This concrete coastal house in Brazil was designed by locally based Martins Lucena Architects to capture prevailing breezes and minimise solar heat gain. More about Martins Lucena uses slatted wood and tile screens to let the breeze into IF House in Brazil
Hungarian photographer Márton Mogyorósy has used a drone to capture aerial shots of buildings around Barcelona, including Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill's Walden 7. More about Drone photography captures Barcelona's architectural symmetry from above
Mecanoo has released visuals of Frankfurt Grand Central, a residential complex in Frankfurt, Germany, that will feature a copper-coloured tower. More about Mecanoo designs copper-coloured tower alongside Frankfurt station
The decision to build the London Centre for Music less than 300 metres away from an existing concert hall is the latest unnecessary example of global high-culture one-upmanship, says Phineas Harper. More about "The arms race for cultural dominion has reached new levels of absurdity"
Archmongers has turned a section of walled garden in a 1980s house in south London into a living space with sawtooth roof, earning it the dinosaur-inspired name Stego. More about Stego extension by Archmongers features a sawtooth roof made from corrugated aluminium
The 40-metre-tall Rain Vortex – the world's tallest indoor waterfall – is the centrepiece of Singapore's soon-to-open Jewel Changi Airport, designed by Moshe Safdie's architecture firm. More about Photos reveal world's tallest indoor waterfall inside Safdie Architects' Singapore airport building
Cube-shaped balconies will form the terraced facades of the Xinhu Hangzhou Prism, which OMA has started building in the coastal city of Hangzhou, China. More about OMA reveals visuals of Xinhu Hangzhou Prism
Expansive corner windows and skylights appear throughout this Georgian townhouse in Dublin, which Foreign Bear Studio has renovated and extended to create light-filled living spaces. More about Foreign Bear Studio completes Glass House in Dublin
Bureau de Change has completed The Interlock, a mixed-use building in London with a facade made from matt blue bricks that "appear to twist like cogs". More about Bureau de Change inserts textured brick building into century-old London terrace
A "raincoat" designed by architecture studio Partisans to protect pavements in harsh weather is among a series of prototypes that Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs has revealed for its smart city in Toronto. More about Sidewalk Labs unveils Building Raincoat prototype for smart city in Toronto
Foster + Partners has designed a succession of Apple Stores that implement the tech giant's retail vision. From Paris to Istanbul, here are 10 of its best designs. More about Ten of the most appealing Apple Stores designed by Foster + Partners
Dezeen promotion: a historic hotel in China and a cocoon-like guest lodge in Sri Lanka are among the hospitality projects commended in this year's AHEAD Asia Awards. More about AHEAD Asia announces region's best hotels for 2019
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series features an extremely narrow house designed for a 3.9-metre-wide plot in Brooklyn. More about Narrow House designed as prototype for building on unusual plots
British firm Hopkins Architects and US studios Bruner/Cott Architects and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates have overhauled a massive, 1960s building at Harvard University, adding in living walls and glazed rooms. More about Harvard's brutalist Smith Campus Center receives dramatic makeover by Hopkins
Ancient building material cob has been brought up to contemporary standards by a team of British and French researchers, who see it as an environmentally friendly option for homes. More about Researchers re-engineer cob into sustainable new building material CobBauge
Italian architect Beatrice Bonzanigo has unveiled her patented design for Casa Ojalá, a micro home that is transportable, adaptable and off-grid. More about Beatrice Bonzanigo to present mobile off-grid home at Milan design week
The Bartlett School of Architecture has created a virtual reality tour of the Lin'an History Museum, designed by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's studio, which is yet to open to the public. More about VR film offers preview of Amateur Architecture Studio's Lin'an History Museum
This community centre in Vietnam, designed by 1+1>2 Architects, features a bamboo framework and a thatched roof that wraps a concrete amphitheatre. More about Curved thatched roof covers Chieng Yen Community House in a Vietnamese forest
Clay bricks "stacked in a random pattern" create varying hues across the walls of this holiday home in Long Island, which New York-based architect Toshihiro Oki has designed for a client to host friends all year round. More about Toshihiro Oki links pale brick volumes to form Long Island weekend retreat
Architecture office Arquitectura-G has slotted a new house within the aged stone walls of a ruin in the medieval village of Palau-Sator, Spain. More about Arquitectura-G builds modern house behind crumbling old stone walls