Architecture
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These brick-clad apartments in Utrecht, the Netherlands, by Dutch firm Bakers Architecten appear to float above a curtain wall of glazing. More about Het Zwarte Huis Bakers Architecten
These brick-clad apartments in Utrecht, the Netherlands, by Dutch firm Bakers Architecten appear to float above a curtain wall of glazing. More about Het Zwarte Huis Bakers Architecten
Israeli firm Chyutin Architects have won a competition to build this museum that will bridge over a sunken garden in Jerusalem. More about Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem by Chyutin Architects
Architectural photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us his images of Tokyo Apartment by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, four house-shaped apartments stacked on top of each other. More about Tokyo Apartment by Sou Fujimoto Architects
This railway bridge in Choisy-le-Roi, France, by Jacques Ferrier Architectures of Paris conceals its supporting infrastructure behind perforated aluminium cladding. More about Choisy-le-Roi bridge by Jacques Ferrier Architectures
Japanese firm Takeshi Yamagata Architects have squeezed four buildings containing nine apartments onto a small suburban site in Tokyo. More about Apartment in Kamitakada by Takeshi Yamagata Architects
Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of a visitors' centre by Paulo Gomes that's nestled into the rock face at an archaeological site in Murça, Portugal. More about Interpretation Centre by Paulo Gomes
This pavilion with illuminated eaves was designed by Dutch firm MoederscheimMoonen Architects for two football teams in Rotterdam. More about Sports Pavillion by MoederscheimMoonen
The MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts by Zaha Hadid Architects has won this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. More about MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts by Zaha Hadid wins RIBA Stirling Prize
In anticipation of tonight's announcement of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010 winner here are six videos about the shortlisted designs including the bookmaker's favourite, the MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome (above) by Zaha Hadid Architects. More about Movie: RIBA Stirling Prize 2010 shortlist
This holiday home by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld comprises three perpendicular volumes built into a slope in Piracicaba, Brazil. More about Piracicaba House by Isay Weinfeld
Round windows in black and red are plugged into the facade of this wood-clad house by Australian firm Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects that sits on the outskirts of Melbourne. More about Ormond Esplanade by Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects
Polish firm Neostudio Architekci have added a timber-clad extension to this farm building in Poland to create a residence. More about Potasze House by Neostudio Architekci
This four-storey school in Tianjin, China, by Vector Architects has a series of irregularly shaped classrooms protruding from the facade on the first floor. More about County Elementary School by Vector Architects
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