The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a mixed-use apartment block on Queensland's Gold Coast. More about A pine-cone-informed apartment block features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Traditional construction materials are used in contemporary forms at this residential development by Zozaya Arquitectos in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. More about Zozaya Arquitectos completes housing development beside Mexico's Lake Avándaro
Mumbai studio Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a building for Prestige University in India that will feature a stepped green roof punctuated with courtyards. More about Sanjay Puri Architects designs Indian university with accessible stepped green roof
Four peaks clad in weathering steel cover the underground galleries at the Datong Art Museum, which British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed in northern China. More about Foster + Partners shelters subterranean art gallery with pyramidal roofscape
Car brand BMW has unveiled an updated version of its electric iX SUV at the Consumer Electronics Show that can change colour from black to white in order to suit the driver's mood and conserve electricity. More about BMW's iX Flow concept car can change colour "at the touch of a button"
Max Fordham, a British engineer and "pioneer of sustainable building design", has passed away at the age of 88. More about British engineer Max Fordham dies aged 88
Architecture firm SOM has completed its headquarters for Shenzhen's Rural Commercial Bank, a naturally ventilated steel-wrapped office building with an exterior that resembles an exoskeleton. More about SOM unveils "breathing" Shenzhen bank tower enclosed in diagrid
The Act of Quad has introduced a smattering of blue furnishings and fittings to this high-rise apartment, renovated by the design studio in the Indian city of Thane. More about Cobalt-blue accents brighten interior of family apartment in Thane
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has created a vividly coloured illustration series called Postmodern Icons, which celebrates buildings such as London's Isle of Dogs Pumping Station and Chicago's James R Thompson Center. More about Postmodern architecture celebrated in illustrations by Adam Nathaniel Furman