Dutch studio Atelier Van Lieshout has unveiled its largest installation to date: a giant art village at the Ruhrtriennale arts festival in west Germany (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Van Lieshout takes over German festival with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly installation
MVRDV co-founder Jacob van Rijs explains how the staggered formation of his firm's Haus am Hang in Stuttgart gives every floor its own outdoor space in the latest movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More about MVRDV created "a different kid on the block" with Haus am Hang, says Jacob van Rijs
Anodised aluminium panels surround windows and doors set into the angular concrete facades of this house in Tübingen, Germany, by Steimle Architekten (+ slideshow). More about S3 House is a concrete and aluminium villa by Steimle Architekten
A root system sprouts from the concrete foundations of this house installation that dangles from a crane above a construction site in Germany. More about Roots trail from house suspended above a construction site by Leandro Erlich
Interior designer Sarah Van Peteghem has added greyscale furnishings, fabrics and accessories sourced from both contemporary brands and antique stores to this minimal apartment in Berlin (+ slideshow). More about Sarah Van Peteghem furnishes Berlin apartment with vintage Danish seats
Hidden behind a bookcase in a secret room, a fireman's pole offers a fast escape route from the top floor of this Berlin home by local studio NOWlab (+ slideshow). More about Berlin apartment by NOWlab features a spiral staircase and a fireman's pole
J Mayer H Architects has completed a housing and office complex in Germany, covered with graphic patterns that extend down from facades to create the impression of elongated shadows (+ slideshow). More about House and office complex by J Mayer H features monochrome facades and false shadows
MVRDV created an urban centre in the heart of "business-park suburbia" with its UPV Munich office park, says studio co-founder Jacob van Rijs in the third movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More about MVRDV's "office village" avoids business park cliches says Jacob van Rijs
Bjarke Ingels' firm has won a competition to design a 185-metre-high skyscraper in Frankfurt, with a proposal it describes as both classical and sculptural (+ slideshow). More about BIG's experiments in skyscraper design continue with Frankfurt win
The Baroque urban planning of Karlsruhe, Germany, influenced the latticed timber structure of this pavilion, created by Berlin studio J Mayer H to celebrate the city's 300th anniversary (+ slideshow). More about J Mayer H completes timber lattice pavilion to mark the 300th year of the city of Karlsruhe
Format Elf Architekten has disguised a three-storey family home as a two-storey building by incorporating both upper floors within a large asymmetrically pitched roof (+ slideshow). More about House B by Format Elf contains two floors within its large asymmetric roof
Burkinabé architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has created a temporary retail space for shoe brand Camper inside a domed building at the Vitra Campus (+ slideshow). More about Diébédo Francis Kéré's Camper pop-up store opens at the Vitra Campus
Zurich-based artist Jeremie Maret has built a small see-through tower in Berlin and invited guests to take a nap inside. More about Jeremie Maret builds a "transparent tiny skyscraper" on a Berlin industrial estate
These four asymmetric wooden pavilions completed by German studio Barkow Leibinger in a Bavarian village accommodate a thinktank for a computing and microelectronics institution (+ slideshow). More about Timber-clad pavilions by Barkow Leibinger form a campus for a computing thinktank
A pine unit provides a kitchen, bathroom and mezzanine level for this tiny Berlin apartment designed by two local architects, which also features Art Deco details including a parquet door (+ slideshow). More about Pale wooden unit frames rooms and creates a new floor inside a Berlin micro-apartment
Narrow strips of wood screen both walls and windows at this house in Bavaria by Kühnlein Architektur, which comprises a pair of connected sheds (+ slideshow). More about House in rural Germany features a slatted wooden facade and copper fittings
These new shots by London-based photographer Peter Guenzel offer a look inside Herzog & de Meuron's unfinished Hamburg concert hall, which is still two years away from completion (+ slideshow). More about New photographs reveal the inside of Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie
Online furniture brand Hem has opened its first physical shop, occupying the ground floor of the company's headquarters on Berlin's Friedrichstrasse (+ slideshow). More about Hem opens first physical store in Berlin
This 19th century barn in rural Germany has been remodelled into a holiday home and guest house, connected by a huge open hall featuring a network of original wooden trusses (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Kroeger creates a holiday home inside an old German cowshed
A glass wall spotted with reflective yellow and orange windows creates a false facade for this extension to a secondary school in south-west Germany, designed by Netzwerk Architekten (+ slideshow). More about Translucent and foiled glass fronts German grammar school extension