Hasta La Ideas

To conclude our review of 2010, here are the five most-viewed stories from Dezeen in December, starting off with Charrat Transformation by Geneva studio clavienrossier, two concrete volumes on top of a stone house and barn in the Swiss Alps. 

In second place was an auditorium for the Universidad del País Vasco in Bilbao by Álvaro Siza.

Shingle House by NORD Architecture, the second home to be completed in Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project, came in third.

Fourth most viewed was Belsize Crescent by Studio 54 Architecture, a renovation project creating a new garden entrance for a terraced house in London.

Finally, at number five was Frank Gehry’s proposal for a new business school at the University of Technology Sydney .

See all our stories from December 2010 »

That’s it for this year – best wishes for 2011!

See also:

January 2010 review
February 2010 review
March 2010 review
April 2010 review
May 2010 review
June 2010 review
August 2010 review
September 2010 review
October 2010 review
November 2010 review

See our review of 2009 »
See our review of 2008 »

Moving on to the five most popular stories of October 2010, Homemade is Best, a cookbook featuring pictures of ingredients laid out in patterns for IKEA, was in at number one.

Next was the Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton, south London, by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Issey Miyake’s 132 5. range of clothing that expands from two-dimensional geometric shapes into structured garments came in third.

Fourth most popular this month was an installation by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at Tate Modern in London, where over 100 million handmade replica sunflower seeds covered the floor of the Turbine Hall.

In fifth place was Black & White House in Kuwait by AGi Architects, comprising six separate residences clad in white stucco and black stone.

See all our stories from October 2010 »

See also:

January 2010 review
February 2010 review
March 2010 review
April 2010 review
May 2010 review
June 2010 review
August 2010 review
September 2010 review

See our review of 2009 »
See our review of 2008 »

Moving on to our top five Dezeen stories from August this year, this house with a spiralling concrete slide by Indonesian architects Aboday was also our most popular story of the whole year.

Land of Giants by American studio Choi + Shine Architects, a series of conceptual electricity pylons shaped like human figures marching across the Icelandic landscape, came in second.

In third place was House in Showa-cho, Osaka, by Shintaro Fujiwara, featuring a central staircase that rises through split levels.

The House with Balls by Matharoo Associates in India, with shutters weighted by concrete balls, was fourth.

This month’s fifth most popular story was the monochrome headquarters of fashion brand Net-A-Porter in London, designed by UK practice Studiofibre.

See all our stories from August 2010 »

See also:

January 2010 review
February 2010 review
March 2010 review
April 2010 review
May 2010 review
June 2010 review
July 2010 review

See our review of 2009 »
See our review of 2008 »

Here are the five most viewed Dezeen stories from June this year. In first place was the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas by Frank Gehry.

This winning competition entry by Patkau Architects of Vancouver to design six houses in the nature reserve surrounding Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater house came in second.

Third most popular was this house in the Spanish Pyrenees by architects Cadaval & Solà-Morales, nestled into the mountainside.

A house buried in the ground in Seoul by BCHO Architects came in fourth.

Our fifth most-viewed story this month was an automobile museum for Nanjing, China, by 3GATTI Architecture Studio, featuring an external concentric ramp allowing visitors to drive past the exhibits up to a rooftop car park.

See all our stories from June 2010 »

Our 2010 review continues tomorrow!

See also:

January 2010 review
February 2010 review
March 2010 review
April 2010 review
May 2010 review

See our review of 2009 »
See our review of 2008 »

Next we take a look at our most popular stories from April this year. In at number one was Thomas Heatherwick’s hairy UK pavillion for the Shanghai Expo 2010, made up of 60,000 transparent rods.

Second most popular was this car park in Miami by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron.

The Spanish pavilion by Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT) for the Shanghai Expo 2010, with its woven wicker facade, came in third.

In fourth place was Urban Beach by Amsterdam studio O+A, featuring a conceptual floating swimming platform for the river IJ in Amsterdam.

An apartment block by Italian office Tissellistudioarchitetti in Cesena, Italy, came in fifth.

See all our stories from April 2010 »

See also:

January 2010 review
February 2010 review
March 2010 review

See our review of 2009 »
See our review of 2008 »