Canadian firm Alain Carle Architecte has built a sustainable house in the mountains of Quebec as a retreat from modern conveniences. More about Expansive deck divides levels of Canadian cliffside house by Alain Carle
This house in the Portuguese coastal town of São Félix da Marinha comprises a series of stacked volumes clad in varying materials to signify the different programmatic functions contained within them. More about VOA combines wood, marble and glass in layered composition of Portuguese seaside home
Barack Obama has urged top architecture studios and tech firms like Amazon, Google and Microsoft to take on paid apprentices from Chicago's South Side at a public consultation event for the Obama Presidential Library. More about Obama calls on architecture and tech firms to support Chicago presidential library with apprenticeship schemes
A miniature library adjoins this tiny home that architect Sam Jacob and car brand MINI have built for this year's London Design Festival. More about Sam Jacob and MINI team up to create micro home with attached library
Following the news that Rafael Moneo has been named as the architecture laureate for the 2017 Praemium Imperiale, here's a look at six of the Spanish architect's most prolific projects. More about Six stand-out buildings by Praemium Imperiale winner Rafael Moneo
It's Open House London this weekend, meaning hundreds of buildings that are usually inaccessible to the public are throwing open their doors. Here's a look at 10 properties worth braving the early morning queues for. More about 10 buildings worth visiting during Open House London this weekend
Architects should specify expensive materials including stainless steel and titanium for their buildings to ensure they are recycled afterwards, according to French architect Édouard François. More about "We have to build in gold, silver, titanium and copper" says Édouard François
Thomas Heatherwick has created South Africa's biggest art museum – by hollowing out the inside of a historic grain silo building. More about Thomas Heatherwick reveals Zeitz MOCAA art galleries carved out of Cape Town grain silo
A row of intricately detailed architectural models take centre stage at this pop-up exhibition celebrating the beauty of engineering by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, which coincides with the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More about SOM exhibits architecture models with stripped-away skins to reveal engineering beneath
Fifteen alternative visions for the famous 1920s Tribune Tower competition are presented as giant models at the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More about Architects reimagine Chicago's Tribune Tower with abstract skyscraper models
Only a month after the Garden Bridge was scrapped, Thomas Heatherwick's plans for a park on New York's Hudson River have been abandoned – and the designer has described the decision as "really, really sad". More about Thomas Heatherwick saddened after plans for New York "treasure island" are scrapped
Panoramic views of Seattle's harbour are afforded from the overhanging rear of this house, completed by American firm Robert Hutchison Architecture. More about Robert Hutchison's Cantilever House projects towards Seattle harbour
Dutch firm UNStudio has completed a mixed-use development in the Chinese city of Hangzhou that accommodates a hotel, offices, apartments and shops, within a pair of sinuous towers connected by a podium and landscaped plaza. More about UNStudio completes enormous Raffles City Hangzhou complex featuring twisted glass towers
Set in a patch of dense coastal bushland on the Palm Beach peninsula just north of Sydney, this weekend residence by architect Glenn Murcutt is armoured in blackened zinc panels to defend it from wildfires. More about Glenn Murcutt covers bushland home in zinc panels to protect it against wildfires
An arched opening in the brick wall of this building in central London leads to a community centre lined internally with glazing that looks out onto garden hidden from the street. More about Office Sian adds brick and limestone building to London community garden
Brooklyn-based Office of Architecture has completely gutted and expanded a local row house for an architect, jewellery designer and their two children. More about Office of Architecture includes rooftop bedroom suite in Brooklyn row house overhaul
New York studio DFA has envisioned a prefabricated timber tower for New York's Central Park that would both filter a contaminated reservoir and provide views over the city. More about DFA proposes tallest timber observation tower to clean Central Park reservoir
Dutch studio Barcode Architects has completed a house in the country's Brabant region featuring some windows that angle inwards, and another that appears to have been extruded from the concrete walls. More about Villa X is a Dutch house with windows that protrude inwards and outwards
Apple CEO Tim Cook has officially opened the auditorium and events venue at the company's Foster + Partners-designed campus, where today's Apple Event took place. More about Apple Park's Steve Jobs Theater opens to host 2017 keynote
The Welsh government has abandoned plans to build a ring-shaped walkway at Flint Castle, which was described by critics as a symbol of oppression. More about Wales scraps plans for Iron Ring sculpture at Flint Castle after public outcry