Japanese architect Shigeru Ban developed these timber and earth houses for the rehabilitation of a Sri Lankan fishing village that was swept away during the 2004 tsunami (+ slideshow). More about Post-Tsunami Housing by Shigeru Ban
This holiday house with rammed earth walls by US architects DUST is nestled amongst the rocky outcrops and sprouting cacti of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona (+ slideshow). More about Tucson Mountain Retreat by DUST
The homes of 27,000 Palestinian refugees will be replaced as part of this reconstruction project underway at Nahr el-Bared, 16 kilometres outside of Tripoli, Lebanon (+ slideshow). More about Reconstruction of Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
News: US firms SO-IL and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson have won a competition to design an art museum at the University of California's Davis campus with plans that will unite indoor and outdoor spaces beneath a large steel roof. More about SO-IL chosen for art museum at University of California
Australian office Kennedy Nolan Architects used recycled bricks, concrete and rough-sawn timber to construct this courtyard house near the beach in Melbourne. More about Merricks Beach House by Kennedy Nolan Architects
Prayer rooms with walls of red concrete lead out to a staggered sequence of graveyards at this Islamic cemetery in western Austria by local studio Bernardo Bader Architects (+ slideshow). More about Islamic Cemetery by Bernardo Bader Architects
This social housing complex in Ibiza by Spanish office Castell-Pons Arquitectes features two jagged apartment blocks arranged around a central courtyard (+ slideshow). More about 14 Official Proteccion Housing in Ibiza by Castell-Pons Arquitectes
Four courtyards penetrate the rectilinear volume of this concrete library in Spain by architects Ramon Esteve Estudio (+ slideshow). More about Biblioteca Sant Josep by Ramon Esteve Estudio
This sports hall in Lelystad, the Netherlands, by Dutch firm Slangen + Koenis Architects is coloured in fluorescent shades of green, yellow and blue (+ slideshow). More about De Rietlanden Sports Hall by Slangen + Koenis Architects
Here are the latest images of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners' extension to the British Museum in London, set to complete early next year. More about World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu sliced away the rear wall and replaced it with glass for this renovation of a 1930s townhouse in Shanghai. More about Rethinking the Split House by Neri&Hu
A wooden wall with the silhouette of three little buildings lines the edge of this house extension in Melbourne by Australian architecture studio BLOXAS (+ slideshow). More about Profile House by BLOXAS
News: Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have won a competition to transform the central railway area of Bari, a city in southern Italy, with a proposal to build a three-kilometre-long elevated park over the track. More about Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas to redesign central railway area of Bari, Italy
News: Herzog & de Meuron has been chosen to design the new National Library of Israel in Jerusalem after the initial competition winner was dismissed over a copyright dispute. More about Herzog & de Meuron wins second competition for National Library of Israel
News: Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland, by Henning Larsen Architects and artist Olafur Eliasson has won this year's European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award. More about Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2013
This asterisk-shaped restaurant and winery at the centre of a lake near Beijing is our second story in the last week about Chinese studio SAKO Architects (+ slideshow). More about Asterisk by SAKO Architects
Arched openings bring students past shimmering tiled buildings and into landscaped courtyards at this grammar school near Melbourne by Australian architects McBride Charles Ryan (slideshow). More about Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Senior by McBride Charles Ryan
Walls appear to be peeling back from the facade of this house by Chinese office AZL Architects, one of 24 architect-designed buildings underway in a forest near Nanjing, China. More about Blockhouse by AZL Architects
Dezeen archive: we've published a few buildings covered in thatch recently, so here's a roundup of more examples from the Dezeen archives. See all our stories about thatched architecture »
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Black-painted pine clads the walls of this small gabled house by Swedish studio Erik Andersson Architects on an island in the Stockholm archipelago (+ slideshow). More about Villa Wallin by Erik Andersson Architects