Monolithic concrete steps evocative of ancient Aztec temples surround open-air living spaces and gardens at the heart of Zicatela, a holiday home in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. More
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has created a mixed-use building in the London borough of Southwark, featuring wood-lined windows set into brick facades. More
Coarse concrete walls and blocky forms echo the appearance of brutalist architecture in this Melbourne store designed by Studio Goss for the fashion brand Kloke. More
The founder of east London architecture studio Paper House Project has transformed a former warehouse in Hackney into a two-bedroom house featuring a double-height living space and nods to its industrial heritage. More
Architect Dominic Pandolfini has more than tripled the size of his once run-down home in Melbourne, by adding a contemporary extension clad with zinc. More
To help this cluster of houses blend into their setting in a Mexican forest, architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso chose to cover the walls in a render made using local soil. More
London studio Carmody Groarke has completed a top-lit members' room at the Victoria & Albert Museum, featuring mirror installations that provide reflected views of spaces inside and outside the building. More
British photographer Rory Gardiner took these shots of Christ & Gantenbein's angular concrete extension to the National Museum Zurich when it was bathed in late winter sunlight. More
Mole Architects has completed a house in the English seaside town of Poole, comprising a pair of blackened-timber volumes that resemble the upturned hull of a boat. More
South London studio Jailmake has redesigned this once "ill-functioning" 1960s house in Peckham by opening up the kitchen and dining area to a spacious garden. More
Five years ago British rapper Tinie Tempah bought a house designed for the late Alexander McQueen. In this exclusive interview and photoshoot, Tinie reveals how he adapted the house, added more taxidermy and how he plans to move into architecture himself. More
A plywood box hosts the kitchen and staircase in this minimal maisonette in Islington, which has been reconfigured and extended by local architect Larissa Johnston. More
These photographs taken by Rory Gardiner capture the new home of London's Design Museum inside the former Commonwealth Institute, which was renovated by John Pawson and OMA. More
These new images by photographer Rory Gardiner capture the striking sawtooth form of the Mexico City gallery designed by architect David Chipperfield to host one of the largest modern art collections in Latin America. More
Architecture studio Paper House Project has added a double-height atrium surrounded by gridded windows to an apartment in a converted warehouse in east London (+ slideshow). More
Business news: open-source furniture brand Opendesk has launched a service aimed at disrupting the contract furniture industry, allowing businesses to order locally manufactured products that can be delivered and installed in just 14 days. More
Architecture studio Ambrosi Etchegaray has slotted four new homes behind a historic facade in Mexico City, but left enough space for three secluded patios (+ slideshow). More
Sadie Snelson Architects has transformed an east London warehouse into a live-work space for a photographer, featuring a folded steel staircase, a mezzanine and wall-mounted storage for bicycles (+ slideshow). More
Open-source furniture company Opendesk has created customised workspace fittings for self-build computer brand Kano (+ slideshow). More
The perforated metal facade of this community enterprise building in Sheffield, England, was designed by Architecture 00 to eventually become a framework for climbing plants (+ slideshow). More