South Korean studio BUS Architecture has completed a mixed-use building in the Seoul, featuring bands of windows set into its brick facades that decrease in size as they wrap around to the rear. More about Windows taper to reduce unwanted views from Seoul office and retail building
Wedge-shaped chunks are carved out of the marble-clad volume of this house in Bangkok, Thailand, which was designed by local studio Openbox Architects. More about Openbox Architects tops Bangkok house with "monolithic piece of marble sculpture"
A prominent art dealer has turned an estate once owned by infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar into luxury accommodation filled with items from his collection. More about Pablo Escobar's Tulum mansion becomes art-filled boutique hotel
Today, 1 July 2017, is Canada's 150th birthday and we've pulled together six contemporary cultural buildings in the country to mark the occasion. They include a white granite museum, a music centre of huge towers clad in bronze tiles and a gallery in the forest. More about Six Canadian cultural buildings on 150th Canada Day
Adidas has partnered with Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat to release an edition of its iconic Stan Smith sneakers covered in dotted fabric. More about Adidas unveils special-edition Stan Smith trainers with Kvadrat fabric
San Francisco firm Schwartz and Architecture has overhauled a single-family home on a steep and narrow site, lifting the existing building to add a storey beneath it, and creating an extension at the back over three levels. More about Schwartz and Architecture overhauls San Francisco home with three-level extension
Behind the white walls of this house in Mexico, architect Abraham Cota Paredes has carved out a courtyard and added a huge window to offer views of a tree planted inside. More about Abraham Cota Paredes' inward-looking Cave House features huge window to tree-planted atrium
Architects are touting plant-covered tower blocks as a way to tackle air pollution and improve the quality of urban life. From one of the world's tallest living walls to an entire "vertical forest" city in China, here are 10 examples showing the rise of verdant architecture. More about 10 plant-covered buildings that point to a greener future
Five years after an avalanche destroyed a chapel belonging to a group of farmers in the Austrian alps, local firm Innauer-Matt Architekten has completed a replacement featuring a steeply pitched roof and concrete walls inset with flat stones. More about Innauer-Matt Architekten's tiny Alpine chapel features a steep shingle-clad roof
Architects have attacked the culture of cost-cutting and "value-stripping" in UK construction, which they believe contributed to the fatal Grenfell Tower fire. More about Grenfell Tower disaster exposes UK's "dangerous, ugly, cruel and uncaring" approach to social housing, say architects
Rust-toned frames cover the facade of this extension to a central London home, which Gianni Botsford Architects designed to house its owner's private collection of photographs, prints and lithographs. More about Gianni Botsford Architects' Corten steel extension hosts private art collection in central London
Austin-based North Arrow Studio has raised this glazed house on stilts to offer its residents elevated views over tree tops in rural Texas, using the iconic Farnsworth House as a reference. More about North Arrow Studio's Texas woodland residence takes cues from Mies van der Rohe
The museum proposed by filmmaker George Lucas could finally come to fruition now Los Angeles city officials have given it the go-ahead. More about LA officials unanimously approve George Lucas museum in "slam dunk" decision
Researchers from Switzerland's ETH Zurich university will use robots and 3D printers to design and build a pioneering three-storey house at a local research and innovation campus. More about ETH Zurich unveils plans for robot-built house in Dübendorf
This house in a mountainous district near Rio de Janeiro features pigmented concrete walls and a broad overhanging roof that enclose a sequence of living spaces opening directly onto the landscaped grounds. More about Terracotta-tinged walls match the surrounding mountains in Bernardes Arquitetura's Casa Terra
Dezeen promotion: a cylindrical cultural centre designed by OMA, an old Mexican residence renovated with huge slatted wooden walls, and a boutique "micro hotel" with tiny rooms are among the winners of this year's Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design Americas. More about AHEAD Americas hospitality awards announces 2017 winners
The Architecture Foundation has launched a free app that maps the location of over 1,100 historic and contemporary buildings in London, and provides a brief overview of their architectural significance. More about Architecture Foundation launches free app guide to London's best buildings
The folded steel facade and roof structure of this terminal for cruise liners in the Chinese city of Qingdao is informed by the sails of boats that set out from nearby harbours. More about Qingdao Cruise Terminal's angular facade references boats' sails
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