News: a design team featuring architect Daniel Libeskind and artist Edward Burtynsky has triumphed in a competition to design a National Holocaust Monument for Ottawa, Canada. More about Libeskind trumps Adjaye in Canada's National Holocaust Monument contest
A barrel-vaulted roof sits atop this family holiday home, completed by architect Mats Fahlander over the rocky terrain of a Swedish national park (+ slideshow). More about Summer house on stilts by Mats Fahlander nestles into the landscape of a Swedish fjord
Perforated metal balconies project through the bowed concrete facades of this office building in Seoul, which were designed by local studio Archium to maximise floor space on the middle levels (+ slideshow). More about Swollen concrete facades increase floor area inside Archium's Gilmosery office block
This vertiginous viewing platform in the Canadian Rockies was designed by Calgary firm Sturgess Architecture with a strengthened glass floor that provides a view straight down to the valley below. More about Sturgess Architecture's Glacier Skywalk offers unique views of the Canadian Rockies
News: Foster + Partners' controversial proposal for a $300 million (£208 million) overhaul of New York Public Library's flagship branch on Fifth Avenue has been dropped following an onslaught of criticism. More about New York Public Library abandons Foster's contentious renovation plans
A vibrant turquoise door marks the entrance to this small asphalt-clad house in the Chilean countryside by local studio Mas Fernandez Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More about Maitencillo House by Mas Fernandez Arquitectos sits at the mouth of a Chilean valley
Slatted timber shutters fold back to reveal the boxy first-floor balcony of this family house in Portugal, designed by E348 Arquitectura to adapt to the changing climate (+ slideshow). More about Adjustable balcony animates the facade of E348 Arquitectura's Miramar House
Loyn & Co Architects has completed a home in a protected area of Welsh countryside, with old vernacular buildings sitting alongside modern additions featuring bare concrete and rusted steel (+ slideshow). More about Loyn & Co's Stormy Castle house pairs concrete and glass with traditional stone
These conceptual three-legged structures have been developed by Najjar & Najjar Architects to allow Beirut's fishing community to reclaim sections of the coastline whilst generating electricity for local residents (+ slideshow). More about Kinetic Iris structures would generate wave power along the Beirut shoreline
These renderings depict a house designed by Ström Architects for the English town of Swanage, with a cantilevered section that shelters a parking space (+ slideshow). More about Ström Architects designs a country house protruding over a wall
Dezeen exclusive: Zaha Hadid Architects has released a movie documenting the spaces of the firm's recently completed Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT) in Hong Kong, as well as new shots by photographer Iwan Baan. More about Zaha Hadid's Hong Kong Innovation Tower laid bare in new movie and photographs
News: construction has started in Mumbai, India, on a pair of 38-storey towers with overlapping bases that make reference to the knotted structures of mangrove stalks, according to Danish firm 3XN. More about 3XN breaks ground on Mumbai skyscrapers modelled on Indian plantlife
A terrace offering impressive views across the South Pacific is encased within the exposed structural ribs of this cliff-top house in Chile by Mas Fernandez Arquitectos (+ movie). More about Cliff-top house in Chile by Mas Fernandez faces out across the ocean
Spanish architects Amparo and Andres Martinez Vidal paired bulky concrete with delicately folded steel to create this mausoleum in Murcia (+ slideshow). More about Concrete and steel mausoleum for an engineer completed at Spanish cemetery
News: a court ruling has paved the way for demolition of the Foster + Partners-designed Harmon Hotel in Las Vegas – a half-finished building that never opened. More about Court approves demolition of Foster's ill-fated Las Vegas hotel
Milan Expo 2015: a team led by artist Wolfgang Buttress has reportedly beaten a shortlist of prominent architects to design the UK pavilion for the World Expo 2015 in Milan, with plans for a "pulsating" beehive structure. More about Wolfgang Buttress to design UK Milan Expo pavilion
This wooden viewing cabin raised on stilts above the rugged landscape of southern Norway was designed by TYIN Tegnestue – the Trondheim office that also recently completed a top-heavy house extension (+ slideshow). More about Timber viewing cabin by TYIN Tegnestue overlooks a wild Norwegian landscape
Pointy panels appear to be cracking open on the facade of this storage depot in France by Brisac Gonzalez, revealing flashes of red, lilac, pink and turquoise (+ slideshow). More about Aluminium panels open like flower buds on warehouse facade by Brisac Gonzalez
Beijing's Forbidden City is the backdrop for this tea house created by Chinese studio CutscapeArchitecture in place of two dilapidated warehouses (+ slideshow). More about Red-Wall Teahouse by CutscapeArchitecture flanks Beijing's Forbidden City
This top-heavy house extension in Trondheim, Norway, was designed by local office TYIN Tegnestue to maximise space on the first floor while minimising its footprint on the garden (+ slideshow). More about TYIN Tegnestue's lopsided house extension creates extra space upstairs