Chicago City Council members have voted in favour of MAD Architects' controversial design for the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on the shore of Lake Michigan. More about Chicago approves MAD's George Lucas Museum plans
Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch furniture designer Piet Hein Eek has joined the debate about whether non-architects should design buildings, saying most architects are "not interested" in construction. More about "Most buildings are drawings filled in by engineers" says Piet Hein Eek
The glazed living space of this cedar-clad cabin near Montreal projects over a woodland slope to optimise views of a nearby lake (+ slideshow). More about Faceted cedar cabin completed by Paul Bernier beside a lake in the Montreal woodland
British architect David Chipperfield has refused to attend the opening of his Museo delle Culture museum and gallery complex in Milan, and is seeking court action over "defects" in the project. More about Chipperfield boycotts opening of his Milan museum amid legal proceedings
Vector Architects designed a huge grassy roof canopy and plant-covered walls for this community centre in southwest China, helping it to blend in with its mountain landscape (+ slideshow). More about Vector Architects disguises mountainside community centre beneath sprawling grass roof
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has applied for planning permission to convert a Victorian coal yard in London's King's Cross into a canal-side shopping destination. More about Heatherwick reveals plans for canal-side shopping centre in London's King's Cross
Declerck-Daels Architecten used different varieties of timber and "frivolous" colours for this surgery in Bruges, in an attempt to make going to the dentist more bearable (+ slideshow). More about 50 Shades of Wood by Declerck-Daels Architecten is a timber dentist surgery in Bruges
Built in the wake of an earthquake, this secondary school in northern Thailand by Vin Varavarn Architects is raised above the ground on metal stilts (+ slideshow). More about Earthquake-resistant school in Thailand raised up on stilts by Vin Varavarn Architects
Landscape firm Gustafson Porter has unveiled plans to create tiered gardens and waterfalls with a towering development proposed for Singapore's Marina Bay. More about Verdant "cloud forests" and waterfalls proposed for new Singapore high-rise
Italian fashion house Fendi has moved into its new headquarters at Rome's Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana – a building commissioned by dictator Benito Mussolini in 1943 that has been renovated by local architect Marco Costanzi (+ slideshow). More about Fendi moves headquarters into iconic Mussolini-commissioned building
Dubai is undergoing its "next wave of development" after bouncing back from the 2008 financial crisis, according to architects in the region. More about Dubai experiencing "boom 2.0" as construction projects soar
This restaurant and bar in the Azores comprises two buildings – a remodelled barn with volcanic stone walls, and a bulbous timber extension conceived as a cross between a whale and a wine barrel (+ slideshow). More about Cella Bar by FCC Arquitectura features a volcanic stone barn and a whale-inspired extension
World Architecture Festival 2015: British architect Will Alsop says there are more opportunities for ideas-driven architecture projects in China – like his Gao Yang development, which features a four-storey hanging restaurant – in this movie filmed in London (+ movie). More about China more open to new architecture than risk-averse UK, says Will Alsop
A material made by mixing hemp with lime and water forms a new layer of insulation around this house in Belgium, as part of a renovation by Ghent studio Martens Van Caimere Architecten (+ slideshow). More about Hemp-based render gives striated skin to renovated house by Martens Van Caimere
These glass and timber holiday cabins by Norwegian architect Snorre Stinessen overhang the coastline of Norway's Manshausen Island, providing a base for Arctic Circle explorers (+ slideshow). More about Arctic exploration cabins by Snorre Stinessen cantilever over the Norwegian shoreline
Developers of Foster + Partners' luxury residential tower in Manhattan have released new images to tempt buyers into purchasing one of the multi-million dollar apartments (+ slideshow). More about New images released of Foster's super-skinny New York skyscraper
NEXT Architects has completed its Batbridge in South Holland, which integrates spaces for bats to roost in during different seasons (+ slideshow). More about NEXT Architects completes bat-friendly bridge in the Netherlands
David Chipperfield Architects has completed a series of stone apartments raised on plinths above the surface of a water garden in Hangzhou, eastern China (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield creates "village" of stone dwellings in Hangzhou marshland
Thick wooden ribs frame this extension to a family house in west London by architecture studio Tate Harmer (+ slideshow). More about Tate Harmer creates ribbed timber house extension in west London
French studios Caractère Spécial and Parisian studio NP2F Architectes have expanded the home of a circus arts centre in France's Champagne region and added a curving outdoor staircase (+ slideshow). More about Curving concrete staircase protrudes from warehouse-like circus school in France