Zaha Hadid has completed a top-heavy building for the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, which cantilevers out over a public courtyard and a series of elevated pathways (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid uses concrete and cantilevers for Issam Fares Institute in Beirut
Sloping zinc surfaces intersect the tiled roof of this Baroque palace in Palma de Mallorca – part of an extension by Barcelona studio Flores & Prats and Palma practice Duch-Pizá that transforms the building into a cultural centre (+ slideshow). More about Baroque palace renovated to create Casal Balaguer Cultural Centre
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: experimental architecture from the 1970s, from names including Toyo Ito, Tadao Ando and Riken Yamamoto, is presented on a makeshift construction site inside the Japanese Pavilion (+ slideshow). More about Japan's biennale pavilion celebrates radical 1970s architecture
News: construction is almost complete on a David Adjaye-designed affordable housing complex in New York's Sugar Hill district featuring a facade embossed with floral patterns (+ slideshow). More about David Adjaye's Sugar Hill housing nears completion in Harlem
The two intersecting roofs of the Giraffe House at Auckland Zoo in New Zealand were designed to comfortably accommodate both its long-necked inhabitants and their human keepers (+ slideshow). More about Monk Mackenzie and Glamuzina Patterson create angular giraffe shelter at Auckland Zoo
Architecture students Angus Ritchie and Daniel Tyler have designed and built a mirrored lookout point in a Scottish national park that both frames and reflects views of the surrounding lochs and glens (+ slideshow). More about Mirrored cabin installed in Scottish glen by Angus Ritchie and Daniel Tyler
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: curator Rem Koolhaas has used the biennale to announce the end of his "hegemony" over the profession, according to architect Peter Eisenman (+ interview). More about Rem Koolhaas is stating "the end" of his career, says Peter Eisenman
Venice Architecture Biennale 2o14: the curators of the Belgian Pavilion visited 260 homes around the country, using their findings to produce a minimal recreation of common domestic architecture within their Venice biennale exhibition (+ slideshow + interview). More about Belgian Pavilion at Venice biennale exhibits components of modern domestic interiors
A precast staircase is one of several concrete elements that Mexican studio Warm Architects has added through the interior and exterior of this house in Cancún, Mexico (+ slideshow). More about Warm Architects adds cast concrete staircase to Garcia's House in Cancún
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: German architect Valentin Bontjes van Beek and students from the Architectural Association in London have built a full-size model of Le Corbusier's seminal Maison Dom-ino in the Giardini of the Venice Biennale (photos by Luke Hayes). More about Le Corbusier's Maison Dom-ino realised at Venice Architecture Biennale
Mexican studio Atelier ARS has enclosed this white house with latticed shutters behind a stone wall, reinterpreting the traditional local architecture of Mexico's Lake Chapala (+ slideshow). More about Atelier ARS screens Mexican house behind stone wall and latticework
Perforated bricks soften the facade and provide privacy for the owners of this Melbourne house by Australian studio Inglis Architects (+ slideshow). More about Perforated bricks offer privacy for Melbourne house by Inglis Architects
A stack of ceramic-clad boxes forms this monolithic swimming pool complex in the Netherlands by Slangen+Koenis Architecten (+ slideshow). More about Chequered facade surrounds swimming pool complex by Slangen+Koenis Architecten
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Japanese studio Yuji Kimura Design has hidden this Tokyo house behind a tall white wall to maintain the residents' privacy (+ slideshow). More about Yuji Kimura Design conceals terraces at House K behind a tall wall
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the Korean Pavilion curated by Mass Studies founder Minsuk Cho has been awarded the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014. More about Korea wins Golden Lion for best pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: visitors to Kosovo's exhibition at the Venice Biennale can walk inside a spiky circular tower built from 692 wooden stools (+ slideshow). More about Kosovo Pavilion explores "erasure of regional identity" with spiky tower installation
Slovakian studio JRKVC has designed a small house near Bratislava with one gable wall entirely glazed to fill the interior with light (+ slideshow). More about Slovakian house by JRKVC features a glazed gable wall
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: Mass Studies founder Minsuk Cho curates an "epic-scale show about both Koreas" with one of the most politically ambitious projects at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale (+ interview + slideshow). More about Mass Studies brings together North and South Korea with Venice biennale pavilion
Golden louvred shutters add a warm contrast to the otherwise monochrome facades of this child welfare facility in Paris by French architects Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Verons Associates (+ slideshow). More about Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Verons Associates completes child welfare facility in Paris