Architects and designers can't design ways to protect mass terror attacks in America's public spaces, but they should join the fight to eliminate the problem at its cause, argues Aaron Betsky. More about "Attempts to stop terrorism at the fringes of architecture are becoming increasingly useless"
A mountainous river valley forms the backdrop to the XY Yunlu Hotel, which Atelier Liu Yuyang has built within a series of renovated farmhouses in Guangxi, China. More about Atelier Liu Yuyang reuses old farmhouses to create boutique hotel in rural China
A folded metal roof tops this holiday home by Chilean firm Mas Fernandez Arquitectos, which was built using simple, cost-effective materials. More about Mas Fernandez designs BL House to embrace natural setting in Valparaíso
This house designed by Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple for a site on the Nova Scotia coast comprises a cluster of Corten-clad buildings that are influenced by traditional fishing huts. More about Smith Residence by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple is a "village" of gabled steel structures
Invisible Studio has built a gymnasium for a hotel in Somerset, England, which is designed as one giant window so that the building has a minimal impact on its garden setting. More about Invisible Studio builds giant window in Somerset hotel garden
Four sculptural, brick columns frame this small extension to a Georgian terrace in north London, designed by local practice Urban Mesh for the firm's director, James Beazer. More about Twisting brick columns support London terrace extension by Urban Mesh
UK architectural design standards were the talk of the town this week thanks to Mikhail Riches' Stirling Prize win. We're celebrating with new Pinterest boards on Passivhaus projects, social housing schemes and British architecture. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More about Get to know Passivhaus design with Stirling Prize winner-inspired Pinterest boards
Mexican firm Santos Bolivar Architects has given the red-block buildings that form this inn reflective bottoms to make it seem like they are floating above the arid landscape in Valle de Guadalupe. More about Mirrored bottoms reflect desert site beneath Mexican inn by Santos Bolivar Architects
Folding screens of woven steel surround the upper level of the latest building at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, which provides three storeys of exhibition, workshop and teaching spaces. More about Paulien Bremmer wraps "social hub" for Gerrit Rietveld Academie in woven-steel screens
As Poland goes to the polls on Sunday, the churches that were built in the 1970s and 1980s as a sanctuary against an oppressive state are now instruments in a political debate, writes Owen Hatherley. More about "The Law and Justice party faces re-election in Poland and the churches have been their foremost propagandists"
The 3,000 hugely varied churches built in Poland between 1945 and 1989 were often created as a rejection of communist authority. Kuba Snopek, co-author of Day-VII Architecture, picks five of the most intriguing. More about Day-VII Architecture highlights the variety of Polish communist-era churches
In our latest competition, we're offering 10 readers the chance to receive a book of sketches and watercolours by Mikkel Frost, a founding partner of architecture studio CEBRA. More about Competition: win a copy of We Build Drawings by Mikkel Frost
Stefano Boeri has unveiled the design of a circular elevated walkway that will be built below Renzo Piano's replacement for the collapsed Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy. More about Stefano Boeri designs elevated walkway to be built under Renzo Piano Genoa bridge
Designer Antony Gibbon has visualised a conceptual house called Twine, which sits under a wave-like piece of concrete within a landscape of rolling hills. More about Twine house is topped by a twisting continuous concrete slab
At a time when everything in the UK looks bleak, an environmentally conscious social housing scheme winning the Stirling Prize is a rare moment of hope, writes Piers Taylor. More about "Goldsmith Street offers a roadmap for precisely the type of housing the UK needs"
Behnisch Architekten has completed an office and reception building that looks like a sports arena at the Adidas headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany. More about Adidas disguises office block as an arena
Canadian writer James Bow is facing a legal battle with the management of Toronto's CN Tower, which claims his use of an image of the building on a book cover is a trade mark violation. More about CN Tower's management claims use of building image is trade mark violation
New renderings have been released for British designer Thomas Heatherwick's first residential project in the US: two towers that straddle New York's High Line park with barrel-shaped windows. More about Heatherwick's High Line condos named Lantern House after bulging windows
This bathhouse for conservative Jewish women in Mexico City features a stark composition of grainy white marble by local architecture firm Arqhe Studio. More about Arqhe Studio designs white marble mikveh for Mexico City's Orthodox Jewish community
Architects, critics and politicians are taking to twitter to celebrate Goldsmith Street in Norwich becoming the first ever social housing scheme to win the RIBA Stirling Prize, while its architect called for government regulation on sustainable building. More about Architects celebrate Goldsmith Street's Stirling Prize win as a "game changer"