New York architecture firm ODA has constructed a residential complex in Long Island City that features protruding boxes across its street-facing facades. More about ODA completes "pixelated" luxury condo building in Queens
DRDH Architects and Architecten de Vylder Vinck Tallieu have built an apartment complex and social centre for elderly people in Aarschot, Belgium, featuring simple materials, communal courtyards and few bold splashes of colour. More about DRDH and adVVT complete elderly home in Belgium featuring pared-back finishes and open-air courtyards
Dutch studios NL Architects and XVW Architectuur have renovated one of the largest apartment buildings in the Netherlands, restoring the repetitive gridded facades of the 1960s block but leaving the flats bare for residents to customise. More about Colossal Amsterdam housing block brought up to date with customisable apartments
American architect Richard Meier has completed a trio of residential buildings and two charter schools in downtown Newark, the city where he was born. More about Richard Meier designs schools and teacher housing for his hometown in New Jersey
MVRDV has revealed its plans to redevelop the former Mannheim US Army camp in Germany, creating a green mound from demolished barracks and four residential towers that spell out the word home. More about MVRDV's letter-shaped housing blocks will spell out HOME across old army barracks
A mesh for climbing plants wraps the angular balconies of this apartment block in Alpine Switzerland, completed by Buchner Bründler Architekten. More about Climbing plants and asymmetric balconies surround Buchner Bründler's Garden Tower
Australian studio CplusC Architectural Workshop has envisioned a Tetris-like extension to the demolition-threatened Sirius building in Sydney, which bears a resemblance to Moshe Safdie's iconic Habitat 67 housing. More about Safdie-esque extension proposed for Sydney's brutalist Sirius building
Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio has converted a derelict 19th-century house in Porto into six flats with pine, white marble and concrete finishes. More about Pedro Ferreira converts abandoned Porto house into flats with pine and marble surfaces
Danish practice 3XN has unveiled plans for a new aquatics centre in the southern Swedish city of Linköping, which will featuring undulating timber and glass facades. More about Wave-like facades wrap 3XN's aquatic centre in southern Sweden
US studio Handel Architects has completed a pair of residential towers with concrete facade elements, designed to respect the proportions of a neighbouring stone cathedral. More about Apartment tower by Handel Architects built next to historic Manhattan cathedral
British studio Weston Williamson has revealed a housing concept that aims to resolve the lack of affordable housing in Palestine by allowing residents to expand as their finances grow. More about Weston Williamson proposes incremental building to combat Palestinian housing shortage
This urban housing block by Mexican architecture studio Arqmov Workshop features a wood screen that was influenced by slatted boxes used to carry vegetables. More about Arqmov Workshop covers Mexico City apartment block in small wood squares
The faceted roofline and brick surfaces of these apartment blocks by Danish firms COBE and Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects take their cues from the 300-year-old warehouses on Copenhagen's harbour. More about COBE and Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects complete warehouse-inspired housing for Copenhagen harbour
White caged balconies project from the sides of this social housing block by French collective Poggi + More, making it look like a series of irregularly stacked boxes. More about White irregularly stacked boxes form social housing in France by Poggi + More
This urban residential building by Arqmov Workshop features a faceted facade sheathed in a patchwork of vibrant laminate panels and large windows framed in black metal. More about Arqmov creates Mexico City apartment block with angled windows and coloured panels
A concrete frame angles out from a window at the top of this irregularly shaped housing block in South Korea, which was designed by architect Moon Hoon to resemble an owl. More about Moon Hoon creates housing with owl-like features in South Korea
Arched openings punctuate the brick facade of this apartment building in Amsterdam, which is co-owned by its occupants and tailored to accommodate their varying lifestyles. More about Arches puncture brick facade of Amsterdam apartment block by WE Architecten
Pollard Thomas Edwards has completed the UK's first co-housing project for older residents in north London, comprising brick mews houses arranged around a communal garden. More about Pollard Thomas Edwards completes UK's first over 50s co-housing scheme
MAD has completed the first phase of its Fake Hills development – an apartment complex in Beihai, China, with an undulating roofline that accommodates tennis courts and swimming pools. More about MAD's Fake Hills housing features topography-inspired roofline and massive hollows
This apartment block and art gallery in Beirut combines traditional timber and stone cladding with a vertical garden and a bright-red balcony that cantilevers from one of its facades. More about Jean-Marc Bonfils reinterprets traditional Lebanese architecture with East Village apartment tower