A wooden spine extends beneath the diagonally pitched roof of this diamond-shaped house and artist's studio in Japan (+ slideshow). More about House and art studio by Alphaville features a diamond-shaped plan and a pointed roof
Perforated metal panels create a grid of Xs on the outer walls of this family house in Ljubljana by Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti (+ slideshow). More about OFIS Arhitekti creates grid of crosses on the facade of Villa Criss-Cross Envelope
Australian architect Andrew Maynard has doubled the size of a house in Victoria by adding a row of skinny gabled blocks, intended to make the building look like a small village rather than a monolithic block (+ slideshow). More about Andrew Maynard's "anti-monolith" house is made up of seven small blocks
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architect and researcher Ammar Mirjan explains how drones could be programmed to construct buildings in the first of two movies about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in architecture. More about Drones can "collaborate to build architectural structures"
Collages and sketches of designs by the late architect and Future Systems founder Jan Kaplický have been collected together for an exhibition at the Architectural Association in London (+ slideshow). More about Jan Kaplický's futuristic drawings go on show at London's Architectural Association
An old train carriage forms one half of this family home in Takasago, Japan, while the other half looks like it could be a railway station (+ slideshow). More about Takanobu Kishimoto's Platform is a home built around a train carriage
Australian studio Mihaly Slocombe has returned to a Melbourne home it completed almost a decade ago to add a timber nursery annex patterned with circular cutouts (+ slideshow). More about Mihaly Slocombe extends vineyard home in Australia with wooden nursery
Lifeguard outposts along Toronto's frozen waterfront have been converted into a series of installations and pavilions, including a set of bright red swings and a spiky timber folly (+ slideshow). More about Designers convert lifeguard towers into winter pavilions for Toronto's frozen beaches
News: the Egyptian government has revealed plans to construct a 200-metre-high skyscraper modelled on the country's most famous architectural structures. More about Egypt plans pyramid-inspired skyscraper in Cairo
Diagonal slats of timber line the boxy recesses set into the facade of this house in Portugal that has been remodelled by architect Ernesto Pereira (+ slideshow). More about Ernesto Pereira updates a coastal Portuguese home with timber-clad cutaways
An angular concrete box has been stacked on top of a rectilinear one to create the form of this yachting club facility near Buenos Aires (+ slideshow). More about Estudio Ramos completes concrete sailing clubhouse on Argentina's Paraná River
A modern timber and glass structure connects the more traditional stone-walled buildings at either end of this house in the Scottish highlands, designed by architects Stuart Archer and Liz Marinko (+ slideshow). More about Gabled stone and glass Torispardon house reinterprets Scottish farm buildings
Photo essay: Istanbul-based Yener Torun has created a photography series that offers an alternative view of historic Turkish cities, featuring modern buildings with graphic shapes and bright colours (+ slideshow). More about Yener Torun photographs vibrant modern architecture in Turkey
This red-painted timber-clad extension was added to the rear of an old stone farmhouse in Portugal, framing a new courtyard at the centre of the family home (+ slideshow). More about Pitágoras Arquitectos adds red timber wing to stone farmhouse in rural Portugal
Faced with a sharply sloping plot in Portland, Oregon, architect Ben Waechter chose to "build up rather than out" to create a cost-efficient house for a family (+ slideshow). More about Ben Waechter's Tower House makes the most of an "unbuildable" Portland hillside
A cafe in a cross-shaped tent, a mirrored hideaway and a pop-up art gallery are among the shelters that architects have dotted along a frozen river in Winnipeg, Canada (+ slideshow). More about Warming Huts provide shelter for ice-skaters on Winnipeg's frozen river
London studio Kirkwood McCarthy has renovated a derelict workshop in east London to create a brick house that is tacked onto the end of a narrow mews yard (+ slideshow). More about Old upholsterer's workshop in London transformed into a narrow brick home
News: work has begun on a redevelopment of Budapest's Central European University by Irish firm O'Donnell + Tuomey, winners of this year's RIBA Royal Gold Medal (+ slideshow). More about Construction starts on O'Donnell + Tuomey's Budapest university redesign
News: Google has released a movie detailing its plans for a new California headquarters designed by the studios of Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick. More about BIG and Heatherwick unveil "vibrant new neighbourhood" for Google's California HQ
News: an international design competition has been launched to create a "state-of-the-art facility for young people" inside Preston Bus Station, an iconic Brutalist building in Lancashire, England. More about Competition launched to create youth centre inside Preston's Brutalist bus station