Danish architecture practice 3XN has completed a blocky office building and hotel in the suburbs of Paris, with "distinct but complementary" faceted checkerboard facades of bronze-coloured and reflective aluminium. More about 3XN completes aluminium-clad hotel and office overlooking La Défense in Paris
British architect Norman Foster has unveiled details of the masterplan to redevelop Kharkiv, which will include a "landmark building" designed by the architect, on a trip to the Ukrainian city. More about Norman Foster reveals Kharkiv reconstruction masterplan
Colombian architecture studio Cinco Sólidos has renovated a gabled house in the mountains outside of Medellín for musician J Balvin to appear as a "house in the air". More about Cinco Sólidos creates Casa Aire for J Balvin in Colombia
Jenny Peysin Architecture has completed a house in the Hamptons with a poured-in-place concrete envelope and a glazed living space. More about Jenny Peysin Architecture creates concrete Southampton home with a glass pavilion
Architect Sean Griffiths has added a pebbledash-covered rooftop studio to the seminal postmodern Blue House he designed 20 years ago as part of architecture studio FAT. More about Sean Griffiths adds pebbledash extension "in spirit of original house" to FAT's Blue House
Architect Sunniva Rosenberg has added an angular annex to a house in Lillesand, Norway, which contains living spaces oriented towards the best views of the surrounding nature. More about Sunniva Rosenberg adds minimal "star-shaped" extension to Norwegian house
Architecture studio Lemay has published a manifesto calling on Canadian studios to unite behind a more radical approach to design that reflects Indigenous values and takes responsibility for the country's abundant natural resources. More about Manifesto of Canadian Design urges designers to "un-fuck" their industry
Architecture studio Neiheiser Argyros has completed the renovation of a 40-year-old office building in Athens, transforming its concrete structure with a cluster of playful forms and colourful interiors. More about Neiheiser Argyros transforms Athens Art 1 Office with colourful accents and varied textures
Timber provides almost all the building fabric of Green Solution House 2.0, a hotel on the Danish island of Bornholm completed by architecture studio 3XN. More about 3XN creates CLT-framed hotel on Danish island
Stockholm studio HelgessonGonzaga has completed a dark timber cabin in the coastal nature reserve Tjurpannan in west Sweden and coated it in tar to reference the nearby boathouses and jetties. More about Tar-coated timber lines House Tjurpannan in Sweden by HelgessonGonzaga
As part of our review of 2022, we have selected 10 eye-catching staircases published on Dezeen this year, including stairs that turn, twist or double as seating. More about Dezeen's top 10 staircases of 2022
This week on Dezeen, we looked ahead to the FIFA World Cup 2026, rounding up the 16 stadiums across the USA, Mexico and Canada that are set to host the games. More about This week we looked ahead to the World Cup 2026
NYC-based firm Garrison Architects has completed an animal shelter in Staten Island, which is wrapped in full-height translucent walls that provide even lighting conditions throughout the day. More about Polycarbonate-wrapped rescue shelter by Garrison Architects maximises light for animals
Chicago-based Studio Gang has completed a pair of residential buildings called the Q Residences in Amsterdam with balconies that "migrate in and out of the facade" and a public plaza that links them. More about Studio Gang unveils its first European buildings in Amsterdam
Austere concrete block walls conceal a timber-framed structure that fans out to overlook a garden and pond at House that Opens up to the Sun in the Czech Republic, designed by local studio Stempel & Tesar. More about Stempel & Tesar completes curved home overlooking a Czech forest
Architecture studios Grimshaw, HWKN, WHY and Farshid Moussavi have partnered with metaverse company Pax.world to create a series of virtual hubs informed by the ancient Silk Road. More about Grimshaw and Farshid Moussavi create metaverse social spaces
The leadership team of British architecture and interior design practice Conran and Partners has finalised a management buyout of the company, which is now owned by its principals. More about Leadership team buys British studio Conran and Partners
Proponents of the built-from-scratch smart cities emerging around the globe fail to understand that communities cannot be created through technological innovation, write Adam Scott and Dave Waddell. More about "Cities born fully formed are simply bad ideas thrown at the world"
British designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio has opened its first office outside of the UK at 1000 Trees in Shanghai, a commercial building designed by the practice that opened late last year. More about Heatherwick Studio opens "first permanent overseas base" in Shanghai
New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has been selected to renovate the Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas, Texas, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro set to restore Frank Lloyd Wright theatre in Dallas