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Dezeen's architecture and design movies had a staggering 2.2 million plays in 2012 and we've rounded up the ten most popular ones for you here. (more...) View the full article

A photography series documenting 20 contemporary Japanese homes and their owners joins 500 more examples of Japanese houses on our extensive Pinterest board. Follow us on Pinterest | See more Japanese houses in our archive View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Following the death of Zaha Hadid, we've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to her buildings to include more of the Pritzker-Prize winning architect's ambitious and critically-acclaimed work. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more stories about Zaha Hadid View the full article

Dezeen has created a short video guide of high-tech architecture from A to Z as the final part of our high-tech architecture series. Read more View the full article

Following the SXSW tech conference in Austin this week – where a touch-sensitive denim jacket was unveiled – our new Pinterest board highlights the growing wearable technology industry, and features smart temporary tattoos that can control devices and a sports bra that gives wearers feedback on their workout. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

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...) View the full article

It’s coming up to Dezeen’s sixth birthday and this week we’ve published our 10,000th story as well as our 100,000th reader comment! We’ve also gained our 200,000th Facebook follower, 100,000th Twitter follower and 40,000th Pinterest follower. Thanks to all our readers! View the full article

A refurbished nineteenth century Italian house with tiles arranged in honeycomb patterns across the floor is the latest instalment from our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about Casa G+S » View the full article

A residence on the edge of a cliff in Chile named D House is the fourth project from our A-Zdvent calendar, which is counting down the days until Christmas with houses named after letters of the alphabet. Read more about D House » View the full article

It’s day six in our countdown of houses named after letters of the alphabet and today’s featured project is a residence in Japan with a courtyard that sits at an oblique angle to the rest of the building. Read more about F-White » View the full article

A contemporary interpretation of a traditional gabled farmhouse in Hungary is the letter H in our A-Zdvent calendar of houses named with letters. Read more about H House » View the full article

The letter E in our A-Zdvent calendar is HOUS.E+, a concept by architects Polifactory for a rammed earth house that generates energy from a lake on its roof. Read more about HOUS.E+ » View the full article

Welcome to our A-Zdvent calendar! As we count down to Christmas we’ll be showcasing a house named after every letter of the alphabet. First up is House A in Osaka by architect Takeshi Hamada with a stark concrete gallery on the ground floor. Read more about House A | See all our stories about houses View the full article

Made up of a series of interconnecting boxes, this house surrounded by car parks in Japan is the latest addition to our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about House I » View the full article

A grid of timber louvres screens either end of this house in Japan, which is the letter M in our daily A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about House M » View the full article

Rectangular windows puncture three layers of walls and ceilings in this house in Japan, the fourteenth window in our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about House N » View the full article

This conceptual house would be wrapped entirely in a plastic insulating material normally used on roofs. Intended for Łódź in Poland, it’s the lowercase letter l in our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about l House » View the full article

Today’s addition to our daily A-Zdvent calendar is a renovated summerhouse in Spain with a spiral staircase leading to the roof. Read more about PC House » View the full article

Built on a steep site in Spain, the seventeenth house in our A-Zdvent calendar consists of three intersecting volumes arranged around a central circulation space. Read more about Q-House » View the full article

Italian architect Andrea Tognon refurbished this L-shaped building in Teolo, Italy, by adding the missing corner and it’s the latest house in our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about Residence O » View the full article

Today’s window in our A-Zdvent calendar of houses named after letters of the alphabet is B House, a hillside cabin in Japan that generates all its own energy and heating designed by San Francisco firm Anderson Anderson Architecture. Read more about B House » View the full article

Light filters into rooms through chunky chimneys at this dark grey house in Ireland, which is behind the third door of our A-Zdvent calendar of houses named after letters. Read more about C-House » View the full article

This house in Tokyo with one tall skinny wing and one short fat one is at number eleven in our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about House K » View the full article

We’re into double figures on our A-Zdvent calendar and at number ten is J House in Japan, which features rooms that open out to one another. Read more about J House » View the full article

Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion was our most popular architecture story last week so here’s a run-down of all twelve temporary pavilions over the years by architects including SANAA in 2009 (above, photographed by Iwan Baan), Jean Nouvel in 2010 and Frank Gehry in 2008. (more…) View the full article