Ultimate Gray and Illuminating, an "optimistic" hue of yellow, are the two shades that Pantone has named as its colours of the year for 2021. More about Pantone selects two shades as its colours of the year for 2021
Some of the year's most varied houses, including homes with undulating concrete roofs, bright yellow windbreakers and wonky skylights, were in Chile. US editor Eleanor Gibson selects eight of the best Chilean houses to continue our review of 2020. More about Dezeen's top eight Chilean houses of 2020
South Korean designer Donghoon Sohn has pressed plastic slabs together like slices of bread for his latest furniture series, allowing primary coloured, recycled binder to bleed from the cracks as if it was melted cheese. More about Recycled 3D-printing waste oozes from monolithic furniture collection by Donghoon Sohn
Architecture studio Enter Projects Asia has created a design installation for the Spice & Barley gastro lounge in Bangkok using rattan sculptures and gold hues to fuse Thai tradition with modern design. More about Enter Projects Asia weaves rattan sculptures through Spice & Barley restaurant in Bangkok
The winners of the AHEAD Global 2020 hospitality design awards will be announced in a livestream broadcast on Dezeen today. Watch here from midday London time. More about AHEAD Global reveals the world's best hotel designs in livestream
Dezeen promotion: Vola's brushed-gold products feature in a short film by the Danish tap manufacturer, which is set across coastal summerhouses tucked away in the sand dunes of a beach in Skagen, Denmark. More about Vola creates short film discussing the importance of summerhouses in Danish culture
DF_DC has used concrete to create a monolithic house in the town of Tegna, Switzerland, which takes cues from Japanese architecture and the surrounding mountains. More about Monolithic concrete walls enfold minimalist Pyramid House in Switzerland
Dezeen promotions: US flooring designer Shaw Contract has announced the winners of its 2020 Design Awards, which include an office for Adidas in Hong Kong and a school for homeless children in the USA. More about Shaw Contract announces winners of its 2020 Design Awards
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the trend away from open-plan living as people seek greater privacy at home, according to Albert Hill, co-founder of design-led estate agent The Modern House. More about Homebuyers "moving away from open-plan spaces" says Albert Hill of The Modern House
London's mayor Sadiq Khan has announced plans for a public garden in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park that will honour victims of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK capital. More about Garden to commemorate coronavirus victims to be planted in London's Olympic Park
Dezeen promotion: Europe's largest roofing and waterproofing company BMI Group produces numerous products that help architects to create more sustainable buildings. More about BMI Group produces roofing solutions for more sustainable buildings
Steven Chilton Architects has designed a theatre in Guangzhou, China, which has a shape informed by the city's historical connection to silk and is imprinted with patterns that represent its current tattoo culture. More about Steven Chilton Architects wraps Guangzhou theatre in tattoo-imprinted cladding
Continuing our review of 2020, we spotlight 10 of the most interesting bridges unveiled this year, including Renzo Piano's Genoa bridge, a curved cycling bridge in Copenhagen and the world's longest glass-bottomed bridge. More about Dezeen's top 10 bridges of 2020
Dezeen Showroom: Polish designer Oskar Zieta of Zieta Studio has developed an ultra-light chair by welding together aluminium sheets and blowing them up as if they were balloons. More about Oskar Zieta's Ultraleggera is an inflated metal chair that weighs less than two kilograms
Cloud-print floors and glow-in-the-dark walkways are some of the fun features art director John Pentassuglia has included in Defhouse, a home in Milan designed for young social media influencers. More about Defhouse in Milan is a home for Italy's up-and-coming influencers
Dezeen teamed up with Carl Hansen & Son for a live talk in which CEO Knud Erik Hansen told the story of the brand's 110-year history. More about Carl Hansen & Son's CEO Knud Erik Hansen discusses the global impact of Danish design
Balenciaga has released its Fall 2021 fashion collection in the form of a video game, which sees players travel through a wonderland-style future world, passing avatars dressed in ripped jeans and metal-armour boots on the way. More about Balenciaga's Afterworld video game takes players to a secret rave in the forest
Australian architecture studio Wood Marsh has designed the Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club to emerge from the surrounding sand dunes on the southern coast of Australia, near Melbourne. More about Wood Marsh derives form of surf club "directly from its location" on Australian coastline
Canadian architect Natalie Dionne has completed a forest retreat in southeastern Quebec, which is raised up on stilts to meet the level of the rocky landscape. More about Natalie Dionne raises Forest House I on three-metre stilts for better light and views
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Foster + Partners withdrawing from climate change action group Architects Declare and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "Refusing commissions on purely environmental grounds cannot be the answer" says commenter