The metal roof of this woodland house in the US state of Arkansas is pinched in the middle so its shape resembles a bowtie (+ slideshow). More about Bowtie House by deMx Architecture has an angular metal roof
The management team behind a 430-metre-long glass bridge in China say its forced closure just 13 days after opening is completely normal. More about Closure of world's highest and longest glass bridge "not a big deal" says organiser
Panoramic glazing frames views of meadows and cornfields from this farmhouse designed by Danish studio Norm Architects for a working farm in southern England (+ slideshow). More about Norm Architects completes contemporary farmhouse in the Suffolk countryside
This house in Berlin designed by Brandt + Simon Architekten is covered in rows of green shingles with curved edges and features windows laid out to resemble a face (+ slideshow). More about Green shingles cover "peculiar" Schuppen house by Brandt + Simon Architekten
Montreal studio YH2 has completed a retreat for Polish-Canadian sculptor Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz, with a vertical form that takes cues from the surrounding forest (+ slideshow). More about YH2 clads Quebec holiday home for a sculptor in red cedar and blackened pine
Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects has announced the construction of a concert hall dedicated to American musician Buddy Holly on what would have been his 80th birthday (+ slideshow). More about Diamond Schmitt Architects reveals Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts for Texas
A tower block has been named the worst new building in the UK, after being described as "an open invitation to commit suicide". More about Lincoln Plaza housing named Britain's worst new building in Carbuncle Cup 2016
Residents of the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Neo Bankside apartments have threatened legal action, after Tate Modern opened an observation deck that provides views into their private apartments. More about Tate Modern visitors accused of spying on Neo Bankside residents
Architects office HOK has revealed plans to build a 234-metre-high skyscraper in east London that will segregate private and social apartments (+ slideshow). More about Western Europe's tallest residential skyscraper to be built in London
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has transformed an ageing Shanghai office block into a business incubator, featuring a new translucent aluminium skin (+ slideshow). More about Shanghai office transformed into aluminium-clad tech incubator by Schmidt Hammer Lassen
A climbing wall runs up one side of this corrugated metal-clad house in Jackson, Wyoming, by local architecture firm Carney Logan Burke (+ slideshow). More about Climbing wall provides roof access at Cache Creek Residence by Carney Logan Burke
Students at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design have designed and built a prefabricated house in Little Rock, Arkansas, from two modules stacked perpendicular to one another (+ slideshow). More about Architecture students create prefab Cantilever House in Arkansas
This office block in Rio de Janeiro features a triple-layered facade with a window wall, a screen of plants, and a thick lattice of perforated metal (+ slideshow). More about Bernardes Arquitetura completes Rio office block fronted by perforated metal and plants
Raised on stilts above a field in northeast Belgium, Stal Collectief's self-designed studio features charred timber walls that can be wheeled back to reveal the interior (+ movie). More about Moving walls open Stal Collectief's charred timber workshop to the elements
Stacks of recycled materials form tables, benches and stairs in this temporary timber pavilion, designed by architecture students for the grounds of a former beer brewery in Cēsis, Latvia (+ slideshow). More about Students build scaffold-like pavilion topped with mesh "cloud" at former Latvian brewery
A+Awards: next up in our collaboration with Architizer's A+Awards is an apartment building in Austria that is covered in mirrors to reflect the facades of surrounding historic buildings. More about Hope of Glory adds mirrored apartment block to street of historic buildings in Graz
Iceland's dramatic landscape is dotted with equally spectacular religious architecture. Here's eight of our favourite churches built in the country's unique style, which take cues from Modernism (+ slideshow). More about Eight of the most majestic modernist-influenced churches in Iceland
Toronto firm RZLBD has completed a three-storey house comprising two volumes split by a staircase in the middle (+ slideshow). More about RZLBD divides black and grey Toronto residence with central staircase
A 430-metre-long glass bridge in China has closed after just 13 days after opening due to being "overwhelmed" by visitors. More about World's tallest and longest glass bridge closes after just two weeks
London studio Weston Williamson has won a competition to design a major new science complex for the Egyptian capital (+ slideshow). More about Weston Williamson chosen to design Cairo Science City