Open-plan rooms of subtly different proportions are created by an off-centre courtyard in this square house in rural Japan. More about Doughnut House by Naoi Architecture & Design Office
Pyramidal chimneys perforated by square windows draw light into the playrooms of a Japanese nursery by Archivision Hirotani Studio. More about Leimondo Nursery School by Archivision Hirotani Studio
This roof of this sea-facing holiday house in Mandurah, south of Perth, jolts up and down to create four irregular gables. More about Florida Beach House by Iredale Pedersen Hook
French studio CUT Architectures have extended a Paris house by squeezing a glass-fronted music room and a garage between the building and its neighbour. More about Extension to a house in Chaville by CUT Architectures
Square box windows provide seating areas at a hospital unit in Bath, UK, for sick and premature babies. More about The Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos have completed an underground museum in Spain with weathered steel towers and cylinders that emerge above a grass lawn (photographs by Roland Halbe and Fernando Alda). More about Interactive Museum of the History of Lugo by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
A forest of timber columns and a stone fireplace feign a woodland campsite inside a visitor centre at the Rocky Mountains. More about Grand Teton Discovery and Visitor Centre by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Dezeen archive: as we've been bombarded by beautiful Australian houses in recent weeks and our story from last week about a cliff-top house inspired by a Picasso painting (top left) continues to be popular with readers, we've grouped together all our stories about houses in Australia. See all the stories »
More about Dezeen archive: Australian houses
A veil of metal lace screened by thin concrete piers clads an extension to a baroque theatre and an adjacent commercial block in Germany. More about Elsbethen Site by Trint + Kreuder d.n.a
Cooling pools of water and trees line corridors and rooms inside an Indonesian house by architects Budi Pradono. More about R-House by Budi Pradono
These twin residences in Riga, Latvia, mirror one another exactly, except that one is clad in timber and the other in blackened steel. More about House on Zaru Street by Open AD
This jumbled house in India features an elevated steel tunnel, bridged corridors and a rooftop swimming pool on stilts. More about House at Alibag by Malik Architecture
The first-ever building to have a carbon fibre structure is a mobile studio-cum-stage by Japanese architects Atelier Bow-Wow, which just opened in New York. More about BMW Guggenheim Lab by Atelier Bow-Wow
A translucent training centre in northern Italy has earned architects Iotti + Pavarani the Renzo Piano Foundation prize for the best Italian practice under 40. More about Domus Technica by Iotti + Pavarani
New York architects WORKac have won a competition to design a cultural hub on a St Petersburg island that has been closed to the public for over 300 years. More about New Holland Island by WORKac
An unusual combination of limestone columns and concrete bands surrounds the exterior of a laboratory by UK architects Stanton Williams in the botanic gardens of Cambridge University. More about Sainsbury Laboratory by Stanton Williams
Two stark concrete houses in Lisbon feature secluded courtyards with overflowing ponds and swimming pools (photographs by Fernando Guerra). More about Santa Isabel Houses by Bak Gordon
Indonesian architects Budi Pradono have designed a leaning house for Jakarta with a tree growing inside. More about Rumah Miring by Budi Pradono
Here's the first set of images of the Kingdom Tower, about to begin construction in Jeddah and set to be the world's tallest building at over 1000 metres. More about The Kingdom Tower by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
French architect Marc Fornes of The Very Many has completed a perforated aluminium pavilion that resembles a giant piece of coral. More about NonLin/Lin Pavilion by Marc Fornes/ and The Very Many
