December 2025 - Page 3 of 13

Tabula Studio combines bold red floors and trompe l’oeil details in Bilbao office

December 28, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Bilbao architecture office Tabula Studio has designed its own workspace and showroom in the Basque city, featuring an eclectic mix of colours and surface finishes that represent the practice’s playful approach. Tabula Studio completely refurbished a former consultancy office to create an open-plan space that showcases various surface materials and interior products by local brands,

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Olin Petzold nestles self-built treehouse in Swiss valley

December 28, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

Polycarbonate panels clad the exterior of this triangular treehouse in Switzerland’s Locarno district, which was designed by Swiss architect Olin Petzold as a woodland writing studio. Perched among the trees in the Onsernone Valley, Casetta Tessino was designed for a Swiss artist and climate activist who wanted a refuge surrounded by nature. Local building regulations

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“Architecture and everyday culture” meet at this Texas burger restaurant by Studio Danel

December 27, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

A large orange-lacquered communal table runs through the centre of this burger restaurant in Houston, designed by locally based Studio Danel to “transcend the conventions of a burger restaurant”. The Galleria location of OMG! Burger, a chain of Texas burger bars, was designed by Studio Danel founder Danel Zharmenova as “a modernist social hub where

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Päivä Architekti perches larch-clad extension alongside hilltop home in Czech Republic

December 27, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Local practice Päivä Architekti has expanded a rural home in the Czech Republic, perching a tanned larch-clad annex on the edge of its sloping forest site. Named Medník House after its location in the village of Luka pod Medníkem, the 87-square-metre extension adds a standalone studio space and guest room to an existing family home.

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Moon House in Sydney takes design cues from neighbouring period properties

December 27, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Sweeping arches define this all-white house in Sydney, designed by Australian practice James Garvan Architecture to reference nearby neoclassical and Federation-style properties. The house is located in the suburb of Waverley and belongs to a young couple. Having recently had a baby, the owners asked James Garvan Architecture to redesign the home with a more

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Atelier Štěpán adds metallic details to renovated Czech Renaissance building

December 26, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Atelier Štěpán has modernised a landmark building in the historic centre of Jihlava in the Czech Republic, using silver tones and stainless steel to reference the town’s history of minting currency. Silver House is a renovated Renaissance-style burgher house – the kind of home typically owned by the medieval middle class – located

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Merry Christmas from Dezeen!

December 25, 2025 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Merry Christmas! We’ll be back tomorrow – in the meantime read our Review of 2025. Dezeen’s Review of 2025 rounds up the most interesting and popular architecture, design and interior stories from the past year. It includes roundups of the year’s top gadgets, skyscrapers, houses and concept cars. Pictured above is a pair of chunky

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The Overnight Guest Suite: Converting Any Room for Holiday Visitors

December 24, 2025 Tahira 0

When the holidays roll around, our homes quietly take on new roles. Living rooms become gathering hubs, dining tables stretch a little further, and suddenly, friends, family, and loved ones need a place to stay. But not everyone has a dedicated guest room waiting year-round. The good news? Creating an overnight guest suite doesn’t require . . .

The top 10 hotels of 2025

December 24, 2025 Cajsa Carlson 0

For the latest in our review of 2025, we explore the best hotel designs of the year – from a surrealist hotel by Philippe Starck to an Oaxaca hotel modelled on pre-Hispanic pyramids. The hospitality industry stepped up its game this year, with a number of exciting openings ranging from the adapted reuse of existing

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