Concluding our review of 2011, here are the five most popular stories from December. Up first are two skyscrapers by MVRDV for Seoul that will be joined at the hip by a pixelated cluster. These renders kicked up a lot of controversy, as reported on Dezeen Wire. (more…) ...

Moving onto the most popular Dezeen stories in November, architects Snøhetta were the favourites with their Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion. (more…) ...

Next up we take a look at the favourite five stories from October. Topping the list here is Passing Cloud, proposing an enormous inflatable cloud as a form of transport.  (more…) ...

Here are our five most-viewed stories from September of this year. Sleepbox came first - a small hotel room for napping in airports.  (more…) ...

Continuing our roundup of 2011, we take a look at the most popular Dezeen stories in August: Foster + Partners’ designs for the new Apple campus in California made it to the top spot.  (more…) ...

Next in our review of 2011 is July, when this cliff-top house near Sydney inspired by a Picasso painting was our most popular story. (more…) ...

Zaha Hadid Architects top our list of the most popular stories in June 2011, with their Riverside Museum in Glasgow that features a zig-zagging metallic roof.  (more…) ...

Continuing our review of 2011, we take a look at the most popular stories from May. In first place was the Finger-nose Stylus by Dominic Wilcox, which straps over the nose and enables the user to securely operate a touch-screen device with one hand.  (more…) ...

Our most popular story in April was a giant timber canopy by Architects J. Mayer. H in Spain. Scroll on for our roundup of the rest of the month.  (more…) ...

March is up next in our roundup of the most popular stories from each month in 2011, with a sixteenth-century house in Girona converted into two contemporary holiday apartments at number one.  (more…) ...

It’s not often that a country and everyone connected to it is tested the way Japan was this year. My family and my wife’s family are doing fine in Tokyo and I wanted to thank everyone who sent along words of thoughtfulness and kindness. Also a big thank you to everyone who read our...

photos by Koichi Torimura | click to enlarge ______________________________________________ The abstract, white exterior contrasts nicely with the exposed concrete of the interior. It’s as if conventional urban landscape was reversed. ______________________________________________ Even if...

Continuing our look back at 2011, here are the five most popular stories from February: first place goes to this house with a slide connecting all three storeys.  (more…) ...

To finish off 2011 we’re showcasing our five most popular stories from each month of the year. First up is January, when this mirrored treehouse hotel in Sweden was our most-clicked story.  (more…) ...

A long stairway and ramp extend from a private house in Barcelos, Portugal. (more…) ...

images courtesy YKDW | click to enlarge It’s bustling but don’t call it a restaurant. It’s comforting but don’t call it a café. Located in Yokohama, Sakae is a restaurant that was engineered and designed around human interaction an experience. The space, which was designed by...

Engineers for web giant Google can lounge on sofas or draw on the walls at their new London headquarters by designers Penson. (more…) ...

Spanish architects VAUMM have completed a golden culinary centre for Basque chefs in San Sebastián. (more…) ...

Photos by Daici Ano / Torafu Architects | click to enlarge Last month architecture duo Torafu Architects (Koichi Suzuno and Shinya Kamuro) completed a PR Room in Tokyo for the global sports brand Nike. Comprised of 3 different spaces – entrance,  initiative and stock space – the...

These leafy cable ties by Korean designers Lufdesign might be mistaken for plants. (more…) ...