This year's Chicago Architecture Biennial will ask architects to consider history in order to shape a direction for future architectural practice, say artistic directors Johnston Marklee. More about Second Chicago Architecture Biennial will "look back to look forward" say artistic directors
Construction photos, released along with new renderings, show that French architect Jean Nouvel's supertall skinny skyscraper in Manhattan has reached the 58th floor. More about Jean Nouvel's 53W53 "MoMA tower" progress shown in photographs
This new set of images by photographer Khoo Guo Jie captures the mountain-inspired details of Chinese firm MAD's Chaoyang Park Plaza as it nears completion in Beijing. More about New images capture MAD's rock-shaped Chaoyang Park Plaza
Night after night, the windows of the tower blocks that make up the Waterloo Estate in Sydney have been gradually lit up in different colours as part of a public art project that aims to make the community more visible. More about Residents of Sydney high-rise estate use lights to protest against gentrification
Deputy mayor of Paris Jean-Louis Missika joined architects Edouard François, Chartier Dalix and Hamonic+Masson & Associés to discuss the future of the French capital in our latest Dezeen x MINI Living talk at Maison&Objet. More about Watch our Dezeen x MINI Living talk about the future of Paris
Miami residents in the shadow of heavyweight construction cranes have been told to evacuate, as the structures could be toppled by the high winds anticipated to arrive with Hurricane Irma. More about Construction sites and cranes pose threat to Miami residents in Hurricane Irma's path
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has won a competition to masterplan a commercial district in Shenzhen, China, with its design for 12 stepped skyscrapers built around a park featuring a raised path and pools. More about Mecanoo designs 12 skyscrapers for new business district in Shenzhen
This captioned movie shows how a team from the University of Hong Kong's architecture faculty created a pavilion from 3D-printed bricks, to show the potential of this technology in architectural production. More one-minute movies ›
More about Hong Kong students create terracotta tower to promote use of 3D-printed bricks
New York firm Desai Chia Architects has built a home on Lake Michigan with blackened timber walls and a roof that extends out to shelter an outdoor seating area. More about Desai Chia's Michigan Lake House features a roof that cantilevers over a patio
Traditional Swedish barns provided the inspiration for this red-hued wooden cabin, designed by Gothenburg studio Bornstein Lyckefors Architects for a keen sailor and his two children. More about Bornstein Lyckefors Architects builds vibrant red cabin as a retreat for a Swedish family
A pointy black entrance building has been added to the historic dockyards of Chatham, England, as part of a major expansion of the local nautical museum – one of six projects in the running for this year's Stirling Prize. More about Baynes and Mitchell creates museum complex within historic buildings of Chatham Dockyard
Chicago – the birthplace of the skyscraper – is hosting its second architecture biennial this month. Here's a look at five of the tallest towers either approved or underway in the city. More about Five skyscrapers set to transform Chicago's skyline
To build this seaside house in Peru, Lima-based architect Marina Vella sourced stone from a nearby mountain. More about Mountain rubble forms curving wall inside coastal Peru house by Marina Vella
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has created a biometric technology facility for the US Federal Bureau of Investigation that features open, light-filled workspaces and views of the hilly terrain. More about Bands of glass wrap FBI technology building in West Virginia by SOM
Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects has won planning permission for an astronomical research centre on top of a Cyprus mountain, which will provide NASA with information about celestial phenomena. More about Star Wars-inspired observatory will be built atop a mountain in Cyprus
An angular pair of towers located directly outside London's Victoria station has been named the UK's worst new building from the last year. More about "Crass" London development wins Carbuncle Cup 2017 for worst UK building
Belgian photographer Julien Lanoo took these images of the National Theatre of Ghana built in Accra in the early 90s, which features smooth, white volumes elevated above the surrounding streetscape. More about Ghana's "UFO-like" National Theatre photographed by Julien Lanoo
American architect Richard Meier has finished work on his first project in Israel, a residential tower covered in a "veil" of white louvres that ensure the building is in keeping with its Bauhaus-era neighbours in Tel Aviv's White City. More about Richard Meier completes Bauhaus-inspired tower in Tel Aviv
A midcentury Hollywood Hills home designed by modernist architect Richard Neutra is potentially in jeopardy, as the property has hit the market as "a unique development opportunity". More about Richard Neutra's Chuey House up for sale as a developable lot
This white-concrete guest house in the Mexican resort of Tulum is surrounded by dense tropical foliage, which can be viewed from above thanks to a large roof terrace. More about Tulum Treehouse by CO-LAB Design Office provides a jungle escape