SOM has worked with the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning to explore a low-carbon alternative to conventional timber framing called SLT and build a pavilion to demonstrate its capabilities. More about SOM weaves small wood pieces into SPLAM pavilion at Chicago Architecture Biennial
A "Recycled Fun Palace" and pottery studios for autistic and non-verbal people are included in Dezeen's latest school show by Leeds Beckett University. More about Leeds Beckett University presents nine architecture and design projects
Dezeen promotion: Finnish steel-based products manufacturer Ruukki Construction has launched an architectural competition to design The Museum of Snow, a fictional museum in Finland. More about Ruukki Construction calls for graduates and students to design fictional "snow museum"
Swiss-Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has created a pavilion informed by the shape of a falcon's wing for the UAE at the Dubai Expo 2020, which opens today. More about Santiago Calatrava tops UAE Pavilion at Dubai Expo with 28 opening wings
Swiss-Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has designed a curved structure that pays homage to Qatar's coat of arms for the country's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. More about Santiago Calatrava unveils Qatar Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020
Dutch Design Week 2021, the postponed Expo 2020 Dubai and the thirteenth edition of Design Week Mexico are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More about Five architecture and design events in October from Dezeen Events Guide
New York studio Gensler has completed a redesign of the lobby inside the postmodernist AT&T building in Midtown Manhattan that aims to pay homage to the existing structure. More about Gensler unveils redesigned lobby in Philip Johnson's AT&T building
Danish studio ReVærk has completed House of Nature, a school building designed to promote learning about nature through its traditional timber structure and wooden shingles, which has been shortlisted in the civic building category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More about ReVærk's all-timber school building in Denmark is a lesson in natural construction
Festival organiser Philippe Burguet picks nine of his favourite wooden structures from this year's Cabin Festival, including a Japanese-style cabin and a playful teepee-shaped cabin with a swinging hammock. More about Nine wooden cabins from Lake Annecy Cabin Festival
Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has inserted a rectangular volume down the middle of an existing building in China to form a cafe that juxtaposes old and new. More about BLUE Architecture adds rectangular coffee shop to red brick building in Aranya
A hybrid mass-timber office building slated for Vancouver will become architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox's first timber project, and one of the tallest of its type in North America. More about KPF unveils Burrard Exchange in Vancouver as its first mass-timber building
Architecture practice BIG and developer Castro Group have unveiled designs for the Fuse Valley development in Porto, which will house the headquarters of luxury fashion platform Farfetch as well as tech companies. More about BIG and Castro Group plan "urban fashion village" with hill-like roof
British designer Es Devlin has unveiled a cross-laminated timber pavilion, which is the UK's contribution to the Dubai Expo 2020. More about Es Devlin creates UK Pavilion to represent "culturally diverse Britain" at Dubai Expo
Designer Asif Khan, architects Mariam Kamara and David Adjaye and artist Theaster Gates are set to transform Liverpool's Canning Dock in a project aiming to bring the history of the transatlantic slave trade into the public realm. More about Asif Khan, Mariam Kamara, David Adjaye and Theaster Gates to redevelop Liverpool waterfront
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a 46-metre-wide bridge with a curved timber roof for Vilnius railway station in Lithuania as part of a renovation project called Green Connect.
More about Zaha Hadid Architects designs sweeping bridge across Vilnius railway station
A sculptural facade modelled on traditional Islamic architecture is the focal point of the Brick Veil mosque that London studio Luca Poian Forms has proposed for a site in Preston, England. More about Luca Poian Forms designs decorative brick mosque for Preston
Chinese studio AD Architecture has completed a mixed-use building in Shantou, Guangdong Province, which features a geometric facade and a minimalist family home. More about Minimal home by AD Architecture challenges "box-like" urban development in China
The St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has been illuminated in New York as construction nears completion. More about Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center church illuminated for first time
British practice Stanton Williams' 2019 development of key worker homes, retail and public spaces in Cambridge has been shortlisted for both the 2021 RIBA Stirling Prize and the 2021 RIBA Neave Brown Award. More about Stanton Williams draws on traditional urban layouts for Key Worker Housing in Cambridge
Lithuanian practice Šilta Šiauré has completed a block of four holiday apartments in the coastal resort town of Palanga, which has been shortlisted in the residential rebirth category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More about Šilta Šiauré clads block of holiday apartments in charred timber