Four housing projects, including an apartment complex in east London and a development for the elderly in Yorkshire, have been shortlisted for RIBA's 2023 Neave Brown Award for Housing. More about RIBA names UK's best affordable housing of 2023
In this video produced for Holcim by Dezeen, Norman Foster introduces a housing prototype for displaced people that the Norman Foster Foundation developed with the building materials company and unveiled at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Norman Foster Foundation and Holcim reveal concrete emergency housing prototype
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released visuals of Ziel, a pixelated residential block made up of stone-clad family units for Uruguay's capital, Montevideo. More about MVRDV designs "stack of country villas" for Montevideo housing block
Improving the standards of temporary homeless accommodation and addressing the needs of care leavers are among the issues tackled by the three finalists of the annual Davidson Prize. More about Three designs that confront housing insecurity announced as Davidson Prize finalists
Dutch architecture studio Mecanoo has unveiled its design for Amstel Design District, a development in Amsterdam that will include housing, public outdoor spaces and a museum. More about Mecanoo designs mixed-use development as "green artery" for Amsterdam
London practice Archio has completed Citizens House in Lewisham, a block of 11 affordable homes overlooking a new public square and designed in close collaboration with the surrounding community and residents. More about Archio creates white brick housing block for London Community Land Trust
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a staggered housing development by architect Kengo Kuma. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "unsettling" staggered housing on Japanese hillside
Mexico City-based architect Manuel Cervantes Estudio has designed DIY housing that relies on passive, vernacular construction strategies to "help families build their living spaces in a better and smarter way." More about Manuel Cervantes develops "assisted self-production" housing in Mexico
Deck-access housing has unfairly become a symbol for urban squalor in the UK, but a new wave of architects is demonstrating its merits, writes Rory Olcayto. More about "'Housing for dirty people' is back and I welcome it"
British studio David Chipperfield Architects has revealed plans for a housing project in Antwerp that will adjoin a 60-tree fruit orchard. More about David Chipperfield designs Antwerp housing alongside fruit orchard
As we continue our Timber Revolution series, we look at Australia's first mass-timber high-rise apartment building, which was built from cross-laminated timber grown in Austria. More about Lendlease's mass-timber tower was shipped from Austria to Australia
Architecture studio The DHaus Company has completed The Arches, a row of six brick-clad townhouses in a north London conservation area. More about Monumental brick arches outline London townhouses by The DHaus Company
Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen Architects and The Andes House have designed a modular prototype that can be configured to construct low-cost housing. More about Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen develops modular building system to address housing crisis
Dutch architecture studio GAAGA has created a residential building in the forested Bosrijk park in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, which is wrapped by colonnades of tree trunks. More about Tree trunks animate facade of demountable Forest Bath housing in Eindhoven
The second case study in our Timber Revolution series is Murray Grove, a London housing tower by Waugh Thistleton that has a superstructure built almost entirely from cross-laminated timber. More about Murray Grove housing by Waugh Thistleton kickstarted "tall-timber movement"
US studio Gluck+ has completed Van Sinderen Plaza, a social housing project that stretches along an elevated subway line in a low-income district and is meant to be "a gateway for the community". More about Gluck+ places colourful facades on affordable housing block in Brooklyn
The first of our Timber Revolution case studies looks at an innovative, early example of mass-timber multi-storey housing, designed by Austrian studio HK Architekten in the 1990s. More about Ölzbündt housing shows that "criticism of the longevity of wooden buildings is unfounded"
Paritzki & Liani Architects has completed a pair of apartments in central Tel Aviv which are organised around a mini courtyard filled with trees. More about Trees grow through glazed facade of Tel Aviv homes by Paritzki & Liani
SinHei Kwok has designed and built a sculptural apartment complex that is meant to offer an alternative to the low-density housing found in Phoenix, Arizona's sprawling capital. More about SinHei Kwok completes M-shaped Bungalows in historic Phoenix district
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a mass-timber tenement-style housing development by Scottish studio Fraser/Livingstone. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "well-sat" mass-timber housing in Edinburgh