Local firm DSDHA has completed a workshop building for jeweller Alex Monroe near London's Tower Bridge, featuring a facade covered by horizontal metal slats that allows passers by a glimpse of the jewellers at work. More about Slatted-steel facade allows partial views into jewellery workshop by DSDHA
French artist Xavier Veilhan has created two new sculptures of Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, which are set to be permanently installed across from the architects' iconic building, the Centre Pompidou. More about Sculptures of Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano to be installed at Centre Pompidou
Italian studio GGA Architects has transformed the site of an old hilltop settlement in the country's Marche region into a contemporary house comprising stone structures perched on a pigmented concrete plinth. More about Rural Italian residence combines traditional stone exterior with contemporary details
IKEA's external innovation lab Space10 has worked in collaboration with three young architects to create a four-metre-high bioreactor dome for growing microalgae. More about IKEA lab Space10 creates algae-producing pavilion in Copenhagen
American firm Interface Studio Architects has built an all-white townhouse in a gentrifying part of Philadelphia, with a plywood core running up its middle. More about Plywood staircase extends up through centre of Philadelphia townhouse by ISA
Rectangular concrete slabs form the exterior of Dieguez Fridman's four-storey Corner House in Buenos Aires, which puts a vertical spin on the city's typical suburban architecture. More about Concrete-clad home by Dieguez Fridman reimagines Buenos Aires' typical "sausage houses"
This low-lying brick-and-concrete apartment complex was designed by architecture firm Woods Bagot to reflect the scale and materiality of the surrounding buildings in a Melbourne suburb. More about Woods Bagot combines brick and board-marked concrete throughout Elwood House apartments
Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has completed an extension to a traditional Alpine hotel, comprising a monolithic blackened-timber volume with windows that jut from the walls and roof to optimise mountain views. More about Pedevilla Architects adds angular blackened-larch extension to hotel in South Tyrol
The Chicago Architecture Center will take over a space inside a riverfront building by modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, which will be designed by US firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill and is set to open summer 2018. More about Chicago Architecture Foundation plans move to Mies van der Rohe-designed tower
This year's Chicago Architecture Biennial will ask architects to consider history in order to shape a direction for future architectural practice, say artistic directors Johnston Marklee. More about Second Chicago Architecture Biennial will "look back to look forward" say artistic directors
Construction photos, released along with new renderings, show that French architect Jean Nouvel's supertall skinny skyscraper in Manhattan has reached the 58th floor. More about Jean Nouvel's 53W53 "MoMA tower" progress shown in photographs
This new set of images by photographer Khoo Guo Jie captures the mountain-inspired details of Chinese firm MAD's Chaoyang Park Plaza as it nears completion in Beijing. More about New images capture MAD's rock-shaped Chaoyang Park Plaza
Night after night, the windows of the tower blocks that make up the Waterloo Estate in Sydney have been gradually lit up in different colours as part of a public art project that aims to make the community more visible. More about Residents of Sydney high-rise estate use lights to protest against gentrification
Deputy mayor of Paris Jean-Louis Missika joined architects Edouard François, Chartier Dalix and Hamonic+Masson & Associés to discuss the future of the French capital in our latest Dezeen x MINI Living talk at Maison&Objet. More about Watch our Dezeen x MINI Living talk about the future of Paris
Miami residents in the shadow of heavyweight construction cranes have been told to evacuate, as the structures could be toppled by the high winds anticipated to arrive with Hurricane Irma. More about Construction sites and cranes pose threat to Miami residents in Hurricane Irma's path
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has won a competition to masterplan a commercial district in Shenzhen, China, with its design for 12 stepped skyscrapers built around a park featuring a raised path and pools. More about Mecanoo designs 12 skyscrapers for new business district in Shenzhen
This captioned movie shows how a team from the University of Hong Kong's architecture faculty created a pavilion from 3D-printed bricks, to show the potential of this technology in architectural production. More one-minute movies ›
More about Hong Kong students create terracotta tower to promote use of 3D-printed bricks
New York firm Desai Chia Architects has built a home on Lake Michigan with blackened timber walls and a roof that extends out to shelter an outdoor seating area. More about Desai Chia's Michigan Lake House features a roof that cantilevers over a patio
Traditional Swedish barns provided the inspiration for this red-hued wooden cabin, designed by Gothenburg studio Bornstein Lyckefors Architects for a keen sailor and his two children. More about Bornstein Lyckefors Architects builds vibrant red cabin as a retreat for a Swedish family
A pointy black entrance building has been added to the historic dockyards of Chatham, England, as part of a major expansion of the local nautical museum – one of six projects in the running for this year's Stirling Prize. More about Baynes and Mitchell creates museum complex within historic buildings of Chatham Dockyard