Dezeen's review of the year: September 2013
Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London stole the limelight when it reflected the September sun onto cars parked nearby and caused them to melt. More
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Dezeen's review of the year: August 2013
Comedy skyscraper stories dominated August, when a Spanish residential tower was reportedly built without a working elevator and a Chinese businessman made himself a home resembling a fake mountain on top of a Beijing housing block (pictured). More
Dezeen's review of the year: July 2013
Moving into the second half of the year, China opened the largest building in the world in Chengdu in July but halted the construction of a 838-metre-high tower in Changsha that was planned to become the world's tallest (pictured). More
Dezeen's review of the year: June 2013
Internships were in the spotlight when Sou Fujimoto told Dezeen that unpaid architecture work placements are a "nice opportunity", at the opening of his cloud-like Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (pictured) in June. More
Dezeen's review of the year: May 2013
As we move into May in our review of the year, the news was filled with stories about skyscrapers including the topping out of One World Trade Center. More
Dezeen's review of the year: April 2013
Apple hit the headlines in April, as we reported that the California firm's Foster + Partners-designed headquarters (pictured) was $2 billion over budget and its upcoming television was rumoured to be operated with a digital "iRing". More
Dezeen's review of the year: March 2013
3D printing and scanning was hot on the agenda again in March, when a fully articulated dress was printed and worn by Dita Von Teese (pictured) and space architects planned to print a lunar base. More
Dezeen's review of the year: February 2013
Moving on to February in our review of the year, Google was in the news as it unveiled a preview of its Google Glass headset (pictured) and revealed plans for a vast new campus in California. More
Dezeen's review of the year: January 2013
To finish the year we're rounding up the biggest news stories and most popular projects from each month, starting with January. We kicked off 2013 with a focus on 3D printing, as the race began to 3D-print a house (pictured). More
Dezeen's year: our highlights of 2012
And finally... 2012 has been a vintage year for Dezeen, with a major award, high-profile collaborations with Apple and Google and record-breaking traffic to our website. More
2012 review: December
Our review of the year naturally concludes with December, when the Louvre Lens by SANAA and Imrey Culbert has been our most popular story, the architecture world paid tribute to the late Oscar Niemeyer and the fight to protect design education continued. More
2012 review: November
November's most popular story was a set of images by Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan showing scenes of New York recovering from the effects of Hurricane Sandy, while design education came under threat in the UK and 3D printing was taken up by the military. More
2012 review: October
We're now looking back at our top five stories in October and sailing into an easy first place is the yacht designed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs before his death, while the news was dominated by architecture in China and the integration of digital and industrial design at Apple. More
2012 review: September
Our most popular story in September was the Ostrich Pillow by Kawamura Ganjavian, squishy headgear meant for sleeping in public, plus Dezeen collaborated with Apple and 3D printing got controversial. More
2012 review: August
Taking the top spot in our August popular stories is House T by Hiroyuki Shinozaki, a house in Tokyo with large openings in the walls and floors, while the news was dominated by the preview of the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
2012 review: July
We're taking a look back at our most widely read stories for each month of the year and July's favourite was a speed boat by Zaha Hadid, plus the news was full of the London 2012 Olympics. More
2012 review: June
We're up to June in our 2012 review and leading our five most popular stories is a camera controlled by blinking and squinting by Royal College of Art graduate Mimi Zou. More
2012 review: May
The prize for the most popular story in May (and in fact the whole year) goes to United Indecent Pleasures for their eight-inch chocolate penis that oozes fondant cream. Scroll on for something more architectural and our highlights from the news that month. More
2012 review: April
Continuing our review of the year, the restoration of the Cutty Sark tea clipper by Grimshaw was our most-read story in April, plus we set up Dezeen Studio in Milan. More
2012 review: March
Our most widely read story in March was a tea house and library constructed around a tree by Archi-Union, plus we launched two new projects of our own. More