Designers Paul Mok and Jiayu Qiu have built a primary school in rural Deqing, China, which features plenty of outdoor space including parks, playgrounds and an amphitheatre. More about Paths and playgrounds connect classrooms at Erdu Primary School
Israeli designer Erez Nevi Pana used five tons of salt from the Dead Sea to create his Crystalline collection, which showcases how the material can be used as building blocks. More about Erez Nevi Pana constructs "small-scale architecture" from Dead Sea salt
Mexican firm Viga Arquitectos sought to lighten up the atmosphere in a concrete house by reconfiguring the layout, adding pale-toned finishes and incorporating more greenery. More about Viga Arquitectos overhauls 1970s home in Mexico City
RAU Architects and Ex Interiors have completed an office building for Triodos Bank in the Netherlands featuring curving glazed facades and a timber structure that can be taken apart and remounted. More about Triodos Bank is a reversible timber-framed office nestled in Dutch woodland
The Red Sea Project has revealed images of a Foster + Partners-designed hotel, which is set to be built on a Saudi Arabian island within the Red Sea. More about Foster + Partners to create ring-shaped hotel on stilts in Saudi Arabia
Design studios Zürcher Arquitectos and Taller KEN took cues from the lush forests around San José while designing this courtyard house. More about Tropical plants fill indoor courtyard at Casa Las Vistas in Costa Rica
Charred-timber cladding covers the facades and roof of this cottage in the Czech countryside, which local studio Mjölk Architekti modernised by adding new openings and improving the layout. More about Mjölk Architekti updates Czech cottage with burnt-wood cladding and revamped interior
For our latest lookbook, we've rounded up ten living rooms that have solved the storage dilemma with bespoke shelving that define the room. More about Ten living rooms with statement shelving that is both practical and beautiful
This week on Dezeen, high-tech architect Richard Rogers unveiled a cantilevered art gallery in France, which was the final building designed before his retirement. More about This week Richard Rogers revealed his final building
Design offices including Esrawe Studio and Rojkind Arquitectos have unveiled a proposal for a resort in New Jersey featuring sand-coloured concrete sunshades. More about Asbury Beach Club proposal for Jersey Shore features sandy concrete canopies
Plans for the pyramidal Centre for Music by Diller Scofidio & Renfro in London have been scrapped, with a "major renewal" of the nearby Barbican estate set to take place instead. More about Plans for Barbican concert hall by Diller Scofidio & Renfro axed
Dorte Mandrup has announced its plans to convert the Saalecker Workshops, the former home of German architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg, into an international design academy. More about Dorte Mandrup to turn former home of Nazi architect into design academy
Sumayya Vally, the founder of South African architecture studio Counterspace, has been named on the Time100 Next list of people "poised to make history". More about Sumayya Vally named one of Time magazine's 100 leaders of the future
Work has begun on the conversion of the 1980s brutalist Pyramid of Tirana in the Albanian capital into a youth-focused cultural hub. More about Construction begins on MVRDV's Pyramid of Tirana renovation
The 50 Hudson Yards supertall skyscraper designed by architecture studio Foster + Partners has reached its full height in New York as Facebook plans to move in. More about Foster + Partners' 50 Hudson Yards supertall skyscraper tops out in New York
Landscape architect Fletcher Studio has created a memorial forest in California as an alternative to standard cemeteries with an entrance pavilion designed in collaboration with OpenScope Studio. More about Fletcher Studio embeds cemetery alternative into Californian forest
Studio Marco Vermeulen has unveiled its design for The Dutch Mountains, two connected hybrid skyscrapers made from cross-laminated timber and concrete in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. More about Studio Marco Vermeulen designs cross-laminated timber Dutch Mountains skyscrapers
Dutch architecture office KettingHuls has completed a restaurant pavilion in a park in Maastricht, featuring a circular steel canopy that allows trees to grow through its open structure. More about Restobar Mama is a brick-clad restaurant with a "carousel-like" canopy
Amsterdam-based UNStudio has unveiled its Van B residential building in Munich, which will have plug-in furniture modules so that its apartments can be reconfigured. More about UNStudio designs Munich apartment block with reconfigurable interiors
American architecture office Studio Gang has unveiled plans for a hotel in Denver with a white facade punctuated with window openings designed to recall the bark of a tree. More about Studio Gang reveals design for hotel with scalloped facade in Denver