Architecture studio LOHA has completed Isla Intersections, a low-cost housing complex for formerly homeless residents that comprises stacked shipping containers and sits on a triangular site near a busy highway interchange. More about LOHA creates affordable housing on challenging site in Los Angeles
A series of irregularly stacked boxes will make up the LuLa Light Mall shopping centre, currently under construction in Chengdu, China, by Dutch studio MVRDV. More about MVRDV unveils design for stacked shopping centre in Chengdu
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
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a staggered skyscraper in Tirana, Albania, designed by Portuguese studio OODA. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features staggered skyscraper in Albania by OODA
Portuguese studio OODA has revealed a skyscraper made up of 13 staggered cube volumes as its design for the Hora Vertikale residential development in Tirana. More about OODA designs staggered skyscraper in Tirana as "unique vertical village"
French architecture studio Atelier 9.81 has designed a tower of staggered concrete blocks for a harbour master's office and lookout building on the Calais coastline. More about Atelier 9.81 models Calais port tower on stack of pebbles
A stack of nine frosted glass "ice cubes" atop a pool of water houses this cultural centre in Xinxiang, China, designed by French studios Mathieu Forest Architecte and Zone Of Utopia. More about Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Centre in China resembles a stack of ice cubes
Büro Ole Scheeren's residential Fifteen Fifteen skyscraper in Vancouver, which will have a distinctive form with numerous stacked boxy volumes, has taken a step closer to reality as apartment pre-sales begin. More about Ole Scheeren's Fifteen Fifteen skyscraper in Vancouver moves forward
Five irregularly stacked boxes wrapped by red staircases will form the Harbour Experience Centre, which MVRDV has designed for the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. More about Stacked exhibition spaces to form Rotterdam port visitor centre by MVRDV
Texas architecture firm Rhode Partners has built a 58-storey residential skyscraper in Austin that features irregularly stacked blocks cantilevering at different levels. More about The Independent by Rhode Partners is Austin's tallest skyscraper
Architecture firm ODA has completed a residential building in Brooklyn with a facade formed of irregularly stacked boxes made of concrete and glass. More about Irregularly stacked cubes form exterior of ODA apartment building in Dumbo
A cluster of irregularly stacked boxes forms a house for a village official in Talangpor, India, designed by Gujarat-based practice Neogenesis+Studi0261. More about Irregularly stacked boxes hide central courtyard of village house in India
The rocky north coast and traditional white-washed buildings of Menorca inform the irregularly stacked boxes of a holiday home in Coves Noves by architects Nomo Studio. More about Nomo Studio creates angular stacked holiday home in Menorca
Dutch architect OMA has built the 24-storey Nhow Amsterdam RAI Hotel in Amsterdam, which is made from three triangular volumes stacked on top of each other. More about OMA reveals tower made from trio of stacked triangles
A stack of low, glazed forms house the Eurartisanat Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat des Hauts-de-Franc in Lille, France, designed by Dutch architecture firm Kaan Architecten and Pranlas-Descours Architect and Associates. More about Kaan Architecten and Pranlas-Descours Architect and Associates design stacked glass Eurartisanat headquarters in Lille
Stacked boxes clad in stone perch on a rocky outcrop overlooking Durgam Cheruvu Lake in Hyderabad in this house designed by architecture studio CollectiveProject. More about Granite boxes form clifftop house overlooking a lake in India
Architecture studio J Mayer H has stripped back a set of brutalist buildings to create a house in Germany that occupies a stack of concrete blocks with mirrored walls. More about J Mayer H carves house in Germany from a stack of concrete blocks
Australian architect Matt Gibson has created a multi-generational home from a stack of zinc-clad boxes on a narrow infill site in Melbourne. More about Stacked zinc boxes form multi-generational house in Melbourne
New York firm SHoP Architects has designed an irregularly stacked office building for the US Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. More about SHoP unveils US Embassy offices for lush site in Bangkok
Shifted floor plates and slanted elements lend an off-kilter appearance to a boutique hotel in a Denver art district, designed by US firm Dynia Architects. More about Irregularly stacked volumes form The Source Hotel by Dynia Architects