UNStudio and Monopol Colors have created an extremely reflective white paint that can reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb and cool cities in the face of climate change. More about UNStudio develops The Coolest White paint to cool down our cities
French architect Jean-Paul Viguier chose white perforated metal to clad the three monolithic volumes of a secure cash-processing centre for a bank in Paris.
More about Jean-Paul Viguier completes high-security Banque de France building
Black and white stairways splice and spiral through the Studio Libeskind-designed MO Museum of modern art in Vilnius, Lithuania. More about Skylights and stairways puncture Studio Libeskind's MO Museum in Lithuania
Sculptural white stucco panels and small triangular windows define the facades of this gallery by US studio Schaum/Shieh, which is meant to appear like it could "blow away in the wind". More about Schaum/Shieh covers Houston art gallery in sculptural white panels
Mirco Simonato Architetto has added white-walled courtyards and simple gabled tombs to a cemetery in Megliadino San Vitale, northern Italy. More about Gabled tombs sit within serene courtyards at Italian cemetery
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed a predominantly white Copenhagen showroom for Danish textile brand Kvadrat, so that the fabrics can take centre stage. More about Bouroullec brothers create Kvadrat showroom with "no colours, just materials"
HASA Architects has turned a dark and dingy apartment on the second floor of a three-storey Edwardian Terrace in London's Bankside into an all-white minimalist family home. More about HASA Architects transforms London apartment into "seamless white box"
White blocks containing guest accommodation appear to float on expansive reflecting pools at this minimalist Mexican hotel by Taller Aragonés. More about Shallow pools mirror sugar-cube suites at Hotel Mar Adentro by Taller Aragonés
Behind the white walls of this house in Mexico, architect Abraham Cota Paredes has carved out a courtyard and added a huge window to offer views of a tree planted inside. More about Abraham Cota Paredes' inward-looking Cave House features huge window to tree-planted atrium
The bright white walls of this house by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura are in stark contrast to the vibrant greenery of its setting, in a mountainous park on the outskirts of Lisbon. More about Eduardo Souto de Moura's House in the Serra Arrábida overlooks huge Portuguese park
Oblong windows with pivoting glazing cut through the striking white walls of this minimal five-storey office block in Japan's Aichi Prefecture, designed by local architects Yoshihiro Kato Atelier. More about Oblong windows puncture concrete office block by Yoshihiro Kato Atelier
Perforated metal surfaces form a white "veil" around the main hall of this chapel designed by Neri&Hu for a hotel complex near the Chinese city of Suzhou. More about Neri&Hu's Suzhou Chapel combines textured brick base with ethereal white cube
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has helped to revive a former farming village in the Alentejo region as a high-end hotel, featuring whitewashed interiors and original vaulted ceilings. More about Eduardo Souto de Moura transforms Portuguese farming village into luxury retreat
This week we're highlighting 10 popular home interiors from our from Pinterest boards that feature an all-white colour palette. More about 10 of the most popular all-white interiors from Dezeen's Pinterest boards
White caged balconies project from the sides of this social housing block by French collective Poggi + More, making it look like a series of irregularly stacked boxes. More about White irregularly stacked boxes form social housing in France by Poggi + More
A former factory in Beijing has been overhauled to create a studio and home for a calligraphy artist, featuring bright white galleries and a sloping roof with stepped windows. More about Office Project transforms Beijing factory into skylit artist's home and studio
OMA has finished its perforated Faena Forum art and performance centre in Miami Beach, the heart of a new ocean-side cultural district springing up in the US city. More about OMA completes Faena Forum cultural centre in Miami Beach
White metal louvres covering the facade of this apartment block in Paris can be drawn across windows and balconies to screen against the sun and street. More about Sliding shutters cover Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes' Parisian apartments
Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab has completed a house on the Spanish island of Mallorca, made up of white blocks that are all oriented towards different viewpoints (+ slideshow). More about Four angular white volumes form house in Mallorca by OHLAB
Architect Josué Gillet used shipping containers to construct this prefabricated house in France, which features an asymmetric facade and a rooftop terrace (+ slideshow). More about Converted shipping containers combine to form angular Flying Box house