Brazilian firms Hype Studio and Santini & Rocha Arquitetos have added a lightweight roof with a leaf-shaped structure to the Beira-Rio Stadium in the city of Porto Alegre ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off on 12 June (+ slideshow). More about Hype Studio and Santini & Rocha Arquitetos modernise stadium ahead of Brazil World Cup
Two houses originally designed by Walter Gropius for professors at the Bauhaus art school in Dessau, Germany, have been rebuilt as a minimalist arrangement of geometric shapes by Berlin office Bruno Fioretti Marquez. More about Bauhaus Masters' Houses reinterpreted by Bruno Fioretti Marquez
A cantilevered box containing a wood-lined terrace extends from the vertical core of this house in the Japanese prefecture of Shiga by local architects Alts Design Office (+ slideshow). More about Projecting terrace intersects Minakuchi House by Alts Design Office
Corrugated cladding with different levels of opacity provides privacy for residents of this housing development in Los Angeles by local office Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA) (+ slideshow). More about Cloverdale749 apartments by LOHA feature balconies screened by perforated metal panels
News: the Scottish Government is working with the Glasgow School of Art to provide support for students who were handing in their final projects at the Mackintosh-designed building when it caught fire last Friday. More about Glasgow School of Art students affected by fire to receive "phoenix" bursaries
Curvy holes puncture the walls of this university building completed by architecture firm Aedas in Suzhou, China, with courtyards, terraces and balconies designed to encourage interaction between staff and students (+ slideshow). More about Aedas creates cavernous hollow inside Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University building
Rows of disused railway sleepers slide open to reveal the ground floor of this copper coloured house in Portugal by Atelier Data (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Data combines wood, concrete and cork for Varatojo House facade
Japanese firm International Royal Architecture (IRA) minimised partitions and balustrades inside this split-level house in Tokyo to make the interior feel as spacious as possible (+ slideshow). More about International Royal Architecture aims for spaciousness with minimal KKZ House interior
Dutch firm UNStudio has created a cluster of pavilions modelled on the form of a Chinese flower, as the centrepiece for this summer's horticultural expo in Qingdao, China (+ slideshow). More about UNStudio completes central pavilion for Qingdao Horticultural Expo
News: Berliners have voted against the development of the former Tempelhof airport site, securing its future as a public park. More about Berlin residents block Tempelhof airport plans
A pulley system extending through the atrium of this house in Sydney, Australia, by local architects Tribe Studio, is designed so the owners can store bicycles and winch them out of view (+ slideshow). More about Bicycles are stored on a pulley system in Sydney house atrium by Tribe Studio
Billowing curves sweep across the concrete facade and continue inside this house near Tehran, designed by Iranian studio Next Office (+ slideshow). More about Next Office covers house near Tehran in a curved concrete facade
This house in the Australian desert by Dunn & Hillam Architects hunkers down into the earth and features a large angled roof to protect it from extreme temperature fluctuations (+ slideshow). More about Dunn & Hillam Architects use angled roof to protect Desert House from the sun
A huge folding wall lifts up to reveal the contents of a weathered steel auditorium at this abandoned printing factory in Beijing, which Chinese studio Origin Architect has converted into a theatre complex (+ slideshow). More about Origin Architect transforms Beijing factory into a theatre complex
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: developing "living architecture" could help humanity survive, claims senior University of Greenwich lecturer Rachel Armstrong, who is investigating how we could grow a city in space. More about "Growing a city from the bottom up" could save the human race
Alternating cubes of timber and glass cover the back of this Sydney house extension by Australian office Panovscott, offering a balance of light, shade, views and privacy. More about Panovscott creates Sydney extension with alternating timber and glass facade
Behind the traditional ceramic-tiled facade of this nineteenth-century building, Portuguese studio OODA has completed a modern renovation to create 14 studio flats (+ slideshow). More about OODA completes modern apartment renovation behind tiled facade in Porto
Vertical aluminium slats screen the exterior and windows of this house in Kuwait by Studio Toggle, providing shade and privacy for the residents. More about Studio Toggle screens Kuwait house with angled aluminium slats
News: the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has saved most of the structure and "the majority of its contents" but is still working to extinguish the fire that ripped through the Mackintosh building earlier today. More about Firefighters "prevent destruction" of Mackintosh's iconic Glasgow School of Art
News: the international architecture community is in mourning for Mackintosh's masterpiece as tributes pour in for "immeasurably" influential building. More about Glasgow School of Art fire "unbelievably tragic", says Steven Holl