Dezeen Courses: interested in improving your design skills before starting an architecture or interior design degree? Check out seven courses featured on Dezeen Courses taking place in London, Hong Kong and online. More about Seven courses that prepare students for architecture and interior design degrees
Architecture studio Becker + Becker has converted a 1970s brutalist building in New Haven, designed by Hungarian-American architect Marcel Breuer, into a Passive House hotel. More about Marcel Breuer's brutalist office in Connecticut reopens as Hotel Marcel
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an exclusive interview with Theaster Gates, the American artist behind this year's Serpentine Pavilion. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an exclusive interview with Theaster Gates
Kariouk Architects has completed MORE Cabin, a dramatic cantilevered structure overlooking a lake in Québec meant to stand out from its natural surroundings. More about Kariouk Architects completes cantilevered chalet overlooking a lake in Canada
Promotion: architects and designers from Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Heatherwick Studio and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners were among participants in a five-kilometre race that raised £40,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. More about Architects raise £40,000 for motor neurone disease in HD5K charity race
Australian studio Powell and Glenn has completed a sculptural concrete dwelling in Melbourne's suburbs, which is designed to create the feeling of "floating amongst the tree canopies". More about Powell and Glenn creates concrete Canopy House in Australia
To mark this year's Refugee Week, we've rounded up 10 designs that aim to make a positive difference in the lives of refugees. More about Ten designs for the global refugee crisis including shelters and female hygiene inventions
Panoramic maps, playful diagrams and layered illustrations feature in Videogame Atlas, a book by research studio You + Pea that highlights the use of architecture in video games. More about Five video games where architecture creates a "lifelike and immersive experience"
California studio Edmonds + Lee Architects has created a tall, gabled addition in the back of a Craftsman-style home that differs greatly from the "cozy" front facade. More about Edmonds + Lee Architects adds gabled rear extension to San Francisco home
Red-painted steel columns, trusses and cables reminiscent of the high-tech architecture movement define this mixed-used development in Seoul, South Korea, designed by London-based practice Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners enlivens Seoul skyscrapers with bright red steelwork
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled its plans to transform Herman Hertzberger's 1970s Centraal Beheer building in the Netherlands into a residential district with over 650 homes. More about MVRDV reveals plans to convert Centraal Beheer into housing district
Architects Frank Maali and Gemma Lalanda have turned a 1950s garage into an events space at homeware brand Vipp's Copenhagen headquarters, which opened during the 3 Days of Design festival. More about Frank Maali and Gemma Lalanda transform 1950s garage into steel-clad event space with a "sacral feeling"
Architecture studio MAD has completed its first social housing development, which consists of 12 residential buildings in Beijing connected by raised walkways and a "floating park". More about MAD aims to "challenge the status quo" with first social housing project
Deconstructivism existed long before the 1970s, writes architecture critic Joseph Giovannini, who wrote the book Architecture Unbound to tell the full history of the style, in this opinion piece as part of our series revisiting deconstructivism. More about "Deconstructivism started well over a century ago and still continues today"
Architecture studio Taller Héctor Barroso has fully revamped the decades-old DDH House in Mexico City for a family of five, including new facades clad in dark brown stucco that looks black. More about Mexico City renovation by Taller Héctor Barroso includes dark exterior
The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed a museum in Shunchang, China, featuring a central void that contains a landscaped public plaza. More about UAD arranges riverside Shunchang Museum around "urban living room"
A skylit and silver-painted void runs through the centre of the Scenery Scooping House, which Japanese practice Not Architects Studio has created in a dense residential area in Tokyo, Japan. More about Not Architects Studio creates Japanese house with void to "scoop up" views
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released plans for six skyscrapers called the Hills, which will be built in Ecuador as the studio's first South American project. More about MVRDV designs cluster of six interconnected skyscrapers in Ecuador
Mexican studio Quintanilla Arquitectos has created the Cárdenas sports complex and skate park in the town of Cañales, which contains a pair of sports courts covered by a concrete structure. More about Quintanilla Arquitectos creates shaded sports complex in Mexican town
Dezeen School Shows: a music hall for the deaf community and an architecture typology designed for nomads are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the American University in Dubai. More about American University in Dubai presents 15 architecture projects