A cluster of stone and plaster-lined volumes form Think Architecture's minimalist House in a Park, which sits on a hilltop in Zurich, Switzerland. More about Think Architecture creates minimal hilltop house in Zurich
The French Senate has passed a bill saying Notre-Dame Cathedral must be rebuilt as it was before the fire, which destroyed its roof and spire last month. More about Notre-Dame must be restored to "last known visual state" says French Senate
Architecture Cotugno Thiry has transformed a 19th-century brewery building in Belgium into La Bouteillerie, a simple house with rugged brick walls. More about Belgian bottling house converted into family home by Architecture Cotugno Thiry
Triangular windows fold up the corner of this OMA-designed housing block, which marks the architecture firm's first ground-up structure in New York City. More about OMA completes black Manhattan apartments with "prismatic corner"
Atelier Jean Nouvel's recently completed Stelios Ioannou Learning Resource Center, at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia, has been revealed in photographs by Yiorgis Yerolymbos. More about Jean Nouvel completes "earth-work" library at University of Cyprus
American firm Office of Jonathan Tate has completed a cluster of sculptural white homes on an urban New Orleans site that are meant to attract buyers on a limited budget. More about OJT completes sculptural affordable housing in New Orleans
Gresford Architects has added an extension with a sunken seating area to a Victorian house in London's Hackney, featuring pink walls inside and out. More about Gresford Architects adds pink concrete extension to Hackney house
Foster + Partners is the first architecture practice to sign up to the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment, meaning that by 2030 all buildings used by the practice will be carbon neutral. More about Foster + Partners pledges to make its buildings carbon-neutral by 2030
Japanese architect Kouichi Kimura has completed a concrete house in Shiga, Japan, as a self-contained space that promotes serenity and silence. More about Kouichi Kimura builds fortress-like Tranquil House in Japan
Bosske Architecture has completed a dairy farm in Northcliffe, Australia, with a curving red structure that contains a robotic milking shed and a visitor centre. More about Bosske Architecture encloses robotic dairy in red "super shed" in Australia
As the weather warms up in the US, we've picked out eight houses in New York's Long Island that are perfect for relaxing, including a bayside residence with an infinity pool by Marvel Architects and a beachfront home topped with grass by Mapos Studio. More about Eight New York residences ideal for celebrating the start of summer
Chinese firm Atelier FCJZ has completed an art gallery that bridges a river in the city of Jishou, to encourage people to engage with art on their daily commute. More about Jishou Art Museum by Atelier FCJZ doubles as a pedestrian bridge
A jagged corrugated metal-clad extension sits atop a brick base at 6 Broadway Market Mews, London, which Delvendahl Martin Architects built over an artist's studio. More about Delvendahl Martin Architects adds studio flat with jagged roof to artists' workshop
Rama Estudio has fronted this apartment block in Ambato, Ecuador with wooden louvres to encourage interactions between residents and passersby. More about Wooden shutters shade Edificio Criba apartments in Ecuador by Rama Estudio
Veld has clad a former blacksmith's workshop in zinc panels and whitewashed its blackened interior to convert it into a home extension in Belgium. More about Veld turn former blacksmith's workshop into home extension in Belgium
Thatched bamboo roofs shelter a beach hut resort built by Vo Trong Nghia Architects on a small island off the Cat Ba Archipelago on Vietnam's northern coast. More about Vo Trong Nghia Architects builds Castaway Island Resort from bamboo
Architecture firm MAD has proposed building a snowflake-shaped third terminal at Harbin Airport, China, which would feature indoor gardens for travellers. More about MAD reveals "snowflake" design for China's Harbin Airport Terminal Three
Interlocking volumes clad in zinc, cedar, stucco and glass form this family dwelling in northern California by US studio Aidlin Darling Design. More about Tree House by Aidlin Darling engages with wooded site in Silicon Valley
Dutch practice UNStudio has unveiled a masterplan for Karle Town Centre, a garden-filled smart city in Bengaluru where buildings will be covered in cooling white paint. More about UNStudio masterplans smart city in Bengaluru
A floating dairy farm has opened in Rotterdam, showing how food production can become less vulnerable to climate change. More about Floating Farm in Rotterdam is now home to 32 cows