Reclaimed metal panels and wood from railroad trestles were used to create an urban infill dwelling conceived by students in a design-build programme at the University of Kansas. More about Studio 804 uses salvaged materials to construct sustainable home in Kansas
New details and interior renderings of Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly's latest residential skyscraper for New York City have been released. More about Rafael Viñoly's 125 Greenwich Street skyscraper to rise in Downtown Manhattan
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
This holiday home in the Valverde region of northern Italy features deep square windows, bare concrete interiors and a roof that rises up towards steeply pointed corners. More about Italian holiday home by 35a Studio features pointed roof and bare concrete interior
Seattle firms Stettler Design and Paul Michael Davis Architects have used bright pops of colour to frame glazing at this pointy home. More about Red window frames accent angular Seattle house by Stettler Design
A kitchen decked out with forest-green plywood cabinets and a shelving unit filled with plants add colour to this otherwise simple apartment in Ukrainian city Lviv, by interior designer Roman Shpelyk. More about Green kitchen and wall of plants add character to low-budget apartment in Ukraine
Dutch studio FillieVerhoeven Architects has completed a house near Rotterdam featuring an asymmetric gabled form clad entirely in blackened timber and incorporating large glazed openings on all sides. More about Villa SG21 is a monolithic blackened-wood house topped with a turfed roof
Montreal architecture studio Atelier Barda has renovated a loft apartment in the city's trendy Mile End neighbourhood, stripping down its interiors to replace them using bespoke finishes and filling the spaces with custom furniture. More about Atelier Barda renovates Montreal apartment with minimalist finishes and custom furniture
This week's roundup of images that have been popular on Pinterest showcases 10 unusual buildings that have been adapted into homes, including a coal crane, a post office and a church. More about 10 homes that have been created within unusual buildings
Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect has taken cues from local design traditions while conceiving this remote, cedar-clad holiday residence for an active Swiss family. More about Omar Gandhi creates low-lying home along rugged Nova Scotia coastline
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
Wooden panels open up in sections across the back of this concrete house in Uruguay, designed by local firm Masa Arquitectos. More about Slatted timber doors unfold along house in Uruguay by Masa Arquitectos
New York design studio New Affiliates has placed a plywood sleeping platform between chunky columns at an apartment in Brooklyn, making the most of the building's high ceilings. More about New Affiliates renovates Bed-Stuy Loft with plywood mezzanine and rough materials
An office comprising a cluster of angled shipping containers, proposed for a site in Germany by James Whitaker but never realised, is now being built as a home in the California desert. More about Splayed shipping containers form Joshua Tree Residence conceived by James Whitaker
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its designs for a 64-metre apartment block in Melbourne, which will feature facades covered in angular balconies and a roof topped by a pair of swimming pools. More about Zaha Hadid Architects reveals plans for second Melbourne tower
This family house in Japan's Shiga prefecture was designed by local studio Hearth Architects around an indoor garden, which is planted with a tree that extends towards a skylight. More about Hearth Architects completes family house in Shiga with tree-planted atrium
This extension to the roof of a Brussels apartment block by local studio Notan Office features a fireplace that takes its cues from the work of modernist architect and designer Alvar Aalto. More about Alvar Aalto inspires orange blockwork fireplace in Notan Office's Brussels roof extension
The washed-terrazzo facade of this house positioned on a compact plot in Ho Chi Minh City is punctuated by tall, narrow windows that allow natural light to enter but providing privacy where required. More about Narrow windows allow daylight into terrazzo-covered house in Ho Chi Minh City
Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled plans for his first project in Europe, which will see him completely overhaul a 1970s office block in Frankfurt to create 200 riverside homes. More about Ole Scheeren plans to radically transform Frankfurt office block into Jenga-like apartment tower