A hotel shaped like a giant horseshoe by Ma Yansong of Beijing studio MAD is set to open later this year on the edge of a lake in Huzhou, China. More about Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort by MAD
A cluster of five gabled cabins make up this summer retreat in northern Denmark by architects Powerhouse Company (+ movie). More about Village House by Powerhouse Company
News: OMA has completed the Shenzhen Stock Exchange - a skyscraper with a skirt at the heart of the city's Central Business District (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes Shenzhen Stock Exchange
This wooden holiday house by Swedish studio Max Holst Arkitektkontor is perched on the edge of a gorge in Vindö, an island on the Stockholm archipelago (+ slideshow). More about Holiday House Vindö by Max Holst Arkitektkontor
Corten steel columns alternate with floor-to-ceiling glass to bring stripes of light and shadow into this funeral home outside Barcelona by Spanish firm Batlle i Roig Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More about New Funeral Home in Sant Joan Despí by Batlle i Roig Arquitectes
Here are the first photographs of Zaha Hadid's Library and Learning Centre at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, which opened last week in the city's second district. More about Library and Learning Centre in Vienna by Zaha Hadid Architects
This engineering research facility at the University of Debrecen, Hungary, by NAPUR Architect has a steel-panelled facade that can fold open to let daylight penetrate the laboratories inside (+ slideshow). More about DEM Power Engineering Demonstration Centre by NAPUR Architect
A pattern of bronze leaves covers the facade of this house in Mayfair, London, by British architecture firm Squire and Partners (+ slideshow). More about Mayfair House by Squire and Partners
This house in Józefów, Poland, has randomly positioned windows each framing different views of the surrounding trees (+ slideshow). More about House in the Woods by hayakawa/kowalczyk
London studio Peter Barber Architects has added an L-shaped wing to an Arts & Crafts-style building in south-east London to create an advice and training centre for unemployed people (+ slideshow). More about Employment Academy by Peter Barber Architects
Our new Pinterest board features all the winning projects of this year's World Architecture and Inside festivals, including the Auckland Art Gallery voted as the World Building of the Year and a tiled Barcelona apartment named as the World Interior of the Year. See our new WAF and Inside Festival 2013 Pinterest board»
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World Architecture Festival 2013: this year's award for the best landscape project at the World Architecture Festival has gone to a botanical garden at a former quarry in Australia. More about Botanical garden in Australia wins World Landscape of the Year 2013
Bangkok architects all(zone) rearranged the forms found in typical standardised housing to create this family home in the Thai capital (+ slideshow). More about S3H House by all(zone)
World Architecture Festival 2013: the Future Project of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival has been given to a museum for China's maritime heritage, proposed in Tianjin. More about National Maritime Museum of China wins Future Project of the Year 2013
World Architecture Festival 2013: the Auckland Art Gallery by Australian studio Frances-Jones Morehen Thorp has been awarded World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. More about Auckland Art Gallery wins World Building of the Year 2013
Modular panels fold around the exterior of this electricity station in rural Denmark by Scandinavian firm CF Møller (+ slideshow). More about Switchgear Stations by CF Møller
Zaha Hadid's Library and Learning Centre at the Vienna University of Economics and Business opens today and this animation by London visualisation firm Neutral gives a tour of the building. More about Movie: Library and Learning Centre in Vienna by Zaha Hadid Architects
This fly-through animation of Steven Holl's design for a new Visual Arts Building at the University of Iowa was created by 3D design students at the school (+ movie). More about Movie: Iowa University Visual Arts Building by Steven Holl
World Architecture Festival 2013: after day two at the World Architecture Festival, the final category winners for the awards programme have been revealed. More about World Architecture Festival 2013 day two winners announced
Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza has extended a house he completed 25 years ago in Madrid by adding a boxy white studio in the garden. More about Little White Box at Turégano House by Alberto Campo Baeza