Perforated steel panels create private enclosures around the balconies that front this compact housing development in Tokyo by local architect Hiroyuki Moriyama (+ slideshow). More about Hiroyuki Moriyama completes Tokyo apartment building with a perforated skin
Dutch architecture firm OMA has restored the historic Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, adding new entrances and wood-panelled escalators to turn the 16th-century building into a department store (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes restoration of Venice's Fondaco dei Tedeschi
Movie: in this exclusive video interview, Bjarke Ingels explains how his firm BIG used stacks of fibreglass boxes to create a huge undulating structure on the lawn in front of the Serpentine Gallery in London. More about Bjarke Ingels' Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is "mountainous outside and cavernous inside"
A team of architects in Chicago has proposed a house made of 3D-printed plastic and carbon-fibre panels wrapped around glazed walls (+ slideshow). More about WATG wins competition to design freeform 3D-printed house
Swedish firm White Arkitekter has won a competition to design a cultural centre and hotel in Skellefteå, Sweden, with its proposal for the "tallest wooden building in the Nordic countries" (+ slideshow). More about White Arkitekter selected to build timber-framed high-rise in Sweden
Designer Asif Khan and architects Kunlé Adeyemi, Yona Friedman and Barkow Leibinger have each unveiled a Summer House at London's Serpentine Gallery, taking inspiration from a Neoclassical temple nearby (+ slideshow). More about Four temple-inspired Summer Houses built to accompany BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
BIG founder Bjarke Ingels has unveiled his Serpentine Gallery Pavilion – a wall of translucent blocks that has been "unzipped" to create a curving, cavernous interior (+ slideshow). More about Bjarke Ingels completes Serpentine Gallery Pavilion that is "both solid box and blob"
The ArDe architecture and design fair, which was due to open at Somerset House in London this week, has been cancelled due to lack of sponsorship. More about ArDe design fair at Somerset House cancelled due to lack of sponsors
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Indian architect Anupama Kundoo has unveiled a prototype house that can be built in just six days using Lego-like blocks of a material called ferrocement (+ slideshow). More about Anupama Kundoo uses ferrocement to create pioneering "Lego-like" house
Instagrammers have been sharing images of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, conceived by Bjarke Ingels as an "unzipped" wall of bricks – including construction snaps by the Danish architect himself. More about Bjarke Ingels' Serpentine Gallery Pavilion revealed on Instagram
Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten has added a contemporary extension to a traditional farmhouse in Austria, featuring rough-sawn spruce cladding and a folded fibre-cement roof (+ slideshow). More about Traditional farmhouse in Austria updated with contemporary extension
Global firm Gensler has proposed an alternative skyscraper concept for the waterfront site in Chicago where a spiralling, supertall condominium tower by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava was slated to rise. More about Gensler unveils skyscraper design for site of Calatrava's ill-fated Chicago Spire
Dezeen will be reporting live from the unveiling of Bjarke Ingels' Serpentine Gallery Pavilion on Tuesday morning. Follow us on Facebook and Snapchat for exclusive video footage and images. More about Follow Dezeen live on Facebook and Snapchat from BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2016
For those who aren't able to visit BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion this summer, Swiss visualisation studio Archilogic has made it possible to take an unofficial tour of the building using virtual reality (+ interactive 3D model). More about Digital model offers virtual-reality users a preview of BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Pouring concrete into fabric moulds allows designers to create dramatic, sculptural shapes that could soon be used for architectural structures. We've selected six of the most interesting examples, including a new casting technique using robots. More about Six examples of fabric-cast concrete that are breaking the mould
Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen Architects and Caruso St John are among the seven shortlisted teams whose designs for a major new art museum in the Latvian capital have been unveiled today (+ slideshow). More about Designs by Adjaye and Henning Larsen revealed on Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art shortlist
A geometric facade formed of hollow concrete blocks allows breezes to naturally cool the interior of this house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, by local firm VACO Design (+ slideshow). More about H House features a geometric patterned facade and an indoor swimming pool
A three-storey-high atrium brings natural light and ventilation into the heart of this skinny house in Vietnam by Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects (+ slideshow). More about Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects completes four-metre-wide townhouse in Vietnam
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Portuguese architect Samuel Gonçalves has installed three hollow concrete forms at the Venice Biennale to promote his modular housing system based on drainage pipes (+ movie). More about Samuel Gonçalves unveils modular housing based on concrete sewage pipes
Photo essay: these images by Polish photographer Alicja Dobrucka depict houses disguised as tents in a village in the West Bank (+ slideshow). More about Alicja Dobrucka photographs the seemingly temporary dwellings of a West Bank village