GMP Architekten revamps "cityscape-defining" swimming pool in Hamburg
German studio GMP Architekten has refurbished and extended Alsterschwimmhalle, a swimming pool in Hamburg with a distinctive double-curved concrete roof. More about GMP Architekten revamps "cityscape-defining" swimming pool in Hamburg
Community centres
HCMA designs all-electric aquatic center in British Columbia
Canadian studio HCMA has completed an aquatic and community centre in British Columbia that is the country's first zero-carbon certified building. More about HCMA designs all-electric aquatic center in British Columbia
Spas
Vector Architects funnels light to forest spa with tubular concrete lightwells
Local practice Vector Architects has unveiled the Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring spa in Aranya, China, which was designed to resemble a piece of hot spring "apparatus". More about Vector Architects funnels light to forest spa with tubular concrete lightwells
Public space
Public square renovation in Ukraine demonstrates "impetus for city life" amid ongoing conflict
Local architects Dmytro Volyk and Ksenia Donetska have completed the renovation of Uspenska Square in Dnipro, Ukraine, dividing multipurpose space with wave-like benches informed by the nearby river. More about Public square renovation in Ukraine demonstrates "impetus for city life" amid ongoing conflict
Studios
Cooke Fawcett reveals workings of "messy and noisy" Cockpit Deptford studios
A series of interventions by local studio Cooke Fawcett has opened up a cluster of makers' studios in south London to the public and given them a stronger street presence. More about Cooke Fawcett reveals workings of "messy and noisy" Cockpit Deptford studios
Public and leisure
WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza use green concrete for Mexico City community centre
Studios WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects have completed a green-tinted concrete building as part of the PILARES programme, which works to build supportive public facilities in vulnerable and impoverished areas across Mexico City. More about WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza use green concrete for Mexico City community centre
2024 review
The top 10 holiday homes of 2024
From a house informed by stealth aircraft to a dwelling in a converted pig shed, we've collected this year's top holiday homes as part of our review of 2024. More about The top 10 holiday homes of 2024
Dezeen In Depth
Dezeen In Depth features five longer-read Dezeen articles from 2024
This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter highlights five must-read articles from the past 12 months. Subscribe to Dezeen In Depth today! More about Dezeen In Depth features five longer-read Dezeen articles from 2024
American houses
Studio Becker Xu revises dogtrot model for North Carolina house
Chicago-based Studio Becker Xu has separated a vernacular dogtrot house to create a set of concrete pavilion-like blocks capped with a pine gable to form a house in North Carolina. More about Studio Becker Xu revises dogtrot model for North Carolina house
Indian houses
Gridded steel frame envelops Indian home by 3dor Concepts
An exposed grid of structural steel was used to bring a feeling of "industrial elegance" to House XO in Kerala, India, which has been designed by local architecture studio 3dor Concepts. More about Gridded steel frame envelops Indian home by 3dor Concepts
Spanish houses
Casa Gesso is a "habitable blank canvas" for reflecting on feminist art
Living spaces are arranged around a central courtyard at this house in Valencia, Spain, which local studio Viruta Lab has designed to celebrate the legacy of influential feminist artist Ángela García Codoñer. More about Casa Gesso is a "habitable blank canvas" for reflecting on feminist art
American houses
Group Projects Architecture clads Catskills house in corrugated metal
Brooklyn-based studio Group Projects Architecture has nestled a long gabled house clad in corrugated metal in a meadow in North East, New York. More about Group Projects Architecture clads Catskills house in corrugated metal
Extensions
Will Gamble Architects adds "unashamedly contemporary" extension to English farmhouse
British studio Will Gamble Architects has completed Flint Farm, a glass-lined extension to a farmhouse in North Hertfordshire that links to a renovated black barn. More about Will Gamble Architects adds "unashamedly contemporary" extension to English farmhouse
2024 review
The top 10 hotels of 2024
Featuring a boutique retreat on the Mexican coast, a skinny building in Tokyo and an ex-sanatorium in the Greek mountains, here are 10 of the most memorable hotels published on Dezeen in 2024. More about The top 10 hotels of 2024
Christmas
Merry Christmas from Dezeen!
Merry Christmas! We'll be back tomorrow – in the meantime read our review of 2024 and enjoy this Christmas tree designed by Anna Lomax. More about Merry Christmas from Dezeen!
Residential architecture and interiors
Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos creates adaptable concrete house in Ecuador
Local studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos has designed a concrete house with a large overhang and spaces designed to adapt to the varying needs of its residents near Quito, Ecuador. More about Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos creates adaptable concrete house in Ecuador