Dezeen and MINI World Tour: we speak to architect David Adjaye, fresh off the stage from his presentation at Design Indaba, about his relationship with Africa and why he believes the continent provides a great opportunity for architects. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "Africa is an extraordinary opportunity" - David Adjaye
Students arriving at and departing from this school in Zaragoza, Spain, often obstructed sports games in the playground, so architect Guzmán de Yarza Blache decided to lift one of the sports courts up out of the way (+ movie). More about Elevated Sports Court by Guzmán de Yarza Blache
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart programmed a robot to wind 60 kilometres of carbon and glass fibre filaments into this pavilion inspired by a lobster's exoskeleton (+ movie + slideshow). More about Research Pavilion by ICD and ITKE
A student housing block in Paris modelled on a stack of wooden baskets features in this latest movie about the work of Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti. More about Movie: Basket Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
The second of two movies in this series about Steven Holl's Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China, is a walk through the spaces of the mixed-use complex. More about Movie: Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects
New York architect Steven Holl describes how he designed the mixed-use Sliced Porosity Block complex in Chengdu, China, as a container for public space in the first of two movies by architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space. More about "This isn't just some iconic skyscraper" - Steven Holl on Sliced Porosity Block
This stop-frame movie by American photographer James Florio documents the day and night-time scenes at Elqui Domos, a hotel for stargazers in Chile's Elqui Valley. More about Hotel Elqui Domos filmed by James Florio
A tree-filled courtyard is glimpsed through the shimmering glass-brick facade of this house in Hiroshima, designed by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura (+ movie). More about Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
This lopsided house by Argentinean studio Adamo-Faiden has a pointed balcony poking out of one side and a caged terrace on the roof (+ movie + photos by Cristobal Palma). More about Casa Martos by Adamo-Faiden
Parasitic dwellings for homeless people would cling to the sides of lamp posts in this concept by British architecture graduate Milo Ayden De Luca (+ slideshow + movie). More about Excrescent Utopia by Milo Ayden De Luca
This animation by architect Andrea Stinga and graphic designer Federico Gonzalez depicts the best-known buildings of 26 famous architects, one for each letter of the alphabet. More about The ABC of Architects by Andrea Stinga and Federico Gonzalez
The fourth and final movie from our series featuring the architecture of Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti features Shopping Roof Apartments, an apartment block on the roof of a shopping market in the Alpine village of Bohinjska Bistrica. More about Movie: Shopping Roof Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
Earlier this year Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti transformed three baroque houses in Ljubljana into an apartment block with a secret courtyard, which is featured in this third movie from our series about the studio's work. More about Movie: Baroque Court Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
The next movie in a series about the buildings of Slovenian practice OFIS Arhitekti features a social housing block on the outskirts of Ljubljana with a latticed facade inspired by local Alpine hayracks. More about Movie: Hayrack Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
Film studio Carniolus has produced a series of movies to document the architecture of Slovenian practice OFIS Arhitekti and the first gives a tour of the 6×11 Alpine Hut, a holiday home in Slovenia's Triglav National Park. More about Movie: 6×11 Alpine Hut by OFIS Arhitekti
Herzog & de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Road multi-storey car park in Miami Beach also plays host to parties, yoga classes and weddings, explains proprietor Robert Wennett in this movie produced by filmmaker Elizabeth Priore (+ photographs by Hufton + Crow). More about Movie: 1111 Lincoln Road by Herzog & de Meuron
The Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 closes this weekend and this movie by Cristobal Palma shows how visitors to the Chilean Pavilion had to walk over a bed of salt while viewing proposals for Chile's public spaces on glowing boxes suspended from the ceiling. More about Chilean Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Interest in conservation and small scale development is growing in China, according to Shanghai architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, whose conversion of a former colonial police station opened in the city this month (+ movie). More about "The western media likes to portray China as this big behemoth" - Neri&Hu
This bright-white house in Alicante by Spanish studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos features an 18-metre-long balcony that stretches out towards the Balearic Sea (+ slideshow + movie). More about House on the Cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
UK designers David Ben Grünberg and Daniel Woolfson have devised a concept for a shape-shifting house that morphs to deal with changing times of day, seasons and weather conditions (+ movie). More about The Dynamic D*Haus by The D*Haus Company