American studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has used charred wood, local stone and large stretches of glass to form this country home for an Austin family. More about Michael Hsu creates Llano Retreat for remote spot in Texas Hill Country
Black and white stairways splice and spiral through the Studio Libeskind-designed MO Museum of modern art in Vilnius, Lithuania. More about Skylights and stairways puncture Studio Libeskind's MO Museum in Lithuania
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has completed his Secular Retreat – a Living Architecture holiday home designed to celebrate the landscape like the villas of his hero, Andrea Palladio. More about Peter Zumthor completes Devon countryside villa "in the tradition of Andrea Palladio"
Pivoting doors, bulbous, stuccoed walls and a "cheeky window" are among the details that American architecture studio Dash Marshall has included in the overhaul of this Californian farmhouse. More about Californian Missions influence Dash Marshall's renovated House for Grandparents
Brazilian architect Flavio Castro of FCstudio has built a one-bedroom home for himself in São Paulo, with nearly all of the rooms able to fully open to the outdoors thanks to sliding walls. More about Sliding and pivoting walls open up Box House in São Paulo by FCstudio
Australian studio John Wardle Architects has painstakingly restored an original weatherboard cottage in a remote bay on Bruny Island in Tasmania. More about John Wardle Architects restores and extends Captain Kelly's forgotten Tasmanian cottage
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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