Cloaked in layers of white disks, architecture studio BIG has revealed plans for a mixed-use building in Tirana containing apartments, offices, cultural spaces and water features. More about BIG designs cloud-like Tirana Fountain Plaza raised above public park
Architecture studios Carmody Groarke, Atama and Re-st have completed the revamp of Design Museum Gent in Belgium, adding a geometric volume wrapped in waste-based white bricks. More about White-brick extension defines Design Museum Gent revamp
A crisp white cube has been nested within the old brick shell of an existing building to create Casa Nido, a Spanish house designed by local studio Iterare Arquitectos. More about Iterare Arquitectos inserts stark white home into shell of old Spanish building
A cluster of white gabled volumes that represent a village demolished during the Holocaust make up The Lost Shtetl Jewish Museum, completed by Finnish architecture studio Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects in Lithuania. More about LMA designs Jewish history museum as "dreamscape" of village destroyed in Holocaust
A pair of white towers anchor a mixed-used project called Central Station, which was designed by US firm Multistudio to serve as "a model for multimodal development" in Phoenix. More about Multistudio designs towers with "crisp white skin" in Downtown Phoenix
Local studio David Baker Architects has completed a tower with a "folded" facade on Treasure Island, a man-made island in San Francisco that is being converted into a residential neighbourhood. More about David Baker Architects completes tallest building in San Francisco's Treasure Island development
Colour specialist Pantone has announced Cloud Dancer as its 2026 colour of the year – an understated, greyish white hue chosen to signify a yearning for "a future free from toxicity and excess". More about "Lofty white" Cloud Dancer named Pantone Colour of the Year 2026
A series of white pointed-dome classrooms cluster around curved paths at the Al Fanar School in Dubai, designed by local architecture studio Emkaan to nurture creativity among students. More about Emkaan creates clusters of pointed-dome classrooms for Dubai school
A white concrete dome punctured by porthole-like windows shelters this holiday home in California, designed by Ukrainian designer and builder Anastasiya Dudik. More about Domed home in California is designed to feel both "ancient and otherworldly"
A near-continuous curved facade and slatted screens have been included to create privacy for this house designed by Canadian studio Architecture Building Culture on a prominent rocky outcrop in West Vancouver. More about Architecture Building Culture wraps white curved facade around Piano House in Canada
Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has designed the monochrome Beijing flagship store for Swedish clothing brand Toteme, which features a pleated white stone facade. More about Herzog & de Meuron inserts zigzagged staircase in Toteme Beijing flagship store
Chinese studio Muda Architects has added a series of glazed commercial spaces topped with snaking rooftop walkways to the Lujiatan Wetland Park in Chengdu. More about Muda Architects punctures sinuous retail centre in China with double-helix viewpoint
With Christmas fast approaching, our latest lookbook rounds up eight residential interiors from around the world dressed in dazzling white. More about Eight snowy all-white interiors that celebrate a singular hue
Local architecture studio Dílna has extended the art department at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, creating a minimalist stack of studios that were designed to look "more like a modern art gallery than a traditional educational facility". More about Dílna houses Brno art studios within a stack of white cubes
Vancouver-based design firm Campos Studio has created a sculptural white house with a large cantilever on the rocky coastline of Los Zacatitos to celebrate both the sea and the sky in Baja California, Mexico. More about Campos Studio creates descending off-the-grid house in Baja California
A simple steel framework incorporates both desks and storage in the self-designed all-white studio of architecture firm Ministry of Design in Singapore. More about Ministry of Design's Workshop is a collaborative space for post-Covid working
Architecture studio Corstorphine & Wright has completed The Scoop, an office extension in London named after the gouge in its white-brick facade. More about Corstorphine & Wright carves scoop into office facade to celebrate neighbouring church
Architecture practice Parallel Studio has punctured the white walls of this children's library in Zanzibar with small holes, providing natural ventilation and casting shadows across books inside. More about Parallel Studio creates Mariam's Library for young students in Zanzibar
Mexican architecture practice FMT Estudio has renovated and extended a 1980s house adding clean white facades accented by wooden and wrought iron details in Mérida on the Yucatán peninsula. More about FMT Estudio expands 1980s Mexican house to merge "architecture and life"
Danish fashion brand Samsøe Samsøe has launched a pop-up gallery for Paris Fashion Week that features an all-white interior decorated with artwork and furniture made from the brand's T-shirts. More about Samsøe Samsøe's Paris pop-up gallery is a "blank canvas" decorated with clothing artworks