Construction has started on a skyscraper in Tirana designed by Dutch firm MVRDV, set to feature a facade with a pixelated map of Albania at its centre. More about MVRDV designs Albania's tallest building with pixelated facade
Most houses are designed with regular, rectangular-shaped floor plans. Here are 10 designs that ignore convention and are instead shaped like sausages, stars and even eyeballs. More about Ten houses with weird and wonderful floor plans
Women's action group Part W is crowdsourcing suggestions of worthy women to create an all-female alternative to the predominately male RIBA Royal Gold Medal winners list. More about Part W invites architects to create alternative all-female Royal Gold Medal winners list
It would be better to pull down some of London's Georgian terraces than demolish Amin Taha's stone-framed housing block, says Sean Griffiths. More about "Instead of 15 Clerkenwell Close, let's knock down some old stuff"
The scenic landscape of a small town in northern Italy informed the interiors of this hotel, which London-based studio Boxx Creative has given a contemporary overhaul. More about Boxx Creative looks to outdoors for design of Italy's Albergo Miramonti hotel
An exhibition celebrating the career of Gio Ponti is on show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, featuring reconstructions of some the architect's best-known interiors. More about Gio Ponti exhibition at Musée des Arts Décoratifs examines his six-decade career
Beijing-based architecture studio Trace Architecture Office has completed the Xinzhai Coffee Manor complex in the Yunnan Province, China, which processes coffee from the surrounding hills and is a hotel for visitors to the area. More about Trace Architecture Office completes coffee processing facility and hotel in China
Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects has unveiled a slatted timber tower for Los Angeles, featuring a splayed bottom that draws on Marilyn Monroe's "flying skirt" moment. More about Sky Trees tower proposed for Los Angeles takes cues from redwoods and Marilyn Monroe
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More about Dezeen Weekly features a brutalist home in Bali and a skyscraper in Dubai
Who is Junya Ishigami? Here's a look at seven significant projects by the Japanese architect, who has just been announced as designer of the Serpentine Pavilion 2019. More about Seven key projects by Serpentine Pavilion architect Junya Ishigami
Amazon has cancelled plans to bring its HQ2 headquarters to New York's Long Island City, following a major backlash from local politicians. More about Amazon scraps plans for New York City HQ2
Our latest captioned movie explores a 195-gigapixel panoramic image of Shanghai, created by Chinese technology firm BigPixel. More about Tour BigPixel's interactive 195-gigapixel image of Shanghai
A housing block by architecture studio Farrells, currently under construction in west London, is aiming to be the first housing in the city to accept delivery of packages by drone. More about Lyons Place by Farrells set to be London's first housing to accept drone deliveries
A beam inscribed with "welding body repairs" is left exposed in this Montreal restaurant, designed by locally based Ivy Studio, as a nod to its former use as an auto body shop. More about Jack Rose is a grungy "tropical themed" restaurant in Montreal
Full-height partition walls and tall furnishings exaggerate a sense of space in this apartment in Taipei, which has been revamped by Studio In2. More about Studio In2 plays with proportions inside Nancy's Big Apartment in Taipei
Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has been selected to design this year's Serpentine Pavilion, which will take the form of a huge slate roof rising up out of the landscape. More about Junya Ishigami to create "a hill made out of rocks" as Serpentine Pavilion 2019
A plump red love heart sits snug in between the pillars of Wellington Arch on Hyde Park Corner in London, as part of a returning Valentine's Day installation by designer Anya Hindmarch. More about Anya Hindmarch sends "a love letter to London" with Chubby Hearts installation
Soundproof pods, saddle-shaped chairs, adjustable-height desks and wobble boards were in abundance at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week, as privacy and wellbeing become essential aspects of office furniture design. More about Wellbeing and noise concerns fuel "accelerating" trend for healthier office furniture
Every staircase designed by Geoffrey Bawa is unique says David Robson, the leading expert on Sri Lanka's best-known architect. In a Dezeen exclusive, he picks out the 10 that are most worth knowing. More about Ten staircases designed by Sri Lankan modernist Geoffrey Bawa
Sun-bleached pinks, sandy-beiges and gold decor details appear inside this hotel, which Richards and Spence has designed to reference to Brisbane's balmy climate. More about Richards and Spence creates resort-like atmosphere for The Calile Hotel in Brisbane