Movie: in the penultimate instalment of our exclusive video series, Julia Peyton-Jones explains why it was a gamble to commission the relatively young Sou Fujimoto to design the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in 2013. More about Sou Fujimoto was considered "a risk" for the 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Herzog & de Meuron has completed its school of government and public policy at the University of Oxford, which is being officially unveiled to the press next week. More about Instagram users offer a preview of Herzog & de Meuron's Oxford University building
Rotterdam studio MVRDV has revealed its design for a shopping centre with a pearlescent facade, which is on target to complete this summer in central Beijing. More about MVRDV unveils pearlescent shopping centre nearing completion in Beijing
Jeanne Gang's firm Studio Gang has completed a theatre that features an elevated glass box wrapped in bands of cedar. More about Studio Gang wraps Chicago performing arts centre in glass and wooden battens
Barcelona-based Cubus Arquitectura has transformed an old stone wine cellar in Galicia, Spain, into a family home (+ slideshow). More about Stone wine cellar in Spain converted into a home by Cubus Arquitectura
Architecture studio Denizen Works has remodelled a north London house, transforming the "small dark bachelor pad" into a family home with a light-filled kitchen and dining space. More about North London house extension by Denizen Works creates a light-filled family kitchen
Large windows protrude away from the brown brickwork of this house in Belgium by Architektuurburo Dirk Hulpia, providing wide ledges for displaying works by the ceramicist client (+ slideshow). More about Architektuurburo Dirk Hulpia completes house in Belgium with protruding corner windows
Black and green letters decorate the corrugated metal cladding of this kindergarten located in southwest Spain by Gabriel Verd Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More about Wavy concrete roof shelters corrugated metal kindergarten by Gabriel Verd in Spain
A rainbow-coloured facade shaped like a row of houses fronts this school dining hall in southeast England, designed by UK studios De Rosee Sa and PMR to reference the stories of Roald Dahl (+ slideshow). More about School dining hall by De Rosee Sa and PMR recreates Fantastic Mr Fox's underground village
David Chipperfield Architects' proposal for a new east London home and studio for British artist Tracey Emin has been refused planning permission. More about Chipperfield's plans for Tracey Emin residence and studio rejected
New York architect Robert A M Stern has revealed designs for a condominium building in Lower Manhattan that references the massive warehouse buildings of Tribeca, and the Art Deco buildings of the Financial District and Midtown. More about Robert A M Stern to design luxury condo building influenced by Manhattan's industrial past
A panoramic window surrounded by a faceted wood and corrugated copper frame dominates the facade of this Alpine residence by Camillo Botticini Architetto (+ slideshow). More about Corrugated copper villa by Camillo Botticini Architetto frames Alpine views
The brick walls of this single-storey house in the Belgian town of Nazareth are interrupted by a series of floor-to-ceiling windows and a recessed opening used for storing logs (+ slideshow). More about Wim Heylen's brick and concrete bungalow references traditional countryside cottages
A corridor framed by reclaimed bricks and glass separates this Melbourne house from a new extension built in the back garden by local architecture firm MODO (+ slideshow). More about Glazed "tunnel" separates old from new at Melbourne house extended by MODO
Corrugated aluminium clads this extension to a house in Nantes, France, by local studio Mabire-Reich, which also boasts a decked terrace covering its entire roof (+ slideshow). More about Mabire-Reich's Landscape House features metal walls and a sloping roof terrace
Photo essay: British photographers Thom and Beth Atkinson have created a series of images showing sites across London where traces of second world war bomb damage are still visible over 75 years later. More about Missing Buildings: Thom and Beth Atkinson document the scars left on London by the Blitz
These homes designed by Studio Macola sit within the shell of an old factory in Venice, which still features a trio of tall industrial chimneys (+ slideshow). More about Studio Macola converts abandoned factory into homes in Venice
Movie: in the next instalment of our exclusive video series, gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones explains why Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei dug into the ground to create their 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More about Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion paid homage to its predecessors
Three mono-pitched brick buildings combine to form this house in Belfast by Hall McKnight, which is arranged over multiple levels that step down a sloping site (+ slideshow). More about Hall McKnight's Church Road house is made up of three brick blocks
Connected by watery and verdant courtyards, these agricultural offices were designed by CC Arquitectos for a soilless vegetable farm in the Mexican state of Guanajuato (+ slideshow). More about CC Arquitectos links agricultural offices in Mexico with water-filled patios