Our latest Pinterest board features innovative architecture in Beijing's historic hutongs, including radical transformations of traditional courtyard houses such as this one by Chinese architect MAD. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our hutongs board to see more examples. More about Explore contemporary architecture in Beijing's hutongs on our new Pinterest board
A serene meditation room overlooking the Pacific Ocean is lit by a large round skylight in this seaside retreat designed by Mexico City studio Colectivo Lateral de Arquitectura. More about Circular rooflight illuminates meditation room in Mexican beach house
Architecture studio FREAKS has clad an old printing warehouse in France shiny corrugated metal cladding and converted it into a research centre for lighting company Sammode. More about FREAKS wraps French warehouse conversion in corrugated steel
Green shingles cover the exterior of this octagonal, flatpack garden room in south west London, designed by Studio Ben Allen. More about Studio Ben Allen designs artichoke-shaped garden room
Norwegian studio Rever & Drage has completed 1/3 House, a building that one part house and two parts empty space. More about Rever & Drage builds one third of a house for a deer hunter in Norway
Next in our high-tech architecture series is Renzo Piano's Kansai International Airport, which was built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay. More about Renzo Piano's Kansai airport has a mile-long high-tech terminal
Moving shutters of corrugated plastic shade this drawing studio pavilion in the Illawarra Escarpment, Australia, designed by Takt Studio as an extension to its workspaces. More about Takt Studio shades its workspace with corrugated plastic shutters
Thin carbon fibres wind over a 3D-printed metal frame to form this bridge, made by university students in Shanghai using two emerging robotic fabrication techniques. More about Two robotic fabrication methods entwine to make Tongji University bridge
Brazilian firm Reinach Mendonça Architects Associados has added a geometric concrete pavilion to a family home in São Paulo, offering a place for reading and entertaining. More about Angular roof tops concrete garden annex for São Paulo home
British architect Norman Foster has revealed that if he could visit any building from history, it would be Crystal Palace, which he cites as a major influence on high-tech architecture. More about Crystal Palace was "birth of modern architecture" says Norman Foster
In our latest competition, we're offering one reader and five friends a three-night stay in the Boat House cabin at Cabü by the Sea in Kent. More about Competition: win a three-night stay with five friends at Cabü by the Sea in Kent
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed its first residential skyscraper in London, which contains 299 luxury apartments. More about Foster + Partners completes luxury Principal Tower in London
The current way architecture is critiqued and presented at biennials and exhibitions is ugly, but it doesn't need to be, argues Aaron Betsky. More about "We have to do better than ugliness and incoherence. We can be woke and good designers as well"
A Room for Archaeologists and Kids by Studio Tom Emerson and Taller 5, which won the Dezeen Awards architecture project of the year award, shows that architecture "does not need to be complicated", says judge Lyndon Neri in this movie. More about Architecture project of the year goes back to "core of architecture" says Dezeen Awards judge
American firm Lever Architecture used weathering steel and original timber in the adaptive reuse of two factories built over 70 years ago for a hay-baler manufacturer. More about Lever Architecture transforms Portland industrial buildings into creative workspace
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters was a ground-breaking skyscraper and established Norman Foster as a global brand. We take a look at the high-rise bank as part of our high-tech architecture series. More about Foster's HSBC building in Hong Kong is a revolutionary high-tech skyscraper
Gabled wooden structures encasing glass-walled living spaces will distinguish a group of treehouses that Peter Pichler Architecture has designed for a forest in Kitzbühel, Austria. More about Peter Pichler reveals visuals of luxury wooden Tree Suites in Austria
Norwegian architect Snøhetta has pledged to only design carbon-negative buildings, meaning their projects will generate more energy than they consume over their lifetime. More about Snøhetta aims to make all its buildings carbon negative within 20 years
Public Works has created an installation focused on maid's rooms in Lebanon at the Sharjah Architecture Triennial to highlight the windowless servants quarters built in developments across the region. More about Public Works exhibits plans of Lebanon's windowless maid's rooms
Larch planks finished with matt black barn paint were used to clad this extension of a Victorian terrace in London, designed by architect Harry Thomson. More about Black-painted larch planks clad extension to a house in London