Stories by Amy Frearson
Star Wars-inspired observatory will be built atop a mountain in Cyprus
Seoul Biennale visitors invited to experience replica of a North Korean home
OMA builds city-inspired engineering school for Ecole Centrale Paris
Casa Boavista is a renovated Porto townhouse featuring three skylights
V&A and Dezeen explore the politics of the passport for Friday Late event
UNStudio uses colour to give identity to faceless South Korean skyscrapers
DANstudio adds “green balconies” to facade of Hanoi townhouse
First apartment unveiled inside Shigeru Ban’s revamped Cast Iron House
Revamped Barcelona house features herringbone floors and a covert dining area
West London needs cultural investment, says Second Home co-founder Rohan Silva
Anime Architecture exhibition showcases the fictional worlds created for Japan’s animated movies
Cohta Asano builds his new Fukushima home as a cluster of nine cuboids
Tree-shaped structure shows how mushroom roots could be used to create buildings
Growmore is a modular building kit for urban gardeners
Fungus used to build arching pavilion in Kerala
Richard Woods installs cartoon bungalows around Folkestone as a comment on the housing crisis
Barcelona terrorists were planning attack on Gaudí’s Sagrada Família
Gap House is a Japanese home that makes the most of every inch
Sinèrgics co-working spaces in Barcelona showcase low-budget furniture solutions
O’Donnell + Tuomey uses “surgical strategy” to link new and old buildings of Budapest university
Erwin Wurm’s Fat House installed outside baroque palace in Vienna
Competition: win tickets to see David Chipperfield in conversation with Dezeen at the RIBA