American firm CookFox Architects has completed a pair of tall, connected buildings with gridded facades for a Williamsburg site that once held an iconic sugar factory. More about CookFox releases photos of linked skyscrapers at Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Schmidt Hammer Lassen's design for the world's tallest timber building. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about The world's tallest timber building features in today's Dezeen Agenda newsletter
A towering spiral staircase and a golden kitchen are some of the features that Raúl Sánchez Architects has introduced in its renovation of this townhouse in Barcelona's Borne neighbourhood. More about Four-storey spiral staircase forms focal point of BSP20 House in Barcelona
At the back of a narrow Edwardian bungalow in Melbourne, the studio of Australian architect Luke Fry has added a contemporary extension with greyscale interiors. More about Luke Fry squeezes extension behind bungalow in Melbourne
White siding and a curvy aluminium screen make up the exterior of a residential building in Los Angeles designed by American firm Brooks + Scarpa. More about Brooks + Scarpa creates all-white Magnolia Hill Apartments in Los Angeles
Foster + Partners has released plans for the new global headquarters for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan, which the architecture firm claims will be New York's largest all-electric tower. More about Foster + Partners designs "largest all-electric tower" for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan
MasFernandez Arquitectura has completed a wooden home in the outskirts of Santiago, Chile, for a client that is continually training for triathlon races. More about MasFernandez Arquitectura tops Chilean home with triangular skylight
Jean Verville Architectes has completed a residence in Montreal where nearly every surface is made of plywood for a "minimalist, functional, artistic experiment". More about Jean Verville lines Montreal row house with sculptural plywood interiors
Double-height volumes in this gabled house in Porto accommodate mezzanine levels and light-filled living spaces that look onto a courtyard. More about WeStudio and Made insert mezzanines beneath gabled roof of Porto house
Architect Sou Fujimoto has revealed the design for a community centre topped with a bowl-like roof in the town of Hida, Japan. More about Sou Fujimoto unveils Japanese community centre covered with bowl-like roof
Hugh Broughton Architects has conserved and upgraded the 800-year-old Clifford's Tower in York, England, adding a timber deck to partially cover the ruin and provide a viewpoint overlooking the city. More about Hugh Broughton Architects adds viewing deck to restored 13th-century tower
Responding to floods and weather caused by climate change, Florida-based Brillhart Architecture has raised a residence in southern Miami on galvanized steel stilts. More about Brillhart elevates Miami home on stilts in response to rising sea levels
London studio Simon Gill Architects has extended and renovated a Victorian lodge in Fulham cemetery to create a house with a subterranean pool, courtyard gardens and lightwells. More about Simon Gill Architects "juxtaposes a house for the living beside a home for the dead"
The Essential Beauty exhibition of Obel Award-winning architect Anna Heringer's work is currently on show at Madrid's Museo ICO. Here, curator Luis Fernández-Galiano selects five highlights from the exhibition. More about Five buildings that demonstrate the "beauty and sustainability" of Anna Heringer's work
The US Department of Energy has released updated energy efficiency standards for new government-owned buildings and commercially available air conditioning units, as the cost of fuel and electricity soars around the world. More about US government implements improved energy-efficiency requirements for new federal buildings
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features Heatherwick Studio's design for a performing arts centre planned for Hainan, China. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More about Dezeen Debate newsletter features Thomas Heatherwick's "volcanic" performing arts centre in China
Architecture firm Perkins & Will has released designs for a three-building, low-income housing complex in Los Angeles that includes permanent supportive housing. More about Perkins & Will uses wind direction to shape LA low-income housing complex
23o5studio has designed a three-storey red home and yoga suite in Vietnam, with geometric cutouts that take cues from the country's traditional housing and architectural forms. More about 23o5studio builds fitness-focused Red Cave home in Vietnam
Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has revealed its design for a 100-metre-tall housing block in Switzerland, which will be the world's tallest timber building when it completes. More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen unveils design for world's tallest timber building
More important than the aesthetic shortcomings of London's planned spherical venue is the failure of democracy that is allowing it to be built, writes Anna Minton. More about "The red flags raised by the MSG Sphere relate to democratic failure not to aesthetics"