Norwegian architecture studio Helen & Hard has built a 1:1 cross-section of a co-housing project made from spruce wood in the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Nordic Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale is a full-scale co-housing model
DGN Studio has extended and renovated a Victorian semi-detached terraced house in East London, introducing a sunken concrete floor to maximise the ground floor ceiling height. More about Sunken concrete floor expands Victorian terrace house in London
Just 25 per cent of participants at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale are women and only one third are from outside Europe and the USA, despite making "a conscious effort" to increase diversity. More about Venice Architecture Biennale "could be doing better" to increase diversity, curator says
London studio Unscene Architecture explores how pubs, high streets and green spaces in the UK can be made more inclusive in the British Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about British Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale examines threats to public space
Flowing streams, footbridges, leaks and water pipes all lead visitors through the Danish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in an exhibition that explores the circularity of water. More about Rainwater flows in and out of Danish Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale
A full-scale replica of a house in an Uzbek mahalla aims to highlight a historic and endangered form of community living in the Republic of Uzbekistan's first contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Uzbekistan's first Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion celebrates a dwindling form of community living
Architecture office Leckie Studio and design agency Aruliden have released designs for a series of mirrored structures that will be built in a forest in Ontario, Canada. More about Arcana mirrored cabins will blend into the forest in Canada
Architecture office Studio Dlux has converted a former events space in Curitiba into a school featuring a multicoloured playground and a ceiling that looks like a starry sky. More about Studio Dlux includes colourful playground in Brazilian school conversion
American artist Theaster Gates has been revealed as the next designer of London's Serpentine Pavilion, the first non-architect to be given the annual commission. More about Theaster Gates named 2022 Serpentine Pavilion designer
American architect Terence Riley, former chief curator of architecture and design at New York's Museum of Modern Art and founding partner of Keenen/Riley Architects, has passed away at the age of 66. More about Former MoMA chief curator of architecture and design Terence Riley dies aged 66
An eclectic mix of buildings form the Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School, designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture to promote a richer and more varied learning experience. More about Open Architecture designs Shanghai school to be more like a village than a megastructure
The Venice Architecture Biennale opens this week. Installing it during the pandemic has forced participants to work in a more collaborative and sustainable way in line with the event's key themes, according to curator Hashim Sarkis. More about The pandemic has "re-imagined how we can exhibit" says Venice Architecture Biennale curator Hashim Sarkis
SEG Plaza, a supertall skyscraper that is the 18th tallest in Shenzhen, China, had to be evacuated yesterday when it started to shake. More about Supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen evacuated after unexplained wobbling
Designer Sebastian Cox has designed a treehouse in the English countryside that features scorched larch cladding, a shingled roof and a balustrade of chestnut branches. More about Sebastian Cox creates subtle treehouse from scorched larch
A cabin built in a tree above a Texan creek and a Washington writer's retreat feature in this roundup of eight cabins from across the US. More about Eight escapist cabins from across the US
A floating swimming pool for New York's East River designed by PlayLab has been approved by city planners ten years after it was first proposed. More about Floating +Pool swimming pool proposed for New York's East River gets green light
Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has broken ground on The New School, a primary school in Sundby that will be the first in Denmark to be given a Nordic Ecolabel. More about Henning Larsen begins construction on sustainable school with walkable roof
French architecture studios Tautem and Bmc2 Architectes have built a concrete school in Marseille with sculptural features, skewed-geometric windows and colourful interiors. More about Tautem and Bmc2 Architectes use monolithic forms to create concrete school in Marseille
The future of Grenfell Tower, the site of a high-rise fire that killed 72 people in London four years ago, will be decided this summer, according to a letter sent by the UK government. More about Decision on Grenfell Tower demolition due to be made this summer
Dezeen promotion: Chapman Taylor Architects has clad the German Aerospace Centre offices in Godesberger Allee, Bonn, with a copper and black concrete facade from materials developer Rieder. More about German Aerospace Centre's jet black facades crafted by Rieder