Architect Alison Brooks talks about how residents come together in the streets of her firm's Be housing project in Essex, UK, in this movie produced by Living Projects. More about "The streets become big party rooms" - Alison Brooks on Newhall Be
In this movie by producers Living Projects, architects David Mikhail and Annalie Riches explain how their Church Walk housing project created four compact but light and airy homes on the small awkward site of a former junkyard in north London. More about "It's about trying to grab light and views where you can" - Riches and Mikhail on Church Walk
London-based Moxon Architects has completed a contemporary glazed extension to this Grade II listed town house in south-west London. More about Chelsea Town House by Moxon Architects
In our second exclusive video interview in our series of movies about Richard Rogers, the British architect reveals that key elements of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which he designed together with Italian architect Renzo Piano, were strongly influenced by the radical thinking of the 1960s. More about "The Pompidou captured the revolutionary spirit of 1968" says Richard Rogers
Lisbon architect Nuno Simões of DNSJ.arq has completed a series of staircases and walkways to allow visitors to explore a historic cave near Évora, Portugal. More about Gruta do Escoural by Nuno Simões + DNSJ.arq
This house outside Barcelona by Spanish studio MDBA features a glazed living room that thrusts out towards the descending landscape (+ slideshow). More about JGC House by MDBA
News: Parisian design agency RSi-studio have sent over the image that won them the award for Best Commissioned Architectural Image at the 2013 CGarchitect 3D Awards last month. More about RSi-studio win award for 3D architectural image
French designers Zébra3/Buy-Sellf have designed a prefabricated holiday home in the shape of a cloud that sits next to a lake in south-west France (+ slideshow). More about Le Nuage by Zébra3/Buy-Sellf
News: French architect Jean Nouvel has been officially declared winner of the competition to design the prestigious National Art Museum of China in Beijing, ending months of speculation. More about Jean Nouvel wins National Art Museum of China competition
This group of university buildings by Irish office Grafton Architects, including a limestone-clad medical school and three red-brick student housing blocks, was one of the six projects named on the 2013 Stirling Prize shortlist last week (+ slideshow). More about Medical School and Student Residences at the University of Limerick by Grafton Architects
In the first of a series of exclusive video interviews with Richard Rogers, the British architect discusses the themes of his Royal Academy of Arts retrospective and explains why a building should not just be designed for a specific client, but society as a whole. More about "As architects we have a responsibility to society" says Richard Rogers
Lisbon studio ARX Portugal has extended a secondary school in Odivelas, Portugal, by adding angular concrete structures amongst the existing classroom blocks (+ slideshow). More about Caneças High School by ARX Portugal
Aerial photographs reveal the angular geometries of this rooftop swimming pool in Bangkok by Thai landscape architects T.R.O.P. (+ slideshow) More about The Pool at Pyne by T.R.O.P.
We love a castle on Dezeen so here's a roundup of all the modern additions to fortresses we've featured. See all castle architecture »
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News: Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid and Grimshaw are among the shortlisted architects in a competition to overhaul Melbourne's iconic nineteenth-century railway station at Flinders Street. More about Zaha Hadid and Herzog & de Meuron shortlisted for Melbourne station overhaul
News: the seminal London home designed by British architect Richard Rogers for his parents - and which influenced his later design for the Pompidou Centre - has been put on the market for the first time since it was built in 1968 (+ slideshow). More about Rogers House by Richard Rogers goes on sale for the first time
Take a tour through the spaces of Zaha Hadid's Galaxy Soho complex in Beijing, China, in this movie by architectural photographer Dan Chung. More about Movie: Galaxy Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects
The overhaul of the brutalist Park Hill housing estate in Sheffield, England, is another of the six projects nominated for the 2013 Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). More about Park Hill Phase 1 by Hawkins\Brown and Studio Egret West
This shimmering metal-clad factory in Osaka was designed by Japanese architect Takeshi Hamada to echo the clean and fashionable style of the company's employees (+ slideshow) More about D Labo by Takeshi Hamada
Japanese architect Kazuhiko Kishimoto has combined a doctor's surgery and a courtyard house in a bulky building with tapered concrete feet (+ slideshow). More about Lifted-Garden House by Kazuhiko Kishimoto/acaa