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A tubular steel slide plummets through four storeys inside this penthouse apartment in New York by architect David Hotson (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Netted balustrades, a tiled studio-cum-playroom and roof lights all feature in this renovated and extended Brooklyn home, designed by VonDalwig Architecture. Read more View the full article

Coloured skylights offer rainbow-hued illuminations on one side of this holiday cottage that Nina Edwards Anker has designed in Long Island, while the other is covered in cedar shingles. Read more

Rooms in this Bangalore house are arranged around a large indoor pool that occupies a double-height atrium below a glazed roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Photographer Jason Strong has sent us his images of the new Skype offices in Stockholm, designed by Swedish firm PS Arkitektur. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Skyroom is a rooftop event space designed by David Kohn Architects above the Architecture Foundation’s London offices. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Partitions that don't reach the ceiling create the illusion of a larger space in this renovated flat in Japan by Naruse Inokuma Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: in 2012 the total number of skyscrapers constructed around the world failed to increase for the first time in six years, says the annual report from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, revealing the continued impact of the global financial crisis that started in 2007. (more...) View the full article

High-rise living is no longer just for people. A team of architecture students from the University at Buffalo has recently constructed a skyscraper for a colony of bees (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

New York's Skyscraper Museum has released an online tool that tracks the growing number of skinny towers in the city. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2014: architect Moshe Safdie has called for a "reorientation" of the way cities are designed, saying that the vogue for skyscrapers and the privatisation of public space is creating cities that are "not worthy of our civilisation". (more...) View the full article

Composite materials and adhesives could "revolutionise" construction and lead to entire towers being glued together, according to American architect Greg Lynn. (more…) View the full article

With BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-To-Energy Plant due to open in Copenhagen later this year, this movie in our Dezeen x MINI Living series explores how its year-round rooftop ski slope designed by SLA Architects was conceived. Read more View the full article

The glazed lower level of this house by Switzerland's Lake Biel are sandwiched between two concrete slabs, helping to protect living spaces and an outdoor terrace from flooding (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Muka Arquitectura's ribbed concrete residence completes the "first piece of the urban puzzle" for a largely undeveloped area of the Spanish city Ciudad Real (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Various Associates has fashioned monochromatic interiors with mirrored surfaces and unusual fur-covered partitions, for this womenswear store in Chongqing, China. Read more

This country retreat by American firm Hariri & Hariri Architecture consists of interlocking volumes clad in ipe and stone and an infinity pool overlooking the verdant, rolling terrain. Read more View the full article

Slate-covered walls frame this swimming pool created by architecture studio LAD in the grounds of an Italian villa, which offers swimmers views of the surrounding hills and valleys (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Elevated walls with marble slats form a canopy above the terrace and swimming pool of this house, which Tescala Architects has based on the natural surroundings in Yucatán, Mexico. Read more View the full article

A louvred wooden screen protects the upper storey of this west-facing house in Singapore from direct sunlight, while the lower levels are partly embedded in the hillside site and shaded by the floors above (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Perched on the edge of a village by the Sea of Galilee in Israel, this house by Golany Architects features numerous balconies that can be shaded by rolling wooden screens. Read more View the full article

Architect Andrew Bromberg at Aedas has revealed the design for an extension to the home of Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in Canada, featuring rounded glass walls wrapped by a slatted stone, and an elevated garden. Read more

Wooden boxes surrounding the tables of this noodle bar in the Chinese city of Shenzhen frame views of the city skyline, which is visible through a full-height glazed wall. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: registration is now open to attend this year's Sleep hotel interior and design event, taking place in London on 20 and 21 November. (more...) View the full article

Russian architects Arch Group have completed the first of their tiny hotel rooms for napping at airports. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article