Seattle firm Coates Design has completed a home in Washington's Cascade mountain range that serves as a hub for members of a large extended family. More about Steel beams support dramatic roof overhangs at Washington state retreat by Coates Design
Belgian photographer Jan Kempenaers has documented a series of second world war memorials across Europe, from a neglected lattice-wrapped library to the star-shaped entrance to a fortress. More about Jan Kempenaers documents Soviet-era war memorials in black and white photo series
The sculptural facade of this house in the Indian city of Belgaum comprises staggered blocks containing rooms that extend out from a central plant-filled courtyard. More about Anahata's pared-back house in western India features facade designed as "a piece of art"
Mexican firm Intersticial Arquitectura has built a home on the outskirts of Querétaro, using local materials such as light-coloured bricks, rough masonry blocks, and an exposed concrete frame. More about Intersticial Arquitectura emphasises local materials in Mexican home
The unusual massing of this 21-storey residential building by US firm S9 Architecture responds to development rights that were purchased for airspace next to the New York tower. More about Luxury Manhattan apartment tower by S9 Architecture cantilevers over low-rise neighbour
Our first Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative video explores Italian architect Stefano Boeri's radical proposals to build "forest cities" to combat urban pollution. More about Stefano Boeri envisions entire cities filled with tree-covered skyscrapers
A glimpse at the future of LA shows a growing number of skyscrapers that will spread southwest from the Downtown cluster. More about Visualisation reveals how the Los Angeles skyline might look in 2030
Architects SO-IL, Assemble and Carlo Ratti will discuss the future of sustainable urban architecture at our first Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative talk in Milan next week, and Dezeen readers are invited to join us. More about Join Dezeen and MINI for a talk with SO-IL, Assemble and Carlo Ratti in Milan
Work has officially started on Frank Gehry's plans to "unclog the arteries" of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a major renovation that will transform the layout of the historic building. More about Frank Gehry's Philadelphia Museum of Art renovation breaks ground
Foster + Partners has won a competition to create a chain of seven stations along an extension of the Sydney Metro, which will tunnel beneath the city's harbour. More about Foster + Partners to design seven new stations for Sydney Metro
British practice Invisible Studio has completed a model-making shed beside its self-built studio in the Bath woodland, using a combination of timber grown and milled on site, and corrugated fibreglass. More about Invisible Studio builds fibreglass prototyping workshop at its growing woodland campus
More skyscrapers were constructed in London last year than ever before, with 26 opening their doors and 455 more in the pipeline, according to new industry research. More about Record-breaking number of skyscrapers completed in London in 2016
San Francisco architecture firm Spiegel Aihara Workshop has extended a 1930s hillside residence by duplicating its layout and stacking it over the original structure, raising the home so it looks over the city's landmarks. More about SAW inserts variation of an old San Francisco home into its roof
HBRA Architects drew inspiration from historic Chicago residences by Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan and Henry Hobson Richardson while conceiving this contemporary urban residence in the city's Lincoln Park neighbourhood. More about Patchwork of stone, brick and glass fronts Chicago townhouse by HBRA Architects
The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles has acquired an archive of work by architect Frank Gehry that spans his first 30 years in practice. More about Frank Gehry's early drawings and sketches acquired by LA's Getty Research Institute
Dezeen is giving away five copies of The Japanese House Reinvented by Philip Jodidio, a book featuring 50 houses that highlight Japan's current residential trends. More about Competition: win a book showcasing 50 new Japanese houses
British firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has created a new headquarters for London's Metropolitan Police Service by remodelling a 1930s block overlooking the River Thames. More about AHMM adds glazed pavilions to 1930s building to create New Scotland Yard police HQ
Sheela Maini Søgaard, the only woman among the 12 partners at BIG, has spoken out about the architecture firm's male-female balance after a social media backlash. More about BIG's only female partner defends company's gender balance after Instagram attack
Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has completed a house in Hiroshima, featuring a circular concrete and wood path that loops through both the building and the garden. More about House in Mukainada is a Hiroshima home that straddles a circular path
This single-storey dwelling was designed by US studio Klopf Architecture to have a quiet presence, out of respect for neighbouring buildings and the natural context. More about Northern California home by Klopf Architecture designed to keep a low-profile