Brown brick facades of Promontorio's tower in the Angolan town of Lubango recall the tones of traditional African rammed-earth buildings. More about Promontorio's brick-clad Lubango Center rises above an Angolan town square
Concrete sound mirrors, used in the UK to intercept coastal attacks in the aftermath of the first world war, are captured in this photography series by Piercarlo Quecchia. More about Piercarlo Quecchia reveals England's acoustic defences of the 1920s in Sound Mirrors photos
Architecture firm BIG has released renderings of its first project in South America: a curved tower covered with planted balconies that would become the tallest building in Quito. More about BIG releases plans for IQON skyscraper in Ecuador
Zaha Hadid's design for a skeletal building overlooking Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro has been shelved, according to local reports. More about Zaha Hadid's first Brazilian building scrapped after long delays
Awarding the Stirling Prize to Foster + Partners for its Bloomberg building sends the wrong message and risks runaway global warming. We need a new approach to sustainability says Phineas Harper. More about "The world's most sustainable office building isn't enough to save the planet"
Architecture firm Taller Hector Barroso has designed a housing complex in Mexico City, with warm-hued concrete walls inside and out. More about Taller Hector Barroso completes caramel-coloured apartment complex in Mexico City
Triangle-shaped towers fitted with smart technology form the centre of Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects competition-winning masterplan for Helsinki. More about Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects plans cluster of triangular smart skyscrapers for Helsinki
Architectural historian Beatriz Colomina wants to know what people get up to in bed – it will affect the way we design cities in the future, she says. More about "We should think very seriously about what a bed is today" says Beatriz Colomina
Swedish studio Urban Nouveau is offering an alternative to the demolition of a 1920s bridge in Stockholm – transform it by adding apartments and a linear park. More about Urban Nouveau wants to save Stockholm's Gamla Lidingöbron bridge by building homes in it
Elevation, Dezeen's documentary about how drones will transform cities, has received two accolades at the Lovie Awards 2018, which celebrates the best content on the internet. More about Dezeen's drone documentary Elevation wins two Lovie Awards
Microsoft Ireland's new campus in Dublin is designed around the concept of an island, complete with a digital waterfall cascading through the atrium. More about Gensler and RKD Architects create digital waterfall for Microsoft Ireland's HQ
The Open House New York event is spotlighting architecture and landscape projects across the city that are designed by women, and will be available to tour this weekend. More about Eight works by women to visit during Open House New York
Israeli architect Anat Gay has combined two properties in Tel Aviv to create her family residence, but kept both entrances for two generations to use separately. More about Anat Gay Architects joins two homes into Spiral Suite House in Tel Aviv
PES Architects used custom-developed ceramic tiles and louvres to create the curving lines of the Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou, China. More about PES Architects reveals petal-shaped Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou
See inside the Foster + Partners headquarters for Bloomberg, which won the 2018 Stirling Prize, in this movie created by RIBA. More about Watch walk-through footage of Foster + Partners' Stirling Prize-winning Bloomberg HQ
David Kohn Architects has refurbished a series of galleries in London's V&A to create a new photography centre that houses the museum's sensitive collection. More about David Kohn designs V&A Photography Centre to hold museum's delicate collection
Architecture studio Barclay & Crousse has won this year's Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for its fragmented concrete university building in rural northern Peru. More about Barclay & Crousse's "deceptively simple" school in Peru wins Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize
Bloomberg's European HQ designed by Foster + Partners has been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2018, the third time the practice has won the prize for the best building in the UK. More about Foster + Partners' Bloomberg HQ wins Stirling Prize 2018
Chinese studio People's Architecture Office is using a pop-up pavilion to show how a prefabricated home designed for China's hutongs could be used by cities in the US to help tackle the housing crisis. More about Plugin House built in Boston to demonstrate potential for use in US backyards
The governor of New York has released more details of plans to transform John F Kennedy International Airport in Queens into one of the "finest in the world". More about Plans to overhaul New York's JFK airport updated