Concrete roof matches steep gradient of Chilean home by Max Núñez Arquitectos
A continuous flight of steps covers the roof of this home in Chile by Max Núñez Arquitectos, which runs parallel to the site's steep slope down to the Pacific Ocean. More
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Richard Meier completes Bauhaus-inspired tower in Tel Aviv
American architect Richard Meier has finished work on his first project in Israel, a residential tower covered in a "veil" of white louvres that ensure the building is in keeping with its Bauhaus-era neighbours in Tel Aviv's White City. More
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Zooco Estudio uses granite to unify disparate blocks of Gallician arts centre
Spanish Zooco Estudio has completed a complex of granite-clad buildings in the city of Verín that come together to form an arts centre for the Galician region. More
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Double-sided tape secures cladding to LA residence by Studio Pali Fekete
Los Angeles architecture firm Studio Pali Fekete has used double-sided sticky tape to affix the cladding panels to this home for an executive of adhesives company 3M (+ slideshow). More
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Richard Meier's first project in South Korea is a waterfront hotel for the Winter Olympics
American architect Richard Meier says his first Korean project, the Seamarq Hotel, has qualities that are similar to influential homes he designed in the 1960s and 70s (+ movie). More
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Coloured "mountains" protrude from children's science museum by LHSA+DP
Three mountain-inspired structures with colourful patterned surfaces intersect the glass volume of the recently opened Muzeiko children's museum, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia (+ slideshow). More
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Jakob + MacFarlane adds sinuous green skin and curved chasms to Euronews headquarters
Built in Lyon's docklands, Jakob + MacFarlane's new headquarters for international news channel Euronews features an acid-green facade punctured by two huge egg-shaped holes (+ slideshow). More
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MVRDV created "a different kid on the block" with Haus am Hang, says Jacob van Rijs
MVRDV co-founder Jacob van Rijs explains how the staggered formation of his firm's Haus am Hang in Stuttgart gives every floor its own outdoor space in the latest movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More
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Bright red mirrors clad Jean Nouvel's addition to a French wine-making estate
Jean Nouvel's studio has extended a winery in south-west France, but instead of matching the traditional stone and timber architecture, the new structure is clad with vivid red metal (+ slideshow). More
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Sinuous ESO headquarters by Auer Weber curves around courtyards and over gardens
German architecture office Auer Weber has extended an astronomic research facility near Munich by adding interconnected cylinders with hollow centres and curvy corridors raised up on stilts (+ slideshow). More
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Kengo Kuma's Aix en Provence Conservatory of Music boasts pleated aluminium walls
Folded aluminium panels create vertical and horizontal pleats across the walls of this music conservatory and concert hall completed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in the south of France (+ slideshow). More
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Jean Nouvel's Barcelona Hotel has leafy windows and a plant-filled atrium
This 27-storey Barcelona hotel by Ateliers Jean Nouvel is punctured by windows shaped like palm fronds and contains a huge atrium filled with palm trees and tropical vegetation (photos by Roland Halbe). More
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White Space orthodontic clinic with Corian walls by Bureauhub
Almost everything is pristinely white inside this dental clinic in Sicily by architecture studio Bureauhub, from the walls and floors to furniture, equipment and staff uniforms (photos by Roland Halbe + slideshow). More
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ArboSkin pavilion made from bioplastic by ITKE
The spiky modules used to build this curving pavilion in Stuttgart, Germany, are made from a bioplastic containing over 90 percent renewable materials (photography by Roland Halbe). More
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Water Tower in Rancagua by Mathias Klotz
The exterior of this water tower in Chile was designed by architect Mathias Klotz to ripple like a pond disturbed by gentle winds (photographs by Roland Halbe). More
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Restaurant Castillito by Mathias Klotz and Lillian Allen
Chilean architects Mathias Klotz and Lillian Allen have renovated a castle-like residence in Santiago's Parque Forestal to create a restaurant, exhibition space and ice-cream parlour (+ slideshow). More
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Casa Klotz by Mathias Klotz photographed by Roland Halbe
German photographer Roland Halbe has taken new photographs of Casa Klotz, a rural beach house in Chile by architect Mathias Klotz (+ slideshow). More
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Contemporary Art Centre Córdoba by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Rooms and surfaces are generated from a complex web of hexagons at this contemporary arts centre in Córdoba, Spain, by Madrid office Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos (photography is by Roland Halbe). More
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Joanneum Museum extension by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and eep architekten
Cavernous holes in the courtyard of three museum buildings in Graz, Austria, lead underground into a new, shared entrance by Spanish architects Nieto Sobejano and local firm eep architekten (photographs by Roland Halbe). More
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Museum der Kulturen by Herzog & de Meuron
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have positioned a scaly crown over the top of this Basel museum (photographs by Roland Halbe). More
