Dezeen's top 10 home interiors of 2020
Continuing our yearly review, Dezeen has selected the top 10 home interiors of 2020 – including a rustic home in rural France and a multicoloured Tokyo apartment. More
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Outdoor bathing and a jungle yoga platform feature in Villa Pelícanos by Main Office
Architecture studio Main Office has renovated a 1980s seaside holiday village with traditional thatch roofs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Sayulita, Mexico. More
Aldana Sanchez Architects builds house topped by internet cafe in rural Mexico
Hñähñu Multimedia Center by Aldana Sanchez Architects is a house in Mexico's Mezquital Valley that has a top-floor community internet cafe. More
Small La Invernada cabin glows in Chilean forest at night
This house by Chilean studio Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has mesh and polycarbonate walls to reflect the shadows of trees in daytime and light up at night. More
The Smile by BIG in New York has a chequerboard facade and rooftop pool
The Smile by architecture firm BIG is a mixed-use development in New York's Harlem neighbourhood with a stainless-steel facade designed to recall the "textured surface of the moon". More
Majamaja is an off-grid seaside cabin near Helsinki
Architect Pekka Littow has used Finnish spruce and birch plywood for off-grid holiday home Majamaja, which is perched on a rocky outcrop by the sea just outside of Helsinki. More
Old industrial building in Chicago transformed into artist couple's home and studios
Toronto architect Carlo Parente has renovated an old and dilapidated mason's shop in Chicago to create a live and work space called Facility for artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust. More
House by Urban Splash create a manifesto for the future of housebuilding
Dezeen promotion: new neighbourhoods should prioritise nature and support local enterprises according to a manifesto written by modern modular housebuilder, House by Urban Splash. More
Architecture49 tops Le Littoral holiday home with off-centre volume
Canadian studio Architecture49 has completed Le Littoral, a holiday rental property in Charlevoix, Québec, which was informed by local architecture but has been given a contemporary feel with an off-centre upper level. More
CAN adds fake mountain to Edwardian house in south London
A fake Disneyland mountain informed this playful revamp of a family house in south London by architecture studio CAN. More
Dezeen's top eight Chilean houses of 2020
Some of the year's most varied houses, including homes with undulating concrete roofs, bright yellow windbreakers and wonky skylights, were in Chile. US editor Eleanor Gibson selects eight of the best Chilean houses to continue our review of 2020. More
Monolithic concrete walls enfold minimalist Pyramid House in Switzerland
DF_DC has used concrete to create a monolithic house in the town of Tegna, Switzerland, which takes cues from Japanese architecture and the surrounding mountains. More
Defhouse in Milan is a home for Italy's up-and-coming influencers
Cloud-print floors and glow-in-the-dark walkways are some of the fun features art director John Pentassuglia has included in Defhouse, a home in Milan designed for young social media influencers. More
Natalie Dionne raises Forest House I on three-metre stilts for better light and views
Canadian architect Natalie Dionne has completed a forest retreat in southeastern Quebec, which is raised up on stilts to meet the level of the rocky landscape. More
Prefabricated Huaira cabin nestles within verdant farmland in Ecuador
Tetra Pak cladding shelters the prefabricated plywood structure of the Huaira cabin, which architects Diana Salvador and Javier Mera have built for themselves beside a river in Puerto Quito, Ecuador. More
Olson Kundig principal designs himself a cosy beach cabin
Olson Kundig Architects principal Alan Maskin has renovated and extended a beach cabin from 1938 in Washington State, turning it into his wood-lined retreat. More
Dezeen's top 10 houses of 2020
Next up in our review of 2020, we recall 10 of the most impressive and unusual houses featured on Dezeen this year, including a sculptural Chilean residence and a reconfigurable home in Tokyo. More
Ibizan architecture influences white walls of Casa Elisa in Argentina
Architecture studio Grupo Boreal has completed a house in Argentinian mountains with Mediterranean-style white walls and red-brick steps up to a roof terrace. More
Rancho Sierra Allende is a gabled Mexican holiday home wrapped around trees
Local studio Fabián M Escalante H Arquitectos has designed a steel-clad holiday home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which wraps around existing trees to fit in with the surrounding area. More
Dominic McKenzie experiments with bronze and zigzags in Hampstead House renovation
Dominic McKenzie Architects has overhauled a Victorian house in north London, adding an extension with a zigzagging outline, bronze exterior and maple wood interior. More