SpaceContinuum Design Studio and Shape Architecture Practice and Research have designed a pavilion in the emirate of Sharjah to house Random International's Rain Room installation. More about Sharjah Arts Foundation creates permanent home for the Rain Room in UAE
Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we take a look at the inside-out Lloyd's building in London, Richard Rogers' second major building following Centre Pompidou. More about The Lloyd's building is Richard Rogers' first high-tech office block
This year's Oslo Architecture Triennale looks at degrowth, an economic strategy that calls for a reduction of both production and consumption, and asks what architecture could do to support it. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out 10 of the most interesting ideas. More about Ten ways architecture could support a degrowth economy
A hidden corridor beneath a grass hill links the metal-clad volumes of this house and cooking school in the Netherlands by architecture firm Mecanoo.
More about Hidden corridor connects different parts of Dutch homestead by Mecanoo
Architecture and design magazine Metropolis has been acquired by media company Sandow. More about Sandow acquires Metropolis magazine
American studio The Ranch Mine has completed a residence in Phoenix that features a mix of gabled and flat volumes wrapped in corrugated metal, white stucco and honey-toned wood. More about The Ranch Mine creates modern courtyard home in the Arizona desert
Russian architect Eduard Eremchuk used Tetris-like orange modular furniture on wheels to solve the problem of limited space in a tiled cafe in Rostov-on-Don. More about Cow-print tiles and Tetris-style orange furniture feature in Russian cafe
Next in our high-tech architecture series is Norman Foster's Renault Distribution Centre in Swindon, one of the most expressive and distinctive examples of the style. More about Norman Foster's Renault Distribution Centre is high-tech architecture's most flamboyant structure
Dezeen promotion: architects and master planners from across the globe are invited to submit masterplan proposals for three artificial islands that are set to be developed in Penang, Malaysia. More about Penang government seeks architects and master planners to design man-made islands
A spiral cafe with a rooftop garden in Chelsea, London, by architecture studio NEX has curved windows that can retract fully when the weather is good. More about London cafe in spiral concrete shell has retractable windows
A converted schoolhouse and a series of detached cabins forms this boutique hotel in Washington State. More about Waechter Architecture builds ring of cabins on old school campus to create The Society Hotel Bingen
Recycled water from a ground-floor fish pond is used to nourish fruit trees on the roof of a house in Danang City, Vietnam, by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. More about Vo Trong Nghia plants fruit trees on the roof of a house in Vietnam
Tiles strung on steel cables and an inverted roof are among the quirky design features of this home designed by architect Daniel Moreno Flores on the outskirts of Quito. More about Daniel Moreno Flores creates hanging-tile screen as entrance to illustrator's home near Quito
Trace Architecture Office designed zigzagging ramps running round Huandao Middle School in Haikou, China, to encourage interaction and play between students outside the classroom. More about Zigzagging white ramps encourage interaction at Huandao Middle School in China
Spanish architect Jesús Perales created rooms that overlap in this house in Catalonia, to help the resident family spend more time together. More about Casa Almudena designed by Jesús Perales to bring a family closer together
Steven Holl Architects has brushed off criticisms of its Hunters Point Library in Long Island City, which opened in September with a number of areas inaccessible to people with disabilities. More about Steven Holl dismisses concerns over new Long Island City library as "wrinkles"
Canadian architecture firm RDHA has added glazed volumes to an old limestone post office in Cambridge, Ontario as part of its transformation into a community centre with makerspaces. More about RDHA turns riverfront building into "Canada's first bookless library"
Dezeen promotion: Euroboden has revealed visuals of a concrete office building near Munich, Germany, designed by Arno Brandlhuber and Muck Petzet. More about Euroboden reveals design of "brutalist" Hammerschmidt office in Munich
We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Nicholas Grimshaw, who has stayed true to his high-tech ideals over a career spanning more than 50 years. More about Nicholas Grimshaw maintained his high-tech ideals for 50 years
The Sharjah Architecture Triennial is located in two of the emirate's surviving 1970s and '80s buildings. They are two of buildings from the era that are being conserved. More about Sharjah's 1970s and '80s architecture is being saved by the architecture triennial