The UK government's plans to extend permitted development rights will produce tiny "sub-standard homes" warns the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about Law allowing conversion of shops to homes without planning permission "truly disgraceful" says RIBA
In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether Foster + Partners should pull out of designing a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "Foster + Partners withdrawing will not solve climate change" say commenters
Designer Omer Arbel's Vancouver studio has made a film documenting the concrete forms of House 75.9, which is being built on a hay farm near Surrey in British Columbia, Canada. More about Omer Arbel Office films concrete tree-like forms that will become House 75.9
US studio SHoP Architects and local studio Nutall Smith have released a set of photos showing their innovation hub and HIV research laboratory almost complete in Gaborone, Botswana. More about SHoP Architects reveals Botswana Innovation Hub nearing completion in Gaborone
Architecture practice Fraher & Findlay has renovated and extended a home in east London, adding a small courtyard that offers glimpses of old and new parts of the property. More about Tsubo House in Hackney features tiny Japanese-style courtyard
A road tunnelling through mountains in South Tyrol has been given undulating concrete portals and sculptural chimneys of weathering steel by MoDus Architects. More about MoDus Architects builds curving concrete tunnel entrances in South Tyrol
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to reduce the amount of glass used for federal buildings in a bid to protect birds from death by collision. More about US House of Representatives passes bill for bird-friendly public buildings
Canadian architecture firm Atelier Schwimmer has contrasted planks of charred wood with pale wood to form a cabin for brothers overlooking a lake in Canada. More about Atelier Schwimmer designs two-toned Chalet Lakeside in Canada
Sameep Padora & Associates has designed a Hindu temple complex partially surrounded by a moat for the village of Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh, India. More about Sameep Padora & Associates creates stepped temple in Andhra Pradesh
Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has called on Foster + Partners to pull out of a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia – or resign as a signatory of the Architects Declare movement. More about ACAN calls on Foster + Partners to withdraw from Amaala airport project over climate concerns
Superverde is Italian architect Stefano Boeri's design for modular street furniture for cities that comes with trees, plants and benches. More about Stefano Boeri designs hybrid tree planters and street furniture
Three gabled volumes form this residence that perches on a cliff in the Hollywood Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles, designed by local practice Standard Architecture. More about Swimming pool cantilevers from Los Angeles residence by Standard Architecture
A slender-brick extension wraps around this semi-detached house in Cambridge, which has been renovated by Neil Dusheiko Architects to also include a charred-wood sauna and gym in the garden. More about Neil Dusheiko Architects contrasts pale-brick extension with charred-wood garden sauna
Texas firm Magic Architecture has covered this Vietnamese restaurant with white corrugated metal to make it stand out from the "busy and graphic mess" of its location in Austin. More about Corrugated white metal clads Vietnamese restaurant in Austin
Architecture studio APL Design Workshop has built a foyer on a raised platform ringed by trees for an open-air theatre in Kurobe, Japan. More about APL Design Workshop creates foyer disguised by trees for open-air theatre in Japan
A courtyard dotted with olive trees sits at the heart of this grey-brick home in Melbourne that Studio Four has created for its own co-director. More about Ruxton Rise Residence in Melbourne is arranged around a planted courtyard
Houses with garden studios are ideal places for working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Here are 12 that support focused work and creativity in our latest Dezeen Lookbook. More about Twelve back-garden offices for working from home
Architecture studio Fala Atelier has arranged six micro-homes around a communal garden in Porto, Portugal. More about Fala Atelier combines geometric forms and concrete finishes in Porto micro-homes
Italian architect Angelo Renna has suggested planting 35,000 cypress trees in Milan's San Siro stadium to turn it into a public memorial for those that lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Angelo Renna proposes turning San Siro into tree-covered coronavirus memorial
In this VDF school show, graduates from the University of Central Lancashire are sharing architecture projects that aim to reinvigorate the British seaside town of Blackpool and overhaul its tourism industry. More about Architecture graduates from University of Central Lancashire breathe new life into Blackpool