The Gensler-designed Sapphire Residences in Colombo, Sri Lanka, will be connected by a sky bridge topped with a swimming pool, and have interiors by Philippe Starck. More about Gensler designs pair of skyscrapers on Sri Lankan coast
Chinese architecture office Ares Partners has completed a hotel nestled among the mountains of Ninghai County, China, in a collection of refurbished stone warehouses. More about Ares Partners converts former granary into hotel in rural China
Photographer Valentin Jeck has travelled around the region of former Yugoslavia to capture images of its brutalist architecture for MoMA's Toward a Concrete Utopia exhibition. More about Valentin Jeck photographs Yugoslavia's concrete architecture for MoMA exhibition
Grafton Architects founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara explained their theme for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 in the Royal Academy of Arts' annual architecture lecture. More about Watch Grafton Architects speak at the Royal Academy's 2018 annual architecture lecture
The megatall tower in new action movie Skyscraper was never expected to be a hit with architects, admits production designer Jim Bissell, but he wanted the building to be a "hero" nonetheless. More about "We were doomed for failure in the eyes of the architectural community" says Skyscraper movie designer
US studio Craig Steely Architecture has created a two-level home for a sloped site in northern California, with vast stretches of glass that overlook the treetops. More about Craig Steely positions Pam and Paul's House on hillside in Silicon Valley
London-based architects Denizen Works has submitted planning for a observation tower containing a vertical gallery and bird hide at Inverewe Garden in Scotland. More about Denizen Works designs "abstracted tree" viewing tower for Scottish botanical gardens
How will we live in cities in 100 years' time? To find out, Dezeen has teamed up with MINI Living to invite readers to design an urban home of the future, with £10,000 to be won. More about Dezeen and MINI Living launch £10,000 contest to design a home for 100 years in the future
French architecture studio Atelier Ordinaire has completed a prefabricated house in the Bourgogne region featuring an interior lined with knotted timber boards to complement the surrounding nature. More about Atelier Ordinaire's house in Beaune is made almost entirely from wood
Scandinavian architecture firm White Arkitekter has unveiled plans to build a pale yellow psychiatric clinic in Nuuk, Greenland, which will frame views of the surrounding arctic landscape. More about White Arkitekter to create psychiatric clinic in Greenland
Guests at The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland can look out onto the turquoise water of the famous lagoon from hotel suites nestled into the lava formations. More about Basalt Architects completes hotel at Iceland's Blue Lagoon resort
A bulging, elevated timber structure wraps the exhibition spaces of the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv, completed by Israeli studio Kimmel Eshkolot Architects. More about Wooden "treasure chest" wraps Tel Aviv's new museum of natural history
Neumann Monson Architects has restored a 1850s farmhouse in Iowa, stripping away a series of poorly coordinated additions before updating it for the owners' "modern" lifestyle. More about Neumann Monson turns Iowa farmhouse from "dog's dinner" into liveable home
Daniel Libeskind's studio has completed its first project in China – a museum in Wuhan featuring an arcing steel-clad volume elevated above a new public plaza. More about Studio Libeskind's Museum of Zhang ZhiDong references Wuhan's industrial past
A garden within a water tank is raised up on colourful geometric columns to form this pavilion, built by Studio Weave alongside the new US embassy in Nine Elms, London. More about Colourful water-tank pavilion built by Studio Weave beside River Thames
Bartlett School of Architecture student Sam Coulton has designed a concept for a sustainable alternative to cremation to help Londoners confront death. More about Sam Coulton designs environmentally friendly cemetery that would slowly dye London blue
A modernist hotel that featured in 1960s James Bond film You Only live Twice is being rebuilt to be more earthquake-proof, reopening in Tokyo next year. More about Tokyo's new Hotel Okura will recreate iconic rooms from the original
This summer's blockbuster movie Skyscraper centres around a fictional megatall tower that is intended to be as realistic as possible, according to architect Adrian Smith, who was consulted during its development. More about Skyscraper movie director wanted "a tower based on real possibilities" says Adrian Smith
The impressive monuments, ambitious masterplans and unrealised visions of architects across socialist former Yugoslavia are the subject of an exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art. More about MoMA's Toward a Concrete Utopia exhibition presents the architecture of Yugoslavia
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has unveiled plans for a glass office tower in Downtown Toronto, the latest in a string of skyscrapers proposed for the city. More about Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill reveals skyscraper for 160 Front Street in Toronto