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 about Urban-Think Tank develops low-cost housing for South African slum
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 about Dezeen's top 10 tiny homes of 2017
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 about Peter Barber Architects uses oriel windows to animate the facades of Moray Mews houses
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 about MAD's Huangshan Mountain Village mimics the topography of a rocky Chinese landscape
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 about Denizen Works pairs black bricks with pointy panels for Haddo Yard housing in Whitstable
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 about UNStudio hopes to create "neighbourhoods in the sky" with Canaletto Tower in London
Work has been completed on a 10-storey carbon-neutral apartment complex in London's Dalston, which architecture firm Waugh Thistleton claims is the "world's largest cross-laminated timber building". More about Cross-laminated-timber housing in east London offers "the future of low carbon construction"
Jagged rooflines, slot windows and grey cladding define this urban housing complex by California studio Tighe Architecture, which occupies a full Los Angeles city block. More about Tighe Architecture creates sculptural grey apartment building for LA's Filipinotown
UK prime minister Theresa May has committed an extra £2 billion to building new affordable housing – but the figure is nowhere near high enough to solve the housing crisis, according to Royal British Institute of Architects president Ben Derbyshire. More about UK government's £2 billion housing pledge is not high enough, says RIBA president Ben Derbyshire
Tower blocks like Grenfell should never have been built, according to 2018 Royal Gold Medallist Neave Brown, who believes high-rise housing ostracises council tenants and should instead be reserved for the most wealthy in society. More about High-rise buildings should only be used to house the very rich, says Neave Brown
Pritzker Prize-winning studio RCR Arquitectes has completed a luxury apartment complex on an artificial island in Dubai, featuring glazed balconies on every floor and facades lined with textured glass louvres. More about RCR Arquitectes completes "serene and restrained" Dubai apartment building with sea views
French firm Odile Guzy Architectes has completed a social housing project in the city of Chalon-sur-Saône, comprising a row of terraced houses and an adjacent apartment block with timber facades that extend to form slatted solar screens. More about Odile Guzy Architectes covers social housing scheme with wooden slats and diamond patterned roofs
Lauded as a "pioneer of quality public housing", the 2018 Royal Gold Medallist Neave Brown is best known for his housing schemes in north London. Here's a look at his key residential projects at home and abroad. More about Key housing projects by 2018 Royal Gold Medallist Neave Brown
Architecture practice Mikhail Riches has revealed its designs for the second wave of regeneration works at Park Hill estate in Sheffield, England, which will see modern homes inserted within the original 1960s structure. More about Mikhail Riches unveils plans for phase two of Park Hill estate regeneration
This low-lying brick-and-concrete apartment complex was designed by architecture firm Woods Bagot to reflect the scale and materiality of the surrounding buildings in a Melbourne suburb. More about Woods Bagot combines brick and board-marked concrete throughout Elwood House apartments
Night after night, the windows of the tower blocks that make up the Waterloo Estate in Sydney have been gradually lit up in different colours as part of a public art project that aims to make the community more visible. More about Residents of Sydney high-rise estate use lights to protest against gentrification
Canadian studio Batay-Csorba Architects has taken cues from traditional bay windows on Victorian homes for this residential building in Toronto, which has apertures that appear to be slanted. More about Batay-Csorba animates facades of Toronto townhouses with angled windows
Canadian firm LGA Architectural Partners has created a neighbourhood within an old Toronto industrial building, to provide accommodation for homeless young people. More about LGA transforms warehouse into community for homeless youths in Toronto
White mashrabiya-style screens cover these apartments in Mombasa, Kenya, which Nairobi-based Urko Sanchez Architects designed to provide residents with privacy but also views out to sea. More about White latticed screens encase apartment block in Kenya by Urko Sanchez Architects
Brickwork panels alternate with gaps up the sides of this housing project in Mexico City, which local firm HGR Arquitectos has organised around a line of patios at the centre. More about HGR Arquitectos uses orange bricks to build Mexico City apartment block