Mexican firm Santos Bolivar Architects has given the red-block buildings that form this inn reflective bottoms to make it seem like they are floating above the arid landscape in Valle de Guadalupe. More about Mirrored bottoms reflect desert site beneath Mexican inn by Santos Bolivar Architects
Tech-savvy hotel company Life House has designed its newest property in Collins Park as an homage to Miami's past as a Quaker stronghold. More about Life House Collins Park nods to Miami’s little-known Quaker origins with "lax minimalism"
Folding screens of woven steel surround the upper level of the latest building at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, which provides three storeys of exhibition, workshop and teaching spaces. More about Paulien Bremmer wraps "social hub" for Gerrit Rietveld Academie in woven-steel screens
As Poland goes to the polls on Sunday, the churches that were built in the 1970s and 1980s as a sanctuary against an oppressive state are now instruments in a political debate, writes Owen Hatherley. More about "The Law and Justice party faces re-election in Poland and the churches have been their foremost propagandists"
JC Architecture has converted a 90-year-old dormitory building in Taipei into a contemporary family home, to serve as a blueprint for reviving similar neglected historical properties throughout the city. More about JC Architecture transforms derelict dormitory into plant-filled home
This week on Dezeen, architects and politicians praised Mikhail Riches' "ground-breaking" Goldsmith Street after it became the first social-housing scheme to win the RIBA Stirling Prize. More about This week, the UK celebrated Goldsmith Street's Stirling Prize win
Artisan weaver Manju Devi hand-tied more than 200,000 knots to create this colourful one-off rug for the Jaipur Rug Foundation, which helps communities in rural India to preserve their traditional skills. More about Manju Devi's abstract Aas Pass rug is inspired by rural village life in India