To celebrate the Welsh holiday of St David's Day, we've rounded up all of the projects Dezeen has published in the country – from remote rural retreats to large-scale public buildings. See more architecture in Wales »
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The butterfly wing-shaped roof of this rear extension to a Victorian house in north London by local architect Kenny Forrester references the shape of the city's traditional terraced rooflines (+ slideshow). More about Forrester Architects' London house extension has a "butterfly" roof and exposed wooden rafters
Lisbon architecture office Cais has renovated and extended an outdated house in the city, preserving its existing facade and creating an open-plan interior that extends into a new terraced garden at the rear (+ slideshow). More about Renovated Lisbon house by Cais conceals modern interior behind traditional facade
Narrowly spaced steel louvres wrap around the exterior of this extension to a house in Beijing, providing privacy and creating linear patterns of light and shadow throughout the minimal white interior (+ slideshow). More about Remix Studio's Shunyi House extension features louvred cladding and an all-white interior
Photographer Peter Bloomfield spent four years behind-the-scenes on the construction site of London's Barbican Estate, documenting the iconic brutalist development as it "emerged from its chrysalis of scaffolding" (+ slideshow). More about Birth of brutalist Barbican Estate documented in Peter Bloomfield's construction photos
Rotterdam firm MVRDV has unveiled its plans to overhaul La Part Dieu retail complex in Lyon, which feature an "evaporating" facade and a rooftop park. More about MVRDV to transform La Part Dieu shopping centre in Lyon
We're racing towards 500,000 Instagram followers, so we've collated a selection of the most-liked posts from our carefully curated feed so far this year. Click through to see the top 10, and don't forget to follow Dezeen on Instagram! More about Dezeen's 10 most popular Instagram posts of 2016 so far
UK studio Mossessian Architecture's 11-storey office building for Google in London's King's Cross has been given permission to start work. More about Google granted planning permission for new King's Cross offices
London studio Liddicoat & Goldhill has remodelled a derelict barn in Kent, England, to create a home featuring mechanically operated doors and a staircase that wraps around a chimney (+ movie). More about Liddicoat & Goldhill transforms an 18th-century barn into an English countryside home
A cross-laminated timber roof covers this six-lane swimming pool, which London firm Hawkins\Brown plans to add to a school in Surrey (+ slideshow). More about Hawkins\Brown designs pool that will give the sense of "swimming amongst the trees"
Japanese architect Kentaro Ishida has completed a steel-plated house on the outskirts of Tokyo, featuring an asymmetric pitched roof designed to maximise sunlight for residents (+ slideshow). More about Kentaro Ishida adds stripy steel skin to asymmetric house in Japan
Architect William Tozer applied Adolf Loos' Raumplan concept to this London house extension, which features several stepped levels that are all visually connected. More about William Tozer's split-level Raumplan House is based on the theories of Adolf Loos
Steel shutters fold open to bring plenty of fresh air into this studio for Bengaluru architecture firm BetweenSpaces, which is situated above the home of one of its founders (+ slideshow). More about Folding steel shutters reveal interior of BetweenSpaces' Bengaluru architecture studio
Four separate volumes fit together "like a puzzle" to form this villa in the Netherlands, designed by Studio Prototype as a contemporary interpretation of the region's typical black barns (+ slideshow). More about Four volumes piece together to form Studio Prototype's Villa Schoorl in Holland
Bjarke Ingels unveiled his design for this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion this week, so we've updated our Pinterest board to include images of each project since the commission began in 2000. Browse SelgasCano's colourful plastic structure, Sou Fujimoto's cloud-shaped grid, SANAA's reflective aluminium canopy and many more.
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Concrete piers support the aluminium-clad blocks of this new architecture school building at the University of Portsmouth, England, designed by Penoyre & Prasad around a landscaped courtyard (+ slideshow). More about Penoyre & Prasad completes new architecture school building for University of Portsmouth
Several windows splay from one end of this weathering steel church, designed by Vicens + Ramos as the centrepiece for a growing residential community near Madrid (+ slideshow). More about Pre-rusted steel church by Vicens + Ramos features an "explosion" of windows
A monumental car park building close to London's Oxford Street is being sold, meaning it could now be demolished to make way for a new hotel. More about London car park of "sublime beauty" at risk of demolition
Opinion: after Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde was forced into an awkward discussion about the ownership of his projects, Louise Schouwenberg suggests that "star" individuals shouldn't be getting all the credit. More about "It's about time we rethink the notion of authorship"
The dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas has resigned over a new state law that will allow students to carry guns on campus. More about University of Texas architecture dean leaves post over new campus gun law