World Architecture Festival 2012: architect Kerry Hill won the award in the housing category at the World Architecture Festival with his design for an apartment building in Singapore and in this interview we filmed he discusses how he believes the nation is developing an "emerging approach to design" rather than an architectural style. More about "I hope that Singapore doesn't have a style" - Kerry Hill on Martin No. 38
Hackney studio Levitt Bernstein has won a housing design competition with a proposal to turn disused parking garages into tiny pop-up homes. More about Pop-up housing in garages by Levitt Bernstein
This terrace of eight houses by Peter Barber Architects is clad with timber shingles to match the neighbouring fences and sheds of a housing estate in east London (+ slideshow). More about Hannibal Road Gardens by Peter Barber Architects
Bright shades of yellow and green help elderly people find their way around in this 17-storey housing block in Barcelona by Spanish architects Pau Vidal, Sergi Pons and Ricard Galiana (+ slideshow). More about Torre Júlia by Pau Vidal, Sergi Pons and Ricard Galiana
Chunky concrete boxes form a grid of secluded balconies across the facade of this apartment block in Kyoto by Japanese studio VIDZ Architects. More about Housing in Onmae by VIDZ Architects
Dezeen Wire: Sir Terence Conran is launching a competition with the British government to give communities the chance to design housing for their local areas. More about Sir Terence Conran invites communities to design housing
Wooden louvres mask the facade of this apartment block in South Korea by local studio Smart Architecture. More about Louver Haus by Smart Architecture
Dezeen Wire: in an article for Domus magazine, design critic Justin McGuirk examines the social and physical decline of London's social housing, discussing the part played by luxury real-estate developers and how architects have been held accountable. More about "The market cannot solve the housing crisis" - Justin McGuirk
Dezeen Wire: work starts today on an affordable housing development in Harlem by architects Adjaye Associates More about Sugar Hill housing by Adjaye Associates
The stark concrete exterior of many of London's postwar housing blocks could be made more attractive with thatching, proposes architecture student James Kirk (+ movie). More about London Thatch by James Kirk
Glass-fronted apartments are set behind sheltered balconies at this concrete residential block in Mexico City by architects JSa (+ slideshow). More about Tabasco 127 by JSa
Dezeen Wire: as the shortage of housing in the UK worsens, British architects including Charles Holland of FAT, Glenn Howells and Sarah Wigglesworth offer their opinions and solutions - The Guardian
"I'd like to see more rent regulation and buildings reused in creative ways," says Holland, while Wigglesworth suggests that "what we need is greater flexibility."
The article follows the news that New York City are seeking designs for “micro-units” to help solve the shortage of of small apartments in Manhattan.
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Balconies of these two apartment blocks in northwest France by architect Philippe Gazeau protrude like a set of open drawers. More about Housing in La Courrouze by Philippe Gazeau
Dezeen Wire: New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a competition to design "micro-units" to help solve the shortage of of small apartments in Manhattan. More about New York seeks "micro-units" to solve housing shortage
Apartments in this raw concrete block in Tokyo by architects Key Operation feature indoor balconies that look over both the street and internal stairwells, so neighbours can see who's coming and going (+ slideshow). More about Yotsuya Tenera by Key Operation
Architects Colboc Franzen & Associés have masked the facade and balconies of three apartment blocks in the south of France behind curved galvanised-steel grids. More about Housing in Sète by Colboc Franzen & Associés
Slideshow: Japanese studios Snark and Ouvi have completed two apartment blocks in Takasaki City that look like clusters of two-storey houses. More about Ridge by Snark and Ouvi
Slideshow: none of the elongated rooms inside this curvy apartment block in Osaka are more than two metres wide. More about D-Apartment by Spacespace
Shiny corrugated metal clads the two cascading stacks of apartments that make up this block in Paris by architect Stephane Maupin. More about M Building by Stephane Maupin
Huge window bays project from the fat cylindrical volume of this apartment block in Tilburg, the Netherlands, by Dutch architects Bedaux de Brouwer. More about Duikklok by Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten