Four concrete boxes make up this holiday home by Paris architect Pascal Grasso, which nestles into a verdant hillside on the southern coast of France (+ slideshow). More about Concrete Maison Le Cap house features mirrored glazing to reflect the seaside scenery
A void in the centre of this gabled guest house near Porto contains an entrance onto a patio that links it to the adjacent main property (+ slideshow). More about Oficina d'Arquitectura's Portuguese guest house is cut in two by a recessed entrance
A grid of louvred doors and shutters form the exterior of this model-making workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico, allowing enough natural ventilation to prevent dangerous fumes from building up inside (+ slideshow). More about University model-making workshop by Atelier ARS features walls that fold open
A glazed corridor climbs up around the exterior of this Japan office building, intended by architect Masato Sekiya to create the impression that the structure has been "cut in half by glass" (+ slideshow). More about Masato Sekiya wraps a glass corridor around an office block in Japan
Scandinavian architecture firm CF Møller has presented its plans to build Denmark's largest sewage-pumping station in Copenhagen. More about CF Møller plans Denmark's largest sewage-pumping station
The smooth concrete exterior of this monolithic office block in Tokyo is interrupted by square windows in an assortment of sizes (+ slideshow). More about Florian Busch scatters square windows across the concrete facades of a Tokyo office
This house on a hillside in Leiria, Portugal, has two wings – a three-storey block that follows the slope of the site, and a bedroom block that cantilevers out at an angle (+ slideshow). More about Vidigal House by Contaminar has a V-shaped plan enclosing a triangular garden
Milan Expo 2015: the first photographs of Wolfgang Buttress' UK pavilion for the World Expo 2015 in Milan have emerged, revealing that its structure is now complete (+ slideshow). More about First images of the UK's beehive-inspired Milan Expo pavilion released
Architecture firm Studio Gang has unveiled its latest design for a 348-metre-high Chicago skyscraper made up of three towers with zigzagging profiles. More about Studio Gang's riverside skyscraper could be Chicago's third tallest tower
Norwegian firm Snøhetta and Japanese studio SANAA have been awarded joint first place in a competition to design one of the five new museums planned for Budapest's City Park (+ slideshow). More about Snøhetta and SANAA share first place in Budapest museum contest
The stacked horizontal volumes that make up this house in Jammu, India, are clad in vertical timber battens to regulate the amount of sunlight that enters (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More about Sameep Padora's Lattice House is an Indian holiday home wrapped by wooden screens
Tasked with designing a "small but prestigious residence" in an Alpine village, Italian studio Pedevilla Architects planned an asymmetric house with a chalky-white exterior (+ slideshow). More about House at Mill Creek by Pedevilla Architects features a homogenous off-white exterior
This family home in Surrey, England, is fronted by an asymmetric wall of blue bricks, described by designer Groves Natcheva Architects as a "lighthouse in a sea of green" (+ slideshow). More about Esher House by Groves Natcheva Architects pairs blue brickwork with red wood
Architecture firm Denton Corker Marshall has unveiled the new pavilion Australia will now use for its exhibitions – an austere black box looming over a canal (+ slideshow). More about Denton Corker Marshall's "mysterious black box" is Australia's new Venice biennale pavilion
Interview: architectural education is too expensive and too lengthy while the profession is underpaid and under-appreciated, according to the head of a new school due to open in London later this year. Dezeen spoke to London School of Architecture's Will Hunter about his plans to overhaul the way architecture is taught. More about New architecture school aims to change "undervalued and marginalised" profession
These new shots by London-based photographer Peter Guenzel offer a look inside Herzog & de Meuron's unfinished Hamburg concert hall, which is still two years away from completion (+ slideshow). More about New photographs reveal the inside of Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie
Wavy panels of anodised aluminium conceal ventilation channels within the facade of this university science facility in Bristol, England, by British architecture firm Sheppard Robson (+ slideshow). More about Rippling aluminium fronts Bristol university laboratories by Sheppard Robson
Erik Andersson Architects has unveiled plans to build a circular carbon-fibre bridge across a historic moat in Sweden's second-largest city. More about Designs revealed for carbon-fibre bridge across a Gothenburg moat
Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher has hit out at "superficial and ignorant" criticism of iconic buildings and star architects. More about Patrik Schumacher launches attack on "ignorant" architecture critics
Perforated brickwork, an open-air living space and a roof covered in palm leaves are among the traditional methods used to improve the climate inside this house in Vietnam (+ slideshow). More about Vietnam house by MM++ Architects features a palm-leaf roof and an open-air living space