Spanish studio Peris+Toral Arquitectes has completed an 85-unit social housing project in Barcelona, featuring a modular timber framework and flexible living spaces. More about Peris+Toral Arquitectes completes Spain's largest timber-framed residential building
Architects should use their influence to help bring an end to London's homelessness crisis, said housing specialist Peter Barber in an exclusive interview with Dezeen, but admits his projects are "just scratching the surface" of the problem. More about Homeless housing is "a Band-Aid" for UK shortages says Peter Barber
Brick screens and patterned metal shutters wrap the outside of this block of row houses in Buenos Aires that was developed by local architects Estudio Mola. More about Estudio Mola completes block of elevated row houses in Buenos Aires
Construction productivity "has practically flatlined" over the past 25 years according to Nabr co-founder Bjarke Ingels, who explained how his housing startup intends to revolutionise the sector in an exclusive interview with Dezeen. More about Nabr aims to address "systemic" failures of housing says Bjarke Ingels
Traditional construction materials are used in contemporary forms at this residential development by Zozaya Arquitectos in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. More about Zozaya Arquitectos completes housing development beside Mexico's Lake Avándaro
London-based architecture studio Apparata has completed a community-oriented housing development for artists with a playful design and a facade punctured by geometrically-shaped openings. More about Apparata designs affordable housing development A House for Artists in London
No two apartments are alike in a brick-clad apartment building in the central Argentine city of Rosario, designed by architecture firm BBOA. More about Atypical layouts feature inside BBOA's Suipacha apartment block in Argentina
Izquierdo Lehmann Arquitectos and Francisco Saul have completed a block of five row houses in Santiago, which are grouped under a large roof to give the impression of a single residence. More about Glue-laminated timber structure forms San Crescente housing block in Santiago
A grid of thin cross-laminated timber columns frames communal spaces at the centre of this co-living project for senior citizens in Slagelse, Denmark, a collaboration between Danish developer Tetris and Copenhagen architecture practice Sangberg. More about Tetris and Sangberg design senior housing around a covered communal courtyard
In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether CetraRuddy's skyscraper in New York is art deco or not and other top stories. More about "This is to art deco what Las Vegas is to the Eiffel Tower" says commenter
Local studio Lehrer Architects has built a community of brightly coloured tiny houses on a narrow strip in Los Angeles for the city's homeless residents. More about Tiny home village by Lehrer Architects provides temporary shelter for LA's homeless
Colourful spiral staircases now give direct access to units in the Saint-Michel Nord housing complex in Montreal, which was renovated by Saia Barbarese Topouzanov to update the ageing buildings and include a new pedestrian-friendly street. More about Saia Barbarese Topouzanov adds spiral staircases during Montreal housing renovation
American firm LOHA has completed a row of sculptural, metal-clad homes in Los Angeles that is meant to explore possibilities for the "small lot subdivision typology". More about Sloped walls form Canyon Drive housing complex by LOHA in Los Angeles
The London Energy Transformation Initiative has published a report that sets out a blueprint for retrofitting UK homes in order to meet national climate change targets. More about LETI publishes Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide to support net-zero target
The McGrath Road housing project by Peter Barber Architects in east London has won this year's RIBA Neave Brown Award for Housing 2021. More about Peter Barber Architects' "intelligent, dynamic and original" McGrath Road named UK's best affordable housing scheme
More than 1,000 plants adorn the exterior of the Palazzo Verde housing that Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has recently completed in Belgium. More about Stefano Boeri Architetti covers Palazzo Verde in Antwerp with greenery
Housing blocks with co-working areas and greener interiors will help facilitate remote working in the post-pandemic world, according to panellists in this talk that Dezeen filmed for lift brand Aritco. More about Future housing will be built to facilitate remote working, say panellists of Aritco talk
Architecture firm Productora has completed a small housing complex in Denver, Colorado, that provides eight units with shared amenities on a lot that would typically accommodate only two single-family homes. More about Blue co-housing complex by Productora fits eight units onto two Denver lots
British practice Stanton Williams' 2019 development of key worker homes, retail and public spaces in Cambridge has been shortlisted for both the 2021 RIBA Stirling Prize and the 2021 RIBA Neave Brown Award. More about Stanton Williams draws on traditional urban layouts for Key Worker Housing in Cambridge
Developer Unboxed Homes has created a terrace of customisable homes in Peckham, south London, which were designed by architecture studio Poulsom Middlehurst. More about Unboxed Homes unveils "London's first custom-build homes"