News: Snøhetta has finally unveiled its competition-winning design to create a new public library wrapping around a functioning railway line in the Canadian city of Calgary (+ slideshow). More about Snøhetta reveals proposal to build a library around a Calgary railway line
Solid panels, perforated screens and recessed balconies create a patchwork of varying transparency on this tower that rises up from one side of a mixed-use development in Nantes, France, by Antonini Darmon Architectes (+ slideshow). More about Antonini Darmon's housing in Nantes presents a patchwork of solids and voids
Brutalism: a 27-storey slab block is next up in our Brutalist buildings series. As the precursor to the larger and more famous Trellick Tower, Ernö Goldfinger's Balfron Tower in east London was a testbed for the architect's utopian housing ideals (+ slideshow). More about Brutalist buildings: Balfron Tower, London by Ernö Goldfinger
News: Irish architects Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey have been named as the 2015 recipients of the Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects (+ slideshow). More about O'Donnell + Tuomey to receive Royal Gold Medal for architecture
The slope of an auditorium juts out from the side of this library by Spanish architect Óscar Pedrós to provide a covered space beneath for open-air performances (+ slideshow). More about Library in Galicia by Óscar Pedrós features an auditorium pointing up to the sky
Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern World at the Barbican will attempt to explore the shared history of photography and architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries, in the "first major exhibition" of its kind in London (+ slideshow). More about Barbican exhibition focuses on relationship between architecture and photography
Large semicircles puncture the facade of this English language school in Japan by architect Naoko Horibe, framing a drive-through area for cars and vista of the park beyond (+ slideshow). More about Drive-through restaurants provide a model for Naoko Horibe's White Rose English School
This extension by French architect Clément Bacle mirrors the size and shape of the original brick house it adjoins, but uses modern materials to distinguish it as new (+ slideshow). More about House Between the Two extension by Clément Bacle mirrors original house
Exterior curtains draw back across the glazed facade of this hillside events venue in Bern, Switzerland, to offer visitors uninterrupted views of the surrounding Alps (+ slideshow). More about Alpine events venue by MLZD features glass walls with golden outdoor curtains
News: this week marks the opening of the High Line at the Rail Yards, the third and final phase of New York's popular elevated park on a disused railway line (+ slideshow). More about Third and final stretch of New York's High Line opens
News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has completed work on a new complex for gin company Bombay Sapphire in Hampshire, England, including two sculptural glasshouses that are heated using warm air created during the distilling process (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Heatherwick's gin distillery for Bombay Sapphire opens
Untreated timber and pale bricks have been used to clad six new London homes by Henley Halebrown Rorrison, which were developed as the city's first co-housing project (+ slideshow). More about Henley Halebrown Rorrison uses timber and brick for London's first co-housing development
A mountain landscape offers a picturesque backdrop to this housing development designed by Gohm Hiessberger Architekten for three siblings in northern Liechtenstein (+ slideshow). More about Housing Estate Papillon sits in the shadow of a mountain range
Eastabrook Architects and Jonathan Tuckey Design have added a contemporary glazed extension to a Grade II-listed Cotswolds house to provide additional space without detracting from the original building (+ slideshow). More about Eastabrook Architects and Jonathan Tuckey Design add glazed extension to Grade II-listed Yew Tree House
Naruse House by MDS has been clad using the traditional Japanese technique of Yakisugi, which involves charring cedar wood to create a blackened, weather-resistant surface that resists decay (+ slideshow). More about MDS designs blackened timber house on a sloping junction in Tokyo
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the final behind-the-scenes movie about our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition, Pernilla Ohrstedt explains the concept behind her stand design for the show. More about Pernilla Ohrstedt demonstrates how "our world will be captured in digital form"
Opinion: the way we consume architecture online has changed thanks to social media, creating a new genre of imagery – meme-tecture. Alexandra Lange offers her guide to making an architectural meme. More about "Six points of viral architecture"
The zigzagging profile of this courtyard bar in Liverpool, England, mimics the gabled roofline of the warehouses that provide its backdrop (+ slideshow). More about Constellations Bar by H Miller Bros is a courtyard canopy made up of triangles and zigzags
Brutalism: as part of our ongoing series on Brutalism, we asked architects including Kengo Kuma, David Adjaye and Amanda Levete to reveal their favourite buildings from the radical post-war movement. More about Architects pick their favourite Brutalist buildings
News: building work has begun in Beijing on the National Art Museum of China by French architect Jean Nouvel, who beat Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid in a competition for the project in 2013. More about Construction starts on Jean Nouvel's National Art Museum of China