An aquarium designed to protect marine biodiversity and a healing centre using horticultural techniques to help treat mental illness are included in our latest school show by architecture students at the Academy of Art University. More about Ten architecture projects from students at the Academy of Art University
Dezeen Promotion: developer Hang Lung Properties has unveiled the 23–39 Blue Pool Road development designed by architecture studio, Kohn Pedersen Fox, to "offer a unique lifestyle that combines urban buzz with residential comfort". More about KPF designs Blue Pool Road semi-detached residence on Hong Kong Island
Vertical timber battens wrap around this Passivhaus hostel designed by architecture studio Blancodelprim to accommodate pilgrims on the famous route to Santiago de Compostela. More about Pilgrim's House is a timber-clad hostel in the Basque countryside
Architecture firm Perkins&Will has gone too far with claims that a luxury timber home on a Canadian mountain removes more atmospheric carbon than it emits, argues Fred A Bernstein. More about "Taking credit for trees planted elsewhere is a whole lot of embodied irony"
Glass elevators and an observation deck are under construction at the top of Kohn Pedersen Fox's supertall skyscraper One Vanderbilt in New York. More about Kohn Pedersen Fox adding glass elevator to supertall skyscraper in New York
Designer Jordan Ralph has created an off-grid artist's cabin called Studio Drop on an island off the west coast of Galway, Republic of Ireland. More about Jordan Ralph perches off-grid artist's retreat on the coast of Inis Oírr island
Five irregularly stacked boxes wrapped by red staircases will form the Harbour Experience Centre, which MVRDV has designed for the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. More about Stacked exhibition spaces to form Rotterdam port visitor centre by MVRDV
Orca is a mixed-use development in Toronto designed by Safdie Architects that will have nine interconnected residential towers alongside a park that will be built over a railway. More about Safdie Architects designs interconnected housing blocks alongside park over train tracks
The construction of this year's Serpentine Pavilion removed 31 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere, according to a report by construction consultant AECOM. More about Serpentine Pavilion's use of biomaterials "more than compensates" for concrete emissions, says Aecom
A project that examines restoring damaged peatlands in Scotland and another that addresses the housing needs of income poor young people in Beijing are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Westminster. More about Ten student architecture projects from the University of Westminster
The pioneering work of 1980s group the Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative is the subject of How We Live Now, an exhibition at The Barbican that looks at the biases in architecture and the built environment. More about Barbican celebrates Matrix feminist design group in How We Live Now exhibition
The UK needs to drastically improve its "poorly insulated, draughty" homes if it is to eradicate its carbon emissions, according to Hayden Wood, CEO of renewable energy supplier Bulb. More about Poor-quality housing is "the number one thing holding the UK back" says Bulb CEO
Architects Cecilia Puga, Paula Velasco and Alberto Moletto have restored Santiago's Palacio Pereira, an abandoned 19th-century neoclassical mansion, turning it into offices where Chile's new constitution will be written. More about Historic Palacio Pereira in Santiago turned into Chile's Ministry of Culture
The redesign of Paris' Bourse de Commerce in Paris by architect Tadao Ando is a "complete disaster" of sterile concrete that turns the building into a monument to French colonial violence, says Aaron Betsky. More about "Tadao Ando's equivalent of what a dog does to a lamppost"
Millions of homes could generate small amounts of solar energy to help eliminate carbon emissions from the UK power grid, according to Hayden Wood, CEO of renewable energy supplier Bulb. More about Architects are "at the very centre of what we need to do to get to net-zero" says Bulb CEO
Indian architecture office AKDA has completed an apartment building in New Delhi featuring a three-storey brick screen punctured by a circular opening that directly references the work of architect Louis Kahn. More about AKDA's brick-fronted Safdarjang Residence pays homage to Louis Kahn
Architect Frank Gehry has explained how his seminal 1978 home in Santa Monica caused a stir in an exclusive interview with PIN-UP magazine to mark the publication's 30th issue. More about "Neighbors got really pissed off" by Frank Gehry's Santa Monica home, architect reveals
Montreal company Carbicrete has developed a method for sequestering carbon in concrete, claiming its product captures more carbon than it emits. More about "We're taking CO2 out of the system" says carbon-capturing concrete maker Carbicrete
Mexican and English architecture office Aidia Studio has designed a train station for Tulum with a sweeping latticed roof that will be built on the Tren Maya railway line in Mexico. More about Aidia Studio tops Tulum train station with latticed roof
Mexican architect Daniela Bucio Sistos has created a red brick and coloured concrete house in Morelia, Mexico, that features round windows and a disc-shaped canopy over a courtyard. More about Tree grows through circular opening in courtyard canopy of Mexico house by Daniela Bucio Sistos