Wood knotholes are typically a sign of poverty in Japanese architecture, but ICADA has used them to create a unique lighting effect in Knothole House. More about ICADA intentionally puts holes in roof of small wooden house in Japan
Foster + Partners has completed stations in Saudi Arabian cities Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City, connected by the 280-mile Haramain high-speed rail line. More about Foster + Partners completes quartet of high-speed rail stations in Saudi Arabia
Fundamental Approach Architects has transformed the facade of an eight-storey housing block in Tehran using angular screens of perforated brick. More about Tehran apartment block by Fundamental Approach Architects features perforated brick screens
Kettal has launched a replica of the penthouse pavilion atop VDL Research House, the former Los Angeles home of modernist architect Richard Neutra. More about Kettal to sell replicas of penthouse from Richard Neutra's California home
Fundamental Architects and Omega Render have envisioned a building spanning a river in Nursultan, capital of Kazakhstan, with a hole in the middle to make it look like the national flag. More about Kazakhstan's flag reinterpreted as new building for the capital
A giant, terracotta tile roof distinguishes this home in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City, which K59 Atelier has modelled on traditional Vietnamese houses. More about K59 Atelier's Tile Roof House takes cues from traditional Vietnamese homes
WilkinsonEyre has created "unique student residencies with identity" from prefabricated timber pods at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology in Wiltshire, England. More about WilkinsonEyre completes modular student housing for Dyson Institute
Vine Architecture Studio has used an array of warm and natural materials to deck out the living spaces and extension of this Victorian-era home in south London, which was previously a coach house. More about Vine Architecture Studio uses warm tones in renovation of Love Walk house in London
An extruded T-shaped roof that is also a walkway covers a glazed box in this dramatic house designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos in Valencia, Spain. More about Fran Silvestre Arquitectos creates walkway on top of glazed Hoffman House
US studios SHoP Architects and Gensler are among eight practices that have created concept designs of "skyports" for Uber, which will be hubs for both ground-based and drone taxi fleets. More about SHoP and Gensler reveal designs for Uber Air Skyports
Nicholas Grimshaw has stepped down as chair of Grimshaw, the architecture firm he founded almost 40 years ago, to dedicate his time to a new foundation. More about High-tech pioneer Nicholas Grimshaw steps down as chair of his architecture firm
A controversial new airport is not the biggest threat to Peru's Machu Picchu, says the co-founder of leading Peruvian architecture firm Barclay & Crousse. More about Machu Picchu's "museumification" more harmful than new airport says Jean Pierre Crousse
American firm David Baker Architects has completed an eco-hotel in Sonoma County that features board-marked concrete walls, a garden courtyard and a brise-soleil made of redwood slats. More about Harmon Guest House by David Baker offers contemporary lodging in California wine country
Ron Arad Architects has revealed a twisted tower that is narrow at the base but widens at the top, built as the first phase of the ToHA office complex in Tel Aviv. More about Ron Arad's twisting ToHA tower nears completion in Tel Aviv
Designing a new housing model for the masses is the most urgent task facing architects today says Jack Self, who has co-curated an exhibition looking at the data behind today's average home. More about Humans "unlikely to survive this century" without radical changes to housing says Jack Self
A winding road of white concrete becomes an integral part of House on the Road by Robert Konieczny's studio KWK Promes, for a riverside plot in Poland. More about Robert Konieczny folds white concrete road around house in Poland
With architects changing their ways in response to global warming, Phineas Harper asks: what does radical architecture look like in the era of climate change? More about "We're seeing an unprecedented mobilisation of architects in the fight against climate change"
Designer Yinka Ilori has teamed up with architecture studio Pricegore on a multicoloured pavilion installed outside Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. More about Yinka Ilori and Pricegore unveil The Colour Palace at London Festival of Architecture
A dune-like concrete shell encases the Ayla Clubhouse in Aqaba, which Oppenheim Architecture has designed to blend in with the surrounding desert in Jordan. More about Oppenheim Architecture's sinuous concrete golf clubhouse mimics Jordan's desertscape
An exposed concrete frame supports this 4.2-metre-wide skinny house in Melbourne designed by Oliver du Puy Architects to feature meditation spaces. More about Oliver du Puy Architects creates 4.2-metre-wide Skinny House in Melbourne