Jessica Mairs
Terunobu Fujimori works with Kingston University students to create charred timber pavilion
Graduate shows 2016: Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori worked with students from Kingston University to create this tiered pavilion, which is clad in pieces of charred timber, zinc and chestnut wood (+ slideshow). More
Cluster of gabled blocks form forest holiday home by Studio Nauta
Dutch office Studio Nauta created an ensemble of new and old gabled blocks for this family holiday home, which is secluded within a dense forest on the southern coastline of the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More
Partners Hill hides Aesop pop-up among the undergrowth at Tasmanian music festival
Revellers at a Tasmanian music festival were invited to cool off inside this wooden pavilion filled with Aesop products, designed by architecture studio Partners Hill (+ movie). More
Architecture schools need to teach entrepreneurship, says Odile Decq
French architect and Confluence Institute founder Odile Decq has called for entrepreneurial skills to be taught in architecture schools to help architects navigate the "broken" global economy. More
Kodasema creates tiny prefabricated house that moves with its owners
This tiny prefabricated dwelling by Estonian design collective Kodasema is designed to allow its residents to up sticks and move to a new location in less than a day (+ slideshow). More
Campana brothers use palm fibre to give hairy texture to São Paulo house
Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have built a house in São Paulo that is covered in palm fibre to give it a hairy exterior (+ slideshow). More
Paper House Project inserts gridded glass atrium into London warehouse home
Architecture studio Paper House Project has added a double-height atrium surrounded by gridded windows to an apartment in a converted warehouse in east London (+ slideshow). More
Renzo Piano slashes height of controversial Paddington skyscraper
Renzo Piano has cut 54 storeys from his stalled Paddington Pole skyscraper to create a new proposal for a "floating" glass cube on the site by London's Paddington station. More
Perforated screens cover Barcelona marina buildings by SCOB Architecture and Landscape
SCOB Architecture and Landscape has built a restaurant and an office block in Barcelona's Port Vell Marina, and covered both buildings with perforated white screens (+ slideshow). More
Raúl Sánchez uses angled walls to create blind spots in open-plan apartment in Barcelona
Grey-veined marble is paired with raw concrete and exposed pipework in this Barcelona apartment, in which architect Raúl Sánchez has used angled walls to create visual breaks in the layout. More
Office AIO transforms Beijing hutong residence into coffee bar and guest room
Office AIO has converted a courtyard residence in Beijing's Xiang'er Hutong into a tiny cork- and tile-lined coffee bar with a traditionally styled guest room (+ slideshow). More
Kengo Kuma dresses Shanghai tower in pleated aluminium for Soho China
Strips of perforated aluminium give a pleated appearance to the facade of this Shanghai tower designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for property developer Soho China (+ slideshow). More
"In the future we will all be homeless" says co-living entrepreneur
Home ownership is set to become a thing of the past, according to the entrepreneur behind London co-living start-up The Collective, because socially liberated millennials are more likely to choose "living as a service". More
Bark cladding and clashing colours create "joyful chaos" in school by Dominique Coulon & Associés
Hot pink and orange paintwork accentuate niches in the wooden facade of this school designed by French office Dominique Coulon & Associés for the Parisian suburb of Colombes (+ slideshow). More
Robert and Jessica Barker build trio of London houses including live-work space for themselves
Brick piers frame the double-height windows of these three houses that husband-and-wife team Robert and Jessica Barker have slotted behind a row of Victorian terraces in southeast London (+ slideshow). More
Muhammad Sahrum proposes hot-desking and games in conceptual 21st-century embassy
Graduate shows 2016: architecture graduate Muhammad Sahrum has envisioned an embassy for the 21st century, with flexible workspaces and games rooms to make diplomatic decision making more informal. More
Cerrado House by Vazio features terraces overlooking Brazil's Sierra da Moeda mountains
Architects office Vazio has completed a concrete residence in the foothills of the Sierra da Moeda mountain range in southeast Brazil, featuring a rooftop pool and terrace (+ slideshow). More
Sunken pools and planting proposed to ease flooding in Copenhagen neighbourhood
A network of sunken basins and water-purifying planting has been developed by landscape studio SLA and engineering firm Ramboll to help avert flooding in a Copenhagen neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More
First Yo! Home scheme to compact houses into small apartments
"Intuitive" apartments with moving surfaces and foldaway furniture will feature in the first residential development from the team behind Yo! Sushi and Yotel, which is currently awaiting planning permission. More
Conceptual home for couples designed to split into two halves after divorce
This floating house is designed by Amsterdam-based Studio OBA to break apart, so unhappily married occupants can cast their spouses adrift. More