Australian firm Bates Smart is to design a new Embassy of Australia for the US capital, replacing the building that the firm designed for the same purpose in 1964. More about Bates Smart unveils light-filled replacement for its Australian Embassy in Washington DC
From illustrated responses to the US election and Brexit, to posters for the Rio Olympics, Dezeen managing editor Olivia Mull picks the graphics and illustrations that tell the story of the last 12 months, as part of our review of 2016. More about Dezeen's guide to 2016 in 10 graphics and illustrations
The experience of walking New York's High Line inspired the layout of Antwerp co-working space Fosbury & Sons, designed by Belgian studio Going East. More about Antwerp co-working space by Going East encourages occupants to explore its diverse spaces
A charity that invites high-profile figures to speak in schools around the UK has called for more leading architects and designers to participate. More about Speakers for Schools needs more people from the design sector to inspire students
Dezeen promotion: the organisers of the Ventura Lambrate exhibition district during Milan design week have announced plans for an extra venue next year – a series of abandoned warehouses at Milan Central Station. More about Ventura Projects announces Milan Central Station exhibition space for 2017
Snøhetta has extended the Lillehammer Art Museum and Cinema in Norway with a cantilevering cube covered in a layer of crinkled and polished stainless steel. More about Snøhetta adds crinkled stainless-steel extension to 1960s museum in Norway
In our next exclusive movie from this year's World Architecture Festival, Grant Bailey of Isthmus explains how the Auckland firm's award-winning Kopupaka Reserve was informed by local Maori culture. More about World Landscape of the Year 2016 is "about respect for water" says landscape architect Grant Bailey
The roof terrace of this timber- and stone-clad retreat by Croxatto and Opazo Arquitectos offers holiday-makers panoramic views of a scenic wetland in Chile. More about Rugged oak and stone walls enclose holiday home overlooking Chilean wetlands
Architect David Romero has created colour visualisations of a pair of now-demolished Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, previously only visible in black-and-white photographs. More about David Romero recreates Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in colour visualisations
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architectural assistant at the Royal Institute of British Architects, which named Richard Murphy's "box of tricks" house of the year for 2016 (pictured). Read more stories about RIBA or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
More about Job of the day: architectural assistant at RIBA
This LED lamp by Dragos Motica is turned on and off by moving a metallic sphere from one indentation to another. More about Metal ball turns Dragos Motica's N Lamp on and off
Students at the University of Colorado Denver have designed and built a series of rustic dwellings for a base camp operated by an outdoor education program. More about Colorado architecture students build micro cabins clad in sheets of hot-rolled steel
Miami firm DOMO Architecture + Design has created renderings that show a series of landscaped features along the border between the USA and Mexico instead of a fence or wall. More about Beautifying the Border proposal replaces US-Mexico fence with landscaping
The sleepy town of Letchworth, England, may have been the first garden city, but it wasn't particularly radical, says Owen Hatherley in his latest Opinion column. More about "The best new towns achieved something the original garden city never did"
Continuing our review of the year, reporter Alice Morby has picked out the biggest design trends to come out of 2016, including the rise of anarchic design, consideration of mental health and the race towards driverless vehicles. More about Dezeen's 10 biggest design trends of 2016
The European Union's new Brussels headquarters leads this week's comments update, after some readers claimed the building was a reason to rejoice in Brexit. More about "Reaffirms that Brexit was the best decision Britain could make"
Dezeen has teamed up with Sony to give away one of its Glass Sound wireless speakers. More about Competition: win a Sony Glass Sound speaker
Workshop Architecten has created a blackened wood barn for a farm in the Netherlands, which is divided into separate living quarters for sheep and people. More about Blackened wood barn by Workshop Architecten houses both livestock and people
Next up in our review of the year, architecture editor Jessica Mairs selects the 10 architecture trends that defined 2016, from the resurgence of minimalism to the next generation of prefabs and the advent of co-living. More about Dezeen's 10 biggest architecture trends of 2016
The international offices of Dutch architecture firm OMA have been given independence from the head office in Rotterdam, allowing founder Rem Koolhaas to concentrate on personal projects, the architect has explained. More about OMA offices around the world get "independent voice" says Rem Koolhaas