A man-made island surrounded by wind farms in the middle of the North Sea could help bring large-scale renewable energy to Europe by 2050. More about Wind farms and man-made island in the North Sea could help Europe meet renewable energy targets
A movement is growing against cultural appropriation, but could it spell the end for historical references in architecture? asks Phineas Harper. More about "Architects are not just relaxed about cultural appropriation, we're experts"
American studio Faulkner Architects has used glass, textured concrete and wood for the exterior of a spacious dwelling in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. More about Faulkner Architects creates family home with sweeping Lake Tahoe views
Dezeen promotion: lighting is the theme for this year's Architect@Work event, which features a talks programme including Sam Jacob, Phil Coffey, Linda Morey-Burrows and vPPR co-founder Tatiana von Preussen. More about Architect@Work returns to London Olympia for lighting-focused event
Baragaño Architects designed this prefabricated house made from galvanised steel, wood and slate in northwestern Spain to take only five hours to erect. More about Prefabricated house in rural Spain took just five hours to assemble
Seoul studio Augmented Reality Architects has completed a house in the South Korean city of Gimhae featuring a facade formed of vertical metal poles that shields an interior arranged around a series of courtyard gardens. More about Stainless-steel poles screen living spaces and gardens at South Korean home
Light-toned cedar boards wrap around this lake house in Ontario, by American firm Lazor Office, which comprises two volumes that face the water and are joined at their corners. More about Cedar-clad buildings "kiss" at Canadian lake house by Lazor Office
Chopped wood fits into the side of a huge black fireplace at this chalet in Quebec, which provides a winter retreat for a family of skiers. More about Black concrete fireplace warms Quebec ski lodge by DKA Architects and Kl.tz Design
This extension to a house in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, contains independent living spaces for two brothers, which are connected by a glazed corridor that traverses a narrow plant-lined courtyard. More about Glazed extension to Taiwan home by 5X Studio provides views of plants and the sky
With an increasing number of projects featuring terrazzo, we've assembled a new Pinterest board of eye-catching uses of the flecked material including a Greek island home on the Aegean coast and speckled furniture made from recycled ceramics. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Standardised parts from a greenhouse catalogue were repurposed to create this outdoor public space and performance venue in Providence, as the result of a design-build collaboration at RISD. More about RISD students use standard greenhouse parts to build outdoor performance venue
American architect Deborah Richards has designed a home for her extended family in Lakeville, Massachusetts, choosing wooden shingles to clad the exterior, and bright yellow accents for the windows and doors. More about Deborah Richards creates retreat for her family beside Massachusetts lake
Apartments for three generations of the same family are stacked inside this multi-storey house in Seoul, which features brick cladding that is perforated to create screens in front of some of the windows. More about Sosu Architects completes brick-clad multi-generational house in Seoul
British architect Will Alsop has created metro stations in Toronto's Pioneer Village and Finch West neighbourhoods, as part of an initiative to create more public transit options in the wider metropolitan area. More about Will Alsop designs two colourful metro stations for Toronto's expanded subway
An interactive mapping tool provides a scary glimpse of how cities such as New York, Boston and Miami might end up if sea levels continue to rise. More about Surging Seas software shows potential impact of rising sea levels on US cities
Nothing blends indoor and outdoor space like a courtyard. This week's roundup of images from Pinterest celebrates some of the best examples, from a Japanese house built around a family's beloved tree, to the open-air courtyard of an apartment block in one of LA's densest neighbourhoods. More about 10 buildings with courtyard living spaces
Globalisation isn't killing the USA's backwater cities and rural areas, but rather turning them into escapes for wealthy "digirati" who are pumping money into regeneration projects, says Aaron Betsky in response to a New York Times article. More about "America's hinterlands now serve as playgrounds for the few wired haves"
This family home by Narch is crafted from concrete slabs, steel columns and sliding glazing that permits views out over a Spanish nature reserve. More about Sliding glass doors open concrete house by Narch to views of national park near Barcelona
Argentinian firm Besonías Almeida has built a house in Buenos Aires around existing foliage, using board-formed concrete and dark laminated timber panels. More about Concrete house in Buenos Aires by Besonías Almeida fits among mature trees
Architecture firm BIG is working on yet another project for Google, this time a pair of offices blocks with ramping roofs in Sunnyvale, California. More about BIG and Google team up for terraced offices in Sunnyvale