Architecture firm BIG has updated its plans for the revitalisation of the Smithsonian Institution campus in the US capital, after the initial designs sparked opposition. More about BIG revises Smithsonian campus masterplan in Washington DC
Vietnamese architecture studio Kientruc O has given a modernist makeover to an old house in a narrow Ho Chi Minh City alleyway, transforming it into a restaurant with a lush garden wrapped by gridded glazing. More about Tropical plants and geometric glass walls screen house and restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City
Snaking wooden walkways traverse a terraced garden planted with 700 trees at the heart of this tower development in Singapore's Marina Bay by Ingenhoven Architects and landscape firm Gustafson Porter + Bowman. More about Terraced gardens echoing paddy fields fill centre of Singapore's Marina One
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to surround its extension to the Norton Museum of Art in Florida's West Palm Beach with a subtropical garden, to provide "outdoor galleries" for sculptures. More about Foster reveals botanic sculpture garden for Florida's Norton Museum of Art
The Brooklyn trend for backyard studios has extended all the way to Toronto, where the founder of architecture firm Six Four Five A has constructed a tiny timber workspace for himself at the end of the garden. More about Architect builds his own studio at the end of Toronto garden
Spanish architect Jacobo García-Germán has designed an experimental garden centre for exhibiting, breeding and growing cacti near Madrid. More about Garciagerman Arquitectos' Desert City centre is dedicated to cactus aficionados
An opening in the roof sheds light on this concrete-lined boutique in São Paulo, which Brazilian studio Vão Arquitetura has designed around a lush indoor garden. More about Vão Arquitetura organises São Paulo boutique around indoor garden
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed plans for a covered garden in Milan, which would use climate-control technology to allow visitors to experience spring, summer, autumn and winter at any time of year. More about All four seasons coexist in Milan garden proposed by Carlo Ratti
Artistic duo Studio Morison has erected a pink pavilion shaped like an origami pineapple in the centre of the 18th-century walled garden of the Berrington Hall country estate in Herefordshire, England. More about Studio Morison installs origami-like "pineapple" in Berrington Hall's 18th-century garden
With summer on the way, we've rounded up 10 of the best rooftop gardens from Dezeen's Pinterest boards, from a lush oasis on the roof of a Sydney penthouse to a tranquil rooftop courtyard complete with lotus pond in India. More about 10 roof gardens from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that each provide an urban oasis
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed the latest in its House for Trees series – a property in Ho Chi Minh City featuring gardens set on top of multiple stacked levels that are visible through openings in the concrete walls. More about Planted terraces are interspersed among living spaces at Vo Trong Nghia's Binh House
Bangkok studio Atelier 2+'s Greenhouse Mini is designed to encourage owners to bring greenery into their houses. More about Atelier 2+ designs miniature greenhouse for indoor gardeners
Work is nearly complete on a major expansion to an urban Japanese garden in Oregon – the first public commission in America for architect Kengo Kuma. More about Kengo Kuma's expansion of Portland Japanese Garden set to open in April
Architecture studio Penda has revealed plans to create a vast network of modular building blocks at the International Horticultural Expo 2019 in Beijing, forming a 30,000-square-metre exhibition space. More about Penda designs modular wooden "village" for Beijing Horticultural Expo
Living spaces at this house near Brasília are contained in a cluster of offset boxes with full-height glazing that faces out onto gardens slotted between them. More about Gardens are interspersed through Brasília home by Samuel Lamas
Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco has worked with 6a Architects to create a sculptural garden paved in a pattern of interconnected circles for the South London Gallery. More about Swirling brick circles form back garden for South London Gallery
This apartment block and art gallery in Beirut combines traditional timber and stone cladding with a vertical garden and a bright-red balcony that cantilevers from one of its facades. More about Jean-Marc Bonfils reinterprets traditional Lebanese architecture with East Village apartment tower
A walled garden filled with tropical plants flanks a glazed hallway at this house in the Brazilian town of Franca, which is influenced by the country's modernist architecture. More about MF+ Arquitetos creates modernist-inspired house with walled garden in Brazil
Mirrored panels reflect views of the surrounding gardens around the lower half of this star-shaped office designed by Josep and Gerhard Haumer for a plant nursery near Vienna (+ slideshow). More about Mirrored facades reflect plants around office for Viennese nursery
A Canadian startup has designed an app-controlled home growing system that is intended to make growing organic food and cannabis easier (+ movie). More about Grobo home gardening system makes growing weed easier