Architects Ifat Finkelman and Deborah Warschawski have built a slatted wooden structure around an old pine tree to update a courtyard space at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (+ slideshow). More about Treehouse installed in Israel Museum playground by Ifat Finkelman and Deborah Warschawski
Dutch studio Doepel Strijkers has unveiled designs for a sunken pavilion with earth walls and a rooftop greenhouse, which will be built in Almere ahead of the Floriade 2022 horticultural expo (+ slideshow). More about Designs revealed for sunken pavilion on MVRDV's Almere expo site
A home-help aide to IM Pei has been charged with assaulting the Pritzker Prize-winning architect at his New York home. More about Homecare worker charged with assaulting 98-year-old architect IM Pei
Architect Onurcan Çakır paired stark concrete with rugged stone for the walls of this compact family house near the west coast of Turkey (+ slideshow). More about Onurcan Çakır uses stone and concrete to create soundproof house in a Turkish village
Timber slats envelope this hydroelectric power plant by Atelier Pierre Thibault, which is stationed near a Quebec "ghost town" on the Ouiatchouan river (+ slideshow). More about Timber-clad walkway wraps Quebec hydroelectric plant by Atelier Pierre Thibault
Although only 10 metres tall, this red brick house in South Korea by architects AandD is split into 11 different levels connected by a central staircase (+ slideshow). More about AandD's L House is split into 11 different levels of living space
Grass blankets the roof of this low-energy community centre by Guillaume Ramillien Architecture, which is set in the centre of a new development to the south-east of Paris (+ slideshow). More about Passivhaus community centre by Guillaume Ramillien Architecture is clad in grass and timber
Photo essay: French photographer Laurent Kronental has spent four years capturing the "grands ensembles" housing projects in Paris, juxtaposing the huge buildings with their elderly occupants (+ slideshow). More about Laurent Kronental's Souvenir d'un Futur photos show Paris' monumental housing estates
Siberian larch wood covers this house and its adjoining wrap-around terrace in southern Sweden, designed by architect Johan Sundberg (+ slideshow). More about Johan Sundberg clads Villa Ljung inside and out with Siberian larch
Dezeen's architecture editor Amy Frearson looks ahead to the buildings we can expect in 2016, including an art museum set in the caves of an artificial island, a holiday home in the Welsh countryside, and a weathering-steel theatre. More about Dezeen's top 12 buildings to look forward to in 2016
Montreal-based architecture firm Naturehumaine has transformed a modest house in the Quebec countryside into a family retreat near the Bic National Park. (+ slideshow) More about Le Bic House extension by Naturehumaine combines wood and steel panelling
Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter has converted three 50-year-old concrete and brick pump stations along Denmark's Skjern River into events spaces with elevated viewpoints. More about Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter convert 1960s pump stations into river viewing points
Here's a look at the 9 biggest skyscrapers due to complete in the next 12 months, including the world's tallest office tower, a building topped by a huge diamond and a structure designed to resemble ship sails. More about Top 9 tallest skyscrapers completing in 2016
This art museum by Chinese firm Praxis d'Architecture features textured tiled walls, protruding windows and stepping roof terraces that overlook a lake near Beijing (+ slideshow). More about Staggered terraces cover roof of Beijing art museum by Praxis d'Architecture
Puzzles Architecture designed this weathering-steel extension for a barn in Belgium, converting it into an annex for the adjacent 18th-century farmhouse (+ slideshow). More about Puzzles Architecture adds rusty steel extension to an old Belgian barn
Architecture firm SOM incorporated principles from Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese design philosophy, while conceiving the new Chinatown Branch Library in Chicago (+ slideshow). More about SOM creates a rounded library wrapped in aluminium fins for Chicago’s Chinatown
A fire has engulfed The Address Downtown Dubai hotel tower near the Burj Khalifa, ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations. More about Huge fire breaks out at Atkins-designed Dubai skyscraper
Full-scale copies of a 2,000-year-old Syrian architectural landmark believed to have been destroyed by ISIS will be on view in London and New York this April. More about Giant 3D-printed replica of Palmyra Arch will be installed in London and New York
Architects Bob Allies and Graham Morrison are among the figures from the architecture and design world awarded in the UK's 2016 New Year Honours. More about Allies and Morrison among architects awarded in 2016 New Year Honours
In the final instalment from our review of the year, we've collected together our most-read stories of 2015 – including self-lacing trainers, the "end of fashion", driverless cars and a drip-free umbrella (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen's 10 biggest architecture and design stories of 2015