Foster + Partners has designed a succession of Apple Stores that implement the tech giant's retail vision. From Paris to Istanbul, here are 10 of its best designs. More about Ten of the most appealing Apple Stores designed by Foster + Partners
Dezeen promotion: a historic hotel in China and a cocoon-like guest lodge in Sri Lanka are among the hospitality projects commended in this year's AHEAD Asia Awards. More about AHEAD Asia announces region's best hotels for 2019
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series features an extremely narrow house designed for a 3.9-metre-wide plot in Brooklyn. More about Narrow House designed as prototype for building on unusual plots
British firm Hopkins Architects and US studios Bruner/Cott Architects and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates have overhauled a massive, 1960s building at Harvard University, adding in living walls and glazed rooms. More about Harvard's brutalist Smith Campus Center receives dramatic makeover by Hopkins
Ancient building material cob has been brought up to contemporary standards by a team of British and French researchers, who see it as an environmentally friendly option for homes. More about Researchers re-engineer cob into sustainable new building material CobBauge
Italian architect Beatrice Bonzanigo has unveiled her patented design for Casa Ojalá, a micro home that is transportable, adaptable and off-grid. More about Beatrice Bonzanigo to present mobile off-grid home at Milan design week
The Bartlett School of Architecture has created a virtual reality tour of the Lin'an History Museum, designed by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's studio, which is yet to open to the public. More about VR film offers preview of Amateur Architecture Studio's Lin'an History Museum
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This community centre in Vietnam, designed by 1+1>2 Architects, features a bamboo framework and a thatched roof that wraps a concrete amphitheatre. More about Curved thatched roof covers Chieng Yen Community House in a Vietnamese forest
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