Dezeen promotion: Beijing architecture studio MAD is calling for students to apply for its travel fellowships, allowing them to research architecture in countries all around the world. More about Ma Yansong invites architecture students to apply for 2017 MAD Travel Fellowship
Paris studio Dixneufcentquatrevingtsix has completed a concrete extension to a traditional farmhouse in France's Provence region, featuring very few openings in its faceted facades. More about Sculptural extension to French farmhouse protects its interiors from harsh summer sun
London mayor Sadiq Khan has withdrawn support for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge by refusing to sign the vital financial guarantees that would allow building to go ahead. More about London mayor pulls plug on Garden Bridge
Former US first lady Michelle Obama has urged architects to consider working on more community projects in poorer city neighbourhoods, during her keynote at the 2017 AIA conference this week. More about "If we're going to have cities, then we have to invest" says Michelle Obama
Russian architecture studio Ruetemple has renovated a family home in Moscow, creating an open living space using suspended nets for children to play in and bedrooms that overhang the central communal area. More about Ruetemple suspends netted areas in suburban Moscow home
A weathered steel roof slopes over the gravelled courtyard at the centre of this concrete house in western India, which architect Samira Rathod has designed to offer residents plenty of shade from the sun. More about Samira Rathod's Shadow House provides refuge from scorching Indian sun
The first house designed by American architect Philip Johnson has been put up for sale by its owners, after 55 years living in the Upstate New York residence. More about Philip Johnson's first residential project hits the market for million
US firms Gray Organschi Architecture and Schiller Projects took cues from the natural terrain of Martha's Vineyard, a vacation island off the coast of Cape Cod, to create this holiday retreat. More about Massachusetts island home features walls of charred cedar and textured concrete
Deployment of IKEA's award-winning refugee shelter was put on hold due to concerns over a range of design issues including accessibility and fire risk, Dezeen has learned. More about IKEA refugee shelter to be redesigned following safety fears and design flaws
Japanese brand Muji has unveiled its design for a compact nine-square-metre prefabricated house, which will go on sale later this year. More about Muji to sell tiny blackened timber prefab huts for £21,000
Nordic Office of Architecture has added a 300-metre-long extension with a curved roof to the airport in Oslo it designed in the 1990s. More about Nordic doubles the size of Oslo Airport with curved extension
San Francisco firm Arcanum Architecture has organised the massing of this large home around trees overhanging a broad lawn. More about Northern California home by Arcanum Architecture sprawls along verdant lot
If today's architects abandoned their modern vocabulary in favour of populist traditional or classical styles, they could achieve more progressive social goals, says Phineas Harper in his latest Opinion column. More about "To confront populism, all architects should become classicists"
Architecture firm Sasaki has designed a hydroponic vertical farm for Shanghai, where leafy greens will be grown on rotating loops housed in a huge greenhouse. More about Sasaki designs hydroponic vertical farm for Shanghai
Andy Martin Architecture gutted this five-storey Georgian townhouse in Belgravia, adding glass pavement lights to the ground floor to allow natural light to filter down to the basement. More about Perforated steel and pavement lights let the sun pierce London townhouse by Andy Martin Architecture
British firm Farrells has carved a large opening into the zinc-clad roof of its swimming pool complex in Hong Kong to offer outdoor bathers bay views. More about Farrells completes swimming pool with "shell-like" roof on Hong Kong waterfront
Here are 10 of the most iconic buildings designed by Chinese-American architect IM Pei, from a career that spans seven decades. More about 10 of IM Pei's most significant buildings
US firm Goettsch Partners has completed a glass skyscraper with a compact footprint, which responds to its placement next to active train tracks and the Chicago River. More about Riverside office tower in Chicago by Goettsch Partners rises from sharply tapered base
Boston-based J Roc Design has built a Vermont home with three wings around a central hub, creating a wheelchair-accessible upper level that spreads across a hillside. More about Abundant glazing and wrap-around terraces feature in Vermont home by J Roc Design
Foreign investors are using illicit wealth to buy up property in luxury developments across London, out-pricing locals, according to a new anti-corruption report. More about Overseas investors are exacerbating London's housing crisis, say experts