Wallpaper* architecture editor Ellie Stathaki picks top 10 architecture stories of 2021, from a gravity-defying pavilion to the architecture of happiness

Glazed façades are built around light and views. From double skin glazing and low iron glass to fritted glass, glazed facades come in many shapes and sizes. They can also be curtain walls, where non-structural outer walls do not carry any dead load from the building, other than their own weight. More generally, contemporary glazed facades are often built to span multiple floors while addressing lateral loads and sway.

This single-family home in Delaware was built using wood reclaimed from a nearby agricultural structure slated for demolition

Completed in 2015 in Mogilany, Poland. Images by Piotr Lipecki . The house is built near Krakow, on the southern slope's building plot with extensive panoramic views on mountains' range Karpaty and Beskidy....