Pietri Architects has driven a deep pink ravine through the heart of this apartment complex in southern France, creating a protected rooftop garden for residents (+ slideshow). More about Cerise walls frame rooftop garden of housing block by Pietri Architectes
News: the competition-winning design by Herzog & de Meuron and Hassell to revamp Melbourne's iconic Flinders Street Station is unlikely to go ahead, according to the state government. More about Herzog & de Meuron face loss of multibillion-dollar Flinders Street Station project
A bamboo framework filled with plants surrounds the brick core of this sanitation facility designed by H&P Architects for a school in rural Vietnam (+ slideshow). More about Toigetation by H&P Architects is a bamboo toilet block covered in plants
An irregular quatrefoil-shaped bowl made of maroon concrete is submerged into one side of this skatepark in northern France designed by architecture studios Planda and Constructo (+ slideshow). More about Architects arrange French skatepark around an irregular maroon bowl
Forty-two identical windows puncture the exterior of this house in Japan by Tato Architects, which also features a staircase that leads onto a piece of furniture (+ slideshow). More about A staircase lands on a desk inside House in Hikone by Tato Architects
Round pavilions dotted across the landscaped grounds of this expo centre for a grapevine breeding convention in China were designed to resemble giant grapes, with relief patterns in their concrete facades (+ slideshow). More about Archea Associati creates fruit-inspired buildings for Yanqing Grape Expo
News: Elizabeth Chu Richter has become the 2015 president of the American Institute of Architects following a ceremony in Washington DC. More about Elizabeth Chu Richter takes over as AIA president
News: parts of Zaha Hadid Architects' Library and Learning Centre in Vienna have been cordoned off after a piece of concrete cladding fell off. More about Cladding panel falls off Zaha Hadid's Vienna library
Milan Expo 2015: the entrance to the Russian national pavilion at this year's World Expo will be sheltered beneath a 30-metre-long cantilevered canopy that visitors can walk on (+ slideshow). More about Sergei Tchoban designs 30-metre-long cantilever for Russia's Milan Expo pavilion
Designed to offer a "landmark" in an otherwise mundane part of Paris, this sport and culture centre by Bruther features a multi-layered facade that varies in transparency to suit the various activities it contains (+ slideshow). More about Bruther slots curving community centre into crowded Paris neighbourhood
News: Herzog & de Meuron is reportedly working on plans to revamp the west London home of Chelsea Football Club to make room for as many as 60,000 spectators. More about Herzog & de Meuron in the frame for Chelsea FC stadium expansion
Here's a look at the 10 tallest skyscrapers expected to complete around the globe this year, including China's new tallest building, Rafael Viñoly's super-skinny New York tower block and a pair of Russian high rises. More about Top 10 tallest skyscrapers completing in 2015
Architecture studio Lipton Plant has turned a small space at the side of a Victorian house in north London into the glazed entrance for a basement extension focused around an oak staircase (+ slideshow). More about Lipton Plant creates a nanny flat underneath a London home
Huge green and purple fins shade the glass facades of this children's hospital in Brisbane, designed to match the colouring of native Bougainvillea plants (+ slideshow). More about Hospital by Lyons and Conrad Gargett features a vibrant facade and a tree-inspired layout
Our 10 must-see exhibitions opening around the world in 2015 include showcases of African architecture, Postmodern design and "definitive" bicycles. More about 10 architecture and design exhibitions we're looking forward to in 2015
Snøhetta's snake-shaped hotel in Norway (above), a football stadium by Herzog & de Meuron and Bjarke Ingels' first New York building are among the landmark architectural projects due to complete this year. Dezeen's architecture editor Amy Frearson looks ahead to what we can expect in 2015. More about 15 buildings to look forward to in 2015
This lagoon-side residence featuring a green copper exterior and a warm cherry-wood interior is part of a series of architect-designed houses built in the grounds of Steven Holl's Nanjing Sifang Art Museum in China (+ slideshow). More about Copper-covered house by Sanaksenaho Architects accompanies Holl's Sifang Art Museum
This energy-efficient laboratory by architecture office Go Logic is clad in pale cedar to reference agricultural buildings found close to its site in a remote forest clearing in Michigan (+ slideshow). More about Cedar-clad field station by Go Logic houses University of Chicago laboratory
To see 2014 out with a bang, we've pulled together our most read stories of the year – including a silk leaf that could create oxygen in space, furniture for space-poor hipsters and a house with a swimming pool instead of a roof. More about Dezeen's 10 biggest architecture and design stories of 2014
News: Classical architect Quinlan Terry is one of a small number of architecture and design industry figures to be recognised in the 2015 New Year Honours list. More about Architect Quinlan Terry awarded in New Year Honours 2015