The controversial Dubai Frame has opened to the public, despite an ongoing copyright dispute with architect Fernando Donis, who won a competition to design the observation tower over a decade ago. More about Dubai Frame opens amid claims of copyright infringement
We're heading to Pennsylvania for the next in our series of roundups featuring homes from each US state, where projects vary from an all-white farmhouse to a residence cantilevered over a factory. More about Five of the best houses in Pennsylvania on Dezeen
Dezeen has teamed up with media giant CNN to curate a series of features about architecture trends derived from our Pinterest boards. More about Dezeen curates architecture trends microsite for CNN Style
This family home in Norway by Danish practice Norm Architects is filled with cosy nooks and open living areas lined with generous windows, which look out on to picturesque woodland and a lake. More about Cosy corners and muted colours make house by Norm Architects the "epitome of hygge"
DeDraft's roof-top extension to an east London home is clad in sheets of weathering steel that will naturally patinate to match the red brick and tiles of the surrounding architecture. More about DeDraft completes weathering-steel roof extension for £60,000
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled a pair of residential towers to straddle New York's High Line park, which will feature barrel-shaped windows that resemble those at his studio's recently completed hotel in Cape Town. More about Heatherwick reveals New York condo towers with bulging windows
New York design studio TBD has transformed an apartment in Manhattan's West Village with white interiors and a new rooftop patio, complete with an outdoor shower and hot tub. More about TBD overhauls West Village penthouse with rooftop deck and pool
Barack and Michelle Obama have released a set of new renderings and a movie showing the cultural complex celebrating his presidency, which is to be built on Chicago's South Side. More about Obamas reveal more details and images for Presidential Center in Chicago
This captioned movie shows experimental musicians Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto recording their latest album inside Philip Johnson's Glass House, which at the time was hosting an installation by artist Yayoi Kusama. More about Movie shows experimental musicians recording inside Philip Johnson's Glass House
American studio LMN Architects has completed a performing arts centre for the University of Iowa that features twisted terracotta panels, glass shingles and bespoke acoustic panels made of metal and felt. More about LMN Architects combines textured surfaces for Iowa City concert hall
Acclaimed architect Neave Brown, a "pioneer of quality public housing", has died following a battle with cancer. More about Housing pioneer Neave Brown dies aged 88
Glenn Howells Architects has won approval to build a 132-metre skyscraper that will be the tallest residential building in Birmingham, England, and will house over 480 hi-tech rental apartments. More about Birmingham's tallest residential skyscraper to include rooftop running track and app-controlled lifts
Stanton Williams has completed a four-storey addition to a business school at the University of Cambridge, England, which features social and circulation areas that adjoin an existing historic building and are illuminated by large roof lights. More about Stanton Williams completes contemporary extension to historic Cambridge University campus
US firm Walker Warner Architects has designed a large residence in Hawaii, where a great room opens onto a patio, a grassy poolside and sea views. More about Walker Warner Architects creates open-air beach house in Hawaii
American studio Haus has created a countryside home that consists of interlocking boxes clad in ash, concrete and cement board and a large overhanging roof that shelters an Airstream trailer. More about Haus wraps low-lying Indiana residence in thermally treated ash
London studio Outpost has won a contest seeking ideas for how disused gas holders could be repurposed across the UK, with its concept for a ring of affordable housing and workspaces. More about Affordable housing and studio concept wins RIBA contest for decommissioned gas holders
A mirror-clad pavilion camouflaged in woodland and another resembling a dilapidated shed are among five temporary structures on show in the grounds of the Alvaro Siza-designed Serralves Foundation in Porto. More about Porto architects create five temporary gallery spaces for travelling art exhibition
A glazed courtyard and roof lights draw daylight into this small house in south London, which was designed by local studio Hayhurst and Co for a plot where no outward-facing windows were permitted. More about Hayhurst and Co uses glazed atrium to illuminate interior of compact south London home
The controversy surrounding President Donald Trump's wall between the US and Mexico continues, as updated plans bring the predicted cost to $33 billion, while a petition has been launched to designate the eight construction prototypes as a national monument. More about Cost of Trump's US-Mexico border wall soars to billion
An electrical fire has caused smoke to billow from the roof of Donald Trump's skyscraper on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and has injured three people. More about Trump Tower catches fire in New York City, injuring three