Solid wooden beams rest on top of dry-stone walls to support a balcony that cantilevers to shelter a parking spot for a DeLorean at this house designed by Hyde + Hyde for a site on the Gower Peninsula in south Wales. More about Silver House by Hyde + Hyde comprises pair of mono-pitched volumes perched on a stone plinth
A plaster made of sand and straw has been sprayed across the walls of this house, which was built in a village in Iran by local firm BAM Architects Office. More about Sprayed render covers walls of rural Iranian house by BAM Architects Office
Perched on the edge of a village by the Sea of Galilee in Israel, this house by Golany Architects features numerous balconies that can be shaded by rolling wooden screens. More about Slatted shades keep house by the Sea of Galilee cool during hot summer days
This prototype house overlooking Lake Maggiore was designed by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen to demonstrate the capabilities of prefabricated wood construction, and features charred-timber facades enclosing a bright-white interior. More about Prefabricated holiday home by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen is clad in charred timber
This plant-covered extension to a bungalow in Miami is supported by a spiral concrete core that was precisely calibrated to match the sun's path at the height of summer. More about Christian Wassmann uses sun's path to shape Miami bungalow extension
Bay windows with colourful house-shaped frames extend from the front of this nursery school in the city of Sendai, which was designed by Tokyo-based architect Masahiko Fujimori. More about Colourful house-shaped boxes surround windows at nursery school in northern Japan
Simon Conder Associates has placed a prefabricated, black-stained timber extension on top of a former warehouse in east London, creating a new home for the designers whose studio occupies the old building. More about Black House is a duplex apartment above a converted Victorian warehouse in Hackney
To build their own home in the Massachusetts town of Brookline, the principals of Spanish firm Ensamble Studio prefabricated individual parts of the structure in Madrid and sailed them across the Atlantic to be assembled on site. More about Parking garage extension forms home for architects Ensamble
Hidden openings, oversized portholes and apertures shaped like houses feature in this week's roundup of popular images from Pinterest, which showcases buildings that use windows as decoration. More about 10 buildings with windows that steal the limelight
A filigree-patterned supertall tower under construction in Downtown Manhattan is set become the area's second tallest skyscraper behind One World Trade Center. More about CetraRuddy's 45 Broad Street to become Lower Manhattan's tallest residential skyscraper
The venue for the Frieze art fair in London this week features walls of pleated and folded aluminium that would otherwise have gone to waste. More about Universal Design Studio uses recycled aluminium to create sculptural entrance to Frieze London
British architect David Chipperfield is to carry out major restoration works on the Procuratie Vecchie on Venice's Piazza San Marco, which will see the palace opened to the public for the first time in 500 years. More about David Chipperfield to restore historic palace on Venice's Piazza San Marco
A new education programme has launched in London to encourage young people who are black or minority ethnic to embark on careers in architecture and design journalism. More about Free New Architecture Writers course opens to aspiring design journalists from racial minorities
American architect Richard Meier has completed an arching single-span bridge across a river in the Italian city of Alessandria, which provides lanes for traffic and pedestrians separated by a central void. More about Richard Meier's Cittadella Bridge separates traffic and pedestrians as they cross an Italian river
Thomas Heatherwick has suffered his third cancelled project in as many months, with his studio's plans to revamp the David Geffen Hall at New York's Lincoln Center now no longer going ahead. More about Heatherwick's overhaul of New York Philharmonic concert hall scrapped
UK prime minister Theresa May has committed an extra £2 billion to building new affordable housing – but the figure is nowhere near high enough to solve the housing crisis, according to Royal British Institute of Architects president Ben Derbyshire. More about UK government's £2 billion housing pledge is not high enough, says RIBA president Ben Derbyshire
For a 1950s home in Los Angeles' elite Bel Air neighbourhood, architect Andrea Lenardin Madden has added an angular volume with floor-to-ceiling glass that extends over the landscape. More about Andrea Lenardin Madden adds cantilevering extension to midcentury LA residence
Tower blocks like Grenfell should never have been built, according to 2018 Royal Gold Medallist Neave Brown, who believes high-rise housing ostracises council tenants and should instead be reserved for the most wealthy in society. More about High-rise buildings should only be used to house the very rich, says Neave Brown
Architecture studio LT2A has added a brick extension to a school near Lille, featuring an entrance sheltered by an anodised-aluminium canopy, and circular windows that provide glimpses of courtyard gardens. More about Lille school extension by LT2A features porthole-like windows and golden details
Omar Gandhi Architect just completed its latest house, which sits on Nova Scotia's rugged coastline. We've therefore rounded up five of the Canadian firm's residential projects, all designed to maximise their dramatic settings and create cosy escapes from harsh weather. More about Five serene Canadian retreats by Omar Gandhi Architect