Every surface inside the top floor of the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale is covered in QR codes, which visitors decode using tablet computers to explore ideas for a new Russian city dedicated to science. More about Russian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Slideshow feature: Dezeen architecture reporter Amy Frearson selects her top five pavilions from the Giardini at the Venice Architecture Biennale in this slideshow, including the shape-shifting Dutch pavilion and an earthquake in an empty room. More about Dezeen's top five pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Australian studio CplusC Architectural Workshop has extended a house in a Sydney suburb so that it looks like a doll's house with the back wall taken off (+ slideshow). More about Castlecrag Residence by CplusC Architectural Workshop
This concrete house in Switzerland by Basel studio on3 architekten has gabled end walls that appear folded along central vertical seams (+slideshow). More about Wohnhaus Ginkgo by on3 architekten
This pavilion by Beijing studio Vector Architects is used to wash and prepare crops during the harvest at a farm in rural China (+ slideshow). More about Harvest Pavilion by Vector Architects
Sheets of tarpaulin roll up to reveal shelves for pots and condiments at a Seoul restaurant inspired by street food stalls by Lim Tae Hee Design Studio (+ slideshow). More about Play Pot restaurant by Lim Tae Hee Design Studio
Courtyard gardens bite through the walls of this cafe in Japan by Tokyo studio Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects (+ slideshow). More about Tablehat by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects
This small faceted house by Japanese studios D.I.G Architects and Nawakenji-m is embedded in a steep slope overlooking the city of Nagoya (+ slideshow). More about K House by D.I.G Architects and Nawakenji-m
The square windows and mansard roof silhouette of this Bavarian townhouse by German architects SoHo Architektur are an echo of the building that formerly occupied the site (+ slideshow). More about KE 12 Townhouse by SoHo Architektur
Thai architects Architectkidd built an outdoor shower room behind wooden screens on the balcony of this renovated apartment in Bangkok (+ slideshow). More about Bangkok Flat by Architectkidd
This house overlooking the sea in southern Spain by MVN Architects comprises white rectilinear volumes on a base of travertine marble (+ slideshow). More about AA House by MVN Architects
Shimmering aluminium panels are ridged like the top surfaces of bricks on the exterior of this country house in upstate New York by architects Grzywinski + Pons (+ slideshow). More about Dutchess House No. 1 by Grzywinski + Pons
A continuous band of lighting shines down onto a long concrete table at a Japanese restaurant in Sydney refurbished by architects Facet Studio (+ slideshow). More about Uchi Lounge 01 by Facet Studio
German architects HENN have created a streamlined pavilion with a curled-over steel roof for car brand Porsche at the Autostadt theme park in Wolfsburg (+ slideshow). More about Porsche Pavilion by HENN
London architects Liddicoat & Goldhill added an extension to a south London home with an oak-screened staircase and double-height windows. More about The Orangery by Liddicoat & Goldhill
This holiday home by Swiss architects Hurst Song Architekten is partly embedded in the steep slopes of the Swiss Alps (+ slideshow). More about Holzkristal by Hurst Song Architekten
Budding novelists will lust after this writer's hideaway in upstate New York designed by New York City architects Cooper Joseph Studio (+ slideshow). More about Writer's Studio by Cooper Joseph Studio
A tall and narrow entrance slopes down to a low and wide living space at this triangular house in Japan by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates. More about Unou house by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates
Different views of a courtyard were framed by this temporary installation in Montpellier, France, by Dutch architecture office Paul Scales and French architecture and design studio Atelier Kit (+ slideshow). More about Reframe by Paul Scales and Atelier Kit
Gingham and lace patterns have been screen-printed onto the tables and shelves of this Breton crêperie in west London designed by Paul Crofts Studio. More about La Petite Bretagne by Paul Crofts Studio