For the latest in our review of 2025, we explore the best hotel designs of the year – from a surrealist hotel by Philippe Starck to an Oaxaca hotel modelled on pre-Hispanic pyramids. More about The top 10 hotels of 2025
British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori has designed the Man of the Match trophies for this year's Africa Cup of Nations football tournament taking place in Morocco. More about Yinka Ilori creates Man of the Match trophies for Africa Cup of Nations
Architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has created a three-storey Manhattan Beach house that capitalises on views and indoor-outdoor living while avoiding standard tactics used in the area's housing stock. More about Brooks + Scarpa breaks with local convention at Alma Switch House in California
Architecture studios Herzog & de Meuron and Curtis + Ginsberg Architects have released designs for a residential skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan that will contain "100 per cent affordable" apartments and a recreation centre. More about Herzog & de Meuron designs skyscraper for "innovative housing solutions" in New York
Dezeen School Shows: a community centre designed for blind and visually impaired people, with tactile systems and intuitive wayfinding, is among a series of projects from Ajman University. More about Accessible community centre among projects from Ajman University
Student architectural practice Rabagast Studio has completed Watercave, a floating timber sauna on a small pontoon in a Norwegian lake. More about Rabagast Studio floats timber sauna atop lake in rural Norway
As the holidays approach, we take a look at houses from India to Scotland that would be ideal places to spend the vacation in for the latest roundup in our 2025 Review. More about The top 10 holiday homes of 2025
Design and architecture students from Lebanon have tackled some of the biggest challenges facing their country in the exhibition Design in Conflict, held in Beirut's notorious abandoned Burj El Murr skyscraper. More about Lebanese students create drone noise-blocking headphones and more designs for life under conflict
Interior designer Mark Brown used cork and wool to create natural, tactile interiors for clothing brand Sheep Inc's first store, in London. More about Sheep Inc combines cork and wool walls for "flagsheep store"
Dezeen School Shows: a museum designed to represent the Palestinian experience is among a series of museum design projects from Ajman University. More about Museum design informed by Palestinian experiences among projects from Ajman University
Designers are developing fixing systems that allow raw or sheet materials to be assembled into furniture and taken apart just as easily. We've picked out five of the best examples. More about Five clever joint systems that transform basic materials into furniture without glue
Local firm Estúdio Leonardo Zanatta has completed a white pavilion with a large sloped roof for commercial activities and cultural events in São Paulo, Brazil. More about Estúdio Leonardo Zanatta gives São Paulo pavilion "harp-like" form
Chinese studio ZAO/standardarchitecture has created the Xiao Feng Art Museum in Hangzhou, housing galleries within an angular concrete form that loops around a central courtyard. More about ZAO/standardarchitecture snakes concrete art gallery around courtyard in China
Next in our 2025 review, we look at concept cars that grabbed readers' attention this year, including an art deco Mercedes-Benz, a minimalist Audi and a car informed by rocket ships. More about The six most talked-about concept cars of 2025
Designer Ab Rogers has created a colourful fold-out architecture book for children that showcases the work and ethos of his late father, the British architect Richard Rogers. More about Richard Rogers book teaches kids "the role of buildings in their lives"
English interiors studio North End Design drew on 1980s Japanese and American boardrooms, British car companies from the 60s and wood-panelled recording studios when designing this restaurant in London with an unusual cut-out feature. More about Colourful restaurant Motorino offers peek into neighbouring Fitzrovia chapel
Brightly coloured furniture and quirky finishes add character to the otherwise minimal interior of this historic townhouse in Athens, Greece, which has been modernised by architecture studio Local Local. More about Local Local completes "contemporary and playful" renovation of neoclassical Athens townhouse
Design studio Rockwell Group has completed the theatre-style interiors of a Korean steakhouse at The Venetian resort in Las Vegas. More about Rockwell Group brings "theatricality of dining" to Las Vegas steakhouse
Crisp white surfaces contrast exposed stone walls at The Avber House, a traditional homestead in Slovenia renovated by local architecture studio OFIS Arhitekti. More about OFIS Arhitekti renovates stone house in Slovenia to feel "ancient and alive"
This year saw Dezeen publish more features than ever before. As part of our review of 2025, Dezeen features editor Nat Barker picks five that are worth revisiting. More about Five great Dezeen features you might have missed in 2025