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
Mexican studio Miguel de la Torre Arquitectos has unveiled the coloured concrete Real de Los Reyes housing complex in Mexico City's Coyoacán neighbourhood. More about Geometric perforations characterise coloured concrete housing block in Mexico
Scottish studio Fraser/Livingstone has completed a mass-timber tenement-style housing development in Edinburgh named Simon Square. More about Fraser/Livingstone adds angular tenement to historical Edinburgh site
Studio CL has created a concrete apartment block in Chile made out of precast concrete that was designed as a prototype for a multi-family housing unit. More about Studio CL creates Santiago apartment building as "exercise in micro-density"
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
Indonesia has announced plans to begin the construction of 184 apartment blocks that will mark the first stage of development of its new capital Nusantara. More about Indonesia set to begin construction on new capital this year
From Glasgow to Somerset, here are historian John Boughton's picks of the UK's most interesting public housing schemes featured in his latest book, A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates. More about UK's "eclectic range" of council housing celebrated in book by John Boughton
Off-white stucco walls and a round staircase characterise the Chiripa housing complex in Mexico, which architecture studio Palma designed as a "hybrid" experiment merging residential and hotel-style living. More about Palma positions stucco-clad housing complex on Mexican coastline
A sweeping form of stepped balconies that overlook the IJ waterfront defines the De Jakoba social housing in Amsterdam, designed by local practice Studioninedots. More about Studioninedots completes stepped social housing overlooking Amsterdam waterfront
Architectural studio Undecorated has designed an elongated, metal Quonset hut punctuated with dormer windows and filled with loft-style units for an evolving neighbourhood in Detroit. More about Undecorated creates The Caterpillar apartment building in Detroit
Brooks + Scarpa has completed an apartment building with a scalloped, textured facade in Los Angeles that offers affordable low-cost housing to young adults that are transitioning out of group homes. More about Scalloped facade fronts supportive housing facility in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa
Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco, California. More about David Baker Architects accelerates housing for homeless in San Francisco with modular construction