From a slender home nestled into an infill site in Wisconsin to a micro home prototype in Indore, here are Dezeen's houses of the month for December. More about Dezeen's top five houses of December 2024
German studio GMP Architekten has refurbished and extended Alsterschwimmhalle, a swimming pool in Hamburg with a distinctive double-curved concrete roof. More about GMP Architekten revamps "cityscape-defining" swimming pool in Hamburg
Canadian studio HCMA has completed an aquatic and community centre in British Columbia that is the country's first zero-carbon certified building. More about HCMA designs all-electric aquatic center in British Columbia
Local practice Vector Architects has unveiled the Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring spa in Aranya, China, which was designed to resemble a piece of hot spring "apparatus". More about Vector Architects funnels light to forest spa with tubular concrete lightwells
Local architects Dmytro Volyk and Ksenia Donetska have completed the renovation of Uspenska Square in Dnipro, Ukraine, dividing multipurpose space with wave-like benches informed by the nearby river. More about Public square renovation in Ukraine demonstrates "impetus for city life" amid ongoing conflict
A series of interventions by local studio Cooke Fawcett has opened up a cluster of makers' studios in south London to the public and given them a stronger street presence. More about Cooke Fawcett reveals workings of "messy and noisy" Cockpit Deptford studios
Studios WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects have completed a green-tinted concrete building as part of the PILARES programme, which works to build supportive public facilities in vulnerable and impoverished areas across Mexico City. More about WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza use green concrete for Mexico City community centre
From a house informed by stealth aircraft to a dwelling in a converted pig shed, we've collected this year's top holiday homes as part of our review of 2024. More about The top 10 holiday homes of 2024
This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter highlights five must-read articles from the past 12 months. Subscribe to Dezeen In Depth today! More about Dezeen In Depth features five longer-read Dezeen articles from 2024
Chicago-based Studio Becker Xu has separated a vernacular dogtrot house to create a set of concrete pavilion-like blocks capped with a pine gable to form a house in North Carolina. More about Studio Becker Xu revises dogtrot model for North Carolina house
An exposed grid of structural steel was used to bring a feeling of "industrial elegance" to House XO in Kerala, India, which has been designed by local architecture studio 3dor Concepts. More about Gridded steel frame envelops Indian home by 3dor Concepts
Living spaces are arranged around a central courtyard at this house in Valencia, Spain, which local studio Viruta Lab has designed to celebrate the legacy of influential feminist artist Ángela García Codoñer. More about Casa Gesso is a "habitable blank canvas" for reflecting on feminist art
Brooklyn-based studio Group Projects Architecture has nestled a long gabled house clad in corrugated metal in a meadow in North East, New York. More about Group Projects Architecture clads Catskills house in corrugated metal
British studio Will Gamble Architects has completed Flint Farm, a glass-lined extension to a farmhouse in North Hertfordshire that links to a renovated black barn. More about Will Gamble Architects adds "unashamedly contemporary" extension to English farmhouse
Featuring a boutique retreat on the Mexican coast, a skinny building in Tokyo and an ex-sanatorium in the Greek mountains, here are 10 of the most memorable hotels published on Dezeen in 2024. More about The top 10 hotels of 2024
Merry Christmas! We'll be back tomorrow – in the meantime read our review of 2024 and enjoy this Christmas tree designed by Anna Lomax. More about Merry Christmas from Dezeen!
Local studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos has designed a concrete house with a large overhang and spaces designed to adapt to the varying needs of its residents near Quito, Ecuador. More about Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos creates adaptable concrete house in Ecuador
Australian studio Adam Kane Architects has designed an all-grey house in the southeastern state of Victoria, blanketing its surfaces in fog-like polished plaster. More about Adam Kane Architects banishes colour to create Grey House in Australia
Next in Dezeen's review of 2024 we look back at 10 significant skyscrapers from the year, including three designed by BIG, Japan's tallest building and the renovation of the Transamerica Pyramid. More about The top 10 skyscrapers of 2024
New Delhi-based studio Architecture Discipline has created a sea-facing, mass-timber home covered in charred-wood cladding in Goa, India. More about Architecture Discipline unveils India's first mass-timber home