Barcelona studio NOEM has designed a home for a film director and science-fiction fan that resembles a spaceship raised above its forested site in a suburb of Madrid (+ slideshow). More about The Spaceship Home by NOEM is a shiny elevated structure influenced by sci-fi movies
Trailing plants cascade over the edge of this elevated walkway, which was designed by Garis Architects to shelter a community events space in western Malaysia (+ slideshow). More about Green canopy by Garis Architects spans the grounds of community centre in Malaysia
Opinion: by destroying ancient architecture, ISIS is waging an ideological war on cultural history – it is our responsibility to respond with yet more culture, says Sam Jacob. More about "The destruction of the ancient city of Palmyra is an assault on human culture"
Interview: hotelier, restauranteur and developer André Balazs is the man behind The Standard in New York, Chateau Marmont in Hollywood and Chiltern Firehouse in London. He told Dezeen why his approach is "kind of like an old-school Hollywood studio" (+ slideshow). More about "We don't go to architects who have a signature style" says André Balazs
Small strips of clay-coloured stone create textured, undulating facades for the houses in this Beijing development by UNStudio (+ slideshow). More about Curving stone walls wrap individual blocks in Beijing housing complex by UNStudio
This house in Pinamar, Argentina, features glazed surfaces inserted into its concrete structure and retractable wooden walls to open it out to the surrounding woodland (+ slideshow). More about ATV Arquitectos places a concrete and glass house in an Argentinian forest
An angular extension covered in a shiny skin of metal panels marks the entrance to this museum for contemporary art in Beijing, which is housed in a former factory converted by local architecture firm Studio Pei-Zhu (+ slideshow). More about Studio Pei-Zhu converts a Beijing factory into Minsheng Contemporary Art Museum
The folded concrete canopy of this burial service structure in an Israeli graveyard is supported by slender tree-shaped columns that pay homage to a razed orchard (+ slideshow). More about Jagged concrete canopy by Ron Shenkin shelters mourners at a cemetery in Israel
Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, known for large public projects like New York's High Line, has completed a project much smaller in scale: a private terrace for an apartment building in the city. More about Piet Oudolf creates rooftop garden for New York condo building
This extension to a townhouse in the Dutch town of Vught by local studio Reset Architecture has a double-height window that provides views of the garden across two of the building's floors (+ slideshow). More about Reset Architecture adds modern wood and glass extension to a traditional brick townhouse
Two teams, from Barcelona and New York, have been awarded joint first place in a competition to design a new home for the Bauhaus Museum Dessau (+ slideshow). More about Two designs draw first place in Bauhaus Museum design competition
London's Grimshaw Architects and engineering firm Arup Associates have submitted an updated proposal for a new entrance and 11 additional platforms to bring high speed rail to Euston Station. More about Grimshaw unveils revised entrance and platforms for HS2 addition to London's Euston Station
Architect Rafael Viñoly has unveiled plans to convert an ageing shopping centre in California's Silicon Valley into a vast development featuring the world's largest roof garden (+ slideshow). More about Rafael Viñoly reveals plans for the "largest green roof in the world" in Silicon Valley
This refurbished and extended London house by local studio Neil Dusheiko Architects includes a pop-up screening room for the owner, who works for film company Universal Pictures (+ slideshow). More about Brackenbury House by Neil Dusheiko features a curved brick extension and pop-up cinema room
Boxes clad entirely in vertical strips of stained timber are stacked and angled slightly to make the most of ocean views at this house on the outskirts of Melbourne by local firm B.E Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber boxes are stacked to provide sea views from Bass Street Residence
Canberra firm Townsend + Associates Architects has created a building with translucent glass walls to contain an existing outdoor swimming pool at China's embassy in the Australian capital (+ slideshow). More about Townsend + Associates encloses a swimming pool in a glazed box at Chinese embassy in Australia
Designed for charity YMCA, this factory-building housing scheme by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners will provide accommodation for 36 homeless young people in Mitcham, south London (+ slideshow). More about Richard Rogers' prefabricated housing for homeless people opens in south London
Airlifted into position by the Slovenian army, this tiny Alpine shelter perches on a rocky outcrop below Skuta Mountain and can sleep up to eight mountaineers (+ slideshow). More about Slovenian mountain cabin by OFIS and Harvard students shelters climbers from extreme weather
Sunken below the crest of a hill in southern Italy, this concrete home and its outdoor pool were designed by Rome studio OSA to be almost imperceivable from the road above (+ slideshow). More about OSA submerges concrete home in a hill above Italy's San Giuliano lake
Vertical timber slats provide shade and privacy for staggered balconies arranged across the facade of this east London housing development by local architects Angela Brady and Robin Mallalieu (+ slideshow). More about Brady Mallalieu Architects adds slatted timber balconies to east London housing scheme