In a year when few public buildings opened in the UK, the focus shifted onto unusual housing buildings, clever civic projects and small-scale structures. For our review of 2020, here are 10 of the best. More about Dezeen's top 10 British architecture projects of 2020
The American Institute of Architects has banned members from designing spaces for the US justice system used for execution, torture or confinement of imprisoned people, as part of a commitment to "dismantle racial injustice". More about AIA bans design of execution facilities and solitary confinement spaces
Iranian practice ZAV Architects drew on the colourful landscape of the island of Hormuz for this holiday community that is housed in around 200 brightly coloured domes overlooking the Persian Gulf. More about ZAV Architects creates colourful domed cultural retreat on Iranian island of Hormuz
This year had its fair share of provocative stories, from Donald Trump drafting new legislation on federal buildings to Bjarke Ingels plotting to redesign Earth. For our review of 2020, digital editor Karen Anderson looks at 10 of the most talked about. More about Dezeen's top 10 most talked-about stories of 2020
Architect Pekka Littow has used Finnish spruce and birch plywood for off-grid holiday home Majamaja, which is perched on a rocky outcrop by the sea just outside of Helsinki. More about Majamaja is an off-grid seaside cabin near Helsinki
David Adjaye's gold sketch of multifaith complex The Abrahamic Family House and Mark Foster Gage's satirical plan for a Trump presidential library are among works for sale in an auction fundraising to support black women in architecture school. More about David Adjaye, Forensic Architecture and Daniel Libeskind donate works to support black women in architecture school
Architect Stefano Boeri has designed prefabricated timber and fabric pavilions, which are set to house Covid-19 vaccination stations in piazzas across Italy from the first half of January. More about Stefano Boeri designs prefabricated vaccination pavilions for 1,500 Italian squares
Toronto architect Carlo Parente has renovated an old and dilapidated mason's shop in Chicago to create a live and work space called Facility for artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust. More about Old industrial building in Chicago transformed into artist couple's home and studios
Hungarian architect Tamás Bene has designed a houseboat, which was informed by local fishing boats, as a holiday home on Lake Tisza for a young couple from Budapest. More about Tamás Bene creates Hungarian houseboat to be "in harmony with its surroundings"
Hospital patients could be treated in prefabricated drive-through clinics without leaving their cars, according to a concept by architect NBBJ. More about Drive-through clinics in hospital car parks could be used for "accelerated vaccine roll-out" says NBBJ
Architecture practice Freadman White has created an apartment block in Melbourne's Fitzroy neighbourhood, finishing its interiors with gleaming brass accents. More about Freadman White completes Napier Street apartments in Melbourne
Dezeen promotion: new neighbourhoods should prioritise nature and support local enterprises according to a manifesto written by modern modular housebuilder, House by Urban Splash. More about House by Urban Splash create a manifesto for the future of housebuilding
A large overhanging roof stands above this house that Gus Wüstemann Architects designed in the village of Buchberg, Switzerland. More about Gus Wüstemann Architects tops barn-like home with overhanging roof
British studio Moxon Architects has used huge beams of Douglas fir to construct its new studio building in a Scottish national park. More about Moxon Architects builds a remote studio in the Scottish Highlands
We're continuing our review of the year with the top 10 US architecture projects of 2020. They include David Adjaye's pink-concrete store, SOM's museum for the United States Army and MAD's first project in America. More about Dezeen's top 10 US architecture projects of 2020
Architecture studio ZJA has designed the concept for a museum in the Netherlands to house the wreck of the historic ship Amsterdam, which is currently sunk off the coast of Hastings, UK. More about ZJA to create museum around underwater 18th-century shipwreck
Kaan Architecten has built a pavilion to commemorate Dutch victims of the second world war, with thickset walls that strategically frame views of the trees and sky. More about Loenen Pavilion offers space to rest and reflect in Dutch war cemetery
Continuing our review of 2020, we look at 10 architecture projects from across India, including a modern take on a Hindu temple, a house informed by Le Corbusier and a cardboard office. More about Dezeen's top 10 Indian architecture projects of 2020
This week on Dezeen, we continued our review of the year by looking back at the most interesting cabins, houses and graduate projects of 2020. More about This week we reviewed 2020
Canadian studio Architecture49 has completed Le Littoral, a holiday rental property in Charlevoix, Québec, which was informed by local architecture but has been given a contemporary feel with an off-centre upper level. More about Architecture49 tops Le Littoral holiday home with off-centre volume