Steven Holl Architects has revealed plans to build a health and cultural complex in Shanghai, comprising a pair of white concrete blocks punctured by the firm's signature cutouts. More about Steven Holl unveils Shanghai cultural complex to be built from white concrete
This cultural centre in Senegal by Japanese architect Toshiko Mori was constructed using exclusively local materials and techniques – and has been recognised in the architecture category of the 2017 AIA Awards. More about Toshiko Mori uses compressed earth and bamboo for cultural hub in remote Senegalese village
A plywood box hosts the kitchen and staircase in this minimal maisonette in Islington, which has been reconfigured and extended by local architect Larissa Johnston. More about Larissa Johnston arranges minimal London home around plywood box
Sandstone blocks face into a central courtyard to create this huge clubhouse complex by More Architecture and AIM Architecture, which is set on an island in Jiaxing, China. More about Sandstone buildings create fortress-like clubhouse surrounded by a moat in Jiaxing
The Harvard Graduate School of Design is launching a web-based course that offers architectural education at no cost. More about Harvard to offer free online architecture course
Work is nearly complete on a major expansion to an urban Japanese garden in Oregon – the first public commission in America for architect Kengo Kuma. More about Kengo Kuma's expansion of Portland Japanese Garden set to open in April
Three large windows bring light into this small concrete gallery in Tel Aviv, designed by Gottesman-Szmelcman Architecture as a new exhibition space for Gordon Gallery. More about Gordon Gallery opens new exhibition space in Tel Aviv warehouse district
A cluster of brick-clad buildings with jagged roof lines form this student residential complex at Amherst College by American firm Kyu Sung Woo Architects. More about Kyu Sung Woo designs student housing for historic Massachusetts college
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