Strips of white timber cover a series of simple interlocking geometric volumes that form this Canadian home by Montreal studio Jean Verville (+ slideshow). More about Jean Verville completes white clapboard house in suburban Montreal
News: the first tenants have moved into offices in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's newly opened One World Trade Center in New York (+ slideshow). More about One World Trade Center welcomes first occupants
News: Beijing firm MAD has unveiled the initial design for an art museum on Chicago's lakefront, which will house the collection of American film director George Lucas. More about MAD reveals concept design for George Lucas' Chicago art museum
The corners of this otherwise traditionally shaped house by Insert Studio have been cut away to form two porches that help to make a connection to the rural Romanian landscape (+ slideshow). More about Insert Studio completes house in Romania with two cut-away corners
Swedish architect Max Holst used a traditional Swedish paint to give an all-black appearance to the exterior of this woodland house outside Stockholm (+ slideshow). More about Woodland villa in Sweden designed by Max Holst with a blackened exterior
Interview: the architects behind the phenomenally popular High Line park in New York have spoken to Dezeen about how the project has changed the city and why attempts to recreate the idea in other places might struggle. More about The High Line is a "pulling-back from architecture" say Diller and Scofidio
Sheets of translucent corrugated plastic reveal the timber framework of this photography studio in Japan by FT Architects, which also features an angular white roof (+ slideshow). More about Photography studio by FT Architects features corrugated plastic walls and a faceted roof
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: buildings of the future won't have walls and will instead consist of climate-controlled areas of landscape according to Sean Lally, one of the contributing designers at the Istanbul Design Biennial 2014 (+ slideshow). More about Future architecture will be built from energy says researcher Sean Lally
Pale wooden window frames contrast with the black-stained cedar facades of this extension to a detached house in Nantes by French studio Bertin Bichet Architectes (+ slideshow). More about Nantes house extension contrasts blackened wood facades with pale window frames
The pointed roof of this small zinc-covered Tokyo house by Architecture Atelier Akio Takatsuka is offset to reflect the arrangement of rooms inside (+ slideshow). More about Architecture Atelier Akio Takatsuka divides Quad House into unequal sections
Strips of pre-rusted Corten steel run in vertical columns around this Belgian house by DMOA Architecten (+ movie). More about The Corten House by DMOA architecten is surrounded by weathered steel fins
An overhanging roof with angular cut-outs envelopes the upper storey of this small Japanese house by Moca Architects to conceal the interior spaces (+ slideshow). More about Overhanging roof forms a hood over Japanese house by Moca Architects
This school building in Norway was designed by Swedish firm White Arkitekter with copper walls and a zigzagging green roof to reference the forms and materials of a nearby historic industrial town (+ slideshow). More about White Arkitekter adds corrugated copper walls to Norway's Bråtejordet School
A glass-fronted stairwell joins a craggy stone Portuguese house to its new concrete extension by Filipe Pina + Maria Inês Costa (+ slideshow). More about Filipe Pina + Maria Inês Costa add concrete extension to stone house in Portugal
Before heading out in your spooky costume, check out our selection of Halloween treats including the best cemetery, mausoleum and crematorium architecture from the pages of Dezeen.
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World Architecture Festival 2014: Australian landscape architect Perry Lethlean explains the concept behind the Canberra park named World Landscape of the Year 2014 in our next movie from World Architecture Festival. More about Canberra's National Arboretum features "100 forests from around the world"
News: the Barcelona Design Museum will open in December with newly curated collections that represent Catalonian design history from the third century to present day (+ slideshow). More about New Barcelona Design Museum merges decorative art and design collections
Opaque glass cladding on this south London house by Ian McChesney reflects the brick and stucco facades of neighbouring Victorian properties and foliage from a park next door (+ slideshow). More about Black glass facade mirrors scenery at south London home by Ian McChesney
Halloween is traditionally a day for honouring the dead, so today we're revisiting some of the best cemetery, mausoleum and crematorium architecture on Dezeen. More about The Dezeen guide to contemporary cemeteries
News: the World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize for preservation of a modern landmark has been given to a Finnish committee responsible for restoring architect Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library in Vyborg, Russia (+ slideshow). More about Restoration of Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library wins 2014 Modernism Prize