Since February, searches for brick architecture have skyrocketed on Pinterest. The material is particularly popular in South America. We round up eight projects from the continent featured on our bricks board. More about Dezeen's Pinterest roundup features eight brick buildings in South America
Classical Chinese gardens informed the sweeping white-concrete geometries of Shanfeng Academy, a culture and sports centre in Suzhou by Chinese studio Open Architecture. More about Open Architecture draws on traditional gardens for concrete cultural centre in China
Swiss architecture studio Madeleine Architectes has converted an old pigsty and clad it in lime and hemp to create the base of this house and office in Chavronay. More about Madeleine Architects converts pigsty into The Recipe house in Switzerland
This week on Dezeen, the annual Don't Move Improve! competition named Nic Howett Architects' The Secret Garden Flat as London's best new home improvement project for 2023. More about This week we revealed London's best new home renovation
Earthen walls blend with a desert landscape at the Cabo Sports Complex, which was designed by Mexican firm Taller Héctor Barroso to host the region's annual tennis tournament. More about Taller Héctor Barroso uses rammed earth to create Mexican tennis venue
Local studio Dumican Mosey has completed a renovation of a 1907 house with a four-storey, red staircase in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighbourhood. More about Dumican Mosey includes red staircase for "sculptural relief" in San Francisco renovation
A folded facade of galvanised steel and glass fronts the railway arches that house this beer hall in London by local studio Gundry + Ducker. More about Gundry + Ducker creates concertina facade for London brewery
The 2023 edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale kicked off last week. Here, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft selects the most interesting national pavilions from the event. More about Eleven key pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created Matrix One, a laboratory and office building in Amsterdam designed to be dismantled into reusable parts. More about MVRDV designs demountable office building as "source to harvest materials from"
Germany's contribution to this year's Venice Architecture Biennale is a huge store of materials recovered from last year's art biennale, all set to find new uses around the city. More about German pavilion becomes material bank for Venice repair projects
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a red brick cafe in South Korea by Seoul studio Sukchulmok. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "beautifully executed" brick cafe in South Korea
British architect Peter Cook, who is working on the controversial The Line mega city in Saudi Arabia, has reportedly questioned whether the project will be realised according to plan. More about The Line height "is a bit stupid" says Peter Cook
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed the restoration and conversion of a power plant on a decontaminated industrial site along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. More about Herzog & de Meuron transforms derelict Brooklyn power plant into arts centre
A pointed structure crafted from blackened wood forms the Kwaee pavilion, which Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye has installed at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about David Adjaye creates black timber pyramid for Venice Architecture Biennale
Luxury car manufacturer Bugatti has revealed the designs for its first foray into residential real estate – a 42-storey skyscraper in Dubai that will have two garage-to-penthouse car lifts. More about Bugatti unveils design for first residential skyscraper
Researchers have discovered that the mass of buildings in New York City is contributing to it subsiding by one to two millimetres a year, adding to the city's flood risk. More about New York City sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers
Dezeen Events Guide has launched its guide to the 10th edition of 3 Days of Design, the design festival in Copenhagen that runs from 7 to 9 June 2023. More about Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to 3 Days of Design 2023
The Turkey pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale aims to draw attention to the numerous and varied abandoned buildings in the country and suggest ways in which they can be transformed. More about Turkey presents Ghost Stories of abandoned buildings at Venice Architecture Biennale
Robert Hutchison Architecture and Javier Sanchez Arquitectos include an extensive system for capturing and reusing stormwater for a family nature retreat in a mountainous region of Mexico. More about Water shortage concerns influence design of Rain Harvest Home in Mexico
A renovated flat by studio Nic Howett Architect that "feels like an oasis" has been named London's best new home improvement project by Don't Move Improve! 2023. More about The Secret Garden Flat named London's best new home renovation