A thousand tons of volcanic rock replace concrete and steel in Petra Heights, a housing development in north London by architecture studio Groupwork and engineer Webb Yates. More about Groupwork completes "world-first" high-rise held up by stone exoskeleton
New York artist Justin Blinder has created a device that slows the city's paid-share bikes as they pass through parts of the city that are under "greater housing pressure". More about This device slows Citi Bikes in "rent-burdened" New York blocks
Social housing in Spain's Balearic Islands has won this year's Obel Award for demonstrating that public administration can be "a genuine engine for change". More about Balearic Islands' model for social housing wins Obel Award 2026
Portuguese studio António Costa Lima Arquitectos has completed Praia do Bom Sucesso, a block of three homes in Lisbon with an industrial-feeling structure of exposed brickwork and weathered steel. More about António Costa Lima Arquitectos completes warehouse-style housing block in Lisbon
Developer Riksbyggen and creative agency BBDO Nordics have designed three flats based on what a 25-year-old can afford to buy in Sweden today, with the smallest micro home measuring just 1.9 square metres. More about Riksbyggen creates Sweden's smallest apartments to "make the housing crisis tangible"
The New York office of OMA and local practice YA Studio have arranged a 160-home apartment block in San Francisco, California, around multiple courtyards. More about OMA completes first US affordable housing development in San Francisco
A study has found that children living in Star Homes, a housing initiative in Tanzania, have lower rates of malaria, diarrhoea and respiratory infections compared to those living in mud-and-thatch houses. More about Research finds Star Homes housing reduces malaria in children by 44 per cent
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced its shortlist for the Neave Brown Award for Housing 2026, which includes the expansion of a 1970s housing estate with 46 homes for social rent in London. More about RIBA reveals four-strong shortlist for UK's best affordable housing for 2026
The American Institute of Architects has "celebrated" the enactment of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a recently passed bill aimed at speeding up the building and access of affordable housing in the US, saying it may "expand the pipeline of projects" for architects More about AIA calls ROAD to Housing Act an "important step" in housing affordability
A cluster of housing blocks with jagged grass-covered rooftops form Nieuw Bergen, a residential complex completed by Dutch studio MVRDV in Eindhoven. More about MVRDV tops "polite yet radical" Eindhoven housing with angular roofs
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled visuals of Nest and Cascades, a housing development in Tirana that will have overhanging balconies and a colour palette informed by its surroundings. More about Overhanging balconies to unite Albanian housing blocks by Zaha Hadid Architects
Potted plants and doorways shaped like gardeners are dotted across the faceted La Vallée Verte housing in Bordeaux, France, recently completed by Dutch studio MVRDV. More about Plant pots and people-shaped portals animate Bordeaux housing by MVRDV
Danish landscape studio SLA is among the designers of a neighbourhood on an island in Toronto's Port Lands district, set to advance after receiving the all-clear from planning officials in the city. More about Toronto island neighbourhood to feature Canada's "most ambitious" car-free space
Local studio Nicolas Laisné Architectes has completed Vatea, a riverside apartment block in France with a sleek, skinny form that references ship design. More about Vatea apartment block resembles "ship set along the riverbank" in France
Textured brickwork, arch motifs and large mansard roofs nod to the Arts and Crafts style surroundings of Farmstead Road, an affordable housing development in London by local studio Metropolitan Workshop. More about Arts and Crafts details enliven London housing by Metropolitan Workshop
Paris studio MXarchitecture has built 2in1 Houses, a pair of three-bedroom homes that butt up against each other on a suburban plot in the east of the French capital. More about MXarchitecture installs back-to-back homes in Paris suburb
A scalloped facade of white brickwork overlooks a public square at Albion Street, a housing block in east London by local architecture studio Bell Phillips. More about Scalloped facade ensures "strong civic presence" for London housing block
UK studio ShedKM has completed Zodiac, the transformation of a brutalist office block in Croydon, London, into temporary accommodation for families at risk of homelessness. More about ShedKM transforms neglected Croydon office block into temporary accommodation
Bright colours and curvy pathways are found at a supportive housing complex in Los Angeles' East Compton neighbourhood, which was designed by US studio Kadre Architects to "strike a balance between a serious and playful feel". More about Kadre Architects converts rundown Los Angeles motel into permanent housing
A series of "forest rooms" draws pockets of the surrounding woodland into Common Woods, a housing development in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, by Dutch studio Space&Matter. More about Space&Matter nestles timber housing blocks into a Dutch woodland