UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled visuals of Nest and Cascades, a housing development in Tirana that will have overhanging balconies and a colour palette informed by its surroundings. More about Overhanging balconies to unite Albanian housing blocks by Zaha Hadid Architects
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MVRDV's design for a sports arena in Tirana. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features MVRDV's giant sphere for Tirana sports arena
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for The Grand Ballroom, a sports arena in Tirana, Albania, held within a 100-metre-wide sphere modelled on a sports ball. More about MVRDV designs giant sphere for sports arena in Tirana
Albania's prime minister Edi Rama explains why he is paying so much attention to architecture in this exclusive interview. More about "We want love stories between architects and Albania" says prime minister Edi Rama
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has teamed up with Porto-based studio OODA to design a mixed-use concrete skyscraper in Tirana, Albania. More about Eduardo Souto de Moura and OODA design gridded Tirana skyscraper as "urban gateway"
Dutch studio JA Joubert Architecture has completed a series of undulating, mixed-use towers on a lakeside site in Tirana, Albania. More about JA Joubert Architecture designs towers "echoing the hills and mountains" in Tirana
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a veterinary hospital in Albania with sculptural curved-concrete walls by Swiss studio Davide Macullo Architects. More about "Nothing short of amazing" says commenter
Sculptural walls of curved concrete hug a series of planted terraces for cats and dogs at this veterinary hospital in Albania, designed by Swiss studio Davide Macullo Architects. More about Curved concrete walls create "open and freeing environment" at veterinary hospital
Dutch studio OMA has unveiled plans to renovate the Selman Stërmasi Stadium in Tirana and transform the surrounding area with tilted, geometric high-rise buildings. More about Angular high-rises to surround OMA's Tirana football stadium renovation
Spanish studio Bofill Taller de Arquitectura has revealed designs for the 190-metre-tall Barcelona Tower skyscraper in Tirana, Albania. More about Bofill Taller de Arquitectura to create red twisted skyscraper in Tirana
Spanish studio Bofill Taller de Arquitectura has released renders of the 190-metre-tall Papuli Tower in Tirana, Albania, which has the appearance of four elongated silos. More about Bofill Taller de Arquitectura unveils La Fábrica-informed skyscraper in Tirana
Tirana is becoming an unlikely hotspot for offbeat architecture as politicians court high-profile foreign architects to transform the Albanian capital into a "world city". Starr Charles reports. More about Why are so many unusual skyscrapers being built in Tirana?
A map of Albania, the face of the country's national hero and a house-covered facade are among the defining features of these eight skyscrapers currently under development in Tirana. More about Eight unusual skyscrapers set to transform the skyline of Tirana
Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati has unveiled a mixed-use development set to comprise "three totemic figures" in Tirana, Albania. More about Valerio Olgiati reveals plans for trio of concrete skyscrapers in Tirana
House-shaped blocks will protrude from the facades of this mixed-use high-rise in Tirana, Albania, which has been designed by architecture studios Network of Architecture and Atelier4. More about NOA and Atelier4 stack house-shaped "puzzle pieces" for Tirana high-rise
Architecture studio OODA has unveiled its design for two connected skyscrapers, named Bond Tower, that bend away and towards each other in Tirana, Albania. More about OODA designs kinked Tirana skyscrapers to evoke "the grace of ballet"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a staggered skyscraper in Tirana, Albania, designed by Portuguese studio OODA. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features staggered skyscraper in Albania by OODA
Portuguese studio OODA has revealed a skyscraper made up of 13 staggered cube volumes as its design for the Hora Vertikale residential development in Tirana. More about OODA designs staggered skyscraper in Tirana as "unique vertical village"
Czech architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has designed a mixed-use tower with cascading floors clad in red concrete for the New Boulevard in Tirana, Albania. More about Chybik + Kristof designs cascading red-concrete tower for Tirana
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a stepped roof and bright-coloured boxes to a former museum dedicated to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in the centre of Tirana, Albania. More about Pyramid of Tirana officially reopens as "monument for the people"