Architecture magazines are ruining architecture, Brooklyn-based artist and architect Vito Acconci told Dezeen at Vienna Design Week, stating that "architecture is the opposite of an image". More about Vito Acconci interview: "Architecture is not about space but about time"
News: construction is set to recommence on 56 Leonard Street, a 250-metre-high residential tower in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron and dubbed the "Jenga building". More about Work to restart on Herzog & de Meuron's stalled "Jenga building"
Slideshow feature: the winner of this year's RIBA Stirling Prize will be revealed tomorrow at a ceremony in Manchester, but in the meantime here's a reminder of the six buildings nominated, which include the London Olympic Stadium, a botanical laboratory and two projects by OMA. More about Slideshow feature: Stirling Prize nominees
Canadian architect Omar Gandhi has completed a wooden cabin for two artists that appears to be climbing up a hill in rural Nova Scotia (+ slideshow). More about Moore Studio by Omar Gandhi
This student housing building in Paris by Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti was designed to resembled a stack of wooden baskets. More about Basket Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
Chunky concrete boxes form a grid of secluded balconies across the facade of this apartment block in Kyoto by Japanese studio VIDZ Architects. More about Housing in Onmae by VIDZ Architects
Movie: Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan of Studio MK27 used cinematic techniques he picked up in his early career as a movie director to film one of his latest projects through the eyes of the client's pet cat. More about Movie: Toblerone House by Studio MK27 through the eyes of a cat
This six-sided building covered in mirrors is the new home for the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland in Ohio by London-based architect Farshid Moussavi (+ slideshow). More about Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland by Farshid Moussavi
Circular hollows create sunken rooms and curved balconies inside this wooden house in Japan by UID Architects (+ slideshow). More about Pit House by UID Architects
News: the UK's government-appointed architecture watchdog has apologised for saying that Renzo Piano (above) and Daniel Libeskind are "not entitled to be described" as architects. More about Watchdog apologises for saying Renzo Piano "not entitled" to be called an architect
Dutch architectural practice BaksvanWengerden has completed a wonky delicatessen in the town of Oegstgeest. More about Dames Dietz Deli Shop by BaksvanWengerden
News: Spanish architects Alarcon+Asociados have developed a new construction product that allows a six-storey building to fit into a five-storey volume. (+ movie). More about New construction system saves "50 centimetres per floor"
This narrow house in Osaka by Ido, Kenji Architectural Studio contains hollow white boxes for stairs and a skewed upper storey. More about House in Tamatsu by Ido, Kenji Architectural Studio
This rooftop house extension by Californian architects SFOSL has a metal bridge at its entrance and a facade that folds open. More about 20th Street Residence by SFOSL
OMA has won a competition to design a new campus for the École Centrale school of engineering in France by proposing a 'superblock' of separate buildings within a single gridded structure (+ slideshow). More about École Centrale Engineering School by OMA
Beijing Design Week: an exhibition about the problems faced by international architects working in China is on display as part of Beijing Design Week, exploring the issues at play through the stories of twelve projects that never made it. More about (un)Made in China exhibition at Beijing Design Week
Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann used raw concrete, oak and travertine to create the smooth walls and floors of this home and poolhouse overlooking Lake Zurich (+ slideshow). More about Two Verandas by Gus Wüstemann
The students and tutor of an architecture workshop in Ljubljana have built a wedge-shaped wooden pavilion containing a tiny pool of water and logs acting as stepping stones. More about Water Temple Student Workshop by Kieran Donnellan and MEDS students
World Architecture Festival 2012: this slideshow of images features the Plaza Espana, a public square above an underground museum in Tenerife by Menis Arquitectos, which won the award in the new and old category at the World Architecture Festival this week. More about Slideshow: Plaza Espana by Menis Arquitectos
World Architecture Festival 2012: architects Arcau won the civic and community category at the World Architecture Festival this week for a community building in the French town of Pornic that references traditional local storehouses for salt. More about Slideshow: Solarge Town and Community Building by Arcau