Interrobang converts London's landmark Hoover Building into apartments
UK studio Interrobang has transformed the Hoover Building in west London into 66 apartments that retain many of the former factory's original art-deco features. More
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New photos explore Álvaro Siza's 1970s social-housing project SAAL Bouça
A social housing complex designed by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza in the 1970s is captured in this new photography series by Zeynep Yılmaztürk. More
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Adjaye and Cullinan among architects working on ideas for Grenfell Tower estate
Adjaye Associates and Cullinan Studio are among six architecture firms working to generate ideas for the refurbishment of London's Lancaster West Estate, where Grenfell Tower is located. More
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Swiss housing complex by Stocker Lee takes cues from mountainous landscape with zig-zag roof
Swiss practice Stocker Lee Architetti designed this family house and group of adjoining rental apartments in the canton of Ticino with an unevenly pitched roof that references the jagged outline of a nearby mountain range. More
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Wilkinson Eyre and Jonathan Tuckey convert King's Cross gasholders into luxury flats
Wilkinson Eyre has completed its transformation of a trio of Victorian gasholder frames at London's King's Cross into luxury apartments with interiors by Jonathan Tuckey Design. More
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McGinlay Bell completes Glasgow terraces with alternating black and white facades
Scottish firm McGinlay Bell used low-cost concrete bricks to create the black and white walls of this canalside housing development in the West End of Glasgow. More
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Stone-clad apartment building in Bucharest features recessed windows and terraces
The crisp white-stone facades of this luxury apartment block in Bucharest by local studio ADNBA are punctured by large recessed windows that help to reduce the building's overall massing so it matches the scale of its urban context. More
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DFA proposes "floating" affordable housing for dilapidated Manhattan pier
New York architecture studio DFA has imagined a series of latticed apartment towers for Manhattan's Pier 40, which would be able to remain above water in the event of rising sea levels. More
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Photographs capture cats, laundry and everyday life in Moshe Safdie's Habitat 67
Architectural photographer James Brittain has explored the hidden nooks and apartments of Moshe Safdie's Habitat 67, offering a glimpse of day-to-day life in the famous brutalist complex in Montreal over 50 years after it was completed. More
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Hacker Architects designs Basecamp housing in central Oregon for outdoorsy types
Weathered cedar and warm pine wrap these townhouses by Hacker Architects, which are geared towards residents who enjoy Oregon's wealth of outdoor pursuits. More
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Sole resident prevents demolition of Paul Rudolph's brutalist housing in Upstate New York
Demolition of a housing project, designed by late American architect Paul Rudolph in the 1970s, has been blocked in its final stage because a resident has refused to move off the premises. More
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Micro apartments in concrete pipes designed to ease Hong Kong's housing crisis
Hong Kong studio James Law Cybertecture has developed a prototype for low-cost, stackable micro homes in concrete pipes, which could slot into gaps between city buildings. More
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Stefano Boeri designs first tree-covered social-housing project
Italian architect Stefano Boeri is bringing his vertical forest model to a social-housing project in Eindhoven, to show how green homes can be provided at affordable rents. More
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Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter reveals visuals of tiered copper tower for Norway
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has revealed renderings for a copper ziggurat-like housing tower designed for the site of a former military camp in the Norwegian town of Ski Vest. More
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Urban-Think Tank develops low-cost housing for South African slum
Urban-Think Tank has completed the next phase of its Empower Shack project, bringing safe low-cost housing to residents of South Africa's informal settlements. More
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Dezeen's top 10 tiny homes of 2017
The past year has seen many architects and designers unveil innovative ideas for space-saving housing, whether in the city or out in the wilderness. Here are some of the best examples to emerge, selected by editor Amy Frearson for our review of 2017. More
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Peter Barber Architects uses oriel windows to animate the facades of Moray Mews houses
Peter Barber Architects has completed a terrace of mews houses in north London, which are arranged along a cobbled lane and feature oriel windows that cantilever out from their reclaimed-brick facades. More
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MAD's Huangshan Mountain Village mimics the topography of a rocky Chinese landscape
MAD has built a cluster of housing towers in China's Anhui province, which take their forms from the granite contours of the Huangshan mountain range. More
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Denizen Works pairs black bricks with pointy panels for Haddo Yard housing in Whitstable
Architecture studio Denizen Works references traditional fishing huts with this apartment building in the English seaside town of Whitstable, which features black brick walls and pointed ceramic details. More
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UNStudio hopes to create "neighbourhoods in the sky" with Canaletto Tower in London
Bands of aluminium and concrete divide up sections of this London residential skyscraper by UNStudio, to foster different communities within the building, while also framing panoramic views for residents. More