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Metal-clad boxes stand on opposite sides of a glazed atrium to form this sports education and training facility at the University of Canberra, which features an indoor sprint track (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The covers of subway ventilation ducts have been used as walls, railings and storage closets in this renovated Montreal apartment designed by Canadian architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque. Read more View the full article

Argentinian firm Adamo-Faiden has built a concrete tower in Buenos Aires, flanked on two sides by metal-grated walls that conceal dozens of private gardens. Read more

Layers of fine stainless steel mesh envelop this house in Tokyo by local architect Fumihiko Sano, making it look like it is wrapped in gauzy fabric (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

After hours, rolling metal shutters fasten across these New York apartments designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stripy metal panels wrap the exterior of this Japanese house apart from a section at the front, creating a visual effect that prompted architect Takeru Shoji to name the building after a cardigan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Galvanised steel panels create fuss-free facades for the blocks of this Stockholm housing complex by Joliark, concealing all gutters and tidying away window frames. (more…) View the full article

These three zinc-cloaked towers form a power plant on the roof of an old beer brewery in Sydney, which will supply energy to a new housing and shopping complex on the site below (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Slovenian studio Dekleva Gregoric Arhitekti have completed a metal-recycling plant in Pivka, Slovenia. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hamburg designer Alexa Lixfeld has sent us new pictures of her Metamorphose collection, including a series of silver cutlery comprising spoons, forks and ambiguous shapes in between. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2013: Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has designed a set of minimal dials to monitor air temperature, pressure and humidity for Italian brand Magis. (more...) View the full article

Lance is a range of tubular wall lights, designed to highlight the details and textures of a building's surface, which Meteor Lighting is launching at the VDF products fair. Read more View the full article

Greek architect Aristeide Antonasto has designed a metal-clad extension on stilts for a courtyard in central Athens. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Music: tying in with our series on Brutalist architecture, this music video by director Callum Cooper follows British band Metronomy around London's Barbican Estate (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Architects J. Mayer. H have completed a giant latticed timber canopy as part of their redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacíon in Seville, Spain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Metropolitan Workshop's tower of small modular homes in London is covered in a "chameleon-style" facade of glazed terracotta that changes colour in the different light conditions. Read more

Fernando Romero and two other Mexican architects have unveiled plans to transform Mexico City's Avenida Chapultepec into a public park featuring trees, cafe plazas, a raised promenade and water features. (more…) View the full article

In the second of a series of short movies about Frida Escobedo, the Mexican architect describes the architecture scene in her home country. Read more

A limestone lattice curves around a tropical garden at the centre of this house in Colima, Mexico, which architecture firm CDM has designed to provide its residents with an "unending vacation". Read more View the full article

Mexican Dream is an exhibition of work by students and professors of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, which is being presented at VDF x Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Mexican designer Gloria Cortina teamed with studio Gomez de Tuddo Arquitectos to create this stark white beach house with minimal interiors for art collectors in Cabo. Read more

Shanghai Expo 2010: here are some images of the Mexican pavilion designed by Mexican studio Slot. at Shanghai Expo 2010, taken by Iwan Baan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Six students from the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico have designed low-cost solar lamps made from mud, beans and cactus slime for people living in isolated rural areas with limited electricity. Read more View the full article

Floor-to-ceiling glazing retracts to open up the interiors of this concrete home in Mexico City, designed by local firm JJRR/Arquitectura. Read more View the full article

Furniture by Frida Escobedo and designer Hector Esrawe are among the designs decorating a "magnificent" 1970s house in Mexico City, for the inaugural exhibit from Masa gallery. Read more