Opinion: charisma can't be learned, but it is often the architect's last line of defence against demanding clients and unsavoury economic realties, says Reinier de Graaf. More about "Charisma allows the architect to speak with authority, even when he has no clue"
Images have emerged of Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery – designed by London architecture studio Caruso St John in a row of converted and extended theatre warehouses. More about First official images of Damien Hirst's south London gallery released
London office Delvendahl Martin Architects has merged and extended a pair of Victorian semi-detached houses in Oxford to create a new double-fronted home for one family (+ slideshow). More about Delvendahl Martin Architects knocks through a pair of Victorian properties in Oxford
Architecture firm AZPML has completed its £750 million overhaul of Birmingham New Street railway station in the UK – but co-founder Alejandro Zaera-Polo says the result "could have been much better". More about Alejandro Zaera-Polo updates Birmingham's New Street station
New York-based Rafael Viñoly Architects has conceived a pair of residential towers for Chicago's growing South Loop neighbourhood, on a site overlooking a park. More about Rafael Viñoly unveils designs for pair of Chicago skyscrapers
An award-winning visitor centre completed last year by Oto Arquitectos on the Cape Verde island of Fogo has been destroyed by a volcano (+ slideshow). More about Award-winning building destroyed by volcano seven months after completion
Feature: with the first Chicago Architecture Biennial kicking off later this week, Dezeen picks 10 of the projects – past and present – that have helped shape the city that gave birth to contemporary high-rise architecture. More about The 10 projects that sum up Chicago's architectural history
Grimshaw Architects, the London firm behind bubble-shaped ecological park the Eden Project, has signed a £100 million deal to design a similar scheme named China Eden in Qingdao. More about Grimshaw Architects to design £100 million Eden Project in China
Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has unveiled plans for a trio of housing towers in Ho Chi Minh City linked by aerial bridges and shielded from the harsh tropical sunlight by swathes of bamboo (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia plans trio of towers covered in bamboo plants and linked by bridges
Surrounded by pine trees on the outskirts of Madrid, this concrete structure by Spanish architecture firm FRPO provides shelter and cooking facilities beside a swimming pool (+ slideshow). More about San Lucas Pavilion by FRPO is a concrete pool house amongst pine trees
South Korean studio Z_Lab has renovated a 100-year-old farmhouse on Jeju island, and renamed it Blind Whale in reference to the curves of its two smooth grey roofs (+ slideshow). More about Century-old farmhouse on Jeju Island gets a whale-inspired makeover by Z_Lab
Zaha Hadid's mountain museum at the top of Alpine peak Mount Kronplatz is captured in these new images by British photography duo Hufton + Crow (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid's Messner Mountain Museum photographed by Hufton + Crow
Bulgarian architect Hristina Hristova has designed a tiny holiday home for herself and her husband that can be towed on a trailer so they can avoid the crowds along the country's built-up coast (+ slideshow). More about Mobile holiday home by Hristina Hristova offers an antidote to Bulgaria's seaside resorts
MAMM Design has completed a two-storey residence in Kai, Japan, featuring a long mezzanine described as a street where the family can come together (+ slideshow). More about Open-plan house in Japan by MAMM Design features mezzanine "street"
The mirrored surfaces of this modular housing unit in Slovenia, by Austrian studio Delugan Meissl, help it to blend in with the surrounding countryside (+ slideshow). More about Casa Invisibile by Delugan Meissl is a low-cost portable house prototype clad in mirrors
We've selected 10 of the most unusual and far-fetched proposals for Mars housing submitted as part of NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. More about 10 bizarre proposals for 3D-printed NASA bases on Mars
New York architect Deborah Berke will succeed Robert A M Stern as dean of the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut. More about Deborah Berke named dean of Yale School of Architecture
Opinion: London's creative classes are caught up in an urban renewal hamster wheel that's affecting property prices across the capital – and there's no way off without leaving the city entirely, says Will Wiles. More about "Creatives are mythologised as the tooth fairies of urban renewal"
Hawkins\Brown has completed a 33-metre-high apartment block in London's Shoreditch, which the studio claims is "the tallest building to use structural cross-laminated timber in Europe" (+ slideshow). More about Hawkins\Brown pairs cross-laminated timber and steel for record-breaking apartment block
US architect Martin Fenlon cites the Gehry House as inspiration for the renovation and expansion of his own home – a cedar-clad bungalow in Los Angeles (+ slideshow). More about Martin Fenlon puts contemporary face on historic bungalow near downtown LA