Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed the latest in its House for Trees series – a property in Ho Chi Minh City featuring gardens set on top of multiple stacked levels that are visible through openings in the concrete walls. More about Planted terraces are interspersed among living spaces at Vo Trong Nghia's Binh House
This vivid red bicycle track was designed by NEXT Architects and Rudy Uytenhaak Architectenbureau to wind over the roof of a school in the Dutch city of Utrecht, and continues to bridge over a canal. More about Red cycle path by NEXT and Rudy Uytenhaak snakes over Utrecht school and canal
Plants grow up through the central atrium of this five-metre-wide house in Vietnam, designed by Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects to offer its residents respite from noise and smog. More about Bamboo grows up inside narrow Vietnam house by Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects
New York firm Buro Koray Duman has taken cues from vernacular agricultural structures for the first-phase expansion of an artist's foundation. More about Buro Koray Duman adds barn-like gallery to artist's residence in Upstate New York
Canadian studio Measured Architecture has used a palette of cypress wood, board-formed concrete and metal to create a family home and "laneway house" for a narrow lot in Vancouver. More about Measured Architecture incorporates green roofs and living wall into slender Vancouver residence
With widespread protest taking place across Belarus, the design of public spaces and social legacies has become a critical project for the nation's architects, says Owen Hatherley in his latest Opinion column. More about "Belarus is a place that badly needs shaking up"
Dezeen promotion: Populous architect Michael Lockwood is among the design industry experts to speak at this year's DesignBuild conference, taking place in Sydney's International Convention Centre next month. More about Speaker programme announced for DesignBuild 2017 event in Sydney
The lack of regulation over London's new architecture has turned the city into a "free for all", according to Adam Caruso, one of the architects behind the Stirling Prize-winning Newport Street Gallery. More about "London is looking more and more like Dubai" says architect Adam Caruso
MAD, Stefano Boeri Architetti and Mecanoo are among five architecture studios to unveil proposals to completely transform unused railways across Milan, creating high-density housing and swaths of greenery. More about MAD and Stefano Boeri propose crinkled towers and vertical forests for Milan's disused railway yards
Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart have used robots and drones to weave this carbon-fibre pavilion, which is based on the silk hammocks spun by moth larvae. More about Drones and robots weave carbon-fibre pavilion based on moth webs
US firm Holst Architecture took cues from Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí while conceiving a pair of commercial buildings in central Portland. More about Holst Architecture wraps curvaceous facades of Portland office buildings in cedar
Toronto firm Amantea Architects has built a pool house in the garden of an Ontario home to provide washing and changing facilities, while blocking views from a neighbouring property. More about Wooden pool house by Amantea Architects provides privacy for Canadian family
Glazing at this concrete Santa Fe home by American studio Specht Architects offers expansive views of distant mountains, while casting shadow patterns across interior walls. More about Specht Architects orients recessed New Mexico house towards desert vistas
British firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has been appointed to design a new research centre for the British Library in London. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to design British Library extension
In the trailer for a new documentary staring Bjarke Ingels, the Danish architect and BIG founder has revealed the anxiety and pressure he feels to create "extraordinary" architecture. More about Bjarke Ingels to star in feature-length documentary
An undulating path will curve around the roof garden of this Beijing shopping centre by American architect Andrew Bromberg, and be covered in a layer of fake snow for sledding in winter. More about Sledding path to loop around roof garden of Beijing civic centre by Andrew Bromberg
British photographer Nick Hufton of Hufton + Crow has visited the Treehotel in northern Sweden to capture its seven unusually themed woodland suites. More about Hufton + Crow's new photographs capture Sweden's Treehotel at sunrise and dusk
Sufi whirling dancers and Japanese bamboo baskets were among the references for this sculptural temple in Chile by Hariri Pontarini Architects. More about Bahá’í temple in Chile by Hariri Pontarini features torqued wings made of steel and glass
Peter Zumthor has released new images of his proposals for Los Angeles County Museum of Art revealing that, in contrast to his early designs, the Swiss architect has opted for light tones for the building's exterior. More about Peter Zumthor ditches the black for his LACMA expansion plans
A+Awards: next in our series of 2016 Architizer A+Award winners is a swimming pool in the Iranian capital, with a concrete pavilion by architects KRDS at one end to provide a changing room and spa facilities. More about Concrete pavilion overlooks Tehran swimming pool by KRDS