Colourful spiral staircases now give direct access to units in the Saint-Michel Nord housing complex in Montreal, which was renovated by Saia Barbarese Topouzanov to update the ageing buildings and include a new pedestrian-friendly street. More about Saia Barbarese Topouzanov adds spiral staircases during Montreal housing renovation
A meandering wooden path leads towards a centuries-old oak tree situated at the centre of this alpine garden in China's Yulong County, which landscape design studio Z'scape created to celebrate the region's native plants and indigenous culture. More about Z'scape designs Hylla Alpine Garden as a "place of comfort, solitude and peace"
The Al Thumama Stadium in Doha designed by Qatari architect Ibrahim M Jaidah and based on a gahfiya cap has been inaugurated ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup. More about Stadium modelled on traditional Arab head cap opens ahead of Qatar World Cup
A €15 billion project to link the capitals of Finland and Estonia via a tunnel beneath the Baltic Sea will create a metropolitan area "much, much better" for tech startups than Silicon Valley, according to CEO Peter Vesterbacka. More about "We're building tunnels not walls" says Angry Birds co-founder behind plan to link Helsinki and Tallinn via undersea tunnel
Quebec architecture firm Bourgeois Lechasseur has included full-height mirrored walls in these secluded cabins to reflect the surrounding forest. More about Bourgeois Lechasseur completes pair of prefabricated glamping cabins in Quebec
A concept for a city in which citizens can access their daily necessities by foot or by bike within 15 minutes has won the Obel Award for 2021. More about 15-Minute City concept by Carlos Moreno wins Obel Award 2021
HW Studio has created a sunken home in the forests of Morelia, in central Mexico, with a vaulted concrete living room that opens out to the site's lush surroundings. More about HW Studio's vaulted concrete home nestles into forest outside Morelia
Vin Varavarn Architects has used local materials and construction techniques incorporating bamboo and soil to design an agriculture learning centre in Thailand's Pak Chong District. More about Vin Varavarn uses local bamboo and soil to build learning centre in Thailand
Seventeen sustainable projects, including a timber cultural centre in Sweden, a school built from bamboo and 3D-printed clay homes, will be exhibited in the Build Better Now virtual pavilion during COP26 in Glasgow. More about UK Green Building Council picks 17 "exemplary sustainable projects" for COP26 virtual pavilion
Cedar siding and a central breezeway feature in this compact home in the Pacific Northwest designed by US firm SHED for a couple who will soon retire. More about Rough-sawn cedar clads Whidbey Dogtrot house in Washington by SHED
The folded form of this villa, designed by Peter Pichler Architecture for the owners of a vineyard in South Tyrol, is intended to merge with the existing landscape and form a shield around its central courtyard. More about Peter Pichler completes angular concrete-and-glass villa in Italian vineyard
Architecture firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has unveiled its design for a distillery drinks brand Horse Soldier Bourbon in Kentucky. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners reveals design for Kentucky distillery
New York studio The Living developed a pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale to demonstrate how organic materials with microbial properties could be used in architecture to help create healthier environments for humans. More about The Living creates "probiotic" architectural pavilion that supports living microbes
This week on Dezeen, Adjaye Associates proposed a supertall skyscraper in New York that has a series of cantilevers to give it a dramatic, inverted appearance. More about This week David Adjaye unveiled an upside-down skyscraper
American firm LOHA has completed a row of sculptural, metal-clad homes in Los Angeles that is meant to explore possibilities for the "small lot subdivision typology". More about Sloped walls form Canyon Drive housing complex by LOHA in Los Angeles
Büro Ole Scheeren's residential Fifteen Fifteen skyscraper in Vancouver, which will have a distinctive form with numerous stacked boxy volumes, has taken a step closer to reality as apartment pre-sales begin. More about Ole Scheeren's Fifteen Fifteen skyscraper in Vancouver moves forward
Environmental social scientist Holly Jean Buck and MASS Design Group principal Joseph Kunkel were among the speakers that participated in The World Around In Focus: Land, an afternoon of talks exploring contemporary post-colonial land-use issues. Watch the online event here. More about Watch The World Around In Focus: Land talks
The London Energy Transformation Initiative has published a report that sets out a blueprint for retrofitting UK homes in order to meet national climate change targets. More about LETI publishes Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide to support net-zero target
Italian architect Benedetto Camerana and landscape designer Il Giardino Segreto have created a rooftop garden called La Pista 500 on the rooftop test track at Lingotto, Fiat's iconic former car factory in Turin. More about Benedetto Camerana adds garden with 40,000 plants to the rooftop test track at Fiat's former Lingotto factory
Dezeen promotion: Zaha Hadid Architects, BIG, HOK and Foster + Partners are among the architectural practices giving presentations at Build: Architecture 2021, an event exploring innovative uses of real-time rendering. More about Build: Architecture 2021 online event to explore frontiers of real-time 3D rendering