A current show at New York's Center for Architecture reveals how several sub-Saharan African countries used modernist architecture to assert their identities, following a break from colonial rule in the 20th century. More about Exhibition reveals role of modernist architecture in liberated African nations
Architect Rem Koolhaas has expressed his excitement at building in Manhattan for the first time, in a movie created to promote his firm OMA's 121 E 22nd residential tower. More about Rem Koolhaas discusses OMA's first New York apartment building in new movie
Dezeen promotion: designers are invited to come up with innovative solutions to revamp public spaces in the City of London, in the first of three competitions as part of the A Smarter City initiative. More about A Smarter City competition calls for innovative designs for London's green spaces
A mesh for climbing plants wraps the angular balconies of this apartment block in Alpine Switzerland, completed by Buchner Bründler Architekten. More about Climbing plants and asymmetric balconies surround Buchner Bründler's Garden Tower
Jonathan Hendry Architects has built a beach hut clad in red-stained timber on top of an old toilet block in the English seaside town of Sandilands. More about Red beach hut by Jonathan Hendry Architects stands atop former toilet block
The V&A museum has released a movie and photographs showing how far construction has progressed on its new Kengo Kuma-designed outpost in Dundee. More about Kengo Kuma's V&A museum takes shape in Dundee
Australian studio CplusC Architectural Workshop has envisioned a Tetris-like extension to the demolition-threatened Sirius building in Sydney, which bears a resemblance to Moshe Safdie's iconic Habitat 67 housing. More about Safdie-esque extension proposed for Sydney's brutalist Sirius building
This country retreat by American firm Hariri & Hariri Architecture consists of interlocking volumes clad in ipe and stone and an infinity pool overlooking the verdant, rolling terrain. More about Slanted wooden walls form holiday home in upstate New York by Hariri & Hariri
To coincide with Palm Springs Modernism Week, we've picked out the Californian desert city's best examples of mid-century residential architecture, which have hosted celebrities including Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. More about Eight mid-century houses that prove Palm Springs is a modernist mecca
The giant ring-shaped office complex designed by British firm Foster + Partners for Apple is due to welcome the tech company's employees this spring. More about Foster + Partners' Apple Park set for April 2017 opening
Feeling the urge to downsize? Take lessons from 10 of the best micro homes – including a cloud-shaped holiday home and a 3D-printed urban cabin. More about 10 micro houses that make the best of their minuscule proportions
Tel Aviv architect Asaf Lerman has renovated a library building designed by Oscar Niemeyer for Israel's Haifa University, and added a new wing to complement its brutalist concrete and glass construction. More about Asaf Lerman updates Oscar Niemeyer's Haifa University library building in Israel
The flight path of a tennis ball informed the curving interior of this clubhouse in Strasbourg, which features dome-like skylights, a serpentine bar and brightly coloured floors. More about Scooped rooflights and sinuous forms define Strasbourg tennis clubhouse by Paul Le Quernec
A skylit stairwell ascends through the split levels of this tall and narrow house in Seoul to a roof terrace with separate entrances for people and cats. More about FHHH Friends arranges flexible rooms over split levels in slender Seoul house
Students at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture have conceived a series of shelters for homeless people, ranging from a shopping cart converted into a tent structure to a tiny house made of scavenged material. More about California architecture students design shelters for LA's growing homeless population
Monolithic volumes against gradated backgrounds and staircases that lead to nowhere are depicted in the architectural paintings of Iranian artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo, which are set to go on show in London next month. More about Mehdi Ghadyanloo's surrealist utopian paintings feature in London exhibition
After three rejected planning applications, British architect David Chipperfield has been given the go-ahead for a residential building in New York's West Village. More about David Chipperfield's West Village residences finally receive go ahead
London-based architecture firm Tonkin Liu has revealed its plans for a family of fritted-glass skyscrapers, which will be arranged around a central plaza in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. More about Tonkin Liu reveals tapering tower complex for Zhengzhou
Eastwest Architecture has sunken a compact gym into the garden of an east London home, featuring bright birch-lined interiors and a mirror wall that creates the illusion of a larger space. More about Eastwest Architecture adds charred-cedar gym to garden of London home
Scottish architect David Burgher has developed a new virtual reality tool that mimics the visual impairments experienced by dementia sufferers to help architects design better spaces. More about New virtual reality tool helps architects create dementia-friendly environments