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
Architecture studio Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes has built a curving wood and steel bridge for pedestrians and cyclists over railway tracks in Angers, France. More about Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes designs gently curving timber bridge over train tracks in Angers
After three months, two million video plays, over 600 posts and more than 50 live interviews, Virtual Design Festival has come to an end. From defining a new design movement to imagining new planets and urban wildernesses, here are a few of the agenda-setting ideas it raised. More about Eight ways Virtual Design Festival has set the agenda for architecture and design
Researchers from Swiss university ETH Zürich have created the facades of a winery in Greece from 13,596 individually placed bricks using a technology they have named "augmented bricklaying". More about Kitrvs winery's facades built from 13,596 individually rotated bricks
Artist Marc Quinn has erected a sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid on the plinth in Bristol where the statue of a slave trader stood before it was torn down. More about Marc Quinn replaces statue of slaver Edward Colston with Black Lives Matter protestor
Yarauvi is a conceptual nondenominational burial place, re-released by Miró Rivera Architects as founder Juan Miró mourned the death of his tutor, professor Michael Sorkin, from coronavirus. More about Miró Rivera Architects imagines floating city of the dead in response to coronavirus
Long roofs extend from this cedar residence in California that architect Alec Petros designed for a client he met in a bookstore. More about Overhanging roofs shade outdoor areas of cedar-clad Seaside Reef House