Architecture office VATRAA has reused bricks salvaged from the demolition of an existing sidewall to construct this extension to a Victorian house in north London. More about VATRAA adds brick-clad gabled extension to Victorian house in Camden
EcoLogicStudio has designed AirBubble, a children's play pavilion that uses algae in solar-powered bioreactors to remove carbon dioxide and pollutants from the air. More about EcoLogicStudio uses algae to purify air inside enclosed playground for children
Dezeen teamed up with Holcim to host a live talk about Striatus, a 3D-printed concrete footbridge that the building material company built in Venice with Zaha Hadid Architects and Block Research Group at ETH Zurich. More about Watch our live talk with Zaha Hadid Architects, ETH Zurich and Holcim on their 3D-printed concrete bridge Striatus
Developer Unboxed Homes has created a terrace of customisable homes in Peckham, south London, which were designed by architecture studio Poulsom Middlehurst. More about Unboxed Homes unveils "London's first custom-build homes"
A scalloped roofline defines this playful backyard studio that Los Angeles architects Byben & Skeens completed for a writer and filmmaker to have a "solitary space for creation". More about Scalloped parapet tops Byben & Skeens' whimsical studio in Los Angeles
Architecture office Studio Zhu-Pei has completed a performing arts centre in the Chinese city of Dali featuring an undulating roof that incorporates viewing areas and seating. More about Curving roof incorporates seating at Yang Liping Performing Arts Center
American firms 180 Degrees and CoLab Studio have created an educational facility and a greenhouse in the Arizona desert with polycarbonate facades that bring soft daylight indoors. More about Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix enclosed with polycarbonate walls
London-based studio Proctor and Shaw has completed a 29-square-metre micro-apartment in Belsize Park, with an elevated sleeping area wrapped in translucent panels that reference Japanese shoji screens. More about Proctor and Shaw designs London micro-apartment with translucent "sleeping cocoon"
This week on Dezeen, an installation by late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude called L'Arc de Triomphe Wrapped opened to the public in Paris. More about This week the Arc de Triomphe was wrapped
An observation deck featuring glass elevators and "levitation" boxes is due to open next month at the top of KPF's One Vanderbilt supertall skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. More about Summit One Vanderbilt prepares to open as NYC's latest observation deck
Chinese studio MAD Architects has revealed its design for The Star office block in Hollywood, which will incorporate a funicular railway. More about MAD Architects plans Hollywood office wrapped with funicular railway
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has created an extension to the dockside MKM Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg, Germany. More about Herzog & de Meuron creates brick extension to its MKM Museum Küppersmühle
A labyrinth of brick walls and angular mirrors define the Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names, which Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind's studio has completed in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More about Studio Libeskind completes angular Holocaust memorial in Amsterdam
Two hundred potted trees that adorned the Supersalone fair in Milan earlier this month will be planted as part of an initiative to grow three million new trees in the city by 2030. More about Forestami project will see "one tree for every inhabitant" planted in Milan
Architecture schools must prioritise teaching students net-zero design skills to effectively prepare them for future work, says Anthropocene Architecture School founder Scott McAulay. More about Failure to teach net-zero architecture skills "is negligent and verges on denialism" says Anthropocene Architecture School founder
Rammed earth walls and a glass outhouse feature in this rural Ecuadorian house by architectural studio Al Borde that is meant to challenge standards of comfort. More about Al Borde integrates nature into Casa Jardin in northern Ecuador
Architect Martin Neruda has completed a single-storey house in the Czech town of Lanškroun featuring translucent polycarbonate walls that conceal living spaces arranged around a secluded garden. More about Martin Neruda incorporates "secret garden" at the heart of House in Lanškroun
Paris is "jealous" of London's cycle lanes and is copying London's green initiatives, according to London mayor Sadiq Khan. More about "Paris is green with envy" at London's sustainable policies says Sadiq Khan
Architecture studio MVRDV has completed the Ilot Queyries housing development in Bordeaux, France, which folds around a large red courtyard. More about MVRDV slots red-walled courtyard into irregularly shaped French housing
One of the largest timber-framed roofs in the world spans 90 metres over the arena of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, designed by Japanese practice Nikken Sekkei for the delayed 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More about Nikken Sekkei's Ariake Gymnastics Centre celebrates timber construction