Japanese architect Tadao Ando has concealed a huge stone statue of the buddha within a hill covered in lavender plants at the Makomanai Takino Cemetery in Sapporo. More about Tadao Ando surrounds huge buddha statue with lavender-covered mound at Sapporo cemetery
The Centre Pompidou has announced that it will open a Chinese outpost in Shanghai's David Chipperfield-designed West Bund Art Museum in 2019. More about Centre Pompidou to open Shanghai outpost in David Chipperfield's West Bund Art Museum
An "obese house" by Austrian sculptor Erwin Wurm has been installed on the lawn outside an 18th-century palace in Vienna. More about Erwin Wurm's Fat House installed outside baroque palace in Vienna
American firm In Situ Studio has overhauled a mid-century modern dwelling in Raleigh, North Carolina, that had been "haphazardly chopped up" over the years. More about In Situ Studio revives mid-century modern home in North Carolina
A series of steep-roofed pavilions linked by gardens and external corridors make up this home by De Reus Architects on Hawaii's Big Island. More about Hawaii house designed as a mini village by De Reus Architects
New York City architect-developer Cary Tamarkin has built a modernist home in the Hamptons using locally sourced wood and stone, to match the area's historic architecture. More about Cary Tamarkin constructs Island Creek home in the Hamptons with local materials
Work is well underway on Heatherwick Studio's "tree-covered mountains" in Shanghai, as shown in this flyover movie filmed by a drone. More about Drone footage shows Heatherwick Studio's "tree-covered mountains" underway in Shanghai
This moody Melbourne house extension by local studio Branch Studio Architects features dark rammed-charcoal walls, window nooks and an outdoor bathtub. More about Branch Studio uses rammed earth to build Melbourne house extension
Dezeen is giving away three copies of Surf Shacks, a book of full-colour photography capturing surfers' homes around the world. More about Competition: win a book that showcases the homes of surfers from around the world
Royal College of Art graduate Jiaji Shen has proposed transforming a disused pier on London's River Thames into a workshop for a designer who makes jewellery with items scavenged from the mud. More about Jiaji Shen proposes turning abandoned coal pier into workshop for "mudlarking" jewellery maker
Pale brickwork lines the living areas of this Sydney house by local studio Andrew Burges Architects, while the bedrooms are located in blackened wood volumes on top. More about Andrew Burges' Sydney house pairs pale brickwork with blackened wood
Two enormous translucent walls flood the playing court of this bright white sports centre by Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza with dazzling light. More about Alberto Campo Baeza's Madrid sports centre is a "box of light"
Toronto firm Atelier Kastelic Buffey has completed a black-and-white ski chalet in Ontario's Blue Mountains, echoing the forms of the area's traditional barns and farmhouses. More about Monochrome Canadian ski lodge by Atelier Kastelic Buffey echoes traditional farmhouses
PUP Architects has installed a "subversive" duct-shaped pavilion on the roof of a canal-side warehouse in east London, to provoke local planning authorities to reconsider the area's development. More about PUP Architects builds rooftop pavilion disguised as warehouse air duct
Brave hikers in the Swiss Alps can now walk almost half a kilometre across this thin metal suspension bridge to reach trails on either side of a huge valley. More about World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge traverses a Swiss valley
A harbour view is framed through the gap between the two sides of this house in Massachusetts by New York firm Leroy Street Studio. More about Leroy Street Studio updates traditional New England architecture for harbour-side Cove House
Design bodies are consulting their members on what the UK's immigration policy should look like post-Brexit, after the government invited business sectors to submit their views on the subject. More about UK government calls for industry input on post-Brexit immigration system
A fire broke out at one of Dubai's tallest skyscrapers in the early hours of this morning, causing the evacuation of over 600 residences and reigniting debate about the safety of materials used in high-rise buildings. More about Blaze tears through Dubai's Torch Tower skyscraper for second time
This tiny guest house by designer Will Beilharz stands on a lava field on Hawaii's Big Island, and has views of the steam produced where molten rock flows into the sea. More about Phoenix House sits at the base of the world's most active volcano
Work has begun on an office building designed by Rotterdam studio MVRDV for the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, which will feature a gridded facade based on local weaving patterns. More about MVRDV unveils plans for Sri Lankan office building with stepped terraces