A hotel designed by famed Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer has reopened as a luxury resort in Rio de Janeiro, after being closed for over 20 years. More about Oscar Niemeyer's Hotel Nacional reopens in Rio after 20 years
Curving blocks overlap to create the sinuous form of this conceptual house, designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos to frame seven tiered gardens in Spain. More about Sinuous buildings curve around tiered gardens in housing concept by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
This towering Seoul residence created by South Korean architect Moon Hoon for a photographer and his mother, features a relief-patterned facade punctured by small windows. More about Moon Hoon's narrow Seoul house features small windows and diagonal markings
Shimmering, multi-tonal copper clads the entire exterior of this chapel in Finland, designed by architecture firm OOPEAA. More about Copper covers walls and roof of Finnish chapel by OOPEAA
Warc Studio has reinterpreted the typical lean-to extensions of many Melbourne houses with this timber and glass addition to a home in the city's Oakleigh suburb. More about Timber fins shade asymmetric glazed gable added to Melbourne home by Warc Studio
Featuring everything from zoo enclosures for kangaroos to dog-stretching "cuteness tools", this Pinterest board rounds up the best animal-related architecture and design from the pages of Dezeen. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Swedish architecture studio Arklab has completed a group of terraced houses on the outskirts of Stockholm, featuring facades fronted with timber battens that restrict views into the interiors. More about Vertical slats clad terraced housing on the edge of a Swedish forest
Studio 1 Architects has added a brick extension with a large window to the rear of this Victorian house in London, creating a light-filled seating area lined in white-washed ash slats. More about Brick house extension by Studio 1 features garden-facing window seat
As the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas got underway this week, BMW and Toyota revealed futuristic concept cars, a "cute" home robot became a reality and Lego launched a kit for teaching children how to code. More about This week, new launches at CES brought the future closer
This conceptual cabin in upstate New York was designed as a space of refuge and contemplation for a man who lost his brother, and is sheltered by a large slatted wall that covers the front of the home. More about WOJR designs forest cabin for a grieving man
Parks with terraced fountains and chunky concrete formations are among works by American landscape architect Lawrence Halprin featured in a show at the National Building Museum in Washington DC. More about Exhibition surveys work of modernist landscape architect Lawrence Halprin
The pyramidal roof of this house near Italy's Lake Como takes cues from traditional Japanese tea houses, and is slanted to allow low winter sun to reach the rustic interior. More about Lorenzo Guzzini references Japanese tea houses with simple home in Italian alps
Dezeen has teamed up with Blue Crow Media to give away five copies of a map detailing 40 examples of brutalist architecture in Washington DC. More about Competition: five copies of the Brutalist Washington Map to be won
Scandinavian firm White Arkitekter designed this cylindrical house for Tasmanian kangaroos at Copenhagen Zoo to allow visitors to get up close to the animals. More about Tasmanian kangaroos move into White Arkitekter's new Copenhagen Zoo enclosure
Chinese studio OEU-ChaO has modernised a residence in one of Beijing's historic hutong neighbourhoods with a white steel-framed extension and plenty of windows. More about White steel extension and large windows update historic hutong home in Beijing
A colourful pavilion designed by Spanish architect duo Selgascano has been shipped from a Copenhagen art museum to Africa's largest slum, where it now serves as a school for 600 orphaned children. More about Selgascano-designed pavilion transformed into school for Kenya's Kibera slum
The governor of New York has announced a major overhaul for John F Kennedy International Airport in Queens. More about New York's JFK airport to receive billion revamp
One end of this larch-clad retirement residence in the English countryside by Ström Architects cantilevers over a wall to protect a parking spot for a vintage Aston Martin. More about Ström Architects completes contemporary bungalow that eschews "staid" retirement home model
In a leaked email, Patrik Schumacher claims that an open letter sent out by Zaha Hadid Architects in the aftermath of his controversial World Architecture Festival speech should never have been issued. More about Leaked Schumacher email reveals friction within Zaha Hadid Architects
Birch-framed skylights and windows offer garden views to patients at this dental clinic in the Netherlands, designed by Studio Prototype. More about Anxiety-reducing orthodontic clinic features serene interiors and garden views