Traditional black and white colonial houses influenced the monochrome palette of this private gallery and showroom in Singapore by London office CarverHaggard (+ slideshow). More about Black and White Gallery by CarverHaggard is based on colonial architecture
A cantilevered glass-walled room lights up at night to create a beacon on top of this kindergarten in the Tuscan town of Sinalunga by Siena firm Studio di Architettura Andrea Milani (+ slideshow). More about Nursery school in Tuscany illuminates "like a lighthouse"
A timber-clad box frames a new living area added to the heart of this house in Winchester, England, by local firm AR Design Studio (+ slideshow). More about Cedar cladding frames an extension to The Runners House by AR Design Studio
Football players disappear beneath a grassy knoll to access hidden changing facilities at a sports ground in northern France by MU Architecture (+ slideshow). More about MU Architecture hides locker rooms under plant-covered mound
Buildings that make up this house in Finland by architects OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture are arranged to protect a courtyard from the cold northerly winds blowing down the valley (+ slideshow). More about House Riihi by OOPEAA shelters a courtyard from wintery gusts
This blackened timber holiday home in northern France by Nantes studio Raum contains two mobile bedrooms that can be wheeled onto a terrace to provide outdoor sleeping cabins (+ slideshow). More about French holiday home by Raum features bedrooms on wheels
News: London architecture firms Karakusevic Carson and David Chipperfield have been granted planning permission for two hexagonal towers on an estate in the city's borough of Hackney (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield and Karakusevic Carson granted permission for Hackney towers
Chilean studio LAND Arquitectos named this seafront residence Catch The Views House, because of the ways it sprawls outwards to frame as many vistas as possible (+ slideshow). More about Chilean seaside house by LAND Arquitectos designed to "catch the views"
Apollo Architects & Associates swapped timber frames for concrete and fibre-reinforced plastic to reduce the cost of building this house and studio for a fashion photographer in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Apollo Architects specifies concrete and plastic for Frame house in Tokyo
Movie: Pritzker Prize-winning architect Toyo Ito tells Dezeen that, while his buildings vary in material and style, the key to all of them is their close relationship with the people that inhabit them. More about "I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings," says Toyo Ito
News: these new images by Foster + Partners reveal a pair of skyscrapers proposed by the firm for San Francisco's rapidly developing Transbay area. More about Foster + Partners unveils skyscraper duo for San Francisco's Transbay area
A gabled brick facade with a three-metre-high door fronts this former mews house in east London, renovated by architect Cassion Castle as a private studio for a photographer (+ slideshow). More about Photography studio by Cassion Castle takes over an east London mews house
News: Danish firm BIG has unveiled a vision for the future of Denmark's Givskud Zoo where animals and humans "co-exist", and all the architecture is hidden within the topography (+ slideshow). More about BIG's Givskud Zoo makeover to offer "freest possible environment" for animals
This slatted wooden structure by French designer Arnaud Huart provides a beacon and landmark for visitors to the mountainous landscape of central France (+ slideshow). More about Signal Ethique pavilion by Arnaud Huart sits atop a French mountain
News: sinkholes have been discovered in the residential neighbourhoods surrounding the construction site of one of the world's tallest skyscrapers – the 555-metre Lotte World Tower near Seoul by Kohn Pedersen Fox. More about Sinkholes found near construction site of KPF-designed skyscraper in Seoul
Over 300 mirrored flaps are lifted up and down by the breeze to animate the facade of this seaside structure in La Grande Motte, France, by NAS Architecture (+ slideshow). More about NAS Architecture's seaside Breath Box is covered in mirrors that flap in the wind
A small town on the Danish island of Bornholm has become another destination for harbour swimming facilities, thanks to a series of new walkways and structures by Swedish firm White Arkitekter (+ slideshow). More about Floating structure by White Arkitekter brings harbour swimming to a Danish island
News: Swiss office Fruehauf Henry & Viladoms has been selected ahead of Kengo Kuma, Bernard Tschumi and Studio Mumbai to envision a new wing for the Musée du Léman on the edge of Lake Geneva (+ slideshow). More about Musée du Léman unveils extension proposal featuring concrete walls and a rooftop lawn
Internal lighting shines between the vertical larch battens that clad this extension to a primary school near Basel by Swiss firms Zwimpfer Partner Architekten and BBK Architekten. More about Swiss school extension by Zwimpfer Partner and BBK fronted by slender wooden battens
News: American film director George Lucas has appointed Beijing firm MAD and Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects to design his proposed art museum on Chicago's lakefront. More about George Lucas hires MAD and Studio Gang for Chicago art museum