In this exclusive movie produced by Dezeen, Serpentine Pavilion architect Diébédo Francis Kéré reveals how building a school for his home village in Burkina Faso was the starting point for his career. More about Diébédo Francis Kéré says school that launched his career is "not a traditional African building"
This family home in Dublin features uneven blockwork walls and a terracotta-clad sloping roof, to help it match an Arts and Crafts-style neighbour. More about Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects completes "purposefully imperfect" woodland home in Dublin
The 1920s bungalows and 1950s modernist buildings found across Los Angeles influenced locally based Martin Fenlon Architecture when designing this house for one of the city's conservation areas. More about Martin Fenlon merges architectural styles for house in Los Angeles
Three residential skyscrapers measuring between 65 and 95 storeys tall are to be constructed as part of a major development in Downtown Toronto. More about Hariri Pontarini and Pinnacle propose tower trio for Toronto waterfront
Classic cars are frequently used as props when photographing architecture projects, while sometimes entire homes are designed around an owner's automobile. We've chosen 10 examples of buildings accompanied by photogenic vehicles, from a countryside retirement home to a converted windowless garage. More about 10 buildings that use classic cars to improve their image
This residence in the Hamptons by architecture studio Deborah Berke Partners consists of multiple terraces and vast expanses of glass, and includes separate gyms for husband and wife. More about Hamptons house by Deborah Berke Partners contains two workout areas
As part of Good Design for a Bad World, a series of talks we are hosting with Dutch Design Week, we will ask whether designers can help to solve climate change. Here are eight ideas already developed. More about Eight designs that respond to the threat of climate change
London studio Haptic has been selected to design a new aquarium for Oslo, with a design that resembles two smoothly curved rocks stretching out to sea. More about Haptic unveils plans for domed aquarium on former airport site in Oslo
A pyramidal turfed roof tops one of several teaching and administrative spaces clustered around a multipurpose hall at this school in the Belgian city of Knokke-Heist by Amsterdam studio NL Architects. More about NL Architects completes Belgian school featuring a colonnade and a pyramidal roof
We've created a new Pinterest board featuring university buildings of all shapes and sizes, from Thomas Heatherwick's parsnip-shaped towers in Singapore to Wingårdhs' leaning auditorium in Stockholm. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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The metal cladding of German architect Jürgen Mayer H's FOM Hochschule university building in Düsseldorf is carved into sculptural shapes that connect windows, balconies and stairs. More about Jürgen Mayer H's FOM Hochschule building features bulging balconies and seamless stairs
The owners of this Hawaiian home by Ljubljana firm Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti can clamber onto its faceted roof to enjoy a lofty view of the Pacific Ocean. More about Angular roof covers clifftop home in Maui by Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, Peter Zuspan of Bureau V and Corinna Natter of MINI Living will discuss how nomadic working and living is changing cities in our latest Dezeen x MINI Living talk in New York on 19 October. Register to attend now! More about Li Edelkoort joins latest Dezeen x MINI Living panel discussion in New York – register now!
Students at this new Snøhetta-designed Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design in Bergen are invited to use the inner walls as a canvas for their work. More about Snøhetta makes every interior surface a canvas in new £100-million arts school in Bergen
Open House is taking place in Chicago this weekend and we've selected some of the best buildings to snoop around, including a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house, a pink-hued apartment block, and studios of the city's prominent architects. More about 10 significant buildings to visit during Open House Chicago 2017
David Connor Design and Kate Darby Architects have transformed a tumbledown cottage in England's West Midlands into a home and studio, enveloping the ruined old structure in a shell of black corrugated metal. More about Kate Darby and David Connor preserve rotting structure in conversion of 18th-century cottage
Dutch architect Chris Collaris has built a house in Amsterdam that is clad entirely in blackened timber, featuring an asymmetric gabled roof that extends out to form a sheltered entrance. More about Chris Collaris Architects completes black wooden cottage with exaggerated roof
This hillside house in Brisbane, designed by Japanese studio Tato Architects and Australian office Phorm Architecture, features outdoor living spaces raised up on stilts. More about Tato Architects and Phorm Architecture combine Japanese and Australian design for Brisbane house
White concrete columns intersect with wooden beams to form the pavilion for this year's Design Week Mexico, designed by Mexican architecture studio Materia. More about Materia's Design Week Mexico pavilion casts shadow patterns across itself
Large windows provide framed views of Los Angeles from this hilltop house, which German art director Tino Schaedler has designed for his family. More about Tino Schaedler takes cues from movie sets for his LA family home