Surrounded by farmland in rural Japan, this house by architecture studio Tailored Design Lab features a steeply pointed roof that frames views of the landscape, and an oversized chimney that provides natural ventilation (+ slideshow). More about Family house in Japan designed by Tailored Design Lab to embrace its farmland setting
Architect Renzo Piano has unveiled designs for another London skyscraper – a 224-metre cylindrical tower expected to do for Paddington "what The Shard did for London Bridge". More about Renzo Piano draws up designs for his next London skyscraper
Almost 20 years after buying a shophouse in a historic Singapore neighbourhood, local architect Maria Warner Wong and her team have converted the building into a new venue for art and design (+ slideshow). More about WOW Architects opens art and design venue in converted Singapore shophouse
Visitors can clamber to the top of this pavilion by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in Paris' Jardin des Tuileries, which is made up of a complex lattice of identical timber beams. More about Kengo Kuma installs climbable wooden pavilion in Paris park
One half of this tiny mountain dwelling in western Serbia is faced in white ceramic tiles, while the other is clad in dark timber shingles – a nod to both traditional and contemporary styles (+ slideshow). More about Serbian mountain home by EXE Studio clad in both white ceramic tiles and dark wooden shingles
Rows of brightly lacquered metal slats wrap the upper levels of this multi-storey car park that serves the maternity and oncology wards of a hospital in A Coruña, Spain. More about Coloured metal slats and textured concrete panels enclose hospital car park in Spain
Long horizontal windows step around the matt black facade of this family home in Osaka by Alphaville Architects to frame different views of the nearby Yodo River (+ slideshow). More about Windows spiral towards the roof of Osaka house by Alphaville Architects
New York-based SHoP Architects has revealed plans for a major extension of the SITE Santa Fe gallery in New Mexico, featuring a textured facade that takes its cues from traditional Navajo patterns (+ slideshow). More about SHoP Architects unveils Navajo-inspired expansion plans for SITE Santa Fe gallery
The world's first 3D-printed bridge in Amsterdam uses a technique that designer Joris Laarman says could soon be used to build "infinitely large structures" (+ interview). More about Joris Laarman's canal bridge in Amsterdam could take 3D printing "to a higher level"
A team from the University of Coimbra in Portugal has unveiled the first photographs of a prefabricated floating house that can be built to order and shipped to almost anywhere in the world (+ slideshow). More about Prefabricated floating house can be transported to lakes and waterways worldwide
A new mock-up of the Lowline, the underground park planned for New York City, demonstrates how its designers will bring sunlight and plant life below the streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side (+ slideshow). More about Lowline Lab demonstrates viability of an underground New York park
An artificial ravine will carve through the centre of Kengo Kuma's Museum of Indigenous Knowledge in the Philippines, which is shaped like a hollowed-out lump of rock (+ slideshow). More about Cave-shaped and plant-covered museum by Kengo Kuma is dedicated to Filipino history
Board-formed concrete surfaces curve around the central staircases of this contemporary arts centre completed by Archi-Union Architects in Shanghai's West Bund district (+ slideshow). More about Archi-Union Architects completes Shanghai arts space with sweeping concrete walls
Danish office CF Møller has completed its transformation of a waterfront promenade in Aalborg, as part of a wider regeneration of the port city in northern Denmark (+ slideshow). More about CF Møller creates dune-inspired promenade and landscaping on Aalborg waterfront
Architecture studio Penda has unveiled new CGI renderings detailing its vision for a city of 200,000 people that would be creating using an innovative modular bamboo structure. More about Penda unveils vision for bamboo city made from interlocking modular components
Slatted timber shutters provide privacy and shade for this Tehran apartment block by local firm Ayeneh Office, and line up with its ridged granite facade (+ slideshow). More about Ayeneh Office gives Tehran apartments a textured facade with ridged granite and slatted timber
Perforated metal balustrades wrap the round-edged floorplates of this multi-storey car park designed by Abscis Architecten for a hospital in Ghent, Belgium (+ slideshow). More about Geometric perforations pattern facade of Belgian hospital car park by Abscis Architecten
Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart used 30,000 spiky components and a robot to create a pavilion described as the "first architectural structure realised with a designed granular system" (+ movie). More about Robot uses stacked spiky particles to build groundbreaking ICD Aggregate Pavilion 2015
Atelier Vens Vanbelle has extended a notary's office it completed five years ago in the Belgian village of Horebeke, adding mirrored walls that reflect both the original building and its pastoral setting (+ slideshow). More about Mirror-clad office extension by Atelier Vens Vanbelle offers reflections of brickwork and trees
Built in Lyon's docklands, Jakob + MacFarlane's new headquarters for international news channel Euronews features an acid-green facade punctured by two huge egg-shaped holes (+ slideshow). More about Jakob + MacFarlane adds sinuous green skin and curved chasms to Euronews headquarters