A solid timber staircase is suspended from one side of a huge double-storey bookcase inside this sales office located on the outskirts of Shanghai. More about Giant bookcase forms centrepiece of Shanghai sales office by Team_Bldg
Parisian studio Karawitz has completed a housing block overlooking the Ourcq canal, which features balconies framed by light-grey boxes and an external corkscrew staircase. More about Boxy balconies and spiral staircase feature at Parisian apartment block by Karawitz
Tokyo-based studio Do Do has designed this house and studio for a graphic designer and his wife, and created a special elevated pathway for their pet cat. More about Graphic designer's home and studio in Tokyo includes cat walkway
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Los Angeles firm Arshia Architects has created a sculptural white hillside residence to comply with the stringent zoning requirements of its exclusive neighbourhood. More about Arshia Architects completes angular white residence in Hollywood Hills
Bloco Arquitetos has created an extra storey for a family home in Brasília by adding a stilted concrete structure that incorporates panels of perforated brickwork. More about Brick screens are set into framework of concrete columns and beams at Casa Grid
This cork-clad studio provides a shared workspace for a musician and a seamstress in the back garden of their north-London home. More about Surman Weston builds cork-covered studio for sewing and music-making
Quebec firm Atelier Pierre Thibault has overhauled a home built in the 1970s, removing interior partitions and locating a sculptural plywood staircase at its core. More about Atelier Pierre Thibault reorganises Quebec home around central plywood stairs
Six apartments stacked in pairs of rectangular concrete blocks make up this Caribbean guesthouse, designed by architect John Hix to be completely self sufficient. More about John Hix designs off-grid concrete guesthouse for Caribbean island
Architect Rasem Kamal has proposed a network of burrow-like spaces that would sprawl out beneath a UNESCO-protected valley in the Jordanian desert. More about Rasem Kamal proposes warren of subterranean services for Jordan's Wadi Rum
Indonesian architect Realrich Sjarief's fondness for geometric forms is expressed in the circular and arch-shaped windows of this house and studio he designed for himself in Jakarta. More about Circular windows and pyramidal skylights add playful geometry to Indonesian home
Balconies and windows with deep black frames project from these zinc-clad apartment blocks in Melbourne, designed by Woods Bagot to reference the area's industrial architecture. More about Woods Bagot's zinc-clad apartments echo industrial context in Melbourne
A latticed wooden canopy shades this swimming pool and terrace, designed by Michael Goorevich for a Malibu house on a slope overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Malibu Hillside pool and terrace frame Pacific Ocean views
Zaha Hadid Architects has been commissioned to design a 5,000-seat stadium built entirely from wood, for the British football club Forest Green Rovers. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to build world's first wooden football stadium
Brutalist or minimalist architecture is better suited to families with children than you might think, says Will Wiles in his latest Opinion column. More about "John Pawson said children love minimalist spaces. And he's right"
This charred-timber cabin by Snøhetta will be raised 10 metres above the forest floor and feature a "stargazing net" to allow guests to watch out for the Northern Lights. More about Snøhetta's charred-timber treehouse is the next addition to Sweden's Treehotel
The Australian Institute of Architects has announced 32 winners of its annual architecture awards, including an observation point made from shipping containers at a Tasmanian winery and a packing shed converted into a contemporary art gallery. More about Winners of Australian National Architecture Awards 2016 revealed
Irregularly shaped perforations in the pale green facades of this new university research institute in Portugal are inspired by the tubular molecules that form solar panels. More about Perforated green cladding wraps university science institute by Cláudio Vilarinho
These new images by architecture photographer Edmon Leong capture the light-filled galleries, cavernous lobby and large dimple in the honeycomb exterior of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's The Broad museum in Los Angeles. More about Edmon Leong photographs Diller Scofidio + Renfro's The Broad in Los Angeles one year after opening
The twisting Shanghai Tower by international firm Gensler has scooped the top award of the inaugural annual American Architecture Prize. More about Shanghai skyscraper wins first American Architecture Prize