A stripy facade modelled on a skyline bounds the circular campus of this Melbourne primary school, designed by Australian firm McBride Charles Ryan to reference walled cities around the world (+ slideshow). More about Stripy Melbourne school by McBride Charles Ryan mirrors the local skyline
Architect Zaha Hadid has described her Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan as an "incredible achievement" while project architect Saffet Kaya Bekiroglu said the project expressed the "soft, romantic side" of Azeri culture (+ interview + movie). More about Heydar Aliyev Center was "an incredibly ambitious project" says Zaha Hadid
News: Spanish office Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos has won a competition to design a woodland cultural centre for the organisation run by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, after claiming their proposal won't involve felling a single tree (+ slideshow). More about Nieto Sobejano scores Estonian cultural centre for composer Arvo Pärt
News: New York studio The Living has completed this year's MoMA PS1 gallery pavilion – a cluster of circular towers built from bricks that have been grown from corn stalks and mushrooms (+ slideshow). More about Tower of "grown" bio-bricks by The Living opens at MoMA PS1
Charred timber clads this woodland hideaway that Czech studio Uhlik Architekti has built on top of a large boulder within a forest clearing in central Bohemia (+ slideshow). More about Forest Retreat by Uhlik Architekti rests on a boulder in a Bohemian wood
A spiralling staircase with a stripy central balustrade unites the refurbished spaces of this city hall in the French commune of Le Pré Saint-Gervais by Paris firm Zoomfactor Architectes. More about Zoomfactor Architectes updates a city hall with a spiralling staircase
Columns arranged in V formations support the overhanging roof of this idyllic seaside residence in Chile, which offers occupants panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean (+ slideshow). More about Casa Rambla by LAND Arquitectos faces out over the Pacific Ocean
News: architect Zaha Hadid's undulating Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku has been named Design of the Year by London's Design Museum this evening. More about Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center wins Design of the Year 2014
Cape Town architect Mark Thomas and engineer Henry Fagan have completed a sinuous wooden walkway that meanders through the treetops of a botanical garden on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain (+ slideshow). More about Boomslang walkway by Mark Thomas and Henry Fagan extends over a forest canopy
Tokyo studio PANDA has slotted a boxy family house onto a plot hemmed in by other residences on all four sides (+ slideshow). More about PANDA's House in Jingumae slots in between four existing homes
Prague studio EDIT! has sunken the majority of this Czech house below street level, so only a small gabled structure is visible to passersby (+ slideshow). More about MBP House by EDIT! hides most of its body below street level
Slovenian firm 3biro Arhitekti designed underground rooms and cantilevers to create the impression that this family house "only slightly touches the sloping terrain". More about House in Slovenia by 3biro Arhitekti appears to barely touch the ground
Rooms are housed within stark concrete boxes at this São Paulo artist's studio by AR Arquitetos, while a glazed atrium creates a light-filled space for painting (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Aberto by AR Arquitetos is a São Paulo studio with a light-filled atrium
Swiss office Virdis Architecture clad this sports hall near Lausanne in vertical timber slats, but left toothpick-shaped gaps to allow light to filter through. More about Timber walls feature narrow vertical slices at Virdis Architecture's Lussy Sports Hall
The second project on Dezeen today from Czech studio Petr Hajek Architekti is a house on the outskirts of Prague with rooms that branch out in all directions to frame views of nearby trees (+ slideshow). More about Chameleon House by Petr Hajek Architekti features rooms that point in different directions
Australian architects Peter Hogg and Toby Reed designed this small chevron-shaped art gallery for a client seeking a space to display his late wife's paintings (+ slideshow). More about Small arrow-shaped art gallery installed in an Australian garden
Raw concrete ceilings are concealed beneath the faceted green roof of this environmental education centre in the Czech town of Vrchlabí, designed by Petr Hájek Architekti to sink into the topography of the surrounding parkland (+ slideshow). More about Concrete education centre by Petr Hájek is sunken into a park landscape
Zigzagging balconies with larch railings enliven the facade of this apartment block in Graz, Austria, by Love Architecture and Urbanism (+ slideshow). More about Zigzagging balconies create sculptural facade for Ragnitzstrasse 36 apartment block
Corrugated concrete and polycarbonate panels have been used to create the textured and translucent facade of this youth and community centre in London by RCKa Architects (+ slideshow). More about London youth centre by RCKa features a translucent polycarbonate facade
Melbourne studio Clare Cousins Architects rearranged and extended a Victorian house in the city's St Kilda East district to create two wings for living and sleeping, either side of a dining space that opens out to the garden. More about Victorian house renovation by Clare Cousins features a courtyard dining room