Happy new year from Dezeen! We'll be back tomorrow, but in the meantime, you can read about the biggest design and architecture stories of 2023 and our full review of the year. More about Happy new year from Dezeen!
US studio Kinneymorrow Architecture has completed a pitched-roof house on a family farm in western Massachusetts that is designed to "sit well with the existing utilitarian buildings". More about Kinneymorrow Architecture clads Berkshires Farmhouse in wood and weathering steel
Balconies shaded by trailing plants front this slender concrete home in Vietnam, which has been designed by local architecture practice X11 Design Studio to "promote a connection between nature and people". More about X11 Design Studio "connects nature with daily activities" at De Chill House in Vietnam
Dezeen's top five houses of the month for December feature a home in Japan designed as "one big room" and a "floating treehouse" on a Norwegian hillside. More about Dezeen's top five houses of December 2023
Berlin-based designer Kimia Amir-Moazami hopes to tackle the issue of food waste with a container system that reveals if something is safe to eat or not. More about Vorkoster smart lid detects when food has gone off
Four vacation rental apartments within a green-painted building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, are each designed with a slightly different take on "minimalism meets retro-chic". More about Puerto Rico guesthouse by Dreamers Welcome features retro-modern interiors
Berlin studio Mono Architekten has combined a perforated concrete viewing tower with a car park topped by a public park to create a new entrance to the town of Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany. More about Mono Architekten tops perforated concrete car park with public plaza
Continuing our review of 2023, we round up the top 10 Dezeen videos of the year, which include exclusive interviews with Ai Weiwei and Sou Fujimoto, as well as collaborations with the Barbican Centre and the Serpentine Galleries. More about Dezeen's top 10 design and architecture videos of 2023
This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter examines the arguments supporting and opposing the recent proposals for an MSG Sphere in London and features an interview with French fashion designer Christian Louboutin. More about Dezeen In Depth analyses the controversial MSG London Sphere proposal
Architect Patty Hopkins and lighting designer Michael Anastassiades have been awarded OBEs in King Charles III's New Year Honours list. More about Patty Hopkins and Michael Anastassiades recognised in King's New Year Honours list
American architecture studio Far + Dang has created Linear Cabin in the Woods for multiple families, using black metal to help the elongated building disappear into its natural setting. More about Far + Dang creates long Oklahoma cabin for three families
A "mountainous" zigzag roofline and bright yellow balconies define the ParkLife apartment block in the Brunswick neighbourhood of Melbourne, designed by local studio Austin Maynard Architects. More about Bright yellow balconies enliven Melbourne apartment block by Austin Maynard Architects
As part of our review of 2023, Dezeen readers have voted Casolare Scarani by Studio Andrew Trotter the best house of 2023. More about Dezeen readers name Casolare Scarani best house of 2023
A desire to "eliminate unnecessary spaces as much as possible" drove the design of Tiny Forest, a flexible study space in Jongno-gu, Seoul completed by YounghanChung Architects. More about YounghanChung Architects creates small study space in Seoul as a "microcosm for oneself"
Canadian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a house in Ottawa. More about 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design adds "bird wing" extension to Ottawa house
Scalloped sections of green-painted timber clad the facade of Lumber 4, a mixed-use building in Norway designed by local consulting agency Oslotre to demonstrate the capabilities of timber construction. More about Curved panels of green timber clad office in Norway by Oslotre
As part of our review of 2023, Dezeen readers have voted Casa Tres Árboles by Direccion the best home interior of 2023. More about Dezeen readers name Casa Tres Árboles best home interior of 2023
A curvilinear thatched hut has been paired with terracotta-hued tiles at the Amsterdam store for homeware brand Polspotten, which was designed by local studio Space Projects. More about Space Projects creates Amsterdam store with thatched hut for Polspotten
US company Artistree Home designed a treehouse with vaulted form, raised off the ground in Sonoma County, California. More about Artistree Home raises a telescopic treehouse in California
Raw finishes and "as found" materials informed by brutalist architecture are used throughout this home, which Portuguese studio Atelier Local has created on a nature reserve near Porto. More about Atelier Local draws on brutalist architecture for House in Ancede