Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass has issued an executive order that expedites or negates permit requirements, expands ADU usage and provides for the cataloguing of damage to historical buildings as unprecedented wildfires continue to destroy lives and property. More about Los Angeles mayor issues executive order for "residents to rapidly rebuild"
Houses by Richard Neutra and Ray Kappe are among more than 12,000 structures lost in the ongoing fires in Los Angeles. Here, we roundup five of the most significant to have been destroyed. More about Richard Neutra house among iconic homes lost during LA fires
A grass-topped roof of compacted earth appears to float above this glazed restaurant near Parma, Italy, designed by Turin-based studio Carlo Ratti Associati for tomato company Mutti. More about Carlo Ratti Associati shelters Mutti restaurant with "clod of earth lifted from the ground"
Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, by IM Pei, the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". More about IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art was the most significant building of 2008
Architecture studio KPF has completed the Ziraat Bank Headquarters skyscrapers as the centrepiece of the Istanbul International Financial Center in Turkey. More about KPF completes twin skyscrapers for Ziraat Bank Headquarters in Istanbul
The wildfires raging in Los Angeles are highlighting the underrated significance of the city's unique urbanism and 20th-century architecture, writes Daniel Elsea. More about "LA boasts the world's most important legacy of 20th-century architecture"
Following the popular Rusty House in London, we've collected 10 residential buildings with striking Corten-steel – a type of weathering-steel – facades in this roundup. More about Ten Corten-steel homes with eye-catching rusty facades
Japanese studio IGArchitects has completed the Pyramid Hut, an angular, concrete home nestled into a sloping site in Okinawa. More about IGArchitects adds pyramidal concrete home to sloping site in Okinawa
Local studio HEMAA has completed the narrow, 13-storey Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca 780 with steel, concrete and glass on a skinny, post-industrial lot in Mexico City. More about HEMAA uses black steel for narrow skyscraper in Mexico City
Chunky columns wrap the exterior of Wood Up, an apartment block in Paris by French studio Local Architecture Network with a glued-laminated and cross-laminated timber structure. More about LAN "deliberately exposes" mass-timber structure of Paris apartment block
The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is Oslo Opera House, a Snøhetta-designed project that pioneered the concept of architecture as landscape. More about Snøhetta's Oslo Opera House was the most significant building of 2007
Salford City Council has approved the demolition of the University of Salford's Centenary Building, which won the inaugural RIBA Stirling Prize in 1996, despite Twentieth Century Society objection. More about Winner of first-ever Stirling Prize to be demolished
London practice Stolon Studio has completed The Parks, a housing complex that has been transformed from a group of neglected farm buildings in Herefordshire. More about Stolon Studio converts 15th-century farm building into brick and timber housing complex
The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series profiles Terminal 4 at Madrid-Barajas Airport by RSHP and Estudio Lamela, the peak of a golden age of airport design. More about RSHP and Estudio Lamela's Madrid-Barajas airport was the most significant building of 2006
Architects Eugenio Simonetti and Bastian San Martin have completed KW House in Chile, a "study in duality" that contrasts glass-walled living spaces with intimate wood-lined bedrooms. More about Glass walls immerse inhabitants of Chilean home in surrounding forest
Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, we take a look at the most significant building of 2005, Moriyama House in Japan by architect Ryue Nishizawa. More about Ryue Nishizawa's Moriyama House was the most significant building of 2005
Architecture firms Field Operations and Studio Cadena have completed a plaza hemmed by angular concrete enclosures at the Domino Sugar development in Brooklyn, New York. More about Angular concrete buildings surround Domino Square plaza
Local studio Gonzalo Bardach Arquitectura has created a concrete woodland house with a ramping green roof near the coast outside Buenos Aires, Argentina. More about Gonzalo Bardach tops Argentinian forest retreat with garden roof
Irish studio O'Donnell + Tuomey has completed a brick-clad dance theatre in London that houses a 550-seat auditorium and six studios. More about O'Donnell + Tuomey draws on Stratford's industrial past for London dance theatre
Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we consider the legacy of Elemental's Quinta Monroy housing, which turned a relatively little-known Chilean architect into one of the profession's biggest stars. More about Elemental's Quinta Monroy housing was the most significant building of 2004