San Francisco studio Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects took cues from traditional barns to create this contemporary dwelling in a northern California farming valley (+ slideshow). More about Turnbull Griffin Haesloop creates white barn-like house on a California ranch
British studio Bennetts Associates has completed a house in a historic English town that is partly set into its sloping site and features a material palette chosen to complement the surrounding architecture (+ slideshow). More about Bennetts Associates creates contemporary stone and zinc country house in Cumbria
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Spain has been awarded the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Biennale, while Gabinete de Arquitectura has been awarded the prize for best exhibition. More about Venice Biennale awards Golden Lions to Spanish Pavilion and Gabinete de Arquitectura
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Foster + Partners has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of its Droneport concept at the Arsenale, which is designed to transport medical supplies to remote regions in Africa using unmanned flying vehicles (+ slideshow). More about Norman Foster reveals vaulted Droneport prototype at Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: architects need to work in non-democratic countries to help improve conditions for the people that live there, says Snøhetta co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. More about Snøhetta's Kjetil Trædal Thorsen urges architects to work in the "non-free world"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: the architects behind plans to create a cluster of freshwater swimming pools on the River Thames have unveiled a proposal for a floating pool on the Yarra River in the Australian city of Melbourne. More about Studio Octopi designs floating swimming pool for Melbourne's Yarra River
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: architect Christian Kerez has built an inhabitable structure inside Switzerland's Biennale pavilion, featuring a cloud-like exterior and a cavernous interior (+ slideshow). More about Christian Kerez creates cavernous cloud to offer "a pure encounter with architecture"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Dezeen is posting behind-the-scenes footage and previews of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 on Snapchat this week, from famous architects with cat faces to the best pavilions, installations and parties. More about Follow Dezeen on Snapchat for the best of the Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a team of architects and academics has created a room of architectural evidence from Auschwitz that shows how the Nazi concentration camp was purposefully designed as a killing facility (+ slideshow). More about The Evidence Room presents "the worst crime ever committed by an architect"
Japanese studio Nendo has completed its biggest-ever project: the exterior and interior renovation of a department store in Bangkok that founder Oki Sato believes represents a new way of shopping (+ slideshow). More about Nendo reimagines Bangkok department store as a new concept for retail
Canadian firm Hemsworth Architecture has completed a factory in British Columbia that utilises the products created within the facility: prefabricated wall panels intended for eco-friendly Passivhaus construction (+ slideshow). More about Hemsworth creates all-wood Passivhaus factory in a mountainous region of Canada
The University of Chicago has approved a preliminary design by New York architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro for a facility devoted to hosting talks and events. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveils forum building for University of Chicago campus
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: sharing technologies like Uber and Airbnb could offer the answer to the UK housing crisis say the curators of the British Pavilion, who have unveiled five futuristic models of the home. More about British Pavilion calls for architects to redesign home ownership rather than houses
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Aileen Sage Architects has installed a swimming pool inside Australia's Biennale pavilion to symbolise the importance of this type of public space to the nation's cultural identity (+ slideshow). More about Australian Pavilion features swimming pool as "space for healing racial and cultural division"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a resurgence of handmade architecture is one of the biggest themes to emerge from this year's Venice Biennale, according to Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. More about Venice Biennale heralds return of handmade architecture, says Peter Zumthor
The bereaved will be able to find the location of their loved ones' graves using GPS in this cemetery without headstones, proposed by Australian firms CHROFI and McGregor Coxall for Sydney (+ slideshow). More about Graves reached using GPS proposed for bushland cemetery near Sydney
Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio has renovated a 19th-century townhouse in central Porto, maintaining the original features and adding stark white boxes that contain the kitchens and bathrooms (+ slideshow). More about Pedro Ferreira separates old from new in Porto townhouse conversion
Food trucks and a sports facility are included in these conceptual schemes by Buro Koray Duman for a derelict space under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a major elevated highway in New York (+ slideshow). More about Buro Koray Duman finds uses for neglected space under elevated New York highway
One-minute movie: London studio VRtisan claims its virtual reality technology will allow architects and designers to create buildings and products intuitively in 3D space around them. More about VRtisan develops new virtual reality tools for architects
Architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo has filed a lawsuit against Princeton University for libel and breach of contract, after he was asked to step down as head of its architecture school over allegations of plagiarism. More about Alejandro Zaera-Polo sues Princeton University for libel following plagiarism row