Local studio Nicolas Laisné Architectes has completed Vatea, a riverside apartment block in France with a sleek, skinny form that references ship design. More about Vatea apartment block resembles "ship set along the riverbank" in France
Fluted terracotta siding and stepped terraces cover the exterior of a Portland building by Hacker Architects, which was designed for a group of seniors who banded together to create their own age-in-place housing. More about Hacker Architects designs stepped senior housing to "balance togetherness with independence"
Living units have been arranged around a central courtyard in Barrington 1503, a residential project by California studio LOHA that was designed to skilfully address the "complexities of communal living". More about Co-living building by LOHA adds "much-needed density" to West Los Angeles
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the completion of the UK's largest co-housing project by Barefoot Architects in Dorset. More about "Love it when architecture puts a smile on my face" says commenter
Bristol studio Barefoot Architects has completed the UK's largest co-housing project in Bridport, Dorset, creating a series of brick and timber-clad blocks lined by car-free streets and shared vegetable gardens. More about Barefoot Architects completes UK's largest co-housing scheme in Dorset
French architecture studios Calq and Bond Society have transformed a high-rise office building in Paris into the Pong co-working and co-living space. More about Calq and Bond Society convert 1970s office into co-working and co-living space
Parisian architecture studio Cutwork has unveiled plans for housing designed to allow single parents and their children to live more closely together. More about Cutwork designs co-living developments for single-parent families
London studio SODA has converted a 1970s office block in Liverpool city centre into a residential building that includes co-working and wellness facilities. More about SODA offers model for office-to-residential conversions with Roco in Liverpool
As part of our Social Housing Revival series, we spotlight the city of Barcelona, which is shrugging off the legacy of fascism by rapidly ramping up its supply of social housing. More about Barcelona's "best projects are being done in the field of social housing"
An irregular roofline and pale pink walls feature on the exterior of a multi-generational co-living complex in New England that architecture studio French 2D hopes can "serve as a replicable model" in the country. More about Massachusetts co-living building by French 2D is model for "alternative American housing"
Architecture studio Cutwork has developed a concept for low-cost, modular housing that could be reconfigured to facilitate twice as many people during a crisis. More about Cutwork designs modular housing to be used for long-term living or emergency shelter
British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a 163-metre-tall apartment building in Croydon, UK, that it claims is "Europe's tallest residential tower to be completed using volumetric construction methods". More about HTA Design completes Europe's tallest modular residential tower in Croydon
Dutch studio Shift Architecture Urbanism has created playful interiors with cupboard bedrooms for the Domūs Houthaven residential complex in Amsterdam. More about Amsterdam apartment block features cupboard bedrooms
California studio Bittoni Architects has completed Common Melrose, a communal living complex with 23 bedrooms that is meant to be an "affordable alternative to traditional living arrangements". More about Bittoni Architects designs co-living project geared toward LA newcomers
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Sumu Yakashima, a co-operative housing project in Japan that aims to positively impact its natural setting. More about "If only the same care could be lavished on every building" says commenter
Architect Tsukasa Ono designed this housing project on Japan's Yakushima island to have a positive impact on its natural setting, using a "regenerative" approach to improve the soil by promoting the growth of mycelium and bacteria. More about Sumu Yakushima is a co-operative housing project that supports humans and nature
Residential units and a shared courtyard feature in this angular mixed-use scheme in London, designed by architecture firms Studio Woodroffe Papa and Poggi Architecture to encourage communal living. More about Dockley Apartments in London take cues from collective housing in Europe
Dutch studio Olaf Gipser Architects has worked with housing cooperative BSH20A to create an apartment block in the Netherlands that aims to provide residents with a "communal, sustainable and healthy urban living" environment. More about Planted balconies surround Stories housing in Amsterdam by Olaf Gipser Architects
Two cork-clad apartment blocks flank a renovated 18th-century building at the De Sijs co-housing project in Leuven, Belgium, designed by local studio Officeu Architects. More about Officeu Architects unites cork-clad housing blocks in Belgium with communal living areas
A Mumbai apartment with its own temple and a Tokyo home for three generations and eight cats feature in this lookbook highlighting ten intergenerational households that showcase how interiors can balance privacy and community. More about Ten multi-generational homes that organise space in interesting ways