British designer John Pawson has collaborated with architecture studio Thomas Ford & Partners on the sensitive refurbishment of the St John at Hackney church in London. More about John Pawson strips back 18th-century church in London to celebrate original features
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and Australian artist Geoff Nees have created a tactile, circular pavilion using timber collected from Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. More about Kengo Kuma designs tessellated Botanical Pavilion as "tridimensional puzzle"
Italian architect Franco Stella has completed his reconstruction of the baroque Berlin Palace, which was formerly home to Prussian kings and German emperors and will now house the Humboldt Forum museum. More about German royal palace reconstructed to become Humboldt Forum on Berlin's Museum Island
This year was dominated by the emergence and spread of the coronavirus, with designers and architects responding to the pandemic and events across the world cancelled. We continue our review of 2020 by looking at the most-read stories about the pandemic from each month. More about Most read stories about the coronavirus pandemic from 2020
Designer Manu Bañó, the co-founder of EWE Studio and an Esrawe Studio associate, has introduced his first product under his own name – a lamp made from raw metal that can be assembled by hand. More about Manu Bañó launches raw metal OBJ-01 lamp as first solo project
Design studio Linehouse has converted a Shanghai office block's swimming pool into an additional workspace, using a palette of blue vinyl, peachy leather and light-hued timber. More about Linehouse transforms Shanghai swimming pool into office space
The Smile by architecture firm BIG is a mixed-use development in New York's Harlem neighbourhood with a stainless-steel facade designed to recall the "textured surface of the moon". More about The Smile by BIG in New York has a chequerboard facade and rooftop pool
IKEA has developed instructions for how to assemble the Billy bookcase and some of its other seminal furniture designs using gingerbread and icing instead of screws and MDF. More about IKEA releases flat-pack Gingerbread Höme furniture kit
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with Japanese lifestyle brand Muji to put together a Christmas gift guide for the design-conscious, featuring an architectural toy set and a range of super-minimal desk tidies. More about Muji's Christmas gift guide features stocking fillers and design classics
As part of our review of 2020 we recall 10 of the most inventive and unusual fashion and costume designs from the past year, including fleshy bodysuits and a pair of inflatable latex trousers. More about Dezeen's top 10 unconventional fashion designs of 2020
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
A fake Disneyland mountain informed this playful revamp of a family house in south London by architecture studio CAN. More about CAN adds fake mountain to Edwardian house in south London
We're continuing our review of the year with the museums and galleries that turned our readers' heads in 2020, including a minimalist structure by Álvaro Siza and a spiralling pavilion by BIG. More about Dezeen's top 10 museums and galleries of 2020
With its pick of two colours of the year for 2021, Pantone has tried to both reflect the depressing past year and predict hope for 2021, says Michelle Ogundehin. More about "Grey alone would be too depressing for 2021's colour of the year"
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota have designed a concept for a tower called Playscraper, which is a temporary structure that consists of eight tennis courts layered on top of each other. More about Carlo Ratti Associati stacks tennis courts on top of each other for Playscraper building
London studio Peter Barber Architects has created a terrace of social housing for Greenwich council on a tight site in south London that was previously occupied by garages. More about Peter Barber Architects creates terrace of social housing on "undevelopable" London site
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
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
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