A slender steel awning shades artists from the sun on the rooftop of this creative arts space that French-Brazilian studio Triptyque created for drinks brand Red Bull in a São Paulo warehouse (+ slideshow). More about São Paulo warehouse revamped into Red Bull arts centre by Triptyque
The new Melbourne home of the Australian Institute of Architects is a 22-storey tower by architecture firm Lyons with a sculptural facade that breaks down into staircases and balconies (+ slideshow). More about Australian Institute of Architects moves into sculptural Melbourne tower by Lyons
A metal-clad roof designed to reference local barns follows the stepped profile of this house in the American state of Arkansas by deMx architecture (+ slideshow). More about Angular metal roof wraps around hilltop house by deMx architecture
News: French studio LAN has won a competition to revamp the Grand Palais exhibition centre in Paris with plans to restore galleries around the Grand Nave and insert a new entrance court. More about LAN wins renovation of Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris
This railway service facility in Zurich by local architects EM2N features a three-dimensional patterned facade made from zigzagging cement modules (+ slideshow). More about Bulging cement panels clad Zurich railway service facility by EM2N
Huge sliding doors at the front and rear of this weekend house in rural Hiroshima allow residents to open out their timber-lined living spaces to the scenic mountain landscape (+ slideshow). More about Hinanai Village House opens out to a scenic mountain landscape
The lower storey of this house in Ontario by Toronto studio Williamson Chong Architects is wrapped by a concrete wall that burrows into a hillside, while the upper floor is an overhanging box clad with red-stained timber (+ slideshow). More about Williamson Chong's House in Frogs Hollow burrows into the Ontario landscape
Following SOM’s new airport terminal in Mumbai featuring a vast concrete canopy and Grimshaw’s St Petersburg terminal comprising monumental folded ceilings, here are some of the most amazing examples of airport architecture from the pages of Dezeen (+ slideshow). More about Special feature: ten amazing airport designs
Hidden at the bottom of a London garden, this glowing shed by British studio Weston, Surman & Deane was designed as a writing retreat for an author (+ slideshow). More about Light glows through the cedar facade of Writer's Shed by Weston Surman & Deane
A multipurpose building with a skin of chestnut shingles was popular last week, so we've created a Pinterest board full of architectural projects with facades covered in overlapping tiles. See our new Pinterest board»
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Pale bricks are arranged in a herringbone pattern on the outer walls of this compact house in north-east London that architect Zoe Chan designed and built for herself (+ slideshow). More about Patterned brickwork surrounds Atelier ChanChan's Herringbone House
Opinion: in response to Joseph Rykwert's Royal Gold Medal lecture this week, where the critic stressed that all design has political implications, Kieran Long rejects Zaha Hadid's assertion that architects have "nothing to do with the workers" who die on construction sites. More about "We cannot absolve ourselves of responsibility for the implications of a project"
French firm Dominique Perrault Architecture has completed a 220-metre skyscraper with a folded glass facade in Vienna, which has now become Austria's tallest building. More about Dominique Perrault's DC Tower 1 now Austria's tallest building
Berlin studio J Mayer H has designed a temporary pavilion comprising a wonky grid of criss-crossing timber beams to celebrate the 300th year of German city Karlsruhe (+ slideshow). More about J Mayer H designs gridded pavilion for Karlsruhe's 300-year anniversary
Concrete block walls with window-like apertures surround a courtyard at the front of this Melbourne house by local practice MRTN Architects, which also features an angular wooden roof (+slideshow). More about Family courtyard fronts Fairfield Hacienda house by MRTN Architects
Thom Mayne's Los Angeles firm Morphosis has completed a new Hollywood campus for arts school Emerson College where a rectangular frame surrounds a curvaceous cluster of classrooms (+ slideshow). More about Emerson College campus by Morphosis places curvy classrooms within a hollow frame
A skin of chestnut shingles covers the facade of this multipurpose building at a school in the French town of Hostens by Dauphins (+ slideshow). More about School building clad in chestnut shingles by Dauphins
Shimmering golden panels clad the monumental folded ceilings of this new airport terminal in St Petersburg designed by London studio Grimshaw (+ slideshow). More about Grimshaw completes St Petersburg airport with folded golden ceilings
Here are some wintery views of the new spotty stadium for Belarusian football club FC BATE Borisov designed by Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti, which is nearing completion and looks set to open later this year (+ slideshow). More about OFIS Arhitekti's spotty stadium for FC BATE Borisov nears completion
News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled plans to create a new art gallery at the V&A Waterfront museum in Cape Town by hollowing out sections of a grain silo complex. More about Heatherwick unveils gallery inside grain silos for Cape Town's V&A Waterfront