In this exclusive movie produced by Dezeen, MINI Living Initiative creative lead Oke Hauser and SO-IL co-director Ilias Papageorgiou explain why they collaborated to install a translucent prefab home in an unused urban plot in Milan. More about Air-filtering house in Milan "contributes to improving urban life" says SO-IL and MINI
Four cylindrical towers are elevated on stilts to create this retreat in Cape Town, which was designed by local studio Malan Vorster to offer views among the trees. More about Malan Vorster's treehouse-like residence offers views of Cape Town forest
A screen of decorative terracotta blockwork fronts this apartment block in Ho Chi Minh City by Sanuki Daisuke Architects, which features planted courtyards in its centre. More about Ho Chi Minh apartment block features patterned terracotta facade and garden pockets
Brazilian firm FGMF Arquitetos has built a São Paulo home around a steel frame embedded into a concrete wall, allowing the use of extensive glazing that offers views down a verdant hillside. More about Concrete volume appears to rest on glass in Brazilian house by FGMF Arquitetos
As Apple gears up to open its Foster + Partners-designed campus in Cupertino, a drone has filmed the buildings nearing completion, and reports have emerged that the company is buying up all the trees available in California. More about Drone footage captures Apple Park as it prepares to welcome employees
For some architects, the decision not to bid for Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall is easy. But Aaron Betsky questions whether working on the project is as unethical as it first seemed in this Opinion column. More about "Architects may, heaven save their mortal souls, have to work on Trump's wall"
Tate Harmer has unveiled designed for a stone- and timber-covered hotel at the Eden Project ecological park in Cornwall, England. More about Tate Harmer reveals plans for £8.5 million hotel at the Eden Project
Canadian studio Batay-Csorba Architects has created a pair of slender residential buildings in central Toronto that pay heed to the craftsmanship found in the area's historic architecture. More about Batay-Csorba creates urban townhouses in Toronto faced with brick and wooden screens
Residents of Rogers Stirk Harbour's Neo Bankside apartments are taking legal action against Tate Modern to force the gallery to close part of the viewing platform of its recent Herzog & de Meuron-designed extension. More about Neo Bankside residents take Tate Modern to court over Herzog & de Meuron extension
Dezeen promotion: architects David Chipperfield, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Ma Yansong and Elizabeth Diller will join Dr Joan Clos of UN-Habitat for the centrepiece conference of the Royal Institute of British Architects' International Week in July. More about David Chipperfield, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Ma Yansong and Elizabeth Diller to speak at RIBA International Week
In our final movie from the AHEAD Asia awards last month, Australian architect Kerry Hill says he doesn't believe in "plonk architecture" and instead approaches every building differently. More about I don't believe in plonking "a Gehry here, a Gehry there", says Kerry Hill
This house by Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao comprises a cluster of five-sided concrete blocks that emerge from a forested hillside to offer panoramic views towards the city of Monterrey. More about Tatiana Bilbao's Ventura House "grows organically" out from a forested Mexico hillside
This conceptual, exposed concrete home by the Office of Adrian Phiffer is meant to respond to the banal character of its proposed location in Midtown Toronto. More about Adrian Phiffer envisions concrete Toronto home with cutouts and angled walls
A+Awards: a swimming pool that starts inside this Architizer A+Award-winning house in central Germany continues out perpendicular to the low-slung volume and projects from the sloped site. More about Villa K by Paul de Ruiter Architects lies long and low on a German hillside
Featuring an irregular geometric form, this apartment building in Saitama, Japan, accommodates homes for seven families, as well as red-painted communal areas at street level. More about Balconies and courtyards puncture Japanese apartment building by Eureka and Maru Architecture
Black-painted larch clads this small house in Croatia, designed by architect Tomislav Soldo for a hill overlooking forests and mountains. More about Croatian mountain lodge by Tomislav Soldo designed to light up like a lantern through diagonal shutters
To revitalise a residential district in Newark, New Jersey, local firm Ikon.5 Architects has created a neighbourhood facility featuring basketball courts and classrooms for professional development. More about Glass facade invites participation at New Jersey community centre by Ikon.5 Architects
Australian architecture firm Panovscott has overhauled a federation-era cottage in Sydney, adding a stacked extension onto the rear of the building with large picture windows that overlook the garden. More about Stacked windows face a 116-year-old tree in Panovscott's Sydney cottage extension
Taipei-based Creat+Think Design Studio used stone excavated from the site to build this house on a slope in Taiwan overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Stone-walled house in Taiwan provides residents with Pacific Ocean views
On Easter Sunday, see chapels from all around the world with our updated Pinterest board. Examples includes a bright white chapel in the mountains near Cape Town and a tiny shingle-clad worship space in the Austrian countryside. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
More about Tour chapels all around the globe with Dezeen's updated Pinterest board