The best buildings of the year have been revealed with the 14 architecture project winners of Dezeen Awards 2024 announced at a party in London. More about Dezeen Awards 2024 architecture winners revealed
US studio SHED Architecture and Design has converted a former information centre into a colourful children's play space for a preschool at Seattle's Pike Place Market. More about SHED creates indoor-outdoor play space in downtown Seattle
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a South Downs home by British practice BakerBrown Studio. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features a "nicely sited" South Downs home
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has designed the Doris Duke Theater at Massachusetts dance venue Jacob's Pillow to replace the previous theatre lost to a fire in 2020. More about Mecanoo to create "world's most technologically advanced dance venue" in the Berkshires
Indian furniture brand Sār has unveiled an experimental house designed by architect Girish Doshi, set to be used for exhibitions, performances and design residencies. More about Girish Doshi creates landscape of cuboids for Sār Residence in Pune
The Global Cement and Concrete Association has set international definitions for low-carbon concrete and cement, which were launched at the COP29 climate conference. More about Definitions of low-carbon concrete announced at COP29 to "bring transparency and trust"
Local firm The MAAK has worked with artists Zayaan Khan and Kent Andreasen to develop a historically sensitive approach to building in District Six – a contentious Cape Town neighbourhood that was razed during apartheid. More about Apartheid-era demolition rubble becomes part of rebuilding in Cape Town's District Six
Local studio Amit Upadhye Architects added a guest house and updated Polaris House in Arizona to capture the "diurnal journey of the sun". More about Amit Upadhye Architects orients Arizona home to the stars
Medieval construction techniques informed the stone plinth and hand-hewn timber columns of Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel in the Czech Republic, completed by local architecture studio RCNKSK. More about RCNKSK blends "medieval craftsmanship with contemporary technologies" for Czech chapel
Expo 2025 Osaka is a valuable opportunity for countries around the world to come together at a time of global instability and conflict, says its masterplanner Sou Fujimoto in this interview. More about Expo 2025 Osaka is a chance for "wonderful unity" amid global instability says Sou Fujimoto
In Transit is a book about Claesson Koivisto Rune, featuring products and projects designed by the Swedish studio over three decades. The book's editor Gustaf Kjellin highlights 10 key projects from across that period. More about Ten key designs from three decades of Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune
Deep red accents and a redbrick facade define the renovation and extension of this duplex in Montreal, which has been completed by local architecture studio Naturehumaine. More about Naturehumaine uses Merlot red palette for duplex renovation in Montreal
Swedish architecture studio Elding Oscarson has created a cube-shaped church and community centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, which is clad in diagonal aluminium bars to create a moiré effect. More about Elding Oscarson completes "open and free" Frihamnskyrkan church in Gothenburg
Local studio K+M Arquitectura y Urbanismo has completed Espacio Libertad, a red timber pavilion that provides an "open stage" for a long-standing cultural institution in Lima, Peru. More about K+M Arquitectura y Urbanismo slots red pergola behind historic building in Peru
An oversized thatched roof shelters the geometric concrete forms of this house in Vietnam, which has been completed by local architecture studio Kientruc O. More about Kientruc O tops sculptural Thu House with large thatched roof in Vietnam
Chinese studio Lichao Architecture Design Studio has transformed an abandoned brewery in Zhejiang, China, into a creative park, retaining its industrial character with additions in reclaimed brick and weathered steel. More about Lichao Architecture Design Studio combines "meticulous repair" with modern additions for Wuzhen Rural Brewery
Research group Forensic Architecture has developed an interactive map depicting the destruction of buildings, infrastructure and aid in Gaza, which it claims reveals patterns in Israel's military conduct. More about Forensic Architecture creates interactive map to show the "compounding effect" of attacks on Gaza
Research into architecture workplace culture conducted by the UK's Architects Registration Board has revealed widespread bullying, discrimination and sexual misconduct in the profession. More about ARB finds architects suffer higher levels of discrimination and sexual misconduct than other professions
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a museum in China with a peaked form clad in handmade ceramic tiles by Kengo Kuma and Associates. More about "Innovative, original and very distinct – it's also an eyesore" says commenter
The renovation of the Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow by British studio John McAslan + Partners has won the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award for 2024. More about Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow named Scotland's best new building