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Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design multistorey, prefabricated wooden housing for Kouvola, Finland. More about PUU-BO by BIG
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design multistorey, prefabricated wooden housing for Kouvola, Finland. More about PUU-BO by BIG
Los Angeles architects Emergent have won a competition to design a sports centre and arena for the 12th National Games of the People's Republic of China, to be held in Liaoning in 2013. More about Civic Sports Center and 2013 National Games Arena by Emergent
Slovenian studio Arhitektura Jure Kotnik have completed this colourful extension to a Kindergarten in Ljubljana. More about Kindergarten Kekec by Arhitektura Jure Kotnik
Canadian firm Sturgess Architecture has designed a glass viewing platform to cantilever over a glacial valley in the Columbian Icefields of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. More about Brewster's Discovery Walkway by Sturgess Architecture
Japanese architect Yoshichika Takagi has completed this house surrounded by car parks in Akita, Japan. More about House I by Yoshichika Takagi
Norwegian architects RRA have completed this wood-clad nursery school in Oslo, Norway. More about Fagerborg Kindergarten by RRA
Here's a house with gardens on all three levels designed by Singaporean studio Guz Architects on Santosa Island, Singapore. More about Sky Garden House by Guz Architects
Here's a house in Osaka, Japan, by Yoshihara McKee Architects of New York and Tokyo. More about Minamikawa House by Yoshihara McKee Architects
Japanese studio Yutaka Yoshida Architect & Associates have completed this concrete family home in Hiroshima, Japan. More about House in Kohgo by Yutaka Yoshida Architect & Associates
Architects Ooze of Paris and Rotterdam extended this Rotterdam residence by wrapping a new faceted skin over the house's existing collection of buildings and extensions. More about Villa Rotterdam by Ooze
Here's another house in Sendai, Japan, by Apollo Architects & Associates (see their Edge House in our earlier story) that features a pointy overhang. More about Lift by Apollo Architects & Associates
This trapezium-shaped box sitting on four slanting legs is a garden playhouse by Slovenian firm Ravnikar Potokar. More about Tree House by Ravnikar Potokar
Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his images of the recently completed Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom hotel by French architect Jean Nouvel More about Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom by Jean Nouvel
Japanese firm Apollo Architects & Associates have completed a house in Sendai, Japan, with a balcony that cantilevers half over the enclosed courtyard and half over the footpath outside. More about Edge by Apollo Architects & Associates
This boulder-shaped building in Acapulco, Mexico, is a mausoleum by Mexcian studio Bunker Arquitectura. More about Sunset Chapel by Bunker Arquitectura
This orange cube with two large round holes carved out of it is a design showroom in Lyon, France, by Paris studio Jakob + Macfarlane. More about The Orange Cube by Jakob + Macfarlane
Here are some images of the seven shortlisted designs for an extension to the V&A museum in London, including proposals by Oslo architects Snøhetta with Glasgow firm Hoskins, Amanda Levete Architects of London and Jun Aoki & Associates of Tokyo (above). More about V&A Exhibition Road project shortlist
The corners of this Vancouver family home by Canadian architect Omer Arbel can be completely opened up to the surrounding garden by pushing back glazed concertina doors. More about 23.2 by Omer Arbel
Portuguese studio dIONISO LAB have completed a house in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, with a façade comprising aluminium shutters perforated with symbols. More about House 77 by dIONISO LAB
Japanese studio Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates have completed a weekend house in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, where two gabled structures are separated by a walled courtyard. More about House in Nasu by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates