Two terraces will be carved into the swooping, ceramic-clad facade of this public library that architecture firm Snøhetta has designed for Charlotte, North Carolina. More about Snøhetta unveils North Carolina library with scooped front
Gabled volumes wrapped in wood and glass form this residence in northern California, which US studio Field Architecture designed to ensure that no trees had to be removed from the site. More about Field Architecture designs Pinon Ranch to embrace pastoral setting in California
The Chicago Architecture Biennial has defended its sponsorship deals with petroleum giant BP and energy company Exelon, amid a growing backlash over arts sponsorship from companies that contribute to climate change. More about BP sponsorship "allows us to present an exhibition that is free" says Chicago Architecture Biennial
Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we look at how the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts by Norman Foster marked the style's transition from industrial to cultural buildings. More about Norman Foster's Sainsbury Centre was the first high-tech art gallery in the UK
Speakers and attendees have been giving their feedback on the inaugural Dezeen Day conference in London last week, with BBC radio presenter LionHeart describing it as "the best design conference I've been to". More about "London needs more days like Dezeen Day" say speakers and attendees
Director Max Hattler has turned a series of photos of housing estates in Hong Kong into repetitive animations to create his film Serial Parallels. More about Max Hattler turns Hong Kong's high-rise housing into repetitive animations
Stacks of rough stone and concrete form the campus of Yan'an University in China, designed by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University to recall the city's famous cave dwellings. More about Yan'an University Campus evokes the city's ancient stone cave dwellings
Canadian studio D'Arcy Jones Architects has designed this clifftop house in Vancouver to be "part look-out tower, part courtyard and part landform". More about D'Arcy Jones defines Deep Cove House in Vancouver with slanted wood-clad walls
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has built the Centre de Conservation du Louvre in Liévin, northern France, to securely store 250,000 works of art from the museum's collection. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners creates "fortress-like" archive for the Louvre
Continuing our high-tech architecture series we look at Reliance Controls, the last building that two of the giants of high-tech architecture – Richard Rogers and Norman Foster – designed together at Team 4. More about Reliance Controls factory by Team 4 was a "democratic pavilion"
Dorte Mandrup has released visuals of The Whale, a viewpoint for whale watching that will resemble a giant rock outcrop within the Arctic Circle on the northern coast of Norway. More about Dorte Mandrup's Arctic whale watching facility will "grow out of the landscape"
Jane Hall's new title Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women features 180 buildings by female architects. Here she picks out eight designers from the book and explains why women in the profession deserve more recognition for their work. More about Giving credit to female architects is a "necessary political act" says author of book on buildings by women
A house in Vietnam by Khuôn Studio is built around a triple-height atrium filled with plants and shaded by a perforated facade of grey brick. More about Perforated brick facade shades a house in Vietnam with a triple-height atrium
The American Institute of Architects has called for Donald Trump to reverse his "shortsighted decision" to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement amid the global climate crisis. More about AIA denounces Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Richard Rogers, the architect of two of the movement's best-known inside-out buildings, Centre Pompidou and the Lloyd's building. More about Richard Rogers is high-tech's inside-out architect
Snøhetta has designed a visitor centre for two archives, which will be built within the Arctic Circle on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. More about Snøhetta designs Arctic seed vault visitor centre on Svalbard
A timber pavilion called Biobasecamp at Dutch Design Week brought together projects that demonstrate the potential of the "concrete of the future" to fight against climate change. More about Biobasecamp pavilion aims to demonstrate the potential of timber in architecture
Architecture studio Muf has built an open-air playground, featuring a geometrical climbing structure and a stage for performances. More about Muf works with primary school pupils to build Golden Lane Estate playground
The pods that Spanish practice SelgasCano has built to form garden studios in Second Home's first US campus resemble a group of huge yellow lily pads from above. More about Second Home Hollywood by SelgasCano adds 6,500 plants to former Los Angeles car park
Mexican firm Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos has released plans for a hotel in Baja California Sur with creature-like concrete suites integrated within a sloping desert. More about Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos unveils sinuous Chablé Sea of Cortez hotel in Mexico