OMA's trouser-shaped CCTV tower and Herzog & de Meuron's Bird's Nest stadium feature in this photo series by Kris Provoost, which documents the "weird architecture" China has tried to ban. More about Kris Provoost photographs the most flamboyant architecture of China's building boom
Mimesis Architecture Studio designed this bamboo-lined bridge in China's Jiangsu Province to celebrate the region's ancient craft industries. More about Latticed bamboo bridge by Mimesis Architecture Studio references Jiangsu's craft traditions
Shenzhen studio Aether Architects has transformed a derelict residence in the city's Guanwu district into a hotel and cultural centre that is wrapped in a latticed framework of white cubes. More about Latticed framework incorporates seating around the edges of Shenzhen hotel and cultural centre
Chinese architect Zhang Ke has slotted a hostel into one of Beijing's ancient hutong neighbourhoods, featuring tiny rooms that project at angles into a central courtyard. More about Micro hostel with tiny concrete rooms installed by Zhang Ke in old Beijing hutong
Timber-clad rooms are stacked vertically and rotated around a spiral staircase to form this hotel in China's Anhui province, treating guests to 360-degree views of the surrounding tree-covered mountains. More about Stacked boxes form Bengo Studio's towering Tree House hotel in rural China
OMA has completed an events centre on a former shipyard in Shanghai, which features a mesh facade and an exposed steel structure intended to reference the hulls of boats once built there. More about OMA completes industrial-style exhibition centre in old Shanghai shipyard
A colonnade of petal-shaped arches creates an illuminated walkway around the perimeter of this Muslim cultural centre designed by Chinese architect He Jingtang. More about Arched walkway wraps Muslim centre near Beijing by He Jingtang
Chinese studio Livil Architects has added a monolithic stone-clad canteen featuring cave-like interiors and an office building to a school in the town of Batang, Tibet. More about Tibetan school in China is clad is stone to match mountainous setting
Shanghai architects TF and PPAS have built a set of sprawling concrete structures that will be used by visitors to an agricultural park on the outskirts of the Chinese city (+ slideshow). More about Zigzagging concrete "veranda" built in Shanghai agricultural park
Movie: in this exclusive Dezeen movie, Chinese architect Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio explains why he recycled material from traditional Chinese buildings to construct the Ningbo History Museum. More about Wang Shu's Ningbo History Museum built from the remains of demolished villages
Construction has started on a human-body-inspired headquarters for Chinese fashion group Xinhee, designed by architecture studio MAD (+ slideshow). More about MAD designs "building with skin and bones" for Chinese fashion brand
Swiss architect Jacques Herzog has declared his support for plans by the Chinese government to curb the number of flamboyant and "weird" buildings in the country. More about I understand why China is banning "weird" architecture, says Jacques Herzog
China's "fatalist" government is causing the country's architectural profession to stagnate, according to artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. More about Chinese government sees architectural discussion as "dangerous" threat, says Ai Weiwei
To make this Shanghai restaurant feel like a retro American diner, Chinese studio Neri&Hu added bold tiles and an angular roof that overhangs a foldable glazed facade (+ slideshow). More about Neri&Hu bases Shanghai burger restaurant on 1950s diners
Narrowly spaced steel louvres wrap around the exterior of this extension to a house in Beijing, providing privacy and creating linear patterns of light and shadow throughout the minimal white interior (+ slideshow). More about Remix Studio's Shunyi House extension features louvred cladding and an all-white interior
China has released a directive that could put an end to the country's trend for bombastic architecture. More about China moves to prevent "oversized, xenocentric and weird" architecture
China's rush to build thousands of new museums is leading to cultural buildings "with no vision and mediocre collections", according to architects and curators in the country (+ slideshow). More about China "can't buy culture" with museum boom, say critics
Inside 2011: Chinese architects NHDRO have picked up the award for overall winner at the inaugural Inside awards for a hotel inside the abandoned former headquarters of the Japanese army in Shanghai.
You can check out all nine category winners here or read more about this project in our earlier story on Dezeen.
Inside world festival of interiors is taking place on the third floor of the Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona until 4 November – see all our stories about Inside here, including interviews with the judges on Dezeen Screen.
More about Inside awards overall winner: The Waterhouse at South Bund by NHDRO
Hong Kong architects MAP Office have installed a point for viewing the city through two pairs of binoculars in Hong Kong as part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, which opened this week. More about Bloody Haze by MAP Office
Beijing architects MAD have designed a skyscraper for Chongqing, China, with gardens at each level. More about Urban Forest by MAD