The windswept sand dunes of Quebec's Magdalen Islands informed the outline of this second home for a retired couple, designed by Canadian firm Bourgeois/Lechasseur Architects. More about Bourgeois/Lechasseur designs geometric Quebec home to withstand blustery weather
US firm Aamodt Plumb Architects has created a spacious, oceanfront home in the Hamptons with a sturdy exterior shell that protects the dwelling from coastal storms. More about Aamodt Plumb stacks concrete boxes to form Hamptons beach house
Female architects should "just wait a second" for pay equality according to Santiago Calatrava, who entertained an audience in London by drawing naked women and explaining how his wife has supported his career. More about "Women are the salt of our lives. They give it flavour," says Santiago Calatrava
The mint-green shutters, white walls and red tiled roof of this house and studio by architects Enrique Jerez and Jesús Alonso reference the 1940s home it replaces near the Spanish city of Burgos. More about Enrique Jerez and Jesús Alonso incorporate printing press and carpentry studio into house in northern Spain
This blackened timber house in Melbourne curves around an olive tree garden, and was designed by BLOXAS Architecture for a client with a severe sleeping condition. More about Black house in Melbourne provides sanctuary for sleeping-disorder sufferer
Spanish firm Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designed the off-white angular form of this house so it would "hang from the topography" of the Hollywood Hills. More about Minimal Hollywood house by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos juts out from steep hillside
From John Pawson's minimally styled London house to the skinny Rotterdam residence of architect couple Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman, we've rounded up 10 of the best self-designed homes by architects and designers. More about 10 homes architects and designers have created for themselves
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers have until the end of February to submit their entries to this year's A' Design Awards. More about Final call for entries to A' Design Awards 2017
Construction is well underway on a 207-metre skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing, which will feature a huge twisting atrium that is expected to be the world's tallest. More about Zaha Hadid Architects' Beijing tower to feature world's largest atrium
Five projects are in the running for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2017, including a London housing scheme by Alison Brooks and a church building in Ribe by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects that shelters 12th-century ruins. More about Five finalists revealed for Mies van der Rohe Award 2017
A staircase connecting a series of split levels ascends through a void at the centre of this house in Jakarta, which features a cantilevered upper storey that projects over the entrance. More about Multiple mezzanines are connected by an open stair in Delution Architect's Jakarta house
American firm Studio MM Architect has created a modern holiday dwelling for a forested site in upstate New York, which features a giant front door and a garage for its car-lover owner. More about Studio MM clads Hudson Valley hillside cabin in blackened wood
Landscape architects McGregor Coxall has won a competition to design a wetland sanctuary in Tianjin, offering migrating birds a stopover to fatten up and breed. More about McGregor Coxall proposes wetland "bird airport" for northern China
This movie by videographer Alejandro Villanueva captures the wave-like form of Lisbon's MAAT contemporary art museum, designed by Amanda Levete's firm AL_A, as light shifts from day to night. More about Timelapse movie by Alejandro Villanueva shows Amanda Levete's sinuous MAAT museum
Bjarke Ingels has been announced the winner of a competition to design a new headquarters and bottling plant for the soft drinks company San Pellegrino in northern Italy. More about BIG wins contest for San Pellegrino bottling factory in Italy
Tokyo-based studio Do Do has used remnants of porcelain to update this ceramics shop and gallery in northwest Japan, and create a new pavilion for hosting workshops. More about Do Do uses ceramic scraps to overhaul shop and gallery for Japanese porcelain brand
Simon Astridge has used pigmented concrete to create the pink facade of this extension to a north London house, accenting the warm-toned colours found in the existing brick walls. More about Simon Astridge adds dusty-pink concrete extension to north London house
Covering two city blocks, Canada's National Music Centre comprises towering volumes clad in bronze-hued tiles and a refurbished historic brick building. More about Allied Works Architecture creates massive music centre for downtown Calgary
US students on architecture college courses put in more extra hours than those taking any other subject, a recent survey has found. More about Architecture students work hardest of all US college majors
Intersecting wood-clad volumes create a playground for children in a Massachusetts suburb to scurry through, clamber over and zip-wire from. More about Matter Design's architectural play equipment encourages kids to crawl, jump and fly