Architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has reconstructed a high school in Los Angeles after it was destroyed by a fire, choosing a bright yellow finish for its aluminium facades. More about Yellow metal walls wrap Animo South Los Angeles High School by Brooks + Scarpa
The top floor of this glazed housing complex in New York's Lower East Side, by architecture firm ODA, has a footprint twice the size of the ground level. More about ODA completes top-heavy residential tower in New York City
Herzog & de Meuron's plans to update Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge stadium have been put on hold indefinitely due to an "unfavourable investment climate". More about Chelsea FC shelves plans for Herzog & de Meuron-designed stadium
Kengo Kuma and OODA have paired up to transform a disused slaughterhouse in Porto into a cultural centre, which will feature art galleries and a library beneath a sweeping ceramic-clad roof. More about Kengo Kuma to convert Porto slaughterhouse into cultural centre
Zaha Hadid Architects is set to build a 35-storey office tower on a £2.2 billion plot in Hong Kong, reportedly the most expensive site in the world. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to build "iconic" office on world's most expensive site
Tristram Hunt, director of the V&A museum in London, has defended the institution's decision to exhibit a section of the Robin Hood Gardens housing estate at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about V&A director defends Robin Hood Gardens display at Venice Biennale against claims of "art-washing"
Architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Weston Williamson and Hassell have teamed up to design five new metro stations in Melbourne, which will be constructed over the next seven years. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners unveils plans for five new train stations in Melbourne
Japanese studio Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office has completed a mixed-use building in Tokyo featuring a jumbled composition of concrete rooms that create spaces for small balconies and gardens. More about Akihisa Hirata stacks concrete boxes to create "futuristic and savage" Tree-ness House
The practice of cruising is changing the way that buildings are designed, according to the curators of a Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition that brings together sex and architecture. More about Cruising Pavilion aims to show how sex "is always latent or silenced" in architecture
Sculptural white stucco panels and small triangular windows define the facades of this gallery by US studio Schaum/Shieh, which is meant to appear like it could "blow away in the wind". More about Schaum/Shieh covers Houston art gallery in sculptural white panels
The Vatican City seeks to question the meaning of the chapel in the 21st century with its debut at the Venice Architecture Biennale, a series of woodland structures by famous architects from around the world. More about Vatican City presents woodland chapels built by architects including Foster, Souto de Moura and Flores & Prats
The Vatican City is a champion for contemporary architecture, according to Norman Foster, one of several architects commissioned by the Catholic city state for the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Vatican City's patronage is "exactly what architecture needs" says Norman Foster
This extension to a Canadian cottage by Montreal studio ACDF Architecture echoes the traditional language of the original home, but executed with contemporary geometry and finishes. More about Lakeside cottage extension by ACDF takes cues from traditional neighbour
Patrik Schumacher has launched an attack on the curators of the national pavilions at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which he claims are "devoid of architecture". More about Architects must reclaim Venice Architecture Biennale from "arrogant" curators, says Patrik Schumacher
Brazilian firm Studio MK27 has used timber, polycarbonate panels and white metal sheets to form an austere building for Micasa, a contemporary furniture retailer based in São Paulo. More about Studio MK27 creates minimalist pavilion for Micasa campus in São Paulo
A Swedish court has blocked construction of David Chipperfield's £100 million Nobel Center in Stockholm, stating that it would cause "significant damage" to the city's historic waterfront. More about David Chipperfield Architects "disappointed" after Nobel Center project is blocked by court
This 360-video filmed by Dezeen offers a look inside the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is filled with filled with expanding and contracting blobs designed to look like cells. More about Explore the huge cell-like balloons inside the Nordic Pavilion in 360-degree video
Monolithic concrete steps evocative of ancient Aztec temples surround open-air living spaces and gardens at the heart of Zicatela, a holiday home in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. More about Ludwig Godefroy and Emmanuel Picault complete "open-air fortress" house in Mexico
Skylights and large glazed surfaces that open onto a secluded courtyard allow natural light to pour into the interior of this house designed by architects David Liddicoat and Sophie Goldhill for a narrow site in east London. More about Liddicoat & Goldhill squeezes asymmetric Makers House onto narrow plot in Hackney
Architecture firm In Situ Studio needed to overcome rotting trim and crumbling brick mortar to renovate and slightly enlarge an American foursquare-style dwelling that had fallen into shambles. More about In Situ Studio revitalises dilapidated brick Nolintha Residence in North Carolina