This concrete footbridge spans a road in Lausanne, Switzerland, to connect a metro station with the scenic Sauvabelin Forest (+ slideshow). More about Faceted concrete bridge by 2b Architectes links a metro station with a forest
Vibrant green-yellow frames accentuate the windows and doors of this spruce-clad house built on a hillside with views over Oslo (+ slideshow). More about Timber-clad home by Schjelderup Trondahl sits on a hill overlooking Oslo
Couples with a love of stained glass can now get married in a kaleidoscopic wedding chapel next to a Shanghai glass museum (+ slideshow). More about Rainbow Chapel by Coordination Asia is a multi-coloured wedding venue in Shanghai
Brooklyn studio SO-IL has used corbelled brickwork to create a textured entrance to an art gallery in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood. More about SO-IL adds decorative brick entrance to Tina Kim Gallery in Manhattan
Rectangular panels of Japanese cedar and glass create a chequered effect on the facade of this Tokyo residence (+ slideshow). More about Glass and timber rectangles create chequered facade for Tokyo house by Takeshi Shikauchi
Thomas Heatherwick has revealed his plans to build a Maggie's cancer-care centre in Yorkshire, England, designed to look like a group of giant pot plants. More about Thomas Heatherwick unveils design for plant-covered Maggie's Centre in Yorkshire
Architecture studio Piercy & Company has resurrected a fire-ravaged building as offices in London's Shoreditch, reinstating the ornate facade at the front and adding a faceted brass structure at the rear (+ slideshow). More about Shoreditch office by Piercy & Company has a restored facade and a golden behind
The roof of this Stockholm house by Streetmonkey Architects turns into a ramp for children to sled on when it snows (+ slideshow). More about Pulkabacken house has a sloping roof that doubles as a sledding hill
BIG has unveiled designs for Two World Trade Center, confirming that the skyscraper's original architect, Foster + Partners, has been ousted (+ slideshow). More about BIG unveils replacement for Foster's Two World Trade Center design
Competition: Dezeen has paired up with New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to offer readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to an intimate talk with Chile-based architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofa von Ellrichshausen. More about Competition: win tickets to Pezo von Ellrichshausen's talk at The Met
Two house-shaped rooms project out from the facade of this three-storey residence by SoNo Arhitekti, which nestles into a hillside near an Austrian Alpine village (+ slideshow). More about Mountain View House nestles against a hillside in the Austrian Alps
The trio of stacked blocks that make up this Virginia residence by Höweler + Yoon Architecture are arranged in a bridge-like formation, providing three generations of a family with separate living spaces (+ slideshow). More about Höweler + Yoon's Bridge House accommodates three generations of a family
New York designer Karim Rashid has asked his Facebook fans to select their preferred option from four facades for a building in the city's SoHo district. More about Karim Rashid asks Facebook followers to pick facade for NY building
Dutch studio Kaan Architecten has added a medical research centre to a Rotterdam hospital, featuring triangular skylights, spiral staircases and a 35-metre-high bookcase (+ movie). More about Kaan Architecten adds study centre to a hospital part-designed by Jean Prouvé
Prefabricated modules of cross-laminated timber were "plugged in like Lego pieces" to build this eight-storey apartment block in Finland – one of the first examples of its type in the world (+ slideshow). More about OOPEAA completes Finland's first high-rise wooden apartment building
Architecture studio Overland Partners has transformed an old warehouse to create itself a new studio and office building in the heart of the arts district of San Antonio, Texas (+ slideshow). More about Overland Partners transforms a San Antonio warehouse into a lofty studio
This McDonald's restaurant featuring a perforated golden facade and a grand spiral staircase was designed by Dutch firm Mei Architects to replace "the ugliest building in Rotterdam" (+ slideshow). More about McDonald's restaurant by Mei Architects boasts a golden facade and a spiral staircase
This Paris nursery by French architect Samuel Delmas looks like a pile of stacked boxes, featuring a facade of aluminium louvres and colourful enamelled glass (+ slideshow). More about Parisian nursery by Samuel Delmas consists of a pile of irregularly stacked boxes
The Västerås Travel Center by Bjarke Ingel's firm BIG will bring together trains, buses, taxis and bicycles as part of an ambitious redevelopment plan for the city's main railway station (+ slideshow). More about BIG unveils transport hub for one of Sweden's biggest cities
A cookery school is housed behind the glazed facade of this contemporary shed, recently completed by Satellite Architects at the headquarters of British TV programme River Cottage (+ slideshow). More about Satellite Architects adds a new cookery school to the River Cottage headquarters