Architect Kengo Kuma has designed an expansion scheme for the Portland Japanese Garden that preserves existing gardens while adding new buildings to the verdant site (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma expansion plan unveiled for Japanese garden in Oregon
The timber-clad end of this house near the Australian city of Ballarat cantilevers over the edge of a concrete block base to provide impressive countryside views from the main living space (+ slideshow). More about Invermay House by Moloney Architects extends out from a rural Australian hillside
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: a wall-less pavilion with a rooftop viewing platform has been named the winner of the Chicago Architecture Biennial's competition to design a lakefront kiosk. More about Ultramoderne wins competition to design lakefront kiosk for Chicago Architecture Biennial
A large decked balcony raised on branching steel piloti provides views towards the Pacific Ocean from this house near the Chilean city of Concón by Santiago studio emA Arquitectos. More about GB House is supported by steel pillars to avoid disturbing its hilltop site
Opinion: it's hard to find new examples of housing innovation in London to match the groundbreaking ideas of the 1960s and 70s, says New London Architecture founder Peter Murray, but he believes architects and designers have the power to change that. More about "How dull and uninspired the approach to solving the UK's housing problems has become"
Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled more images of his plant-covered design for a Maggie's cancer-care centre in Yorkshire, England, which has now been granted planning permission (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Heatherwick gets the green light for Maggie's Centre modelled on pot plants
A spacious loft room bordered by a slender handrail is located beneath the steeply sloping wooden rafters of this Tokyo house by Apollo Architects & Associates (+ slideshow). More about Nord house by Apollo Architects boasts a spacious loft room for children to play in
As Vietnam continues to invest in its tourist industry, all sorts of new architecture has been springing up in the country – from traditional thatched and bamboo structures by architects like Vo Trong Nghia and a21studio, to a 460-metre skyscraper underway in Ho Chi Minh City. See more stories about architecture in Vietnam »
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Huge steel beams with I-shaped profiles were stacked to form the framework of this Tokyo house by Mount Fuji Architects Studio, which features a red spiral staircase winding between its floors (+ slideshow). More about Log Rhythm house revives old Japanese building technique using steel beams instead of wood
This see-through floating hut designed by Elise Morin and Florent Albinet is modelled on the remote cabin built by American author Henry David Thoreau in the mid-19th century (+ slideshow). More about Walden Raft is a cabin offering seclusion in the middle of a French lake
Plants climb all over vertical concrete louvres surrounding the facades of this holiday resort on the Vietnamese coastline designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia's Babylon hotel building features hanging gardens on its facades
Spanish photographer Victor Enrich has used digital manipulation to splice together two buildings – the Storefront for Art & Architecture gallery in New York and the Spanish Republic Pavilion from the 1937 Paris Expo. More about Victor Enrich manipulates photography to relocate Storefront gallery above an old Expo pavilion
The reflective stainless steel skin of the new Len Lye Museum in New Plymouth, New Zealand pays tribute to the work of the experimental artist known for his kinetic and multimedia pieces. More about Pattersons Associates uses stainless steel to create shimmering art museum devoted to Len Lye
This house for two retired lecturers in the Indonesian city of Salatiga was designed with multiple bamboo funnels on its roof to echo the area's mountainous topography (+ slideshow). More about Budi Pradono Architects' bamboo house mimics the shapes of nearby buildings and mountains
British architect Atkins has started work on a 460-metre-high skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, which is set to become the tallest building in Vietnam on completion. More about Atkins starts building Vietnam's tallest skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City
Mizuno Architecture Design has created a concrete office and conference facility for the employees of a tuna processing factory in the Japanese seaside town of Yaizu (+ slideshow). More about Yoshiyasu Mizuno creates raw concrete office block for fish-processing plant
Square windows and a matching door puncture the dark brick facade of this extension to a 1920s house in a Sydney suburb, designed by local office Tribe Studio (+ slideshow). More about Tribe Studio adds contemporary brick extension to a 1920s Sydney bungalow
Triendl und Fessler Architekten has completed an affordable home in an Austrian village, featuring a hole in its centre that provides residents with a secluded garden courtyard (+ slideshow). More about Triendl und Fessler Architekten plans low-cost family home around a secret courtyard
Fancy brickwork is all the rage. Check out dozens of architectural examples, including projects by Frank Gehry, Jamie Fobert and O'Donnell + Tuomey, on our updated bricks Pinterest board.
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The concrete roof of this cultural centre in the French town of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou slopes down to create a cantilevered canopy across the courtyard at its entrance (+ slideshow). More about Concrete cultural centre completed by King Kong architects in picturesque French town