New Year’s resolutions dictate the annual renewal of an unused gym membership but, for those still unwilling to leave the lounge behind we’ve rounded up five of the best home workout spaces, from punch bags that keep you fit while you type to a basketball court that doubles as an entrance hall.

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Basketball Court House, Japan, by Koizumi Sekkei

An indoor basketball court takes the place of an entrance hall in this home in eastern Japan designed by Koizumi Sekkei. Rooms surround the wooden court, but are protected from stray balls by sliding doors and metal grilles.

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In Suspension, Canada, by Naturehumaine

A pair of gymnast’s rings dangle from the ceiling of this Montreal home renovated by Naturehumaine to create a workout space for the client’s athletic children. The apparatus is installed in a double-height atrium and overlooked from a gallery above.

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Workout Computer by Ines Kaag and Desiree Heiss

Punch bags take the place of keyboard keys in this conceptual computer by Ines Kaag and Desiree Heiss – the perfect home office for a fitness fiend. The designers developed the Workout Computer to “blur the boundaries between working in the office and working out”.

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Zoku hotel, Netherlands, by Concrete

Gymnast’s hoops allow guests at this Amsterdam hotel an impromptu workout. Concrete styled this suite and 132 others in the same block as micro apartments, giving guests all the amenities they might expect at home.

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Cache Creek Residence, America, by Carney Logan Burke

Brightly coloured foot- and hand-holds form a climbing wall at one side of this corrugated metal-clad house in Wyoming by Carney Logan Burke.

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Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for Mandarin-speaking architects at Italian practice Studio Fuksas, which was selected to design a major convention centre in Canberra (pictured). See more from Studio Fuksas or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

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This LED lamp, which Spanish designer Victor Castanera will launch at the upcoming Maison & Objet fair, features glowing glass orbs that balance between steel shelves. Read more

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Birch-framed skylights and windows offer patients garden views when undergoing treatment at this sculptural dental clinic in the Netherlands, designed by Studio Prototype. Read more

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This urban residential building by Arqmov Workshop features a faceted facade sheathed in a patchwork of vibrant laminate panels and large windows framed in black metal. Read more

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Lego has announced a kit for building and programming robots, designed to encourage a younger generation to learn how to code, at this year’s CES tech conference. Read more

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Nearly a century of layered paint creates texture on walls throughout these offices for an advertising agency in North Carolina, which TPG Architecture created inside a former factory. Read more

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An American startup is taking on electric car supremo Tesla with this intelligent electric vehicle unveiled at CES 2017, but was left red-faced when one of its main features failed to work during a demo. Read more

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With Donald Trump‘s presidency looming, Aaron Betsky‘s latest Opinion column stresses the need for architecture that will bring America’s isolated communities together, and not just benefit the world of pick-up-truck drivers. Read more

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Barcelona-based studios MX_SI and Mestres Wåge Arquitectes have won a competition to covert a 1930s silo into an art museum and cultural centre in Norway. Read more

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