News: Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has been granted planning permission for a school of government and public policy at the University of Oxford, UK. More about Herzog & de Meuron wins planning permission for Oxford university building
News: One World Trade Center in New York has become the world's third-tallest building after topping out at a height of 541 metres. More about One World Trade Center tops out
Walls of Corten steel and timber surround this house by McAllister Alcock Architects on a vineyard in Mornington Peninsula, Australia (+ slideshow). More about Main Ridge Residence by McAllister Alcock Architects
The watchtowers, walls and pathways of a historic fort were repaired and rebuilt as part of this restoration project in the 2000-year-old city of Thula, Yemen, one of 20 projects shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award. More about Thula Fort Restoration by Abdullah Al-Hadrami
An opaque box appears to balance over see-through walls of glass and perforated steel at this house and pet shop in Saitama, Japan, by architecture studio Norisada Maeda Atelier (+ slideshow). More about Torus by Norisada Maeda Atelier
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This house in rural England was designed by British architect Lucy Marston to reference old English farmhouses and features red brickwork, a steep gabled profile and a corner chimney (+ slideshow). More about Long Farm by Lucy Marston
This concrete staircase into the air by Lisbon architecture studio Ateliermob functions as a riverside amphitheatre on the banks of the Tagus in central Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Rio de Moinhos Open-Air Theatre by Ateliermob
News: the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to reconsider its decision to demolish the former American Folk Art Museum next door following an outcry from architects, conservationists and critics. More about MoMA pulls back from plan to raze former folk art museum
This apartment block in the Iranian town of Mahallat was constructed using the otherwise useless offcuts from local stonecutting businesses. More about Apartment No. 1 by AbCT
This coastal holiday house and swimming pool by Mumbai practice WE Design Studio is positioned over a stone retaining wall in the hilly landscape of Alibaug, India (+ slideshow). More about House in Alibaug by WE Design Studio
News: the winners of the 2013 Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards have been announced, with Chicago-based collective Studio Gang Architects taking the prize for architecture. More about Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt announces National Design Awards winners
News: after buildings that look like giant underpants and a stack of toilet rolls, here's a tower in Beijing that has been compared to a giant penis. More about Chinese newspaper headquarters compared to huge penis
Staircases zigzag between balconies and terraces on the facade of the Campbell Sports Centre, a new athletics facility by Steven Holl Architects for Columbia University in New York (+ slideshow). More about Campbell Sports Centre by Steven Holl Architects
Art galleries are held inside an illuminated glass tunnel and balanced high above the ground at this museum by Steven Holl, the centrepiece of an architecture complex in a forest near Nanjing, China. More about Nanjing Sifang Art Museum by Steven Holl Architects
News: American firm SOM has unveiled plans to build Singapore's tallest tower as part of a mixed-use development in the Tanjong Pagar business district. More about SOM to build Singapore's tallest tower
News: architect Daniel Libeskind has been chosen to design a Holocaust memorial in the state capital of Ohio, USA. More about Libeskind picked for Ohio Holocaust memorial
Foster + Partners has completed a new gallery wing clad with golden pipes at the Lenbachhaus art museum in Munich (+ slideshow). More about Lenbachhaus museum by Foster + Partners
This project by architecture collective Rumah Asuh involved the repair and reconstruction of the last remaining traditional thatched residences on Flores Island, Indonesia. More about Preservation of the Mbaru Niang by Rumah Asuh
Australian architect Christopher Polly has converted a small Sydney bungalow into a two-storey house by adding extra rooms behind and underneath. More about Cosgriff House by Christopher Polly