This contemporary firehouse by Canadian studio STGM Architectes features facades made of metal, glass and wood, with interior spaces awash in white finishes and natural light. More about STGM wraps rural Quebec fire station in black aluminium
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a city near China's Liuzhou, featuring towers completely covered in trees and plants to combat air pollution. More about Stefano Boeri designs "vertical forest" city to eat up China's smog
Scandinavian firm CF Møller has been appointed alongside Haworth Tompkins and Metropolitan Workshop on the housing scheme that will replace Robin Hood Gardens, the brutalist estate in east London designed by Alison and Peter Smithson. More about CF Møller appointed on Robin Hood Gardens replacement scheme
Retail startup Wheelys has designed a prototype self-driving supermarket that navigates to different locations throughout the day and uses artificially intelligent holograms to help customers. More about Wheelys' Moby-Mart is a self-driving store with a holographic shop assistant
London firm Stanton Williams has renovated and extended the Musée d'arts de Nantes, adding a series of extensions including a monolithic structure wrapped in stone and translucent marble to the beaux-arts building. More about Stanton Williams completes renovation of beaux-arts museum in Nantes with stone and marble extension
Plants will spill out between the overlapping wooden blocks that make up the facade of this hotel, which Kengo Kuma & Associates has unveiled for a site on the left bank of Paris' river Seine. More about Kengo Kuma reveals plant-covered Eco-Luxury Hotel for Paris
Ill-Studio and Pigalle have returned to a basketball court they previously overhauled with bold patterns, replacing primary colours with gradients of blue, pink, purple and orange. More about Colourful Paris basketball court updated with new hues
Galvanised-steel panels form faceted balconies and window surrounds on the exterior of this former grain-storage silo in Copenhagen, which Danish studio COBE has converted into an apartment building. More about COBE transforms Copenhagen grain silo into apartment block with faceted facades
Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete and her firm AL_A have completed a new porcelain-tiled entrance and underground exhibition hall at the Victoria and Albert Museum. More about AL_A completes tile-covered entrance and subterranean gallery for London's V&A museum
Canadian studio YH2 has taken the notion of openness to the extreme in this small wooden cabin, which features stairs without walls and elevated areas without protective railings. More about YH2 adds sculptural upper volume to tiny forest cottage in Quebec
US President Donald Trump has suggested that his controversial wall proposed for the country's border with Mexico could be covered with solar panels, to provide cheap energy and help foot the bill. More about Trump touts solar-panelled Mexico border wall as cost-saving solution
France, Austria and Norway are to become home to the world's tallest wooden buildings according to a new report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, which has found Europe to be leading the timber construction movement. More about Europe at forefront of timber construction finds CTBUH report
The creators of New York's High Line have launched a platform to advise similar infrastructure reuse projects in the USA. We've rounded up the 18 other schemes in the works, including an OMA-designed bridge with ramps and waterfalls, and an underground park. More about 18 "rail-to-trail" projects following in the High Line's footsteps
A London pumping station designed by British architect John Outram has been Grade II* listed, in a move that Historic England hopes will see other postmodern buildings recognised for their architectural significance. More about John Outram's "Temple of Storms" pumping station heritage listed as one of UK's finest postmodern buildings
Design Work Group has completed a family home in the Indian port city of Surat, which features a gently undulating brick facade that offers shade from the sun. More about Rippling red brick facade shades house in Surat by Design Work Group
The Wilshire Grand Center, America's tallest building west of the Mississippi River, has officially opened in Los Angeles. More about LA's tallest skyscraper opens
American design-build firm Go Logic has created a range of factory-made dwellings that were designed using passive house standards and can be constructed onsite in less than two weeks. More about Go Logic launches line of prefab homes with New England aesthetic
Plans to cut a "wound" into a Norwegian peninsula in memory of the victims of terrorist Anders Breivik have been abandoned following years of opposition from locals. More about Norway scraps plans for controversial memorial near site of 2011 Utøya terrorist attack
The number of towers that have failed fire safety checks in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire has risen to 60, as the government urges councils to submit cladding samples for testing. More about 60 UK towers fail fire safety checks following Grenfell tragedy
A timber-clad garage rests on top of partly submerged living spaces at this house in Poznań, Poland, which opens up towards the landscape on its lower level. More about Studio De Materia submerges private rooms of House JRv2 into sloping terrain