Architecture office DSDHA has completed an apartment block in London's Fitzrovia, which has a pair of faceted glass volumes concealed behind its austere grey brick facades. More about DSDHA's Corner House boasts a hidden roofscape adorned with "crystalline pavilions"
A glass wall frames a vintage Mercedes parked inside this timber-clad residence in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia by I/O Architects, which is partially submerged into a sloping site (+ slideshow). More about I/O Architects makes classic car focal point of timber-clad house in Sofia
A white holiday home in Okinawa by British designer John Pawson was popular this week, so we've gone back through our archive and pinned dozens of examples of white houses to a new Pinterest board.
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AE Arquitectos has combined exposed concrete, white render and slatted timber for this morgue in Spain's Asturias principality, which features terraces overlooking a harbour (+ slideshow). More about Concrete and slatted-timber morgue by AE Arquitectos overlooks a Spanish harbour
This Slovenian home by Skupaj Arhitekti mimics the gabled form of its Alpine village neighbours, but it also features contemporary details and finishes (+ slideshow). More about Skupaj Arhitekti couples traditional form with contemporary materials for Alpine home
Australian firm CM Studio has added a pair of white-painted extensions to an end-of-terrace house in Sydney dating back to the 1880s, and remodelled its interiors with grey marble and pale timber finishes (+ slideshow). More about CM Studio updates 19th-century workers' cottage in Sydney with slatted timber extension
Design studio We Like Today has unveiled plans to "revive and repopulate" an area of Brighton and Hove's sea front, with a brightly coloured scheme made from a series of hut-like structures (+ slideshow). More about We Like Today's Sea Lanes aims to reconnect Brighton and Hove residents with the sea
Architecture firm ODA New York has conceived three glass towers for Brooklyn that feature setbacks and protrusions to ensure tenants are afforded expansive views. More about ODA designs trio of irregularly stacked towers for Williamsburg waterfront
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has unveiled plans for a new Hans Christian Andersen Museum in the Danish city of Odense, which will revolve around the writer's popular fairy tales (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma reveals plans for Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has been named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2016, with a citation written by his former employer Rem Koolhaas that compares Ingels to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. More about Bjarke Ingels embodies "fully fledged new typology" in architecture says Rem Koolhaas
OMA's New York office is almost doubling the size of Quebec's Musée National des Beaux-Arts with a new building in the city's Parc des Champs-de-Bataille (+ slideshow). More about Major art museum extension by OMA underway in Quebec
London designer John Pawson has completed the seventh property in Alain de Botton's Living Architecture series: a Welsh valley retreat with a dark skin and a pale interior (+ slideshow). More about John Pawson's Life House is a Welsh countryside retreat built from dark and light bricks
Renderings of a sculptural Manhattan residential skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox have been unveiled to entice buyers to purchase units costing up to $18.5 million (+ slideshow). More about New images released of luxury condo tower by KPF in New York
A replica of the Palmyra Arch – a 2,000-year-old Syrian architectural landmark believed to have been destroyed by Islamic militant group ISIS – has been erected in London's Trafalgar Square. More about Replica of destroyed Syrian archway erected in London's Trafalgar Square
Grafton Architects has been selected to design a new faculty building for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in Holborn, seeing off a shortlist of prestigious firms. More about Grafton Architects wins contest for new LSE building in central London
Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper by New York studio SHoP Architects has received the go ahead for construction. More about SHoP's supertall Brooklyn tower gets green light
Architecture studio S Plus One has built a pair of matching micro homes in a Japanese village, one clad in cedar and the other clad with pine. More about Twin micro homes by S Plus One are both finished in different woods
CF Møller Architects has completed a halls of residence for a Danish university, which features large communal living spaces, an underground bicycle park and a "sky lounge" overlooking a wetland park (+ slideshow). More about CF Møller's student housing in Odense is a trio of intertwining brick towers
US firm Gould Evans has revamped a 1970s concrete library in Kansas, wrapping the building in a terracotta rainscreen and adding modern amenities such as a recording studio (+ slideshow). More about Gould Evans adds vibrant orange skin to Brutalist library in Kansas
Construction is underway on two bent apartment towers in New York by SHoP Architects that will be joined by a skybridge offering a pool, hot tub and bar. More about Skybridge with a swimming pool will link pair of Manhattan towers by SHoP