Masahiro Kinoshita of KINO architects has completed a house in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, designed to afford views towards the nearby castle from the third floor living room. More about Himeji Observatory House by KINO architects
Designers Diogo Aguiar and Teresa Otto of Portugal have designed and built a temporary bar made of 420 IKEA storage boxes for a competition organised by the architecture faculty at the Universidade do Porto in Portugal. More about Temporary Bar by Diogo Aguiar and Teresa Otto
Japanese architects Nakae Architects and Ohno Japan have collaborated to create student accommodation in Tokyo where slits run round the building near the top of each storey. More about MM Apartment by Nakae Architects and Ohno Japan
Architect David Adjaye has unveiled his design for the new headquarters of design brand Moroso on the outskirts of Udine, Italy. More about Moroso headquarters by David Adjaye
Bedfordshire office Nicolas Tye Architects set about building this new studio for themselves when the company outgrew a space in the director's home. More about The Long Barn Studio by Nicolas Tye Architects
Philadelphia architect KieranTimberlake has won the competition to design the new US embassy in the UK. More about New London Embassy by KieranTimberlake
Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled their design for a new performing arts centre in Amman, the capital of Jordan. More about King Abdullah II House of Culture & Art by Zaha Hadid Architects
Here is another project by our featured architects Suppose Design Office, this time the renovation of a house in Hiroshima city, Japan, where interiors are divided by walls that only reach halfway down from the ceiling. More about House in Kamiosuga by Suppose Design Office
Last week Amsterdam studios DUS Architecten and Studio for Unsolicited Architecture built a dome of umbrellas around a lamp post in Rotterdam and held a party under it. More about The Bucky Bar by DUS Architecten and Studio for Unsolicited Architecture
An exhibition about the work of structural engineer Cecil Balmond of Arup is on show at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery in Japan. More about Element - Cecil Balmond at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Our current featured architects Suppose Design Office of Japan have designed a residence in Hiroshima with two rooms that appear to be outdoors. More about House in Hiro by Suppose Design Office
French photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his photographs of the newly opened ViraHaus by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. More about VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron 2
Architect Davide Marchetti of Rome proposed an office building with a punctured rammed-earth facade for a competition in Leeds, UK. More about 36 The Calls by Davide Marchetti Architetto
Dutch architect Anne Holtrop has collaborated with green technology firm Studio Noach and botanist Patrick Blanc to propose an artificial floating island containing gardens and a spa. More about Floating gardens by Anne Holtrop
Burton Baldridge Architects of Texas have completed a bed-and-breakfast hotel on a steeply-sloping site in South Congress, Austen Austin. More about Kimber Modern by Burton Balridge Architects
Here are some photographs of the VitraHaus by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, which has opened at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. More about VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a house in Hiroshima, Japan, where residents move between rooms through covered courtyards. More about House in Koamicho by Suppose Design Office
Dutch architects Mecanoo have completed a stone-clad theatre and congress centre in Llerida Lleida, Spain. More about La Llotja de Lleida by Mecanoo
Here are some photographs of the Centre Pompidou-Metz in France by architects Shigeru Ban of Japan and Jean de Gastines of France, which will open to the public in May. More about Centre Pompidou-Metz by Shigeru Ban
The Rolex Learning Center, a university study centre by Japanese architects SANAA, opens in Lausanne, Switzerland next week. More about Rolex Learning Center by SANAA
