DRDH Architects and Architecten de Vylder Vinck Tallieu have built an apartment complex and social centre for elderly people in Aarschot, Belgium, featuring simple materials, communal courtyards and few bold splashes of colour. More about DRDH and adVVT complete elderly home in Belgium featuring pared-back finishes and open-air courtyards
This white circular education centre in western Hangzhou, China, features a decked arena and cosy sleeping areas for children to camp and can learn about sustainable farming. More about Superimpose creates ring-shaped pavilion in rural Hangzhou to teach city dwellers about farming
The concrete walls and roof of this headquarters for the Greek city of Lamia's Municipal Water Supply are interrupted by voids and fissures that carve out different routes through the building. More about Angled walls and fissures break up mass of concrete office building by Vtria Architects
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects designed this theatre complex in Hjørring, Denmark, as a series of Corten steel cubes, but has covered some of the rusty walls behind a layer of frosted glass. More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen pairs frosted glass with weathering steel for Vendsyssel Theatre
With DesignMarch, Iceland's most important design fair, underway in Reykjavík, our latest Pinterest board focuses on architecture and design from the Nordic country, including a pair of red pyramid-framed bridges and a set of tables shaped like basalt columns. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Chilean firm Studio Cáceres Lazo (SCL) has balanced a glass and concrete residence on a hillside outside Santiago, facing out towards the rolling countryside. More about Studio Cáceres Lazo nestles home into Chilean valley to offer sweeping views
This cluster of holiday apartments by IDMM Architects in South Korea's Gangwon region feature angular concrete and glass volumes that thrust outwards from a sloping site to ensure optimal views. More about Concrete volumes cantilever and twist to provide mountain views from South Korean holiday resort
Stone, brick and wood introduce subtle textures to this house near Cape Town, which was designed by architect Jan Sofka to resemble a Japanese home spotted on Dezeen. More about Jan Sofka takes cues from Japanese home for rural residence near Cape Town
Estúdio Casa G has completed a residence in the Brazilian rainforest, creating a home within the concrete shell of an existing structure and building a new pavilion for social spaces. More about Estúdio Casa G overhauls open-sided concrete villa in the Amazon
Chilean architect Gonzalo Claro has renovated a family home in Santiago, reducing the ground floor footprint but adding a level for bedrooms. More about Gonzalo Claro hides rooftop extension of Chilean house behind dark waterproof membrane
MVRDV has revealed its design for a pair of mixed-use towers in The Hague, which will feature natural stone facades that stagger into wooden outdoor spaces on top. More about MVRDV unveils pair of stone towers for The Hague topped with "crown of terraces"
Architects Megumi Matsubara and Hiroi Ariyama arranged this house in the forest near Karuizawa around five courtyards to provide views of vegetation both inside and outside the building. More about House in a Japanese forest features secluded courtyards framing views of trees and sky
One of the best-known projects of SANAA co-founder Ryue Nishizawa has been recreated inside London's Barbican as part of an exhibition about Japanese housing, along with a charred timber teahouse by Terunobu Fujimori. More about Full-size houses by Ryue Nishizawa and Terunobu Fujimori built inside Japanese House exhibition at Barbican
John McAslan + Partners and Triad Architects have built a cathedral on the edge of a tea plantation outside Nairobi, Kenya, featuring a tiled and angled roof lined with wooden slats. More about Huge inclined roof spans cathedral built by John McAslan + Partners on Kenyan tea plantation
Perforated-aluminium screens zigzag around the walls of this cylindrical arts museum in Shanghai, which was designed by Wutopia Lab and features a 1970s-style rockery. More about Pleated shutters enclose cylindrical enamelware museum and cultural centre by Wutopia Lab
Tequila-fuelled parties can be held at this social venue, created by Mexican firm Quince Cuarenta Arquitectura for a distillery in Jalisco, while quieter sampling sessions take place underneath. More about 1540 Arquitectura adds cosy cellar and events terrace to tequila distillery
A trio of courtyards covered in cobbles and surrounded by glass break up this London home, which has cedar-lined walls that reference the old timber store it replaces. More about De Rosee Sa uses cobbled courtyards to bring light into west London house
Is it possible to speak buildings into being? The exhibitors at annual property fair MIPIM may try, but they need to come up with far more extreme fictions, says Sam Jacob in his latest Opinion column. More about "MIPIM is one big performance with the purpose of speaking cities into existence"
In a bid to get around terrestrial height restrictions, Clouds Architecture Office has proposed suspending the world's tallest skyscraper from an asteroid, leaving residents to parachute to earth. More about Supertall skyscraper hangs from orbiting asteroid in Clouds Architecture Office concept
A supertall skyscraper, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and developed by the family of Donald Trump's son-in-law, has been proposed for Midtown Manhattan. More about Zaha Hadid Architects unveils 666 Fifth Avenue skyscraper for Kushner Companies