London studio de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM) has completed a wedge-shaped studio for an artist in Deptford, south-east London, with a sky-facing window designed to draw in north light "like a big hungry eye". More about DRMM's Comet Street art studio draws in daylight through a sky-facing window
The mountain landscape of coastal Mexico provides an idyllic setting for this red concrete house by Mexican architect David Pedroza Castañeda (+ slideshow). More about Casa Narigua by David Pedroza Castañeda thrusts out from the Mexican landscape
A spiralling concrete staircase connects the 12 platforms that make up this split-level house in San Pedro de la Paz, Chile, by Chilean firm Pezo von Ellrichshausen (photos by Cristobal Palma + slideshow). More about Concrete staircase spirals up through Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Gago
Australian studio Wolveridge Architects ran a brickwork pathway through the inside and outside of this timber-clad extension to a house in Melbourne, using old bricks found in the garden (+ slideshow). More about Wolveridge Architects adds timber-clad extension to Northcote Residence
Architect duo Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen built this seven-storey concrete tower in the Chilean countryside to house their own living quarters as well as a studio for their firm (photos by Cristobal Palma + movie). More about Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Cien is a home and studio with a bumpy concrete finish
Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT), the architect behind the 2013 World Building of the Year, has overhauled the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery by transforming an old courtyard into a gallery and framing a new public square (+ slideshow). More about Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp modernises Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
This small gabled house by Japanese architect Naoko Horibe has two openings in its facade – the first is triangular and contains a recessed balcony, while the second is rectangular and comprises a protruding terrace (+ slideshow). More about Geometric shapes puncture facade of House in Fukai by Horibe Associates
A 38-metre-high treehouse by American studio Mithun is the venue for the Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, but also functions as a treetop exhibition centre for visitors to the surrounding West Virginia park. More about West Virginia treehouse by Mithun hosts the American boy scouts' Jamboree
Hundreds of circular apertures perforate the reinforced concrete walls of this office tower in Seoul by Korean studio Archium, designed to recreate the structural strength of honeycomb (+ slideshow). More about Archium's Urban Hive tower has a perforated facade modelled on honeycomb
News: architect and Pritzker Prize laureate Hans Hollein has died in Vienna at the age of 80 after a long illness. More about Architect Hans Hollein dies aged 80
News: Chinese materials firm Yingchuang New Materials has reportedly produced 10 3D-printed buildings in 24 hours, using a custom-built machine that outputs layers of construction waste mixed with cement (+ slideshow). More about Chinese company 3D prints 10 buildings in a day using construction waste
News: Foster + Partners has submitted plans for a 73-storey skyscraper at London's Canary Wharf, which is set to become the tallest residential tower in the UK. More about Foster + Partners submits plans for UK's tallest residential tower
Students from London's Architectural Association have designed and built a lattice-framed shelter for seasoning timber at the school's Dorset campus, using short lengths of wood taken from neighbouring beech trees (+ slideshow). More about Architectural Association students build woodland shelter with a twisting lattice roof
Wooden shingles give a rough texture to the walls of this extension to a youth centre by Bernd Zimmermann – the German architect who recently completed a house clad with mirrors (+ slideshow). More about Youth centre extension by Bernd Zimmermann features a facade of wooden shingles
News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed plans to create a cavernous public park in Abu Dhabi beneath a fragmented canopy resembling the cracked surface of the Arabian desert. More about Thomas Heatherwick unveils "sunken oasis" for Abu Dhabi
News: a New York developer has revealed first images of an apartment block redevelopment underway in Manhattan with interiors designed by this year's Pritzker Prize winner, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about Shigeru Ban redesigns interiors for iron-clad New York apartment block
Curving concrete walls frame secluded meeting rooms along the central thoroughfare of this architecture faculty building at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, by Peter Cook's architecture firm CRAB Studio (+ slideshow). More about CRAB Studio creates cave-like meeting rooms at Bond University architecture faculty
The facade of a 1950s house in south-west Germany has been transformed into a giant funhouse mirror as part of a renovation by German architect Bernd Zimmermann. More about Bernd Zimmermann's mirror-clad House wz2 offers distorted reflections
This house in the Swedish seaside town of Mölle by Stockholm studio Elding Oscarson has an upper storey clad with roughly sawn Douglas fir and a lower section that is entirely transparent (+ slideshow). More about Elding Oscarson completes Swedish seaside house in Mölle
Stones and shells from the seashore fill the walls of these eight contemporary British beach huts that London office Pedder & Scampton designed for the seaside town of Southend (+ slideshow). More about Traditional British beach huts get a modern makeover from Pedder & Scampton