Architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has completed an all-electric, affordable housing complex in Santa Monica called 1819 Pico, which departs from the area's typical "defensive apartment buildings" with their solid walls and fences. More about Brooks + Scarpa envisions California housing block as "carved-out cube"
Shelburne Museum in Vermont, USA, has unveiled a design by architecture studios Annum Architects, Reed Hilderbrand and Two Row Architect for its Native American Art Center after cancelling a scheme by Adjaye Associates last year. More about Shelburne Museum unveils replacement for dropped Adjaye Associates scheme
Architecture studio Pensaer referred to its clients' love for gardening when designing this cottage extension in Herne Hill, London, which is finished with a palette of wood and reclaimed materials. More about Pensaer revamps Allotment Cottage in London with timber-framed extension
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a residential skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan created by Rafael Viñoly Architects using an "unconventional approach". More about "Nothing out of the ordinary here" says commenter
Architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has unveiled plans for a timber and rammed-earth preschool that will feature an outdoor classroom sheltered by fabric canopies in Mulbekh, India. More about Chybik + Kristof reveals plans for "culturally sensitive" preschool in northern India
French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has completed the 30-metre-high, rattan and ironwood Tri Hita Karana Tower on a beach in Bali, Indonesia. More about Arthur Mamou-Mani creates rattan viewing tower for AI light show in Bali
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features BIG's expansion of the Museum for Paper Art in Denmark. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features BIG's plans to expand Museum for Paper Art
Student and professor teams from US universities created seven pavilions that explore "digital and analogue methods of construction" for an architecture "live-work festival" in upstate New York. More about Woodstock pavilions showcase intersection of "digital and analog construction"
Architecture studio Morphosis has balanced long galleries on massive beams and clad in patterned, precast concrete at the Crow Museum of Asian Art museum in Dallas, Texas. More about Morphosis raises concrete galleries around Dallas art museum
An external concrete stair with terraces connects the floors of the Student Pavilion at the University of Melbourne, designed by US studio KoningEizenberg. More about University of Melbourne Student Pavilion by KoningEizenberg is "like a big treehouse"
With UK architecture failing to make progress on closing its gender pay gap, what more can be done? Nat Barker reports. More about Why UK architecture's gender pay gap isn't improving
Eighteen leading architects and designers met this week to decide the winners of Dezeen Awards 2024, in partnership with Bentley, which will be revealed at the Dezeen Awards 2024 party in November. More about Patricia Urquiola and Keiji Ashizawa among judges to decide Dezeen Awards 2024 winners
US studio Kadre Architects has converted two rundown motels in Los Angeles County into The Sierra, a supportive living complex that serves as a "new housing prototype" for people experiencing homelessness. More about Kadre Architects creates colourful transitional housing in California desert
We've selected eight buildings in the western United States by architects in the American School that are featured in the Outré West exhibition in Oklahoma. More about Eight buildings "unlike anything seen before" from the American School
Architecture studio Society Particular has completed Skybowl, a rooftop extension to the Hisense Plaza mall in Qingdao, China, formed of a glass hall and amphitheatre-style terrace. More about Society Particular crowns mall in Qingdao with amphitheatre-style terrace
Local studio Anttinen Oiva Architects has designed the mass-timber Katajanokan Laituri building in Helsinki as the headquarters for timber supplier Stora Enso. More about Anttinen Oiva Architects "sets an example" with Finland's largest mass-timber building
Architecture studio ShedKM has created a church in Merseyside, UK, which is accessible from two parallel streets and has a transparent facade designed to glow at night. More about ShedKM designs Lighthouse Church as "physical and metaphorical beacon" for Merseyside
Canadian architecture studio Lemay has designed a chalet prototype with a sloped roof and extensive glazing using mass timber in Quebec. More about Lemay creates mass-timber chalet with sloped green roof in Quebec
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a holiday lodge in New Zealand by DCA Architects of Transformation. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "a windowless storage unit with no charm"
American architecture firm Studio Gang has converted a former 1910s tobacco warehouse into studios with a massive external shade structure for the University of Kentucky's College of Design. More about Studio Gang converts tobacco warehouse into design studios for University of Kentucky