London architects Studio Octopi have transformed this London terraced house into a combined gallery and living space by exposing the building's structure and introducing display cabinets. More about Gallery House by Studio Octopi
This house with an oversailing barrel-vault roof by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates looks across the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima, Japan. More about House in Sunami by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates
The Victoria and Albert Museum have announced the six proposals for a building to house the V&A on the Dundee waterfront in Scotland, including designs by Steven Holl Architects, Snøhetta and Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (above). More about V&A at Dundee proposals unveiled
This cantilevered house in Suffolk, England, by MVDRV of Rotterdam and British firm Mole Architects is nearing completion and will be the first of five homes from Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project available for rent on 22 October. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects nears completion
This house on a wedge of land in Shiga, Japan, is by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects. More about House of Reticence by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects
Dezeen podcast: in this podcast British architect John Pawson recounts how he began his career, his only use of colour in an interior and talks us through his exhibition Plain Space, which opened yesterday at the Design Museum in London. More about Dezeen podcast: John Pawson at the Design Museum
The Sperone Westwater gallery by Foster + Partners architects opened in New York earlier this week, featuring a moving exhibition space that connects the floors of the gallery. More about Sperone Westwater gallery by Foster + Partners
Dutch architects UNStudio have completed a 21-storey office tower in their hometown of Amsterdam with colourfully glazed recesses in the facade spanning multiple floors. More about UNStudio Tower by UNStudio
Copenhagen firm Svendborg Architects have built this artist's studio inside an existing stable building in Denmark. More about A Studio for a Danish Artist by Svendborg Architects
British designer Michael Young has designed a tower for Hong Kong with faceted surfaces that will change according to weather and lighting conditions. More about Hong Kong PSi Tower by Michael Young
New York architecture practice Axis Mundi have designed a conceptual extension to the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan, featuring a giant lattice structure. More about Conceptual extension to Whitney Museum of American Art by Axis Mundi
This office building in Shanghai punctuated by rectangular apertures is a renovation by Chinese firm NHDRO. More about The Black Box by NHDRO
Here are some more of the villas from Athens developer Oliaros' project on the island of Antiparos, Greece including designs from Tokyo architects Atelier Bow-Wow, Swiss firm Harry Gugger Studio and Greek firm decaArchitecture (see our earlier story). More about Antiparos Design Properties for Oliaros
This villa by Athens firm decaArchitecture is one of a collection of 24 to be introduced to the Greek island of Antiparos by Athens developers Oliaros. More about Aloni by decaArchitecture for Oliaros
British architect John Pawson has sent us these snaps of the model he used when designing the forthcoming exhibition of his work at London's Design Museum, which opens next week. More about John Pawson: Plain Space at the Design Museum
Dutch architects Bureau SLA have connected two houses in Leerdam, Holland, with four overlapping bridges to create a continuous gallery. More about National Glass Museum Holland by Bureau SLA
Japanese firm Mount Fuji Architects Studio have squeezed a narrow gate house between two existing Tokyo residences, leading to a main house on the L-shaped site behind. More about Near House by Mount Fuji Architects Studio
This house with checkered windows by Japanese firm Apollo Architects & Associates sits on a street corner in downtown Tokyo. More about Damier by Apollo Architects & Associates
Barcelona company Dream and Fly have sent us the latest renders of their miniature hotel rooms proposed for airports and train stations. More about Bubbles by Dream and Fly
This house in Urayasu, Japan, by Apollo Architects & Associates has a timber-clad sloping overhang containing a private terrace. More about Flow by Apollo Architects & Associates