Slender metal columns support the offset concrete roof of this cylindrical office block designed by Local Architecture for the International Motorcycling Federation on the outskirts of Geneva. Read more
Copenhagen’s Experimentarium features a helical staircase and cladding based on fluid dynamics
Danish studio CEBRA has redesigned a science centre in Copenhagen, adding a shimmering copper-clad staircase that represents the structure of a DNA strand. Read more
NORD Architects’ Copenhagen hospice aims to provide “a unique place for the final journey”
Copenhagen studio NORD Architects has completed a hospice for palliative patients in the heart of the Danish capital, with golden facades featuring curving cutouts that surround quiet courtyards. Read more
Anahata’s pared-back house in western India features facade designed as “a piece of art”
House in Mukainada is a Hiroshima home that straddles a circular path
Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has completed a house in Hiroshima, featuring a circular concrete and wood path that loops through both the building and the garden. Read more
Smartvoll adds sculptural concrete staircase to loft apartment in old Salzburg tank station
DRDH completes elderly home in Belgium featuring pared-back finishes and open-air courtyards
London studio DRDH Architects has built an apartment complex and social centre for elderly people in Aarschot, Belgium, featuring simple materials, communal courtyards and few bold splashes of colour. Read more
Angled walls and fissures break up mass of concrete office building by Vtria Architects
The concrete walls and roof of this headquarters for the Greek city of Lamia's Municipal Water Supply are interrupted by voids and fissures that carve out different routes through the building. Read more
Concrete volumes cantilever and twist to provide mountain views from South Korean holiday resort
This cluster of holiday apartments in South Korea's Gangwon region feature angular concrete and glass volumes that thrust outwards from a sloping site to ensure optimal views. Read more
Jan Sofka takes cues from Japanese home for rural residence near Cape Town
Stone, brick and wood introduce subtle textures to this house near Cape Town, which was designed by architect Jan Sofka to resemble a Japanese home spotted on Dezeen. Read more
Enclosed courtyards frame views of trees and sky at house in a Japanese forest
Architects Megumi Matsubara and Hiroi Ariyama arranged this house in the forest near Karuizawa around five courtyards to provide views of vegetation both inside and outside the building. Read more
Layered cladding emphasises stacked arrangement of L’eau Design’s mixed-use block in Seoul
The stacked volumes that make up this multipurpose building in Seoul's Gangnam district are clad in various materials and diminish in size like the components of a nested Russian doll. Read more
House L27 by dIONISO LAB is arranged around a curving courtyard in northern Portugal
Rob Hootsmans adds serrated glass extension to stone-clad Dutch courthouse
Anako Architecture completes “fortress-like” concrete house in an Alpine town
Cousins & Cousins adds laminated timber and glass extension to brick house in Hackney
Rudy Ricciotti sinks Rivesaltes Memorial Museum in furrow at former French military camp
Conjoined glass and steel tubes form Fuksas Studio’s concert and exhibition venue in Georgia
These images show the tubular forms of a music theatre and exhibition hall by Studio Fuksas, which is nearing completion in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. Read more
Daylight filters in through the roof and walls of Bangladeshi mosque by Marina Tabassum
A colonnade, a group of light wells and perforated brickwork allow light and air to reach the prayer hall of this mosque in Dhaka, which is one of winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016. Read more