With its ability to improve a building's thermal efficiency and maximise natural light, polycarbonate plastic is becoming increasingly popular in architecture. We've rounded up seven of the best examples. More about Seven buildings that feature walls of polycarbonate plastic
The architecture and design industry still doesn't provide the same opportunities for both sexes said architect David Adjaye, on the day that hundreds of thousands of women worldwide marched for equal rights. More about David Adjaye "embarrassed as a male" that women still need to fight for gender equality
OMA's new headquarters building for the Qatar Foundation in Doha is revealed for the first time in these exclusive photographs. More about New photos reveal OMA's completed Qatar Foundation Headquarters
Inbetween Architecture's founder John Liu added this gabled extension to his home in suburban Melbourne, creating a new entrance that leads straight through to a garden at the rear. More about Gabled extension improves connection between Melbourne house and its mature garden
Photographer Ben Murphy has spent the last decade documenting the temporary dwellings created by multi-cultural nomads living in rural southeast Spain. More about Ben Murphy photographs makeshift architecture in the mountains of southeast Spain
Coarse concrete walls contrast transparent glazing in this extension designed by Paul Archer Design to create a light-filled kitchen and dining room for a north London house. More about Paul Archer uses board-marked concrete and glass for London house extension
Brightly coloured louvres screen the living spaces of this Sydney residence, which are contained in a pair of concrete boxes and set atop a sandstone plinth. More about Multi-coloured sunscreens create stripy exterior for Sydney house by Smart Design Studio
This vacation home in Ontario was built for a family transitioning back to Canada after a prolonged stay in the UK, and features an all-white exterior designed to contrast and complement its surroundings in different seasons. More about Superkül nestles all-white vacation home into Canadian landscape
This house in Casablanca by architect Driss Kettani features a windowless white box perched above black- and blue-tiled walls, forming an abstract composition of geometric shapes when viewed from the street. More about Casablanca house presents closed facade to the street but opens to garden at the rear
This week on Dezeen, Shepard Fairey adapted Obama's Hope poster to portray an anti-fear message for Donald Trump's inauguration, while architects urged the new US president to take action on climate change. More about This week, designers and architects responded to Donald Trump's inauguration
Quebec architecture firm Anne Carrier Architecture has completed a visitors centre in the Mont Orford National Park, built using a wooden structure that nestles into the landscape. More about Dark cedar boards shroud Quebec visitors centre by Anne Carrier
This urban housing block by Mexican architecture studio Arqmov Workshop features a wood screen that was influenced by slatted boxes used to carry vegetables. More about Arqmov Workshop covers Mexico City apartment block in small wood squares
With his stadium for the 2020 Olympics now underway in Tokyo, Kengo Kuma has revealed how his design involves Japan's tsunami-affected regions, how Kenzo Tange inspired his work, and why he now avoids iconic architecture at all costs. More about "I feel embarrassed by some of my buildings" says Kengo Kuma
Chilean architect Gonzalo Iturriaga used folded planes of blackened pine to create this faceted cabin as a retreat for a mountaineer in Chile's Valparaíso Region. More about Gonzalo Iturriaga's blackened pine cabin provides refuge for a Chilean mountaineer
Slats of larch dress this angular addition to a Victorian property in Dalston, which was built for a young family and is shortlisted in 2017's Don't Move, Improve! competition for best London house extension. More about Pamphilon Architects' larch-clad extension echoes butterfly roof of east London terrace
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has used smooth grey stone and fluted bronze to revive the grandeur of a 1930s theatre in Shanghai. More about Neri&Hu revives 1930s Shanghai theatre with dramatic stone and bronze details
This mixed-use building by American firm FXFOWLE consists of a shard-like tower that juts out above Manhattan's low-rise Chelsea neighbourhood. More about Giant slanted glass wall defines New York apartment tower by FXFOWLE
Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled plans for a faceted office building in Norway, set to become the first in the country to produce more energy than it consumes. More about Snøhetta designs "potentially world-changing office building" for small Norwegian town
A ring of benches is suspended from the roof of this glass-walled tea house, created by Atelier Deshaus beside a landscaped garden in Shanghai's West Bund. More about Atelier Deshaus creates glass and steel tea house for Shanghai garden
Fans of Danish functionalist architecture can now visit a comprehensively refurbished house designed by renowned architect Poul Henningsen on the outskirts of Copenhagen. More about Drachmann Arkitekter revamps the Copenhagen house of late Danish architect Poul Henningsen