Architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso has used earthen blocks, pine and concrete to help this holiday dwelling blend into its forested setting in central Mexico. More about Mud brick walls form House in Avandaro by Taller Hector Barroso
Architecture studio Pareid and students from Chulalongkorn University have built an open-walled classroom around two water collecting funnels in western Thailand. More about Brightly coloured classroom designed to harvest water in Thailand
Angled aluminium louvres cover the reclaimed brick walls of the Junshan Cultural Center near Beijing, China, designed by Neri&Hu. More about Neri&Hu surrounds Junshan Cultural Center with angled aluminium louvres
Architecture practice Studio Vural has envisioned a seaside holiday dwelling that is carved into sand dunes and operates without relying on public utilities. More about Studio Vural imagines off-the-grid Dune House for Cape Cod
The TreeHugger tourist information office in Bressanone, northern Italy, features smooth concrete walls that curve around the trunk of a tree. More about MoDus Architects wraps Bressanone tourist office around a tree
Red brick archways define the lower and topmost levels of Cadence, a housing development designed by Alison Brooks Architects next to Coal Drops Yard at King's Cross, London. More about Alison Brooks Architects unveils brick archways on London apartments
Writer and Dezeen columnist Phineas Harper has become director of charity Open City, which runs Open House London. More about Phineas Harper appointed director of Open City
Hand-charred wooden planks contrast whitewashed cedar in the facade of this house in Washington state, designed by Portland practice Open Studio Collective. More about Two-toned wood wraps Washington home by Open Studio Collective
Studio Okami Architecten has dug a brick and concrete home into a sloping hillside, looking out over the valley landscape of Mont-de-l'Enclus in Belgium. More about Studio Okami Architecten hides Sloped Villa in a Belgian hillside
We've updated our Japanese houses Pinterest board with pictures from new projects, including a house in Osaka with 16 different floor levels and a minimal square building clad in black corrugated metal. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. More about See unusual Japanese houses in this week's Pinterest board
Artists Heather and Ivan Morison have unveiled Mother, a thatched hut offering sanctuary and solitude in a Cambridgeshire nature reserve. More about Studio Morison builds thatched hideaway disguised as a haystack
White stone lattice surrounds the entrance to a paramedical college in Agroha, India, clad in red sandstone by architecture practice SpaceMatters. More about SpaceMatters uses red and white sandstone for medical college in Agroha
This week on Dezeen, CF Møller revealed photos of Sweden's tallest timber building and Forensic Architecture founder Eyal Weizman was prevented from entering the United States. More about This week, Sweden's tallest timber building was revealed
Angled white walls will mark the entrance to underground contemplation spaces at Herzog & de Meuron's roadside Autobahnkirche chapel in Switzerland.
More about Herzog & de Meuron designs motorway chapel in Switzerland
Los Angeles practice Stayner Architects has restored a 1950s house in Palm Desert, California, which was designed by modernist architect Walter S White to feature a wave-shaped roof. More about Stayner Architects restores modernist Wave House in California
Venetian office AMAA has converted an abandoned plumbing factory into an architecture studio with a rough-and-ready character. More about AMAA creates own studio by inserting huge glass box inside old Italian factory
Rem Koolhaas's exhibition exploring the countryside at New York's Guggenheim museum aims "to put the countryside on the agenda again". More about Countryside, The Future exhibition has "nothing to do with architecture" says Rem Koolhaas
Companies from across the architecture, engineering and construction industries have collaborated to create a free digital embodied carbon calculator that they hope will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and counter climate change. More about Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator launches to tackle industry emissions
Dezeen promotion: in this short film released by Danish tap manufacturer Vola, architecture practice McLaren Excell explains the importance of paying tribute to a building's past during its restoration process. More about McLaren Excell discusses preserving a home's history in short film by Vola
The facade of Louis Vuitton's store in Osaka, designed by architects Jun Aoki & Associates and Peter Marino, is based on the sails of old Japanese merchant ships More about Louis Vuitton's flagship Osaka store covered in curving glass sails