Simon Astridge has used pigmented concrete to create the pink facade of this extension to a north London house, accenting the warm-toned colours found in the existing brick walls. More about Simon Astridge adds dusty-pink concrete extension to north London house
Covering two city blocks, Canada's National Music Centre comprises towering volumes clad in bronze-hued tiles and a refurbished historic brick building. More about Allied Works Architecture creates massive music centre for downtown Calgary
US students on architecture college courses put in more extra hours than those taking any other subject, a recent survey has found. More about Architecture students work hardest of all US college majors
Intersecting wood-clad volumes create a playground for children in a Massachusetts suburb to scurry through, clamber over and zip-wire from. More about Matter Design's architectural play equipment encourages kids to crawl, jump and fly
Danish practice 3XN has unveiled plans for a new aquatics centre in the southern Swedish city of Linköping, which will featuring undulating timber and glass facades. More about Wave-like facades wrap 3XN's aquatic centre in southern Sweden
Dezeen is giving away three copies of a book documenting 500 unusual bus stops across the former Soviet countries, including Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Georgia. More about Competition: win a book documenting the unusual bus stops of the former Soviet Union
Dutch architects Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman designed this skinny house in Rotterdam for themselves, incorporating hidden windows into the black brick walls and adding a large indoor hammock. More about Skinny Rotterdam house for two architects features black brickwork and concealed windows
Architect Jouke Post has used recyclable materials to create a sustainable house for his family near Rotterdam, which he claims is the first Cradle to Cradle house in the Netherlands. More about Jouke Post uses Cradle to Cradle principles to build family house in the Netherlands
American firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has built a series of dwellings for summer residents studying at Fallingwater, the famed 1930s home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates cabins for Fallingwater site in rural Pennsylvania
A+Awards: Swiss firm Theo Hotz Partner Architekten has created an undulating cover for platforms at Vienna's Central Station, which received an Architizer A+Award last year. More about "Crystalline" roof by Theo Hotz zigzags over Vienna Central Station
US president Donald Trump has vowed to lower the cost of the wall he plans to build along the country's border with Mexico by using a cheap design. More about Donald Trump to "design or negotiate" cheaper option for Mexico border wall
Filmmaker Tapio Snellman has documented the home of Jonathan Tuckey in this movie, produced 14 years after the designer overhauled a 19th-century London workshop to create it. More about Movie explores Jonathan Tuckey's home in a former London steel workshop
Red pigmented concrete provides the geometric forms of this archaeology museum in Peru, designed by Barclay & Crousse to replace another destroyed during an earthquake. More about Peruvian archaeology museum by Barclay & Crousse replaces another destroyed by earthquake
The sharply angled roof, walls and steps at either end of this stadium in the Estonian city of Pärnu direct spectators up and into the main grandstand. More about Wooden spike shelters grandstand at Estonian stadium by KAMP Arhitektid
We've rounded up 10 desert houses that make the most of their situations in inhospitable landscapes, including a holiday home in Egypt and a spacious dwelling on the outskirts of Marrakech. More about 10 desert houses that make the most of arid landscapes
Lipton Plant Architects has updated a 1970s house in Berkshire, England, with a small two-storey extension, featuring a concealed brick-patterned door and windows with bright orange frames. More about Lipton Plant's Ugly House is a 1970s property with a black and orange extension
Irregular holes dotting the concrete walls of this tower at a university campus in the Argentinian city of Cordoba frame views of the surrounding landscape from the workshops within. More about Angular openings puncture concrete facades of university tower by Morini Arquitectos
Wyoming firm Dynia Architects has completed a holiday home in Jackson, nestling its L-shaped form into the region's mountainous landscape. More about Gros Ventre house by Dynia sits among rugged Wyoming terrain
Illiz Architektur mounted this indoor swimming pool on top of a disused concrete shelter for rescue forces to offer bathers views of Switzerland's Lake Zurich. More about Illiz Architektur sets children's swimming pool above former underground troop billet in Zurich
NMD Nomadas has arranged this concrete and glass house in Venezuela around a series of courtyards and a slender swimming pool. More about NMD Nomadas' concrete and glass house in Venezuela features skinny swimming pool