French artists Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Péjus have converted an old house in France into a visitor centre by giving it a ghostly cloak of polystyrene and paint. More about Gue(ho)st House by Berdaguer & Péjus
Dutch studio BaksvanWengerden has added a splayed concrete extension to a triangular brick house in north Holland (+ slideshow). More about SH House by BaksvanWengerden
Designer Morag Myerscough used the tweets of a poet to create the bold graphics surrounding this temporary cafe in London. More about MVMNT Cafe by Morag Myerscough
As Peter Zumthor has this week been named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture, here's another chance to watch the movie interview Dezeen filmed with him last summer, in which he told us "I'm a passionate architect and I think it's a beautiful profession." Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "I’m a passionate architect... I do not work for money" - Peter Zumthor
This factory-like building by architects Haworth Tompkins is the new home for print-making and photography at the Royal College of Art in London. More about The Dyson Building by Haworth Tompkins
Concrete bricks create geometric patterns on the facade of this house in Québec by architects Kariouk Associates (+ slideshow). More about Chelsea Hill House by Kariouk Associates
Planks of translucent glass provide the walls for this house in south London designed by architect Carl Turner for himself and his partner (+ slideshow). More about Slip House by Carl Turner Architects
News: architects, curators and students can now apply to participate in the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which takes place from 12 September to 15 December 2013. More about Call for entries to Lisbon Architecture Triennale
News: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has today been named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More about Peter Zumthor to receive the Royal Gold Medal for architecture
Stray balls aren't a problem on the rooftop tennis court of this sports centre in western Poland by PL.architekci, thanks to the cage that covers the building (+ slideshow). More about Fala Park by PL.architekci
News: Barclays Center, a 19,000-seat indoor sports arena designed by SHoP Architects and AECOM, opens to the public in Brooklyn this weekend. More about Brooklyn's Barclays Center opens
News: architecture critic Rowan Moore has labelled Renzo Piano's Shard skyscraper as a "serious failure of planning" and described claims that the Olympics will regenerate east London as "bullsh*t". More about Olympic regeneration claims are "bullsh*t" - Rowan Moore
This holiday cabin in Sweden by architect Mikael Bergquist is clad with untreated timber that will fade to grey as time passes (+ slideshow). More about Summer House by Mikael Bergquist
A sharply pointed gable rises above the walls of this stone funeral chapel in a small German town by Bayer & Strobel Architekten (+ slideshow). More about Funeral Chapel in Ingelheim Frei-Weinheim by Bayer & Strobel Architekten
This golden library in Copenhagen by architects COBE and Transform is meant to resemble a pile of books (+ slideshow). More about The Library by COBE and Transform
Rooms are shared between two matching concrete blocks at this house in Israel by architects Shilo Benaroya. More about Ben Ami House by Shilo Benaroya
News: the Dutch city of Almere has won a bid to host the World Horticultural Expo in 2022 with proposals by MVRDV for a square-shaped peninsula covered in gardens. More about MVRDV to create Almere peninsula for World Horticultural Expo
An undulating golden plane blankets the new Islamic art galleries at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, which opened to the public this weekend (+ slideshow). More about Department of Islamic Arts at Musée du Louvre by Mario Bellini and Rudy Ricciotti
A chequerboard of solid and void cloaks the tapered glass walls of this bank in Innsbruck by Austrian architect Rainer Köberl (photographs by Lukas Schaller + slideshow). More about BTV Branch Innsbruck by Rainer Köberl
The latticed facade of this Tokyo bookstore by Klein Dytham Architecture comprises hundreds of interlocking T-shapes that subtly reference the logo of entertainment retailer Tsutaya (+ slideshow). More about Daikanyama T-Site by Klein Dytham Architecture