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Architects Ana Nuño de Buen and Luis Young have used a green metallic frame to form the structure of an airy apartment built atop an existing building in Mexico City. Read more

New year and another trip around the sun. Hey 2022, here’s to: – more parties in the heart – more listening. Less talking – being ok with being misunderstood – spending time with expansive humans – staying open – more dancing – long walks – petting dogs – BELIEVE (Ted Lasso style) – less sugar …

This made my day.

Ok how about this: No more billionaires. None. After you reach $999 million, every red cent goes to schools and health care. You get a trophy that says, “I won capitalism” and we name a dog park after you. — Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) March 22, 2020

Dogs aren’t the only animals to get special treatment in this colourful canine training centre near Madrid, which also includes homes for birds and bats. Read more

Designer Es Devlin has been recognised for services to design in the 2022 New Year Honours list, which also gave awards to AKT II co-founder Hanif Kara and architects Selasi Awo Setufe and Andrew David Whalley, chairman of Grimshaw Architects. Read more

London design practice Child Studio has combined Victorian-style joinery with modernist and art deco touches inside the Cubitts eyewear store in Leeds. Read more

Chinese studio Trace Architecture Office has completed the Aranya Theatre complex at the seaside resort of Aranya in Hebei Province, with a stone amphitheatre for outdoor performances. Read more

Hacker Architects has renovated a 1970s house in central Oregon, removing walls to create a more spacious layout and preserving original design features that lend the home a « retro spirit ». Read more

Planks of scorched wood clad the exterior of Pine Nut Cabane, a wooden retreat in the south of France designed by London studio Daab Design with cabin manufacturer Moustache Bois. Read more