Peter Pichler Architecture has overhauled a hotel in the South Tyrolean Dolomites, Italy, adding pared-back concrete facades and minimalist interiors. More about Peter Pichler completes minimalist refurbishment of Hotel Schgaguler in the Dolomites
Windows are recessed into the pink brick facade of this residential building, which New York architects Robert Marino and Leehong Kim have designed for a slender plot in Upper Manhattan. More about Brickwork fronts slender East Harlem residential building by Robert Marino and Leehong Kim
Vertical perforated-metal louvres wrap around the curved facades of this tower designed by CF Møller Architects for the University of Copenhagen. More about CF Møller's Maersk Tower is "sculptural linchpin" on the Copenhagen skyline
Architecture firm Grimshaw's station that will connect Los Angeles International Airport to the city's light rail network is shown in these new renderings. More about Grimshaw's Airport Metro Connector will link LAX directly to public transport
After decades "erased from the architectural map", Peru is making a comeback thanks to international recognition of impressive new buildings in the country, according to this year's Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize winners Sandra Barclay and Jean Pierre Crousse. More about Peru offers architects "tremendous freedom" say Barclay and Crousse
Thomas Heatherwick's studio has completed a shopping centre at London's King's Cross, formed of two converted 19th-century coal warehouses that reach out and touch one another. More about Heatherwick Studio joins roofs of two warehouses at Coal Drops Yard shopping centre
Hawkins\Brown has built 21 modular workspaces on the structure of Here East, the former broadcast centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. More about Hawkins\Brown installs WikiHouse workplaces on former Olympic Broadcast Centre
Leftover coffee grounds fuel this small holiday cabin created by American food chain Dunkin' Donuts, which features interiors styled by actress Olivia Wilde and was listed on Airbnb for $13 per night. More about The Home That Runs on Dunkin' is a cabin powered by waste coffee
After architectural visualisers received a bad rap from Aaron Betsky and Es Devlin, Troy Hodgson defends his profession and explains why renderings don't always exactly match the finished buildings they portray. More about "The role of the contemporary visualiser is deeply misunderstood"
Sponge Mountain is a proposal by architect Angelo Renna for a 90-metre-high mound of soil, which would absorb carbon dioxide from the air in Turin. More about Artificial mountain made of soil could soak up pollution in Turin
Architecture studio Bell Phillips has added 27 brick homes to a 1960s estate in south London as part of a resident-led social housing scheme. More about Bell Phillips adds red brick social housing block to south London estate
A giant observation wheel planned for Staten Island will no longer get a chance to spin, since its developers pulled the project after failing to garner support from the city. More about New York Wheel developers abandon plans for Staten Island attraction
This coffee shop is squeezed into an ultra-narrow space in Curitiba, Brazil, with a simple counter inside for serving takeaway beverages and snacks. More about Svelte coffee shop by Boscardin Corsi slots between two stores in Brazil
American studio David Baker Architects took cues from West African culture while conceiving this affordable housing complex for people aged 62 or older. More about David Baker creates apartment building for low-income seniors in San Francisco
Dezeen is co-hosting a programme of talks and panel discussions exploring China's burgeoning architecture and design scene in Beijing from 25 to 27 October. Read on for more details and to register to attend. More about Dezeen joins Assembly 2018 architecture and design forum in Beijing
A car sunroof influenced the skylight that tops this small angular office, which design-and-build practice Knowhow Shop has completed to accompany its woodshop in Los Angeles. More about Knowhow Shop's faceted white studio in LA is "built like a piece of furniture"
Boston is moving ahead with plans to address rising sea levels predicted as a result of climate change, using designs by New York firm SCAPE. More about SCAPE contributes to Resilient Boston Harbor flood-protection project
This pavilion erected in the pond of a Mexico City park was built from stacks of earthen blocks, which were dismantled to be rebuilt as part of a community centre in a town hit by last year's deadly earthquake. More about Pavilion by Mexico City architects to become community centre in earthquake-hit town
American studio kt814 Architecture has created a single-storey dwelling for a retired couple, consisting of connected pavilions wrapped in large stretches of glass and two types of wood. More about House of Fir by kt814 Architecture sits among sagebrush in rural Wyoming
This captioned video shows the dramatic helix staircase that Danish studio CEBRA has created inside the Experimentarium science centre in Copenhagen. More about Experimentarium's 10-tonne copper helical staircase revealed in new movie