Architecture studio Kii has designed an ice cream shop on Miyakojima Island, Japan, featuring a pink ceiling, a limestone counter and perforated concrete tiles. More about Kii uses local limestone and colourful "melting" stools for SR Ice Cream Miyakojima
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing The Linhay, a family house in the Somerset countryside designed by studio Charles Gillespie Architecture. More about "A hodgepodge of ideas" says commenter
British studio Charles Gillespie Architecture has completed The Linhay, a family house in rural Somerset wrapped by a deep concrete colonnade that provides sheltered nesting spaces for birds. More about Charles Gillespie Architecture completes Somerset house with wildlife-friendly colonnade
Canadian architecture studio KPMB has released renderings of the new Dramatic Arts Building at Yale University, establishing the first consolidated space for the David Geffen School of Drama since its inception in 1924. More about KPMB reveals designs for David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University
An extension built from timber, glass and limestone unites a 19th-century farmhouse with an adjacent barn at this home in Somerset, overhauled by London architecture studio Forgeworks. More about Forgeworks revamps Somerset farmhouse with low-lying stone extension
London studio Wright & Wright has expanded the University of Oxford's Corpus Christi College Library, tucking a limestone-fronted extension into its original Grade I-listed site. More about Wright & Wright adds "calm and confident" extension to University of Oxford library
Stained glass windows and custom wooden shutters filter light inside Six Coffee Wine, a cafe and wine bar recently completed by local practice NAAW Studio in Almaty, Kazakhstan. More about Kazakhstan cafe plays with shifting light from morning to night
Mexican architecture studio Lanza Atelier has taken an "introspective" approach to this house in Cancun, which incorporates sea-snail shells into its concrete surfaces and features a curved circulation core. More about Lanza Atelier uses shells to inform and build Caracol House
The medal for this year's best overall contribution to the London Design Biennale has gone to the Malta pavilion, which is presenting an expandable spherical urn designed to enshrine the ashes of multiple people together. More about Collective urns designed to "remove ego" from funeral process
A structural stone loggia and cross-laminated timber upper storey frame views of the English countryside at Field House, a home in West Sussex by London studio Wilkinson King Architects. More about Limestone loggia wraps rural English home by Wilkinson King Architects
Architecture firm Studio Gang has sought to "amplify social connections" at its first French project, the John W Boyer Center in Paris , a "vertical campus" created using mass timber for the University of Chicago. More about Studio Gang completes mass-timber academic building in Paris
Limestone-block walls covered in pink plaster intersect to form UA House, which Kenyan practice Studio Mehta Architecture has added to a creekside site in Kilifi, Kenya. More about Pink plaster cloaks limestone house in Kenya by Studio Mehta Architecture
New York designer Thomas Juul-Hansen has completed the Sutton Tower skyscraper in New York, which has limestone facades and a champagne-coloured stainless steel crown. More about Thomas Juul-Hansen unveils "modern and classic" Manhattan skyscraper
Walls of limestone and sandstone reference the traditional architecture of Mallorca at Living in Lime, a social housing block in Son Servera by Spanish studio Peris+Toral Arquitectes. More about Peris+Toral Arquitectes uses stone for social housing block in Mallorca
To conclude our Stone Age 2.0 series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. More about Ten contemporary buildings that showcase the versatility of structural stone
French studio Amelia Tavella Architectes referenced fossils for the textured stone facade of the Auguste Benedict School, which is designed to appear as though it has "emerged from the earth". More about Amelia Tavella Architectes completes limestone-clad school in southern France
French architecture practice TVK has completed a neighbourhood in Paris made up of limestone buildings surrounding a garden and designed as a sustainable development that aims to increase biodiversity. More about TVK designs limestone buildings for "first zero-carbon district" in Paris
Local studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has completed a house clad in limestone bricks and hemlock siding overlooking a nature preserve in Austin. More about Michael Hsu Office of Architecture rounds the corners of limestone Austin residence
A band of limestone separates old and new at Fohlenweg, a house in Berlin that London studio O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects created using the walls of an existing bungalow. More about O'Sullivan Skoufoglou transforms Berlin bungalow with blocky extension
A monolithic limestone-clad plinth supports the lightweight steel-framed structure of The Clifftop House, a holiday home in Hungary by Budapest practice Kontextus Architecture Studio. More about Limestone plinth supports Hungarian holiday home by Kontextus Architecture Studio