Architect John Lin has adapted the traditional style of a rural Chinese courtyard residence to create a village house that is entirely self-sufficient (+ slideshow). More about House For All Seasons by John Lin
Renzo Piano's London skyscraper The Shard will be officially inagurated tomorrow, followed by a five-minute laser show projected onto its 310-metre-high facade. More about The Shard opens tomorrow
These London townhouses by architects Piercy & Company have chunky banisters formed from thickly layered birch plywood. More about Wakefield Street Townhouses by Piercy & Company
Wooden stairs climb up through a narrow lightwell inside this house by Japanese studio Tato Architects. More about House in Futako-Shinchi by Tato Architects
Belgian studio EXAR Architecture have replaced walls of brick and plaster with glass and Corten steel on this extension to a suburban house outside Brussels. More about Campanules by EXAR Architecture
The timber-framed rooms of this house in Osaka prefacture by Japanese architects Suga Atelier are on show to the street though a transparent facade. More about House of Cedar by Suga Atelier
Drivers along a coastal road in Iceland can now stop at a curved concrete service station styled like an American diner by architects KRADS of Iceland and Denmark. More about Stöðin Roadside Stop by KRADS
Illuminated installations inspired by the structures of microorganisms were created for the BUGA festival in Germany by Stoke Newington design studio Loop.pH. More about Lichtstroeme by Loop.pH
French architect Jean Nouvel has renovated a nineteenth century brewery in Barcelona to make way for restaurants, bars, a bakery and a museum. More about Fábrica Moritz by Jean Nouvel
Dezeen Wire: new Royal College of Art dean of architecture Alex de Rijke will steer students away from proposing unrealisable "paper architecture" and instead focus on how their ideas could be built (+ movie). More about RCA architecture course to move away from "paper architecture" - new dean
Architects Colboc Franzen & Associés have masked the facade and balconies of three apartment blocks in the south of France behind curved galvanised-steel grids. More about Housing in Sète by Colboc Franzen & Associés
Dezeen archive: we've noticed a lot of parasitic architecture so here's a selection of buildings on Dezeen that sit, lean or cling on to others. See all the stories »
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Here are the first official photographs of Wendy, the giant blue spiky air-cleaning sculpture that has been installed in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York (+ slideshow). More about Wendy by HWKN
This mobile pavilion for a travelling chef by Barcelona studio Rodero Beggiao Architects will comprise two wedge-shaped modules that can be reconfigured to suit each new home. More about elBulli Pavilion by Rodero Beggiao Architects
This snaking concrete structure by Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Architects winds down from a road to the beach along the edge of the Arctic Ocean. More about Havøysund Tourist Route by Reiulf Ramstad Architects
Austrian architects BWM Architekten und Partner and Michael Manzenreiter have completed a hotel in central Vienna with big oval windows all over its brown mosaic facade. More about Hotel Topazz by BWM Architekten und Partner and Michael Manzenreiter
A kilometre-long cable car designed by British architects Wilkinson Eyre has opened today over the River Thames in London. More about Emirates Air Line by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Hoxton architects Edgley Design have tucked a rubber-clad residence and aluminium artist's studio behind a row of semi-detached houses in Hackney. More about Amhurst Road by Edgley Design
French architects ECDM have completed a nursery in Paris with rippling concrete walls (+ slideshow). More about Crèche Rue Pierre Budin by ECDM
Here are the first images of the Maggie’s Centre for cancer care that New York architect Steven Holl is designing for St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. More about Maggie’s Barts by Steven Holl