Dezeen's 2025 Year in Review: Five Notable Design and Architecture Features
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Nat Barker
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Summary
Dezeen features editor Nat Barker selects five notable features from 2025 worth revisiting, including a survey revealing a 'broken' architecture and design industry, an interview with architect David Chipperfield about his new book, a feature on the 'world's most sustainable building,' a piece on the 'most beautiful staircase in the world,' and an article about the 'most innovative new material of 2025.' The article serves as a year-end review highlighting significant design and architecture content published by Dezeen throughout the year.
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· 4 pulledThis year saw Dezeen publish more features than ever before.
Dezeen survey points to 'broken' architecture and design industry
As part of our review of 2025, Dezeen features editor Nat Barker picks five that are worth revisiting.
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