San Francisco-based Avava Systems has created a prefabricated micro dwelling with components that are shipped in flat-packed boxes, to enable easier transportation and assembly (+ slideshow). More
Rio 2016: events are in full swing at venues across Rio de Janeiro for this summer's Olympics, so we've collected together 10 of our favourite stadiums and arenas that have hosted the games over the years to see how they compare (+ slideshow). More
Rio 2016: to protect them from the Zika virus during the Rio Olympics, South Korea's athletes are wearing repellent-infused uniforms that keep mosquitoes at bay. More
From desert hideaways to clifftop villas, the houses in this next roundup from our series spotlighting different US states are all in California (+ slideshow). More
Construction has started on a human-body-inspired headquarters for Chinese fashion group Xinhee, designed by architecture studio MAD (+ slideshow). More
Swiss firm Daluz Gonzalez Architekten has set a nest-like terrace into the roof of an angular house it has completed in a forest near Basel, Switzerland (+ slideshow). More
Herzog & de Meuron, Studio Gang and Diller Scofidio + Renfro are among the star-studded list of architects in the running to design a new campus for London's Royal College of Art. More
This concrete summer house by Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk stands among pine trees in the seaside resort of Mar Azul near Buenos Aires (+ slideshow). More
Danish brand Menu will launch its new collection of minimal furniture, lighting and accessories at this September's edition of Maison&Objet (+ slideshow). More
People's Architecture Office has used 12 shipping containers to build a temporary, red and yellow pavilion in a fast-growing town in China's Shanxi province (+ slideshow). More
Canadian studio Appareil Architecture has converted an ageing Montreal industrial facility into a modern restaurant featuring a fire pit and original details, such as exposed concrete columns and red brick (+ slideshow). More
Architecture firm Foster + Partners has released a fresh set of renderings showing its Oceanwide Center development for San Francisco's downtown area, which gained planning approval earlier this year (+ slideshow). More
World Heritage Corb: a 1930s apartment building in Paris designed by French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, intended to afford residents a contemporary lifestyle, is among his projects recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage List (+ slideshow). More
Comments update: New York's luxury construction boom continues to spark debate, as readers react to Elizabeth Diller's warning that supertall towers are damaging the city. More
Swiss architect Jacques Herzog has declared his support for plans by the Chinese government to curb the number of flamboyant and "weird" buildings in the country. More
A Tesla Model X has safely driven its owner to a hospital, after he activated the car's auto-pilot function following a potentially fatal blood clot. More
A vessel said to be the world's largest aircraft has left its hangar for the first time, in preparation for a test flight (+ slideshow). More
Architect Ben Derbyshire has been elected to become the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. More
Snøhetta has won a competition to design the headquarters of Banque Libano Francaise in Beirut, the firm's first project in Lebanon. More
Architecture firms Stanton Williams and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands have been selected to design the first buildings at University College London's proposed Olympic Park campus, which is set to include a major new school of design. More