A conceptual design for a London skyscraper by Paris studio Chartier-Corbasson Architectes proposes using waste generated by workers already in the building to help construct new floors as demand grows. More about Organic Skyscraper by Chartier-Corbasson would be built from office rubbish
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: the advancement and proliferation of 3D-scanning technology means we will soon be able to explore a life-size digital replica of the real world, claims ScanLAB co-founder William Trossell. More about 3D-scanning technology will enable cities to exist in "both a virtual and a physical form"
Slovakian studio Plusminus Architects has completed a concrete house on the outskirts of Bratislava, with a lower level that juts out to accommodate the owner's office (+ slideshow). More about Cubed concrete house by Plusminus Architects built outside Bratislava
Czech studio 3+1 Architekti has added a zigzagging wooden extension over old stone walls to turn a former agricultural barn into a woodwork training centre (+ slideshow). More about Serrated timber extension by 3+1 Architekti transforms stone barn into woodwork facility
Two intricate bamboo domes form part of this community centre under construction in Ho Chi Minh City, by Vietnamese firm and bamboo exponent Vo Trong Nghia Architects (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia unveils bamboo domes in Vietnam
Bamboo architects: architects in China are turning to bamboo as a cheap and sustainable building material, according to Dylan Baker-Rice, principal at Hong Kong studio Affect-T (+ interview). More about Bamboo "becoming increasingly popular" in Chinese architecture
Keeping up with the growing popularity for natural swimming pools, Herzog & de Meuron has completed a biologically filtered bathing lake in Riehen, Switzerland (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron creates naturally filtered swimming pool in Switzerland
News: the six buildings shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize have been announced, including The Shard by Renzo Piano, Zaha Hadid's Olympic Aquatics Centre, and Europe's largest public library by Mecanoo (+ slideshow). More about RIBA Stirling Prize 2014 shortlist announced
Greek tragedies will be staged every three years at this traditional amphitheatre that Studio Octopi has restored on the grounds of a college in the south of England (+ slideshow). More about Studio Octopi sets the scene for Greek tragedies with revived school amphitheatre
Bamboo architects: bamboo is the "green steel of the 21st century," according to Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia, one of the leading exponents of bamboo architecture (+ interview + slideshow). More about Bamboo "will replace other materials" in architecture says Vo Trong Nghia
Foster + Partners has overhauled the interior of the Imperial War Museum in London, creating new First World War galleries and a grand atrium that suspends planes over the heads of visitors. More about Foster + Partners adds First World War galleries to London's Imperial War Museum
Shards of glazing frame views of the distant mountains from the apartments inside this angular attic extension in northern Italy, designed by Plasma Studio (+ slideshow). More about Angular windows create glass shards across Plasma Studio's Schäfer Roofscape
This sculptural bamboo entrance designed for a Chinese flower garden was the first-ever project by architecture studio Penda, who this week unveiled a concept for a modular bamboo hotel (+ slideshow). More about Lengths of bamboo create the giant petals of Penda's Blossom Gate
News: modern architecture professor Martino Stierli has been announced as MoMA's chief curator of architecture and design, the latest in a spate of appointments at New York institutions. More about New York's Museum of Modern Art names new head of architecture and design
News: Steven Holl has been named as the architecture laureate for the 2014 Praemium Imperiale arts prize from the Japan Art Association. More about Steven Holl awarded Praemium Imperiale arts prize
German architecture office Auer Weber has extended an astronomic research facility near Munich by adding interconnected cylinders with hollow centres and curvy corridors raised up on stilts (+ slideshow). More about Sinuous ESO headquarters by Auer Weber curves around courtyards and over gardens
Bartlett architecture graduate Nick Elias has reimagined 1920s Slough, England, as the happiest place on earth by overlaying its industrial landscape with scenes from Winnie-the-Pooh (+ slideshow). More about Poohtown by Nick Elias uses Winnie-the-Pooh to bring happiness to 1920s Slough
Handmade concrete tiles give a scaly facade to this collaborative workplace building designed by Assemble for artists and designers in east London. More about Colourful shingles front Assemble's Yardhouse studios for east London creatives
The three volumes that make up this house in Japan by Keitaro Muto Architects stagger downwards like a huge set of stairs (+ slideshow). More about Three overlapping blocks make up Keitaro Muto's Sunomata house
News: Frank Gehry has unveiled his masterplan to overhaul and expand the Philadelphia Museum of Art by adding underground galleries that won't disturb the architecture of the existing Beaux Arts building (+ slideshow). More about Frank Gehry reveals "under the radar" refurb for Philadelphia Museum of Art