Tropical plants surround a holiday home by Mexican firm CO-LAB Design Office, which has large openings to help keep the interior "cool and fresh throughout the year". The property is bordered by a rustic wall made of stones that were excavated during construction. More about CO-LAB designs Casa Areca to merge with lush landscape in Tulum
Architecture studio Anna and Eugeni Bach has designed Seven Lives, an apartment block in Barcelona that references its surroundings but has been given a playful modern touch with vibrant balconies and an adaptable layout. More about Anna and Eugeni Bach create Barcelona apartment building with bright yellow balconies
For this interior design lookbook we've chosen 10 stylish kids' bedrooms featuring bunk beds, raised beds and whimsical cloud-shaped lights. More about Ten contemporary children's bedrooms to inspire design-savvy parents
This week on Dezeen, we highlighted 22 inspirational women architects and designers and marked the anniversary of WHO declaring the coronavirus a pandemic. More about This week we celebrated International Women's Day
The sloping morphology of Mexican village Troncones is mirrored in Punta Majahua, a set of curvy beachfront apartments created by Zozaya Arquitectos. More about Beach homes by Zozaya Arquitectos "mimic the fluidity of waves"
From a wearable survival kit to an underground bunker, here are eight homes, suits and kits designed to help people survive disasters such as climate change or asteroid strikes. More about Eight homes, suits and kits for surviving an apocalypse
BIG founder Bjarke Ingels, architect Shigeru Ban and artist Olafur Eliasson are among the "distinguished thinkers and practitioners" that have been selected as ambassadors for the EU's New European Bauhaus. More about Bjarke Ingels among creatives to join New European Bauhaus high-level roundtable
This holiday home designed by architecture office KRADS features large openings that frame views of Iceland's Lake Thingvallavatn, and a turfed roof to help it blend in with its natural surroundings. More about KRADS completes green-roofed Icelandic holiday home overlooking Lake Thingvallavatn
Capturing buildings using film allows you to "step back and have a distance from the subject," says architectural photographer Simone Bossi, who says digital imagery can be "quite misleading". More about Digital photography is "too much to digest" says Simone Bossi
Two days before Covid-19 was declared a pandemic last year, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort predicted it would lead to a quarantine of consumption in an interview with Dezeen. In the third part of our series marking the anniversary of the pandemic, she discusses how it has changed the world. More about "The only things I miss are flirting, dancing and cuddling" says Li Edelkoort on the anniversary of the pandemic
One year after Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic, Alexandra Hagen, CEO of Swedish architecture studio White Arkitekter, responded to our questions about its impact with a list of six ways Covid-19 will change cities forever. More about "We are gaining the momentum needed to create a carbon-free society"
Mecanoo has unveiled its design for Macau's new central library, which will have a gridded, light-filtering facade that opens up like a book to a public square. More about Mecanoo designs Macau Central Library with light-filtering facade informed by books
One year ago today, the World Health Organisation officially declared coronavirus a global pandemic. Twenty one of the world's leading designers, including Thomas Heatherwick, Kelly Hoppen and Sevil Peach, gave us their views on how it has changed the world. More about Norman Foster, Virgil Abloh and more share their thoughts on the global impact of Covid-19
A slender roof cantilevers from all sides of The House of Wisdom, a tech-filled library that Foster + Partners has designed in Sharjah, UAE for the "digital future". More about Foster + Partners crowns Sharjah library with giant cantilevered roof
Basalt Architects has used marine-grade concrete to build Guðlaug Baths, a geothermal pool on Langisandur Beach in Iceland. More about Basalt Architects builds geothermal baths on the Icelandic seafront
Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, adding a concrete and glass sphere to a 1930s building. More about Renzo Piano completes Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles
Tokyo studio Florian Busch Architects has designed a cedar-clad holiday home on stilts with rooms that branch out into the surrounding forest. More about Florian Busch embeds branch-shaped holiday home in Japanese forest
Australian architecture studio Hassell has renovated a theatre in a former wool warehouse on Sydney Harbour to modernise its facilities while emphasising the 100-year-old building's history. More about Hassell renovates historic Wharf building on Sydney Harbour for the Sydney Theatre Company
Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has launched a student-focused arm in response to its recent survey, which revealed that UK architecture students feel unprepared to tackle the climate crisis. More about Students "let down by their architectural education" says climate action group
UK architecture studio Maccreanor Lavington has added a dining hall with a diamond-shaped glued-laminated timber structure to the Ibstock Place School in Roehampton, west London. More about Maccreanor Lavington adds timber dining hall with "sense of grandeur" to west London school