Steven Holl's recent proposal for Dublin, and its tenuous reference to a landmark 160 miles away, is symptomatic of architects' obsession with fake meanings, says Sean Griffiths. More about "Architectural meanings are nothing but fictions"
Property investor Legal & General has unveiled designs by Zaha Hadid Architects for a huge housing development in Bristol, England, on a site earmarked for the city's new arena. More about Zaha Hadid Architects draws up plans for housing on Bristol Arena site
The English city of York is transformed into a giant Nestlé sweet factory in this concept by Bartlett graduate Elliott Bishop, set in a post-Brexit Britain. More about Elliott Bishop tells "cautionary tale" of privatisation with fictional Nestlé-owned city
Brooks + Scarpa principals Angela Brooks and Larry Scarpa explain their concept for a public pavilion that could harness energy from lightning in our penultimate P.O.D.System Architecture movie. More about Brooks + Scarpa's inflatable pavilion concept captures energy from lightning storms
A pierced concrete wall based on camera apertures fronts this photography studio in Forth Worth, Texas, by local firm Ibañez Shaw Architecture. More about Ibañez Shaw's Fort Worth Camera Studios feature details that allude to photography
HKS Architects and Engineers for Overseas Development have built a maternity unit in Uganda, using local materials, skills and technology to create a sustainable facility. More about Maternity facility in rural Uganda is entirely self-sustaining
Landing and recharging pads for drones will become ubiquitous atop urban buildings within a few years, according to a company that is buying up London rooftops for a network of drone ports. More about London rooftops snapped up for "vertiports" as drone travel moves closer
Fleecy surfaces create a cosy setting inside this pavilion in western Hungary, which architecture studio AUW hope visitors will use as a space to host "therapy sessions with themselves". More about AUW creates woolly walled pavilion in rural Hungary
University of Westminster graduate Ruth Pearn has designed a concept for a bathhouse, with a tampon recycling scheme, which would alleviate period poverty and combat stigma around menstruation. More about Ruth Pearn envisions public bathhouse to fight period poverty in Yorkshire
Massachusetts firm Maryann Thompson Architects has enlarged a shingle-style house by opening up its ground floor, and building two additions on the grassy coastal property. More about Maryann Thompson refurbishes and extends shingled Cove House in Martha's Vineyard
Mexico's next president has called a referendum so the public can decide whether to continue the construction of the capital's major new airport, designed by Norman Foster and Fernando Romero. More about Fate of Foster's Mexico City airport left to public vote
Global firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has designed and engineered a federal courthouse for a sloped site in Downtown Los Angeles, which appears as an elevated cube with folded glass facades. More about SOM wraps Downtown LA courthouse in pleats of glass
Today we're announcing the architecture shortlist for the first Dezeen Awards, featuring a rammed-earth cricket pavilion in Rwanda, a structure made out of kites in Taiwan and a wooden house in a Norwegian forest. More about Dezeen Awards 2018 architecture shortlist reveals the world's best new buildings
Swiss studio Urben Seyboth has refurbished a mid-century house near Zurich, preserving original details such as the board-marked concrete facades but opening up the interior to create a sequence of brighter spaces. More about Urben Seyboth brightens up interior of Swiss village house from the 1960s
British designer John Pawson has completed the overhaul of an ornate convent and hospital into a hotel in Tel Aviv's historic Jaffa neighbourhood. More about John Pawson transforms historic convent into Jaffa Hotel in Tel Aviv
Germany's national rail operator has announced plans to play atonal music in a Berlin station, in an attempt to deter criminal activity. More about Berlin's Hermannstrasse station to trial anxiety-inducing music in bid to reduce crime
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores a proposal to construct rows of affordable housing on bridges above roads in Sydney. More about Affordable homes are built above Sydney streets in proposal by NIKA
Architect Costas Kondylis, who designed countless residential skyscrapers in Manhattan including several for Donald Trump, has died aged 78. More about Prolific New York architect and Trump collaborator Costas Kondylis dies aged 78
American firms DeForest Architects and NB Design Group have created a dwelling in central Oregon with sliding panels that can either expose or conceal parts of the interior. More about High Desert Modern house in Oregon is designed to be "cool, calm and collected"
A 20-storey-high tower designed by the late Will Alsop, at his studio All Design, is set to be constructed beside the River Thames in London and is likely to become the architect's last major project in the city. More about Will Alsop's Heliport Heights skyscraper set to be built in London