Weathering steel, concrete and glass were used to form this asymmetrical dwelling by Mork-Ulnes Architects that is nudged into a hillside overlooking a verdant, rolling valley in a wildfire-prone area in northern California's Sonoma County. More about Mork-Ulnes uses Corten steel to protect Triple Barn residence in California from wildfires
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has designed three cube-shaped vertical forest apartment blocks for Egypt's New Administrative Capital, which is being built to the east of Cairo. More about Stefano Boeri unveils vertical forest apartment blocks for Egypt's new capital
A campus-like park of concrete offices topped with green roofs forms the new Vanke Design Community in Shenzhen, featuring two sunken plots completed by architecture practice FCHA. More about Vanke Design Community is cluster of workspaces topped by parks
Seattle architecture firm Olson Kundig included pivoting doors and sliding shutters in this waterfront home in the Pacific Northwest, designed for a resident with a new large collection of art. More about Olson Kundig creates wooden home on Washington archipelago for art collector
Seoul-based practice Augmented Reality Architects has surrounded W House with a a slim border of courtyard spaces that create a green buffer between the home and the city. More about Augmented Reality Architects wraps house with courtyards to create private home
We've rounded up five residences in Ecuador that architects have designed to celebrate the small South American country's local materials and climate. More about Five of the best houses in Ecuador on Dezeen
Stinessen Arkitektur has built three cabins and a sauna on an island in the remote Steigen Archipelago off the coast of Norway in the arctic circle. More about Aluminium-clad cabins perch on stilts over the Barents Sea in Norway
Greenery-filled courtyards and waffle ceilings bring light to the interiors of this concrete restaurant, which Vector Architects has erected near the shore of Beidaihe, China. More about Indoor courtyards interrupt Restaurant y Sea in northeast China
Avella Taller de Arquitectura has reconstructed a recreational summer camp in Venezuela, including solid brick buttresses that draw on a nearby Spanish colonial fortification. More about Avella Taller de Arquitectura builds two cabins for Venezuelan summer camp
Álvaro Siza Viera explains how he created the swooped concrete roof of the pavilion he designed for the 1998 Expo in Lisbon in this exclusive movie. More about Creating the Expo'98 Portuguese National Pavilion was "difficult" says Álvaro Siza
The third annual Antepavilion is a three-storey colourful rooftop structure designed by Maich Swift Architects that will be used as a canal-side theatre and is topped with a light beacon. More about Maich Swift Architects creates canal-side theatre as third Antepavilion
People who say that architecture education isn't fit for purpose are ignoring the many educators and students addressing very real issues, says Sean Griffiths in defence of the current system. More about "It is emphatically not the job of architecture education to mimic practice"
London architecture studio Cullinan Studio has built a house in Amersham, England, that is split it into sections to allow light to flood its interiors through the glazed gaps. More about Cullinan Studio designs "cracked open" house with gaps to let in the light
Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has staggered cedar-clad chalets on Utah's Powder Mountain to form this retreat for creative entrepreneurs. More about MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple's Horizon retreat for creatives tops Utah's Powder Mountain
Goldsmith Street is a Passivhaus and high-density social housing scheme by Mikhail Riches in Norwich, England, which is shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize. More about Mikhail Riches creates energy-efficient terraced streets as social housing in Norwich
Rafał Barnaś has used digital animation to create a world that resembles moving paper cutouts for an upcoming movie, which will tell the story of a house in Poland designed by his brother. More about Rafał Barnaś creates an "abstract world built out of paper" for animated film ArchiPaper
A dynamic screen of illuminated, rotating polycarbonate discs shield the upper level of this home in Melbourne, completed by Layan for the director of local lighting design practice The Flaming Beacon. More about Layan wraps Light House in a screen of illuminated metal discs
Diamond-shaped metal panels will wrap this oval sports venue that AECOM has designed for the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team. More about AECOM designs LA Clippers sports complex to resemble a "basketball swishing through a net"
Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, the Italian architect who co-founded the radical architecture and design firm Superstudio, has died at the age of 78. More about Superstudio co-founder Cristiano Toraldo di Francia dies aged 78
A curtain of red timber panels drape around the entrance pavilion to the Eriksberg Hotel & Nature Reserve in Blekinge, Sweden, designed by Sandellsandberg. More about Red wooden curtain surrounds nature reserve entrance pavilion by Sandellsandberg