A robotically woven carbon-fibre pavilion based on the lightweight shell encasing the wings and abdomen of a beetle is the second structure revealed this week from the team of architects and engineers at the University of Stuttgart (+ movie). More about University of Stuttgart unveils carbon-fibre pavilion based on beetle shells
London firm Stanton Williams has transformed the training facility it designed for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games into a major sporting venue for the UK's hockey and tennis organisations (+ slideshow). More about Stanton Williams converts Olympic training venue into hockey and tennis centre
Beijing office Vector Architects installed a louvred wall of weathered steel mesh along one facade of this visitor centre on a farm near Kunshan, China, to shade the interior from the low evening sun (+ slideshow). More about Red mesh shades the interior of a farm visitor centre by Vector Architects
Folded aluminium panels create vertical and horizontal pleats across the walls of this music conservatory and concert hall completed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in the south of France (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma's Aix en Provence Conservatory of Music boasts pleated aluminium walls
A team of Chilean architects has completed a new business faculty for Diego Portales University comprising a pair of concrete boxes with balconies and terraces slotted over, under and through them (+ slideshow). More about Duque Motta & AA designs punctured concrete volumes for Chilean university faculty
A team featuring JDS Architects has created a waterfront recreation area for the Danish seaside town of Faaborg where swimming areas sit between piers and decked surfaces curve up over small buildings (+ slideshow). More about Sloped decking creates waterfront slides at Faaborg Harbour Bath
Facebook, Instagram and Flickr are posing a serious challenge to professional photographers and changing the way architects work, says architectural photographer Cristobal Palma (+ interview + movie). More about "Everyone is becoming an expert in image-making" says photographer Cristobal Palma
News: Brooklyn firm Garrison Architects has unveiled a full-size prototype for post-disaster housing described as "a step forward in the way that cities respond to natural disasters" like hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. More about Modular New York homes by Garrison Architects to "create a blueprint for post-disaster housing"
German studio Format Elf Architekten has designed three holiday cottages for a resort in the Bavarian countryside that resemble archetypal pitched-roof barns (+ slideshow). More about Format Elf Architekten adds blackened timber cottages to a rural German resort
The living room of this home in Japan's Hyogo prefecture, by Tokyo architect Soichi Yamasaki, features a dog pen so the owner's pets can be involved in family life without running riot (+ slideshow). More about Playpen for dogs installed within Soichi Yamasaki's S Residence
Movie: Chilean architect Smiljan Radić says he wanted his pavilion to have the qualities of a giant hand-made model in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the unveiling of the 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion on Tuesday. More about Smiljan Radić's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion looks like a crude model "made by a giant"
British photographer Jim Stephenson has shared his images of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2014 by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, which was unveiled earlier today in London (+ slideshow). More about Smiljan Radić's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion photographed by Jim Stephenson
Competition: we've teamed up with UK designers Dorothy to give Dezeen readers the chance to win one of five architectural prints. More about Competition: five architectural prints by Dorothy to be won
News: a double-domed pavilion is the first building to have its main structure entirely made out of wooden panels created by robots, according to academics from the University of Stuttgart (+ slideshow). More about Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall is a plywood pavilion made by robots
News: Chilean architect Smiljan Radić has this morning unveiled his translucent and bulbous Serpentine Gallery Pavilion at Kensington Gardens in London. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2014 by Smiljan Radić opens
The front wall of this small white house in Japan appears to have been folded down like the corner of a piece of paper (+ slideshow). More about Folded facade gives a paper-like weight to Yukio Hashimoto's F-House
The second recent project from Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects is this renovation of a garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City that now features a hanging bamboo ceiling concealing mechanical equipment (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia Architects adds brick and bamboo to Vietnam factory interior
Reflective stainless steel surfaces and a polished concrete floor brighten the interior of this extension to a terraced house in the Islington area of London by Architecture for London (+ slideshow). More about Architecture for London creates light-filled London extension using polished materials
News: Frank Gehry's arts centre for a cultural foundation established by fashion brand Louis Vuitton is nearing completion in the Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris. More about Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton gets set to open in Paris
Northern Ireland studio McGarry-Moon Architects has inserted a contemporary living space into this stone barn, which has been long-listed for the Royal Institute of British Architects' 2014 Manser Medal for best British house (+ slideshow). More about McGarry-Moon updates a traditional stone barn with a steel-framed living space