Kent visitor centre | Penn State engineering building | December top houses

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View online     Reed Watts puts contemporary spin on half-timbering for visitor centre in Kent London studio Reed Watts has completed a visitor centre for the medieval Ightham Mote manor house in Kent, creating an exposed timber and hempcrete structure that mimics the Grade I-listed building. Read more ›   Dezeen's top 10 architecture and design videos of 2025 Next in our review of 2025, we select 10 of the best videos produced by Dezeen this year, including  look inside postmodern landmark The Cosmic House and a sculptural exhibition transforming cardboard into icy, crystalline forms. Read more ›   Dezeen's top five houses of December 2025 Dezeen's top five houses of the month for December include a multi-generational home in Vietnam and a minimalist house in Portugal with two recording studios. Read more ›   Payette creates engineering building with a "folded form" at Penn State University Boston architecture studio Payette has completed an academic building in central Pennsylvania called ECoRE, which features a sculptural form and facades wrapped in reddish brick and metal fins. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise

Top Chinese architecture 2025 | Bamboo homes | Bohemian Forest cottage

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View online     Studio Plyš revamps Borová Lada Cottage outside Bohemian Forest Architecture practice Studio Plyš has renovated a 19th-century cottage at the edge of the Bohemian Forest in the Czech Republic, repairing its original stone and timber structure with additions in plywood, concrete and fibre cement. Read more ›   The top 10 Chinese buildings of 2025 Continuing our 2025 Review, China editor Christina Yao selects the year's best Chinese architecture projects including grand schemes by international studios BIG, OMA and Zaha Hadid Architects, as well as small-scale pavilions from local studios. Read more ›   Blue Temple creates earthquake-proof bamboo homes for "the price of a smartphone" Myanmar-based architecture studio Blue Temple has teamed up with construction company Housing Now to build a series of low-cost bamboo homes capable of withstanding natural disasters. Read more ›   MRDK creates Toronto pizzeria with an upstairs-downstairs atmosphere Canadian studio Ménard Dworkind has designed a restaurant interior with a casual take-out counter and an upscale bar lounge in Toronto, Ontario. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise

Top AI uses 2025 | Ring-shaped villa | "Intentionally simple" eyewear store

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View online     Alexis Dornier references Moonraker concept art for ring-shaped villa in Bali Architect Alexis Dornier referenced concept sketches for a James Bond film to create Villa Omah Prana, a doughnut-shaped house in Bali that gives each space views out over the surrounding forest. Read more ›   Eight actually interesting uses of AI from 2025 It might have been the year of AI "slop", but 2025 also saw the emergence of some genuinely innovative, intriguing and even beneficial uses for artificial intelligence. Here, we round up eight of our favourites as part of Dezeen's Review of 2025. Read more ›   Pend adds curved brick extension to Victorian house in Edinburgh Local architecture studio Pend has renovated a traditional semi-detached property in Edinburgh, Scotland, combining two existing flats to create a family home with living spaces housed in a brick-clad extension. Read more ›   Calila Studio completes "intentionally simple" eyewear store in Mexico Red lacquered blocks match the storefront window frames at this eyewear boutique in Mexico City, designed by local firm Calila Studio. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise

Texas burger restaurant | Swiss valley treehouse | Symmetrical home

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View online     Atelier Matteo Arnone creates symmetrical home for two DJs Italian practice Atelier Matteo Arnone has completed House for Two Musicians, a minimal, symmetrical home with a pair of recording studios on the site of an old winery in Portugal. Read more ›   Tabula Studio combines bold red floors and trompe l'oeil details in Bilbao office Bilbao architecture office Tabula Studio has designed its own workspace and showroom in the Basque city, featuring an eclectic mix of colours and surface finishes that represent the practice's playful approach. Read more ›   Olin Petzold nestles self-built treehouse in Swiss valley Polycarbonate panels clad the exterior of this triangular treehouse in Switzerland's Locarno district, which was designed by Swiss architect Olin Petzold as a woodland writing studio. Read more ›   "Architecture and everyday culture" meet at this Texas burger restaurant by Studio Danel A large orange-lacquered communal table runs through the centre of this burger restaurant in Houston, designed by locally based Studio Danel to "transcend the conventions of a burger restaurant". Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise