Staggered courtyards, colourful skylights and bridges animate this Indian school extension, which architecture practice Spacefiction Studio has designed to challenge the typical "constricted classroom format". More about Spacefiction Studio prioritises natural light and air at colourful school in India
Architects have gotten creative with pavilions lately, drawing inspiration from nature for designs that resemble everything from twisting seashells to giant mushrooms. In this roundup, we showcase eight of the most eye-catching. More about Eight whimsical pavilions with supersized organic shapes
Australian studio Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has expanded a 19th-century terraced house in Melbourne, adding two contrasting brick extensions informed by Arts and Crafts-style architecture. More about Matt Gibson adds Arts and Crafts-style brick extensions to Melbourne home
American studio Kennedy & Violich Architecture has adapted a vaulted 1960s ice skating pavilion into an education building with workshops in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. More about KVA transforms vaulted concrete Colorado sports facility into arts hub
Bross and Nick Flygt have completed Horsö, a minimalist summer house in Kalmar finished in untreated wood that complements its surroundings. More about Bross and Nick Flygt design "low-key" coastal home in Sweden
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Carmody Groarke's conversion of a former textile workshop into an office block in London. More about "It's unapologetic and I respect that" says commenter
Architecture firm Neri&Hu has transformed the carcass of Tbilisi's former central post office into a 239-room hotel while preserving its distinctive modernist facade. More about Neri&Hu converts Tbilisi's abandoned Soviet-era post office into Telegraph Hotel
A renovated church and a 1920s skyscraper feature in this roundup of adaptive reuse projects in Detroit, where architects and designers bring new life and programmes to historical structures in the city. More about Eight adaptive reuse projects in Detroit that showcase the city's transformation
Canadian firm StudioAC has completed a residential building called Junction Semi for a family of seven, which features pale wooden cladding, a courtyard and a double-gable roof. More about StudioAC "carves outdoor space" into Toronto duplex for multi-generational family
Dutch studio Monadnock has completed Volante, a social housing block in the Netherlands featuring colourful glazed brickwork and window frames. More about Monadnock designs Dutch social housing as colourful "garden building"
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a superhero movie set in an alternative mid-century modern universe. Production designer Kasra Farahani explains how he used sets informed by the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Eero Saarinen to make it feel real. More about How Kasra Farahani created a "mid-century modern future world" for The Fantastic Four
As part of designer Thomas Heatherwick's campaign Humanise, a group of artists has created sandcastles "mimicking the flat, lifeless buildings all too common in our towns". More about Artists sculpt Bland Castles out of sand for Heatherwick's Humanise campaign
A 3,666-metre-long bridge is set to connect Sicily to mainland Italy, which, if built, will be the world's longest suspension bridge. More about Italy to build world's longest suspension bridge to Sicily
For design to become truly sustainable in the face of rapid climate change we must first acknowledge its ties to colonialism, writes Céline Semaan. More about "We must confront design's colonial inheritance"
Ukrainian architecture studio Forma has renovated Pavilion 13, a Soviet-era exhibition hall in Kyiv, carefully updating its modernist structure for contemporary use. More about Forma revives Soviet-era exhibition hall in Kyiv "without erasing its character"
Six architecture studios from across the country, including LOHA and Studio Dwell, have completed the 23-building City Modern development in Detroit that encompasses 450 new residences and the restoration of three Victorian brick mansions. More about LOHA, Studio Dwell and more complete 23-building neighbourhood in Detroit
After an announcement last Thursday that US president Donald Trump will build a 650-person banquet hall on the east side of the White House complex, we take a closer look at James McCrery, the architect behind the design. More about Who is Trump's White House architect James McCrery?
A covered walkway connects the series of pavilions and patios that make up this house near Barcelona, designed by local studio Twobo Arquitectura. More about Twobo Arquitectura organises Casa Tres Patis around distinct patios
A flying saucer-like restaurant will cantilever within Golden Horn Plaza, a retail development that British studio Foster + Partners is creating on Istanbul's waterfront. More about Foster + Partners to "breathe new life into Istanbul's waterfront" with luxury retail complex
Stirling Prize-winning council homes on Norwich's Goldsmith Street were sold for less than the average local house price under a controversial UK Government policy only five years after they were built, Dezeen can reveal. More about Stirling Prize-winning council homes sold off at a discount