Generative design tools that produce optimum forms for products and buildings without human intervention are set to transform both the physical world and the role of the designer, according to software experts. More about Generative design software will give designers "superpowers"
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter paired thatch with blackened wood for this extension to a visitor's centre on the Wadden Sea mud flats in Denmark. More about Dorte Mandrup adds thatched wing to Wadden Sea visitor centre in Denmark
German photographer Peter Ortner has spent seven years documenting 500 bus stops across former Soviet countries, including a triangular pavilion, a winged shelter and several colourful mosaic designs. More about Peter Ortner photographs 500 bus stops in former Soviet Union
The corners of this aluminium-clad sports hall near the Iranian city of Bastam lift up from the earth to lend the irregular form a "cloud-like" appearance. More about FEA Studio installs "cloud-like" sports hall in mountainous landscape of northern Iran
This coastal cafe in the South Korean city of Gijang comprises a series of enormous concrete volumes that dwarf neighbouring houses, and are stacked and rotated to optimise views of the East Sea. More about Stacked concrete blocks and roof deck give diners sea views from South Korean cafe
This home in the woods of Wisconsin was originally built as a single, open-plan volume by Salmela Architect, and subsequently extended on three occasions to fit its occupants needs. More about Salmela builds Wisconsin residence in four separate phases over time
An unbuilt chapel by Frank Lloyd Wright has been realised in these colour visualisations by architect David Romero, featuring red walkways, a green shingle spire and stained-glass windows. More about Frank Lloyd Wright's unbuilt Trinity Chapel brought to life in images by David Romero
Fed up with all the "McMansions" springing up along Australia's Great Ocean Road, Austin Maynard Architects has restored an old beach shack and built a second, elevated building alongside it. More about Glasshouse on stilts by Austin Maynard Architects extends Australian beach shack
An underground lair modelled on an exclusive nightclub lies below this riverside bachelor pad near Ghent, where the owner has built-in cigar and wine storage, a car lift and a view into the depths of the pool. More about Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects creates bachelor pad with underground club on Ghent's Leie river
This week on Dezeen, American designer Tucker Viemeister designed a Nazi-style logo for Donald Trump, while high-profile architects and tech companies spoke out against the new US president's so-called Muslim ban. More about This week, architects and tech companies protested Donald Trump's travel restrictions
Mexican studio Andrés Escobar Arquitectos has completed a pitched-roof home that sits atop a stone plinth in the woods of Tapalpa, a small town in the western state of Jalisco. More about Two families share wooded Mexican retreat by AE Arquitectos
Canadian studio Alain Carle Architecte has embedded a black, sculptural dwelling into a sloped site overlooking the St Lawrence River. More about Burnt cedar clads mountainside home in Quebec by Alain Carle
A trio of glass-fronted gables cantilever out from this mountain restaurant that architects Peter Pichler Architecture and Pavol Mikolajcak have created for skiers in the South Tyrolean Dolomites. More about Three blackened wood huts project from mountain restaurant by Peter Pichler and Pavol Mikolajcak
Spanish architects Jorge Vidal and Victor Rahola have partially submerged this Catalan vineyard building in the ground, and linked it to the owner's house by a narrow tunnel. More about Tunnel links half-buried winery building in Girona with owner's house
French office Dominique Coulon & Associés has completed a media library in Thionville, France, featuring a wavy facade that lifts up to reveal ribbons of glazing facing into curving courtyards. More about Dominique Coulon & Associés gives library undulating walls like an "unfurling ribbon"
American studio ASAP has conceived a new hotel for the urban core of Los Angeles that is meant to evoke a rock emerging from the landscape. More about ASAP gives rocky form to Downtown LA hotel tower
Dezeen promotion: the application deadline for the Piet Zwart Institute's interior architecture postgraduate programme in Rotterdam has been announced. More about Deadline approaching for entries to Piet Zwart Institute's postgraduate programme
By juxtaposing selfies taken by visitors to Peter Eisenman's Holocaust memorial with archive photos from concentration camps, artist Shahak Shapira has revealed why design that shames is important, says Owen Hatherley in his latest Opinion column. More about "However brutal, the Yolocaust website gave meaning to Berlin's Holocaust memorial"
Sir David Chipperfield has accused politicians of lacking courage and vision at a time when "ideas and principles are under siege" and said architecture has become "contaminated by cynicism". More about Royal Gold Medal winner Paulo Mendes da Rocha represents optimism in a time of pessimism, says Chipperfield
Santiago Calatrava has unveiled a £1 billion development on the edge of London's River Thames, which will host a new tube station, performance venue and winter gardens topped by a crown-like arrangement of towers. More about Calatrava reveals £1 billion scheme for London's Greenwich Peninsula