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With worn brickwork indoors and timber floorboards (or similar) overhead, this interior forms part of a new home with many surprises

This thermally controlled 3.2m wine wall is comprised of recycled bricks, reeded and clear glass and steel – there's also a pivot mechanism 

For this bathroom, the timber is a favourite of one owner while the blue is a favourite of the other – the rich-toned wood even makes an appearance as the ceiling

A dark, atmospheric bathroom with glass-walled his & her zones tops our list of Bathroom stories for the year

When it comes to plotting and planning a new kitchen, we need all the help we can get – this expert kitchen advice story was our most popular in 2022

This hilltop home is a response to its setting – three pods, a central living area, over-arching roof and encircling deck comprise a sustainable design open to land and sea

The world is renovating it seems and this project resulted in a fully updated home, suitable for the changing demands of a contemporary family lifestyle

Dripping chandeliers and a decidedly rustic dining table share space in this much-viewed sumptuous inner-London interior 

Tennis, swimming, outdoor dining – no need to pick and choose with this everything-included expansive al fresco environment

Materials play a part in this bedroom's presence, including Prega Wave curtains in fabric Voil Petelli, by Donatelli; and bed linen and decorative pillows, by Casa Almeida 

Surprise reveal – it is only once you turn a corner and enter this home's living room that a tableau of the city, with the Auckland Sky Tower spiking up, emerges

For this new home – to an extent shaped by its situation – a simple roof form starts with a half gable at the street and folds to a full gable at the north