Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its winning design for the Urban Heritage Administration Centre, a preservation centre for a UNESCO-protected site in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. More about Zaha Hadid Architects unveils archaeology centre for Saudi Arabia
Better Shelter is the latest IKEA product to be hacked, according to the head of the company's charitable foundation, who told Dezeen the modular refugee cabin is now being used to create doctors' surgeries and schools. More about IKEA Foundation CEO says adapting refugee shelter is "like playing with Lego"
In this exclusive video from BIG, partner Jakob Lange discusses how its plans for a Hyperloop high-speed transportation system between Abu Dhabi and Dubai will transform how people live. More about BIG teaser video reveals Hyperloop plans for Abu Dhabi and Dubai
Architect Henri Bredenkamp has overhauled a London house once used as a teaching space by Goldsmiths university to create a light-filled home for his family. More about Henri Bredenkamp converts derelict university building into family home
Taiwanese designer Sheng-Hung Lee and Malaysian designer Wan Kee Lee have created a concept for a new kind of sea defence that also functions as a set of giant plant pots. More about TetraPOT is a greener alternative to concrete coastal defences
Chinese studio Livil Architects has added a monolithic stone-clad canteen featuring cave-like interiors and an office building to a school in the town of Batang, Tibet. More about Tibetan school in China is clad is stone to match mountainous setting
Dutch studio BETA and Elisabeth Boersma of planB have transformed an old school in Amsterdam into a hub for entrepreneurs featuring full-height windows that can be retracted to open the entire facade. More about Retractable garage-style doors open Amsterdam entrepreneur hub to the elements
Baca Architects – the studio behind the UK's first amphibious house – has completed a boxy floating home on Chichester Canal in southern England. More about Baca Architects moors modular floating home on Chichester Canal
From Amanda Levete's MAAT museum to the city's first Architecture Triennale, new projects keep springing up in Lisbon. We've pinned the Portuguese capital's best architecture to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Texas firm Andersson-Wise has completed a rustic wooden cabin in the state of Montana that is raised on stilts to provide views of a nearby lake. More about Rural Montana cabin is built on a granite cliff over Flathead Lake
A bright white box containing the private areas of this house in Spain's Almería region rests on top of a glass-walled living space that provides uninterrupted views of the nearby Mediterranean Sea. More about JFGS perches white box atop glass pavilion to create Casa Gallarda
Corduroy-textured walls enclose planted courtyards at this funeral home in Spain's Catalonia region by Barcelona-based practices Barceló Balanzó Arquitectes and Plasencia Arquitectura. More about Minimalist morgue by Barceló Balanzó Arquitectes and Plasencia Arquitectura features textured concrete walls
Brooklyn studio AlexAllen has entirely revamped a family home in New York State, trading its outdated plywood siding for a modern finish composed of cement panels and blackened timber. More about Charred timber and cement panels replace dated plywood siding at New York home
A design for "the most Instagrammable billboard in the world" by a Los Angeles team has beaten schemes by Zaha Hadid Architects and Gensler in a competition to create an advertising structure for Sunset Boulevard. More about Futuristic digital billboard to be erected in Hollywood
Three-dimensional shapes are cut out from areas of this artist residence in Upstate New York by Steven Holl Architects, which claims the house can sleep five guests despite having "zero bedrooms". More about Steven Holl carves boolean voids from artist hideaway in New York state
Cartoon representations of construction sites, a report on labour conditions and pioneering materials feature in an exhibition focusing on the development of the building site at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale. More about Lisbon Triennale exhibition spotlights advancements at building sites
London firm Acme has completed a shopping centre in Leeds, England, featuring a white latticed concrete facade and an interior modelled on old-fashioned arcades. More about Diamond-shaped latticework covers Victoria Gate shopping centre by Acme
This timber-clad community centre by Bernardo Bader Architects is set at the heart of a village in rural Austria, and designed to reference the surrounding gabled farmhouses. More about Bernardo Bader Architekten models larch-clad community centre on Austrian farmhouses
Each apartment in this narrow concrete and glass block in Mexico City features a full-width balcony lined with sliding glass doors. More about Wedge-shaped balconies front Carlos Marín's skinny apartment block in Mexico City
Arkansas studio deMx Architecture took cues from historic architecture while designing this two-storey modern addition to a local house. More about Victorian home in Arkansas receives rectilinear annex by deMx