As we kick off our Move the Needle initiative to improve gender equality, Tom Ravenscroft looks at how women architects have long been ignored by prize juries – but how 2018 could be the year this changes. More about "It would not be surprising to see every one of architecture's major awards presented to women this year"
Catalan architect, curator and educator Eva Franch i Gilabert has been elected director of the Architectural Association school in London, making her the first woman to hold the post. More about Architectural Association names Eva Franch i Gilabert as new director
Dutch landscape architect Peter Veenstra has revealed plans to build a plant-covered bamboo sphere in Cape Town's Luthuli Plaza, providing an extra venue for next year's Design Indaba conference. More about Peter Veenstra to build dome of plants at Design Indaba venue in Cape Town
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed a learning centre for the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, which will comprise a stack of glass cubes held within white frames. More about Sou Fujimoto unveils designs for Swiss university centre made of stacked cubes
San Jose-based architecture firm Studio Saxe has built a house in Costa Rica with an indoor-outdoor great room and cantilevered porches upstairs that overlook dense tropical foliage. More about Studio Saxe creates contemporary villa in Costa Rican rainforest
This summer house in the Estonian village of Muraste comprises a cluster of timber volumes topped with faceted roofs and triangular roof lights that allow natural light to pour into the interiors. More about Angular roofs funnel daylight into coastal summer house inspired by traditional Estonian buildings
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed a house in Hanoi featuring walls made from different types of rammed earth, and gabled roofs incorporating planters used to grow fruit trees. More about Fruit trees grow from the roofs of Vo Trong Nghia's stripy rammed-earth house
Japanese architectural principles informed the design of this house in Upstate New York by Tsao & McKown, which uses heavy timber construction to eliminate the need for bearing walls and create an open layout. More about Japanese details influence Hudson Valley getaway by Tsao & McKown
Archmongers has extended the rear of a terraced house in Stoke Newington that features interiors lined with built-in plywood furniture to maximise the available space and a staircase made from a jigsaw of pieces. More about Canal boat interiors inspire space-efficient extension to London house by Archmongers
Our new Pinterest board features a mixture of eye-catching factories and conversion projects, including Alastair Philip Wiper's photographs of the Adidas factory in Indonesia and a Beijing industrial building converted into an artist's home and studio. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Portuguese studio Promontorio Architects has completed the new Embassy of Egypt in Lisbon, which features robust concrete walls covered with bas-relief patterns that recall traditional Egyptian motifs. More about Geometric bas-relief patterns decorate monolithic Egyptian Embassy in Lisbon
New York firm Raad Studio has situated this beach house clad in light-coloured timber high above the sea level in New Jersey. More about Pale cedar beach house by Raad Studio perches atop a sand dune
Architects and designers have imagined ways to transform the central reservation along New York's Park Avenue for an ideas competition, including an underground rock-climbing wall, a huge cascading waterfall and a route for kayaking commuters. More about Waterfalls, forests and kayaks among proposals for Park Avenue centreline
The site of the burnt-out Grenfell Tower in west London is expected to be turned into a memorial to the 72 people killed in last year's disaster. More about Grenfell Tower site to be turned into memorial to fire victims
Photographer Marc Goodwin visited Barcelona for the the next instalment of his series on architects' offices around the world, shooting among others the workspace created inside a former cement factory by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill. More about Marc Goodwin photographs 14 architecture studios in Barcelona
The trunk of a Brazilian firetree pierces the white zinc-coated roof of this house by Aaksen Responsible Aarchitecture in Bandung, Indonesia. More about Fern tree grows through the roof of bright white "contemporary tropical" house on Java island
A dome-shaped house in Palm Springs has undergone renovation work by its owner, Los Angeles-based architect Pavlina Williams, who added new windows and created open-plan interiors. More about Pavlina Williams transforms mid-century dome house with angular windows
Chicago-based firm Studio Gang has revealed plans to add a series of glazed pavilions with pleated roofs to an arts centre in Arkansas, as part of a major renovation and extension project. More about Studio Gang unveils plans for Arkansas Art Center overhaul
Waterfront properties and woodland retreats in Virginia feature in the latest instalment of our series profiling enviable residences in each US state. More about Five of the best houses in Virginia on Dezeen
Dezeen has teamed up with the Royal Institute of British Architects to present a free evening event on Tuesday 6 March about improving gender diversity in architecture. More about RIBA hosts event on diversity after being "stunned" by Dezeen's gender survey