Architect Tsukasa Ono designed this housing project on Japan's Yakushima island to have a positive impact on its natural setting, using a "regenerative" approach to improve the soil by promoting the growth of mycelium and bacteria. More about Sumu Yakushima is a co-operative housing project that supports humans and nature
Next in our review of 2022 we select 10 of the best videos captured by Dezeen this year, including an exclusive look inside the redesigned Orient Express and a soothing movie about an ASMR exhibition. More about Dezeen's top 10 architecture and design videos of 2022
Tala Fustok Studio has transformed the interior of an apartment in west London into a "calm sanctuary" containing carefully chosen artworks and furnishings influenced by the travels of its owner. More about Tala Fustok fills Hyde Park apartment with contemporary art and vintage furniture
Weathering-steel accents break up the massing of the all-white Badlands Home that BLDG Workshop designed in a rural area outside of Toronto. More about BLDG Workshop places Corten steel details on all-white home in rural Ontario
French practice Bruno Gaudin Architectes has completed a 15-year project to renovate and open up the historic rue de Richelieu site of the National Library of France in Paris, incorporating new public routes and spaces. More about Bruno Gaudin Architectes completes 15-year transformation of National Library of France
A temple-like hotel in Mexico and a converted prison in Berlin feature in this roundup of the best hotel designs of 2022, as we continue Dezeen's review of the year. More about Dezeen's top 10 hotels of 2022
Barcelona studio Parramon + Tahull has renovated a traditional apartment in the city's Gracia neighbourhood, adding birch plywood joinery and ceramic tiling to complement the building's original features. More about Parramon + Tahull adds tiled floors and bespoke joinery to refurbished Barcelona apartment
An extension made of blue corrugated metal panels has been added to a laneway house in Toronto's Chinatown neighbourhood to create a new museum and residence for the Canadian artist Charles Pachter. More about Firma completes home and museum for artist Charles Pachter
Dutch architecture office Eek en Dekkers has completed a barn-like house in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, featuring a large, open interior punctuated by volumes containing more intimate or private rooms. More about House R is a voluminous Eindhoven home influenced by agricultural archetypes
The latest instalment of our 2022 review collects 10 of the most popular lookbooks published by Dezeen this year, which include homes featuring board-formed concrete and living rooms in warm neutral hues. More about Dezeen's top 10 lookbooks of 2022
Emirati studio VSHD Design has completed a dark and dramatic interior for a restaurant in The Dubai Mall, featuring a pared-back palette of natural materials chosen to reflect Japanese minimalism. More about VSHD Design creates "intriguing and mysterious" interior for sushi restaurant Origami
Merry Christmas! We'll be back tomorrow – in the meantime read our review of 2022 and enjoy this Christmas tree designed by Japanese studio Nendo. More about Merry Christmas from Dezeen!
To celebrate the Christmas holidays, we've selected 10 creative Christmas tree designs from the Dezeen archive, including a tree trapped inside a giant ice cube and an upside-down tree. More about Ten imaginative and unusual Christmas trees
Architecture studio Dallas Pierce Quintero has completed a cluster of houses in London with sawtooth roofs and corrugated-metal cladding that nod to the site's former use as a builders' yard. More about Dallas Pierce Quintero references industrial sheds for Forest Houses on London infill site
French shoe brand Nodaleto has chosen Miami as the location of its first US store, which New York studio Rafael de Cárdenas designed with sci-fi-influenced red and chrome interiors. More about Space-age design informs Nodaleto shoe store by Rafael de Cárdenas
Los Angeles studio Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects has completed a sleek stucco home in Venice Beach, California. More about EYRC tucks light-filled house behind white walls in Venice Beach
Indian studio Matharoo Associates has created Cut Bend Fold Play, a concrete home in Chennai with internal courtyards and layered spaces that bring a feeling of spaciousness to its compact urban site. More about Matharoo Associates folds concrete home in India around courtyards
A fake avocado, a wearable vibrator for erectile dysfunction and a duo of James Turrell perfume bottles are among this year's most impactful product designs, which we've rounded up as part of our review of 2022. More about Dezeen's top 10 product designs of 2022
Festive snow scenes and shining stars are the most popular motifs in the Christmas cards that Dezeen received from architects and designers this year. More about Architect and designer Christmas cards for 2022 celebrate peace and joy
Designers Matteo Ferrari and Carlota Gallo have transformed a traditional two-storey apartment in Madrid, Spain, into a tranquil home for themselves featuring a pared-back palette of natural materials and crafted details. More about Casa Olivar is a Madrid apartment designed as a "sensorial refuge"