Danish studio EFFEKT has developed a housing scheme for the Slovakian city of Bratislava, which features a dramatically staggered roofline intended to echo the peaks of a mountain range. More
With the first ever design week underway in the giant industrial city of Shenzhen in China, Dezeen takes a look at some of the newer and more unexpected additions to the calendar – including Riyadh, Medellín and Amman. More
A small pool is slotted between the inner and outer layers of this house near Bratislava, which was designed according to Italian Renaissance principles by local firm Plural (+ slideshow). More
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a bright red model of the Slovak National Gallery forms the centrepiece of the Czech and Slovak Pavilion, which questions whether the countries' Soviet-era architecture should be saved or demolished. More
Ladders lead to sleeping platforms accommodated beneath the hipped roof of this simple Slovakian lake house, which local studio JRKVC designed without any corridors to utilise the available space (+ slideshow). More
Modelled on traditional wooden barns, this gabled house in the Slovakian town of Stara Lubovna has a pair of small wooden lofts squeezed beneath its pitched roof (+ slideshow). More
This giant cube that appears to have landed on its side in the mountains is a proposal by Czech studio Atelier 8000 for a facilities building in Slovakia's High Tatras peaks (+ slideshow). More
Slovakian studio Plusminus Architects has completed a concrete house on the outskirts of Bratislava, with a lower level that juts out to accommodate the owner's office (+ slideshow). More
Slovakian studio JRKVC has designed a small house near Bratislava with one gable wall entirely glazed to fill the interior with light (+ slideshow). More
This social housing block in Slovakia by Bratislava studio Nice Architects features a series of protruding balconies that angle towards sunlight whilst blocking out the noise of car traffic below (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled designs for a complex of towers in Bratislava's city centre (+ slideshow). More
This small bookshop in Bratislava, Slovakia, has a climbing wooden floor that allows it to double up as an informal auditorium. More
Slovakian architects Vallo Sadovsky have created a flexible pavilion for a public square in Bratislava. More