The triangular form of this concrete home in Greece by Tense Architecture Network creates a large window overlooking olive groves and the Gerania Mountains (+ slideshow). More about Tense Architecture Network completes a "frugal" concrete home in a Greek olive grove
Architectural photographer Maxime Delvaux challenged students at Brussels University to create scale models that would appear realistic when photographed (+ slideshow). More about Maxime Delvaux's realistic photos of student models offer an alternative to 3D renders
Wooden louvres and green rooftops make up the exterior of this market hall outside Paris by Ameller, Dubois & Associés, while inside is a dramatic ceiling that combines angles and curves (+ slideshow). More about Wooden louvres and grassy rooftops added to Marly-le-Roi market hall
London architect Carl Turner has developed a design for a prefabricated floating house and has made the plans available to download via an open-source architecture website. More about Carl Turner design open-source house that floats on floodwater
News: the board of directors of non-profit organisation Architecture for Humanity has confirmed it will file for bankruptcy, but 57 international chapters have pledged to continue working under a new umbrella network. More about Architecture for Humanity board to file for bankruptcy
This rural Japanese house by Suppose Design Office features sunken rooms and see-through walls, designed to allow residents to observe and interact with wild animals (+ slideshow). More about Hiroshima Hut by Suppose Design Office is a see-through house with sunken rooms
News: Dutch construction company Heijmans has developed a prefabricated starter home for young professionals that can be installed on vacant city-centre sites in under 24 hours (+ movie). More about Heijmans proposes pop-up homes to solve the problem of high rents
This office with thatched walls by Attika Architekten floats in Amsterdam's harbour, creating a base for the city's water-cleaning service (+ slideshow). More about Thatched office for Amsterdam's canal cleaners is "the biggest ark in the Netherlands"
News: the stalled London skyscraper dubbed the Can of Ham is reportedly back underway at 60-70 St Mary Axe, close to Foster's Gherkin. More about London's "Can of Ham" skyscraper back on after six-year hiatus
Galvanised steel panels create fuss-free facades for the blocks of this Stockholm housing complex by Joliark, concealing all gutters and tidying away window frames. More about Metal-clad housing by Joliark features flush detailing and boxy balconies
News: Prada's art foundation has announced its new venue by OMA's research arm AMO will open this May, featuring a bar designed by film director Wes Anderson. More about AMO's Fondazione Prada set to open in Milan
News: Rotterdam firm MVRDV has won a contest to design a new addition to the Vienna skyline by proposing a 110-metre tower with an "elegant, hourglass figure" that will reduce the impact of its shadow (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV plans skyscraper with a "curving waist" for Vienna
This asymmetric concrete chapel by EMC Arquitectura teeters on the edge of a mountain in El Salvador (+ slideshow). More about Skewed concrete chapel by EMC Arquitectura balances over a mountainside in El Salvador
Purple amethyst crystals formed inside rocks provided the inspiration for this ambitious hotel design, proposed by Dutch studio NL Architects for an island off the south coast of China (+ slideshow). More about NL Architects proposes "slightly insane" hotel modelled on amethyst crystals
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto aimed to create "crystallised showers of sunlight" with the blue glass fins that front his shopping centre in the Miami Design District (+ interview + slideshow). More about Sou Fujimoto's Palm Court retail complex completes in Miami
The breeze flows through the centre of this funeral chapel that Tria Studio has completed at a village cemetery in Slovenia's picturesque Tuhinj Valley (+ slideshow). More about Funeral chapel by Tria Studio brings gentle winds through its hollow centre
An ivy motif spreads across the exterior of this bookstore in Japan by Klein Dytham Architecture, while the interior presents books and magazines on a "street" that also includes a cafe and a hair salon (+ slideshow). More about Klein Dytham's Shonan T-Site is a bookstore with a makeshift high street inside
Photo essay: Montpellier-based photographer Mary Gaudin has created a series of images documenting mid-century residential architecture in New Zealand, her home country. More about Down the long driveway: New Zealand homes photographed by Mary Gaudin
Opinion: despite significant improvements last year, architecture's archaic equality problems haven't gone away. The American Institute of Architects' decision to award its 2015 Gold Medal to another mature white man isn't helping, says Alexandra Lange. More about "Was it too much to hope for first a woman and then a partnership?"
News: Taichung mayor Lin Chia-lung has temporarily halted development of Sou Fujimoto's tree-inspired 300-metre tower for the city, which he says is "problematic" in terms of structure and safety. More about Mayor pulls plug on Sou Fujimoto's Taiwan Tower over safety and cost concerns