To conclude our review of 2022, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a look back at this year's biggest architecture and design stories, including The Line, the Vulva Spaceship and the World's skinniest building.

January ? Manhattan Island extension could provide homes for 250,000 people
The year began with a speculative proposal to add 1,760-acres of reclaimed land to the tip of Manhattan in a bid to provide New York with additional housing while combating climate change.
Named New Mannahatta, the plan from Rutgers University professor Jason Barr would see Manhattan Island extended into New York Harbor to incorporate Governors Island and provide land for 180,000 new homes.
Barr followed up the proposal by saying that "we need to overcome our deep-seated phobia of major projects", in an opinion piece for Dezeen. Read more about the proposed Manhattan Island extension ?

February ? MIT engineers invent plastic that is stronger than steel
In February, news of a new type of plastic that is twice as strong as steel was the month's most-read article. Invented by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) chemical engineers, the material is light and mouldable like plastic but has a strength and resistance that is closer to steel.
The material's properties mean that its inventors envision it being used as a coating to improve objects' durability and, in the long term, as a structural material.
Read more about the plastic that is stronger than steel ?

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