An "abstract ensemble" of pyramidal roofs cloaked in terracotta tiles was designed to evoke the feel of a small village at Kinder Rain, a kindergarten in Italy recently completed by local architecture studio AACM. More about AACM designs kindergarten in Italy to feel like "a small village"
The Pyramids: Special Economic Vortex Zones of North America explores pyramidal structures throughout the continent. Here, the book's creator Ian James comments on ten of the weirdest and most interesting examples. More about Ten American pyramids that show "capitalism's penchant for nostalgia"
Irish studio A2 Architects has completed Gate Lodge, a home in Navan, Ireland, creating a minimal white form topped by a pyramidal roof made of red corrugated metal. More about A2 Architects tops Gate Lodge in Ireland with red roof
Local architecture practice HW Studio has centred Casa Emma around a lightwell and wrapped its interiors in wood on an infill lot in Morelia, Mexico. More about HW Studio carves pyramidal lightwell into Mexican house
Mexican studios Productora and The Book of Wa have unveiled the boutique Kymaia Hotel with suites of coloured concrete in a pyramidal form near Puerto Escondido, along Mexico's southwestern coast. More about Productora models Oaxacan hotel suites after pre-Hispanic pyramids
A tiered, pyramidal installation by Hungarian-American artist Agnes Denes has been installed in the Coachella Valley for the fifth edition of the Desert X exhibition. More about Agnes Denes installs Living Pyramid in California for Desert X
A stepped six-tiered pyramid dominated the main Ketelhuisplein square at Dutch Design Week this year, wrapped in colourful flags offering 80 different symbols for peace. More about Refugees and design graduates unite to make towering Temple of Peace
For our latest lookbook, we've brought together eight houses from Mexico to Norway featuring pyramidal ceilings that reveal their structure and create a sense of depth. More about Eight interiors with pyramidal ceilings that create dramatic depth
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a stepped roof and bright-coloured boxes to a former museum dedicated to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in the centre of Tirana, Albania. More about Pyramid of Tirana officially reopens as "monument for the people"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a black timber pyramid designed by David Adjaye for the Venice Architecture Biennale. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features black timber pyramid by David Adjaye
A pointed structure crafted from blackened wood forms the Kwaee pavilion, which Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye has installed at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about David Adjaye creates black timber pyramid for Venice Architecture Biennale
American artist Michael Heizer has completed City, a monumental sculpture formed of earthen mounds, geoglyphs and concrete pyramids deep in the Nevada desert that took more than 50 years to construct. More about Michael Heizer completes monumental City sculpture in Nevada desert
3me Arquitectura has taken cues from the pyramidal grain silos found locally to create the entryway for the headquarters of the Association of Agricultural Producers in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. More about 3me Arquitectura designs Irrigation Module based on pyramidal grain silos
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is overhauling a quarry in Kentucky into a campus built from mass timber, for a local whiskey distillery. More about Shigeru Ban proposes trio of pyramids for Kentucky Owl whiskey distillery
Architect Pierpaolo Lazzarini is trying to crowdfund the creation of a self-sufficient floating city-hotel of modular pyramids. More about Lazzarini Design wants to build a city of floating pyramids
New York based designer Jamie Zigelbaum has created Triangular Series, an installation of stalactite-like acrylic lights for Design Miami/ Basel that react to the movement of people passing underneath (+ movie). More about Jamie Zigelbaum's acrylic stalactite lights respond to movement underneath
A tower of books is encased inside a glass pyramid at this public library that Dutch firm MVRDV have completed in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More about Book Mountain by MVRDV
Electricity pylons, road-signs and rusty advertising plaques steal the spotlight from the Giza pyramids in these images by photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro. More about Pyramids by Manuel Alvarez Diestro