Architect firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has unveiled a proposal for a permanent community on the moon, comprising inflating pods that balloon up to accommodate more inhabitants as the population grows. More about SOM designs inflatable Moon Village to be first-ever lunar habitat
German architect Heike Hanada has completed a minimalist concrete museum to celebrate the Bauhaus in Weimar, where the design school was founded 100 years ago. More about Heike Hanada completes Bauhaus Museum Weimar at birthplace of the design school
MAD has envisioned a slender, dark skyscraper twisting up beside New York's Empire State Building as a contrast to the harshness of the city's supertall structures. More about MAD imagines sinuous black East 34th skyscraper to "soften" New York's skyline
Beijing-based MDDM Studio has extended a house near the Great Wall of China by transforming a nearby storage unit into minimalist living quarters. More about MDDM Studio completes House on the Great Wall in China
We've selected five of the top architect jobs available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including vacancies at Wilkinson Eyre and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands. More about Five of the best architect jobs including opportunities at Wilkinson Eyre and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Chilean architecture duo Pezo von Ellrichshausen has installed a mirrored structure within Milan's Palazzo Litta, creating disorientating reflections of its baroque architecture. More about Pezo von Ellrichshausen turns baroque palazzo upside down with "magic open box" installation
Chair of the UK government's Building Better Building Beautiful Commission Roger Scruton has been fired for calling Chinese people "robots" and claiming Islamaphobia was "invented by the Muslim Brotherhood". More about Roger Scruton fired from housing commission for "completely unacceptable" comments
The Royal Institute of British Architects has issued new guidelines on discrimination as new data shows the gender pay gap remains above 15 per cent at UK architecture firms. More about UK architects must do more to close gender pay gap says RIBA president
Safdie Architects has revealed its plans to extend its Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore by adding a fourth tower. More about Safdie Architects to add fourth tower to Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore
Hutong Filter is a studio added to a house in one of Beijing's traditional hutongs by architecture office Zai with pixel-style shingles and timber frames connecting to a communal courtyard. More about Zai's Hutong Filter features a pixelated shingle wall overlooking a traditional courtyard
The governor of Illinois, whose family started the Pritzker Prize, is set to sell Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, putting the fate of the postmodern building in "serious trouble". More about Pritzker to sell Helmut Jahn's postmodern Thompson Center in Chicago
Boxy forms wrapped in Danish brick and large stretches of glass form this California residence, which was designed by US firm EYRC to capture light and connect to the outdoors. More about Glass and slender grey bricks clad EYRC's Waverley house in Silicon Valley
Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects designed House in Toyonaka, Osaka, as a series of offset boxes with gaps between them that allow light and air to enter the house, while maintaining the occupants' privacy. More about House in Toyonaka embeds windows in gaps between monolithic grey boxes
The Alpin Sport ski resort headquarters in the village of Schruns, Austria, by Bernardo Bader Architekten, has mismatched windows and is clad in irregularly quarried stone. More about Bernardo Bader Architekten designs stone-clad ski centre with irregular forms
Studies have found that the bright lights and glazing of towering structures in US cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles are causing millions of migratory birds to die each year. More about US skyscrapers kill millions of birds a year, reports find
Shifted floor plates and slanted elements lend an off-kilter appearance to a boutique hotel in a Denver art district, designed by US firm Dynia Architects. More about Irregularly stacked volumes form The Source Hotel by Dynia Architects
Mata Architects has added a timber-clad extension to a house in north London, with windows concealed behind large shutters that can be opened using mechanical winches. More about Large mechanical shutters cover windows of Black Box extension by Mata Architects
A controversial plan for an Apple Store, designed by Foster + Partners in Melbourne's Federation Square, has been abandoned after it was blocked by Australian heritage authorities. More about Federation Square's Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store axed
Winter Architecture has teamed with Zunica Interior Architecture to transform a historic Melbourne cricket pavilion into a flexible community hub. More about Winter Architecture creates community-focused cricket pavilion in Melbourne
Taking its cues from a cuckoo clock, Cuckoo House is a cafe combined with a four-person house in Da Nang, Vietnam, designed by architecture studio Tropical Space. More about Tropical Space builds brick coffee shop with a house perched above