Architecture studio Hall McKnight has completed a house bridging a stream in Holywood, Northern Ireland, which also features a colonnade-like facade incorporating tall vertical windows (+ slideshow). More about Hall McKnight's Victoria Road house spans a steep-sided stream in Northern Ireland
Japanese architect Tomohiro Hata gave this ridged metal residence in Kobe a staggered plywood interior and a broad pitched roof that follows the sloping terrain (+ slideshow). More about Wide sloping roof shelters plywood-filled house in Kobe by Tomohiro Hata
Protruding bricks create a crown on top of this cylindrical chapel by DANS Architects, which forms the centrepiece of a new church complex in the Slovenian city of Maribor (+ slideshow). More about DANS Architects creates brick "crown" atop Don Bosco Church in Slovenia
Designed to looks like a giant staircase, this Oslo office block by Dark Arkitekter completes the trio of buildings housing the headquarters of DNB Bank, created in collaboration with MVRDV and A-Lab (+ slideshow). More about Dark Arkitekter adds staircase-inspired tower to Oslo's fast-developing waterfront
A concert hall in Poland featuring concrete and crushed brickwork impressed readers this week, so we've visited the Dezeen archives to create a Pinterest board full of awe-inspiring performance venues. Others include a spiky building shortlisted for last year's Mies van der Rohe Award and Herzog & de Meuron's part-completed Hamburg Elbphilharmonie.
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Vertical logs cover the gabled elevations of this rural hotel in southern Portugal, designed by Lisbon studio Future Architecture Thinking (+ slideshow). More about Alentejo Country Hotel features log facades to match the surrounding cork trees
Movie: gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones describes the reflective aluminium Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, created by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA in 2009, as "strange and gorgeous" in this exclusive movie. More about SANAA's reflective Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 "merged into the landscape"
Windows are dotted across the facades of this photographer's house in Brittany, France, allowing sunlight to illuminate different parts of the interior through the day (+ slideshow). More about Square windows puncture Alireza Razavi's monolithic House for a Photographer in Brittany
This house in Amagansett, New York, by Bates Masi Architects is designed to take advantage of its windy site on Long Island's south shore (+ slideshow). More about Amagansett Dunes House by Bates Masi Architects is shaded with strips of canvas
Business news: Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has developed a new business model that allows designers to earn 75 per cent of the proceeds of their products, rather than the standard royalty of five per cent or less. More about Claesson Koivisto Rune unveils new business concept for entrepreneurial designers
A new exhibition about radical projects to rebuild communities in the aftermath of disasters points to the "changing role of architects in society", says its curator (+ slideshow). More about RIBA's Creation from Catastrophe exhibition showcases the world's best disaster-relief projects
A group of young Finnish architects have won a competition to integrate two museums by Modernist architect Alvar Aalto – but have been told their design needs "a lot of development". More about Winners chosen for Alvar Aalto museum extension but told to improve their design
Lack of experimentation and a culture of narrow-mindedness in schools has led to a dull period in British architecture, according to Archigram founder Peter Cook. More about British architecture is experiencing a "dull period" says Peter Cook
This mid-century house featuring a studio designed by Brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson has undergone an extensive renovation by London studio Coppin Dockray (+ slideshow). More about Modernist Wiltshire house with a Smithsons-designed studio gets a facelift by Coppin Dockray
Apple may be better known for cutting-edge contemporary design, but a New York preservation group is honouring the company for sensitively reusing old buildings with its store designs (+ slideshow). More about Apple given New York preservation award for repurposing historic buildings
Glass walls and a generous light-filled atrium offer plentiful views of the surrounding garden and sky for residents of this north London house by Threefold Architects (+ slideshow). More about Threefold Architects completes light-filled London home for a pair of objets d'art collectors
Each of the small house-like volumes that make up this Copenhagen kindergarten were designed by Danish firm COBE to look like caricatures of homes with peaked roofs as drawn by children (+ slideshow). More about COBE's Frederiksvej Kindergarten is based on children's drawings
American firm Hennebery Eddy Architects used wood, concrete, glass and battered stone to create this chapel on a Jesuit high school campus in Seattle (+ slideshow). More about Seattle chapel by Hennebery Eddy features walls of rough sandstone and concrete
The $28 million full-floor penthouse at the BIG-designed Grove at Grand Bay towers includes a rooftop pool, four-car garage and ten bathrooms (+ slideshow). More about Penthouse in BIG's twisted Miami towers is on sale for million
The Royal Institute of British Architects has acted "to right a 180-year wrong" by giving its highest honour to a woman, the body's president has said. More about Royal Gold Medal for Zaha Hadid was "totally overdue" says RIBA president