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This week on Dezeen, we wrapped up the year by looking back at the most interesting stories from 2025. Read more

American studio CLB Architects has completed a holiday house near a ski resort that features a mix of earthy and industrial materials and focuses on « essentials rather than excess ». Read more

Architecture studio Bindloss Dawes has transformed a disused agricultural building into a light-filled, low-carbon house in rural Dorset, UK. Read more

A team of students from the Eindhoven University of Technology has built a prototype electric car with a built-in toolbox and components that can be easily repaired or replaced without specialist knowledge. Read more

Imagine if The Criterion Channel and Netflix had a baby, but the baby only streamed public-domain classics — and it was completely FREE. That’s WikiFlix. It’s a clean, modern interface where you can scroll, search, and dive into a whole catalog of classic films, restored gems, silent-era legends, and old-school cinema history… all legally available …

“You are a museum of everything you have ever loved.” (via)

(Thank you John!)

For two decades, brand design obeyed a clean, clinical commandment: Thou shalt use sans‑serifs. Helvetica, then Gotham, then Proxima Nova and their countless descendants became the uniform of credibility. They whispered “modern,” “clear,” and “trustworthy.” But in a sea of identical minimalist wordmarks, a new question emerges: when everyone looks trustworthy, who actually looks memorable? This is …

Local studio Laboratorio de Arquitectura has completed a house with a design geared towards the use of custom concrete blocks in Querétaro, Mexico. Read more

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