We continue our review of 2021 with a roundup highlighting the top 10 staircases featured on Dezeen this year, including a stair informed by skate bowls and one designed by Kengo Kuma. More about Dezeen's top 10 staircases of 2021
Canadian practice D'Arcy Jones Architects has mixed modern additions with historical quirks inside its self-designed studio, which is housed within a century-old building in Vancouver. More about Old meets new inside D'Arcy Jones Architects' studio in Vancouver
Danish design is known for its use of wood, streamlined shapes and simple silhouettes. In this lookbook, we round up ten interiors from all over the world that feature both new design and iconic furniture pieces from the Scandinavian country. More about Ten interiors featuring classic and contemporary Danish design
Architecture and design studio DDAA Inc has made minor tweaks to an 86-year-old house in Japan's Nagasaki prefecture to turn it into an office for ceramics brand Maruhiro. More about DDAA Inc transforms traditional Japanese dwelling into pottery brand office
Angular panels of plywood disguise the structural shell of the Yoridoko jobcentre in Shingu, Japan, designed by architecture studio Td-Atelier. More about Td-Atelier erects plywood "stage set" inside Shingu employment centre
Spatial designer and artist Adi Goodrich has filled the Dreams lifestyle store in Los Angeles' Atwater Village with colourful surrealist details, including a lobster phone and a "glowing" blue rock. More about Adi Goodrich designs surrealist Los Angeles store Dreams with blue rock at its centre
Dezeen Showroom: Italian wall and floor tile brand Ceramiche Keope has designed a tile collection informed by the veiny appearance of slate. More about Ubik tiles by Ceramiche Keope
A floristry counter brimming over with flowers and foliage sits at the centre of this Vancouver lifestyle shop, which has been designed by studio Ste Marie. More about Ste Marie spotlights the art of flower arranging inside Cadine store in Vancouver
Interior designer Sophie Goineau and Los Angeles studio Enclosures Architects have restored Cove Way House in Beverly Hills by Alfred T Wilkes with updated finishes, "preserving the integrity of original LA modernism". More about Sophie Goineau and Enclosures Architects refurbish mid-century house in Beverly Hills
Architect Paolo Sarra and studio Punto Arquitectónico have transformed a historic residence in southern Mexico into a bed and breakfast filled with regional materials such as chukum and palm. More about Paolo Sarra and Punto Arquitectónico convert Mexican home into a hotel
Dezeen promotion: AHEAD has unveiled the winners of its Europe 2021 edition, including its coveted Hotel of the Year award, which was taken home by luxury hotelier NoMad's London hotel. More about NoMad London declared Hotel of the Year at AHEAD Europe 2021 awards
Our latest lookbook features eight bathrooms from Dezeen's archive where green paint, tiles and wallpaper have been used to create a stylish retro look. More about Eight stylish green bathrooms with a retro feel
Rough clay walls, river-stone flooring and a seating topography formed from OSB panels feature in our latest lookbook, which rounds up 10 restaurant interiors that bring in natural elements. More about Ten texture-heavy restaurant interiors filled with natural materials
Architect Mark Bruce of EPR Architects describes how the studio created a luxury hotel in the shell of an 18th-century London prison in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD hospitality awards. More about EPR Architects transforms historic prison into NoMad London luxury hotel
We have now published over 170 school shows! As we approach the end of 2021, here are the ten most popular showcases of student work from throughout the year. More about Ten most popular Dezeen School Shows of 2021
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has designed an Apple Store in Los Angeles as "a dynamic hall of illusions" amplified by a mirrored ceiling that reflects rows of indoor trees. More about Reflections and shadows define Los Angeles Apple Store by Foster + Partners
Slovenian studio Triiije has used recycled materials to create a mix of patterns and textures in Lolita Eipprova, an offbeat cafe in Ljubljana, Slovenia. More about Triiije designs Lolita Eipprova cafe from recycled and salvaged materials
Multicolour tiles form graphic stripes across the exterior of this showroom in Miami, which Esrawe Studio has designed in collaboration with art collective Superflex. More about Esrawe Studio and Superflex create stripy ceramic facade for Grupo Arca showroom in Miami
Cake Architecture and interior designer Max Radford have decorated a subterranean cocktail bar in London's Soho with colours borrowed from Indian artworks. More about Cake Architecture and Max Radford design curtain-wrapped speakeasy in Soho
Peach, green and purple are among the vivid hues found in an urban apartment designed by Studio Julliana Camargo for a fashion editor. More about Bold colours fill São Paulo apartment by Julliana Camargo