Californian firm AJ-A has extended an adobe brick residence from the 1940s, contrasting the rustic material with pared-down finishes and minimalist geometry. More about AJ-A gives Palo Alto home extension an all-white exterior
Living spaces at this house near Brasília are contained in a cluster of offset boxes with full-height glazing that faces out onto gardens slotted between them. More about Gardens are interspersed through Brasília home by Samuel Lamas
Bunyesc Arquitectes has transformed a house in northeast Spain into a low-energy building by adding a new polycarbonate plastic facade. More about Bunyesc Arquitectes updates old Spanish house with new polycarbonate facade
British firm Out of the Valley has developed an oak-framed cabin with burnt-cedar cladding that can be installed anywhere to provide a simple place to escape the stresses of modern life. More about Out of the Valley offers escapism with off-grid cabin made of oak and cedar
Herzog & de Meuron won planning permission to completely overhaul Chelsea FC's London stadium this week, while a hotel designed by Oscar Niemeyer reopened in Rio after being closed for 20 years. More about This week, a Niemeyer hotel reopened its doors and Herzog & de Meuron got a win at Chelsea
A pair of separate volumes connected by a covered bridge form Atelier Pierre Thibault's latest project, a lakeside residence in rural Quebec. More about Bridge connects two sides of lakeside home by Pierre Thibault
Sculptural light chutes and a vibrant living wall are among the features at this adaptive reuse project by American firm JFAK Architects, for environment-focused companies in Los Angeles. More about JFAK converts brick warehouse in LA into "cleantech" hub
A climbing wall covers one side of this small mobile home by American company Tiny Heirloom. More about Tiny Heirloom micro cabin boasts spilt-level living space and a climbing wall
A wave-like roof covers this vast transport hub in Utrecht designed by Dutch firm Benthem Crouwel Architects for the largest railway station in the Netherlands. More about Undulating roof covers Benthem Crouwel's rail and bus station in Utrecht
Dutch firm OMA has been granted permission to build its first major UK project – a cultural centre in Manchester named Factory. More about OMA gets green light for £110 million arts centre in Manchester
Cedar shingles, slate and oak were all used to build this rural music centre in Cumbria, England, designed by Newcastle-based studio MawsonKerr for a charity offering musical therapy. More about MawsonKerr uses oak, cedar and slate for rural music centre in Cumbria
Large tunnels carve through Tadao Ando's concrete and glass theatre in Shanghai, which has been documented in these new images by architecture photographer Yueqi Jazzy Li. More about Tadao Ando's Shanghai Poly Grand Theatre captured in new photographs
The colours and atmosphere of buildings by legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán are captured in these realistic model photographs by American artist James Casebere, set to go on show in New York. More about Luis Barragán's "emotional architecture" recreated in model photographs
Black zinc cladding and a sinuous staircase feature in the renovation and expansion of an urban masonry building by New York studio Young Projects. More about Young Projects extends brick townhouse in Brooklyn with metal-clad addition
Dezeen promotion: Architect@Work has unveiled its programme for this year's London event, which features a talk on floating architecture with Gensler, Carl Turner Architects and Studio Octopi. More about Architect@Work to explore amphibious cities for 2017 event in London
Herzog & de Meuron has been granted planning permission to completely overhaul Chelsea FC's London stadium, encasing it behind 264 sculptural brick pillars. More about Herzog & de Meuron secures permission to revamp Chelsea FC football stadium
Studio Fuksas has completed a convention centre and hotel complex in Rome, featuring an auditorium in a translucent fibreglass "cloud", suspended within a huge glass box. More about Studio Fuksas suspends cloud-like auditorium inside Rome convention centre
Architecture for London has created a pair of contrasting extensions for adjoining houses in east London, using pale brick for one and dark slate for the other. More about Architecture for London builds one house extension in slate and another in brick
RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon have revealed plans for a monument commemorating the huge feat of engineering behind the Dutch Delta Works – a vast network of dams, sluices, locks and levees designed to prevent flooding in the Netherlands. More about Monument by RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon will commemorate "Dutch struggle against water"
Zinc panels form an undulating roof for this linear courtyard house by Gardiner Architects, which overlooks Melbourne from its hilltop site. More about Gardiner Architects shelters Melbourne house beneath folded zinc roof