From steep single pitches to gables with overhanging eaves, we've rounded up eight houses with roofs that protrude beyond their footprint to shelter inhabitants from rain, sun, snow and prying eyes. More about Eight top-heavy homes with dramatically oversized roofs
British designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio is designing the Jeddah Central Museum in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which will be located in a former desalination plant by the Red Sea. More about Heatherwick set to turn Saudi Arabian desalination plant into museum
A series of shelters for doves were embedded in the laminated-cedar facade of Neal Schwartz's self-designed studio, which is an extension of his Sonoma home. More about Neal Schwartz includes dovecotes in "chapel-like" California studio
Mexico City-based architect Ludwig Godefroy designed a brutalist concrete holiday home in a Mexican pine forest called Casa Alférez. More about Ludwig Godefroy creates brutalist cube-shaped home in Mexico
Architect Ma Yansong has created Timeless Beacon, an installation constructed from multicoloured fishing nets and reflective film that covers an abandoned market building in China. More about Ma Yansong decorates abandoned building with colourful fishing-net installation
Shale walls and slate tiles help pay homage to the history of this 19th-century building in Portugal, which has been transformed into a family home by Portuguese studio Filipe Pina. More about Filipe Pina retains original features in renovation of historic Portuguese building
Concrete as well as timber will be required to address the twin challenges of averting climate disaster and building the infrastructure the world needs, writes Philip Oldfield as part of our Timber Revolution series. More about "Timber alone cannot get us out of this mess"
As we continue our Timber Revolution series, we look at Australia's first mass-timber high-rise apartment building, which was built from cross-laminated timber grown in Austria. More about Lendlease's mass-timber tower was shipped from Austria to Australia
Architecture studio The DHaus Company has completed The Arches, a row of six brick-clad townhouses in a north London conservation area. More about Monumental brick arches outline London townhouses by The DHaus Company
Architectural designer Caspar Schols has created a modular cabin at the De Biesbosch National Park in the Netherlands, incorporating sliding walls that allow it to be opened up to the elements. More about Caspar Schols creates reconfigurable Cabin Anna in Dutch park
This week on Dezeen, we published an exclusive interview with 15-minute city creator Carlos Moreno in which he discusses the conspiracy theory that his urbanism strategy was designed to restrict people's freedom. More about This week the 15-minute city inventor responded to "shocking" conspiracy theories
Metal cladding and a new top floor are among the modifications to the stone-clad 1950s home of Harvard's Lewis International Law Center, which has been overhauled by US studio Deborah Berke Partners. More about Deborah Berke Partners revamps modernist law centre at Harvard University
Separate brightly coloured classroom buildings make up this preschool in Gujarat state, India, which was designed by local practice Shreesh Design Studio. More about Shreesh Design Studio builds Indian preschool "as colourful as the minds of its users"
Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we look at the Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban – Switzerland's first seven-storey mass-timber structure that was barely legal at the time of its completion in 2013. More about Shigeru Ban's timber-skeleton Tamedia building left engineers "incredulous"
British studio Glenn Howells Architects has unveiled its design for the BBC headquarters in Birmingham, which will be located in the historic Typhoo Factory in the Digbeth area. More about Glenn Howells Architects to turn Typhoo tea factory into BBC Birmingham HQ
American studio CLB Architects has refreshed a Wyoming house it created 20 years ago, making changes that honour the original design and prioritise "durability and a play of textures". More about CLB Architects performs sensitive update of Paintbrush Residence in Wyoming
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features BIG's plans for an office block on the Thames. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features BIG's "attractive and fun" plans for River Thames office
Dezeen is teaming up with Chinese studio MAD to host a live talk about the future of Beijing with the firm's founder Ma Yansong, architect Peter Cook and the founders of Drawing Architecture Studio. More about Watch a live talk with Ma Yansong, Peter Cook and Drawing Architecture Studio
British architect Michael Wilford, who was best known for his bright and colourful postmodern buildings created together with James Stirling, has passed away at the age of 84. More about British architect Michael Wilford dies aged 84
Norwegian studio Saunders Architecture has created an island villa in an archipelago in Norway that is cross-shaped in plan and acts as an observatory for viewing its surroundings. More about Saunders Architecture builds cross-shaped Villa Austevoll on top of Norwegian island