Clay bricks "stacked in a random pattern" create varying hues across the walls of this holiday home in Long Island, which New York-based architect Toshihiro Oki has designed for a client to host friends all year round. More about Toshihiro Oki links pale brick volumes to form Long Island weekend retreat
Architecture office Arquitectura-G has slotted a new house within the aged stone walls of a ruin in the medieval village of Palau-Sator, Spain. More about Arquitectura-G builds modern house behind crumbling old stone walls
To coincide with Design Shanghai, we've curated a Pinterest board celebrating the best architecture and design that the city has to offer, including a shopping centre with a tessellating diamond facade by UNStudio and iridescent furniture created from electroplated stainless steel. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Monterrey-based studio P+0 Arquitectura has wrapped concrete terraces and staircases around this residence to make the most of its setting among wooded mountains in Mexico. More about Offset concrete boxes form Casa 2I4E retreat for a couple and their dog in Mexican landscape
Bricks from demolished local buildings were used to construct this museum in Mouscron, Belgium, by architecture studio V+. More about V+ uses recycled bricks to build Folklore Museum in Belgium
New York firm DXA Studio has designed a conceptual bridge that would connect the city's new Hudson Yards neighbourhood with the Moynihan Train Hall extension to Penn Station above the streets. More about The Midtown Viaduct offers pedestrian link between NYC's Hudson Yards and Penn Station
Toronto firms Public Work and Greenberg Consultants have completed a new park underneath the city's Gardiner Expressway, to provide "a vital artery for pedestrians and cyclists". More about The Bentway park opens under Toronto's Gardiner Expressway
Architect Moshe Safdie has encouraged others in the profession to become more reactive to the world's changing climate, by incorporating adaptable spaces into their projects. More about "Architects need to respond to climate change by being more versatile" says Moshe Safdie
International architecture and design awards programmes have improved the gender balance of their judging panels this year, although men still outnumber women, according to a survey conducted by Dezeen following our Move the Needle initiative. More about Design awards improve gender balance of their judging panels
Change isn't happening fast enough for women in architecture says Jeanne Gang, who suggests that all firms should be set a target to close their gender pay gap. More about "Show respect to women in your workforce" says Jeanne Gang
Campaigning for equality in architecture is at its peak, says Christine Murray, so why is the number of women in the profession still going down? More about "By highlighting the problems faced by women in architecture, are we making it worse?"
On International Women's Day, here's a look at some of the individuals, collectives and organisations that are working hard to raise the profile of female architects and designers around the world. More about Ten champions for women in architecture and design
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has teamed up with Starbucks on a coffee house featuring origami-like ceilings and trails of cherry blossoms, designed to offer customers a more theatrical experience. More about Kengo Kuma designs building for Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo
MVRDV has broken ground on the Tainan Xinhua Fruit and Vegetable Market in Taiwan, which will be topped by a terraced green roof for farming. More about Undulating rooftop farm terraces will top food market designed by MVRDV for Taiwan
An exhibition featuring the painterly, diagrammatic drawings by Japanese architect and artist Shusaku Arakawa has opened at the Gagosian gallery in New York. More about Diagrammatic paintings by Japanese architect Shusaku Arakawa go on show in New York
Scenic, improvised and dilapidated basketball courts around the world are documented in these photographs by Bill Bamberger, which form an exhibition at Washington DC's National Building Museum. More about Hoops photography exhibition shows basketball's universal appeal
The number of new tall buildings planned for London has gone up to 541 thanks to a surge in planning approvals, according to research from New London Architecture. More about Record-breaking 541 skyscrapers proposed for London as planning approvals soar
OMA's New York office has revealed the design for its first project in Brooklyn: a pair of residential towers shaped like "a ziggurat and its inverse". More about OMA unveils Greenpoint Landing towers for Brooklyn
Architects have an urgent mission, says Chris Precht, to bring food production back into the centre of our cities. More about "We need agriculture back in our cities and in our minds"
The best hotels around the world offer guests an authentic local experience, say AHEAD Global awards jury members in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. More about Contemporary hotel design "about authenticity" say AHEAD Global awards judges