This golden library in Copenhagen by architects COBE and Transform is meant to resemble a pile of books (+ slideshow). More »

Movie: architect Piers Gough of CZWG and structural engineer Hanif Kara explain their design for Canada Water Library, a bronzed, hexagonal building on a constrained site in south London, in this movie by filmmakers Living Projects. More »

Swiss architects Bureau A have created decorative steel gates to discourage nocturnal "illegal activities" in the entrance to their Geneva studio. More »

Millions of tiny perforations are dotted across the rusted steel walls of this rural retreat in Victoria by Melbourne architects Inarc. More »

London architects Featherstone Young have completed this day centre for homeless people in east London. More »

Slideshow: the windows of this school extension in Girona, Spain, are concealed behind a perforated metal skin. More »

Dezeen archive: this week readers have been debating whether the proliferation of perforated facades in projects like David Adjaye's Smithsonian Museum (top right) is a result of fashion or shifts in practical considerations like availability and cost, so we've grouped all our stories about perforated metal facades in one place. Join the discussion about fashion in architecture here and see all the stories here.

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Construction will begin this week on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC designed by architect David Adjaye. More »

Slideshow: French studio Bang Architectes has converted a former peanut factory in Calais into a skateboarding park with a bright orange mesh facade (photos by Julien Lanoo). More »

Hundreds of circular holes puncture a faceted bronze extension to a fortified museum in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, that is set to reopen next month. More »

Architects CZWG have completed a bronzed, hexagonal library that leans across a dock in south London. More »

Spanish architects VAUMM have completed a golden culinary centre for Basque chefs in San Sebastián. More »

Perforated metal balconies fold like ribbons around the facade of an apartment block in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. More »

Dutch studio architecten|en|en have created a home office in Eindhoven by wrapping a garage in corrugated aluminium. More »