Zaha Hadid's closest confidantes have distanced themselves from the speech made by her successor Patrik Schumacher, in which he called for social housing to be scrapped and public space to be privatised. More about Zaha Hadid's friends and family disown Patrick Schumacher's statements
Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has revealed its competition-winning designs for a new library in Shanghai featuring bands of glazing and wood-lined reading rooms. More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects chosen to design Shanghai's new city library
Foster + Partners and Rubio Arquitectura have won a competition to overhaul Spain's most important art museum, the Museo del Prado in Madrid. More about Foster + Partners and Rubio Arquitectura to extend Madrid's Museo del Prado
Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher has said he regrets the reaction to his recent speech about London's housing crisis, and claims he only wanted to trigger a discussion. More about Patrik Schumacher embarrassed by "Mr Nasty image" after World Architecture Festival speech
Triangular facets of stone and shimmering glass provide the irregular form of Coop Himmelb(l)au's Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition, which is now complete in Shenzhen. More about Coop Himmelb(l)au combines flat and curving forms at huge Shenzhen art complex
Patrik Schumacher's vision for a deregulated and privatised city is nothing more than a rehash of failed establishment ideas, and we shouldn't pay any attention, argues Phineas Harper in his latest Opinion column. More about "It is time to stop listening to Patrik Schumacher"
Danish studio EFFEKT has completed a brick-clad apartment block in Copenhagen with a tapered profile that reflects the roof shape of an adjacent church. More about EFFEKT's Thurøhus apartments feature textured brick facades and a staggered roof
This beachside house on Japan's Ikema Island is perched on a concrete base to ensure the living spaces inside enjoy an optimal view of the East China Sea. More about 1100 Architect elevates concrete house above a bluff on a tiny Japanese island
A wall of storage filled with art and ceramics features inside this house that architect Neil Dusheiko has renovated for his father-in-law, near his own home in north London. More about Neil Dusheiko creates home for his father-in-law featuring a wall of ceramics and glassware
Architect Jeanne Dekkers has renovated and extended a brick farmhouse in the Dutch village of Banholt, adding contemporary additions clad in horizontal spruce battens that enclose a cobbled courtyard. More about Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur converts traditional Dutch farm into contemporary house and studio
This Buddhist retreat by Walters & Cohen Architects features a cluster of pitched-roof structures arranged around tranquil courtyards in the English countryside. More about Colonnades frame landscaped courtyards at Buddhist retreat in rural England
This week on Dezeen, a Chinese company launched the world's fastest electric car, while Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson teamed up to create a Christmas tree installation.
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Montreal firm Appareil Architecture has combined two dwellings in the city, which involved removing walls to bring in more natural light and creating a new sunken lounge space. More about Appareil Architecture merges two Montreal flats to create house with a sunken living room
Canadian firm Quadrangle Architects has transformed a 19th-century brick building once used to store wine into a workspace for designers, artists and tech companies. More about Quadrangle Architects transforms brick warehouse in Toronto into creative workspaces
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has been appointed to create an underground visitor centre for a hill that has hosted some of the most important speeches in Denmark's history. More about CEBRA plans subterranean visitor centre for historic Skamlingsbanken hill
The Design Museum's new home inside the former Commonwealth Institute in London is an oak-heavy, hotel-like interior that is impressive, but could have been so much more exhilarating, according to critics. More about Critics underwhelmed by "clumsy" new Design Museum
Nordic Office of Architecture has completed a concrete and glass house on the outskirts of Trondheim, Norway, that offers its occupants impressive views. More about Nordic's Villa Vatnan is a hilltop house with a view over a Norwegian city
Austrian architecture studio Raumhochrosen designed this compact timber cabin as a wilderness retreat for a life coach and songwriter. More about Raumhochrosen's woodland cabin in Austria provides respite for a life coach
Light filters gently through the perforated terracotta facade of this showroom for electronics company Panasonic, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects for the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. More about Vo Trong Nghia uses perforated blocks to create decorative facade for Panasonic showroom
Death urgently needs a redesign, says Phineas Harper in his latest Opinion column. More about "Something is rotten when my trainers are more customised than my funeral"