Fashion brand Prada has worked with local design studio 2x4 to cover a New York City store in functional seafoam-green scaffolding designed to shift visually with changing light and weather. More about Prada plays on typical New York scaffolding with mesh-wrapped installation
A scalloped facade of white brickwork overlooks a public square at Albion Street, a housing block in east London by local architecture studio Bell Phillips. More about Scalloped facade ensures "strong civic presence" for London housing block
Dutch manufacturer Pretty Plastic has created the facade for Plus Ultra III, the first timber laboratory building in the Netherlands, using tiles made from recycled post-consumer plastic waste. More about Pretty Plastic clads timber laboratory building in upcycled plastic tiles
Local studio Schemata Architects drew on historic townhouses when creating this office along Japan's Tōkaidō road, which features a corrugated metal facade with window shutters that open "as if breathing". More about Schemata Architects reimagines machiya house with metal awnings for Uchida Shōten HQ
Architecture studio HCCH has designed a doughnut-shaped viewpoint and pavilion in Huizhou, China, featuring oval openings and a concrete facade with a bamboo texture. More about HCCH Studio creates doughnut-shaped pavilion on Chinese mountain
Chinese architecture studio SoBA Architects has completed a cafe and florist shop in Kunshan, China, within a foldable box. More about SoBA designs cafe in China as "a living container" with dynamic facades
Architectural Design & Research Institute of South China University of Technology has designed the Lunar Tower, an observation tower that sits within a mangrove reserve on Hainan Island. More about Observation tower in China topped with moon-shaped viewing platform
Architecture studio Linehouse has completed a new food market in Shanghai, China, featuring a series of translucent sloping screens to create a new facade. More about Linehouse adds translucent sloping facade to Shanghai food market
Promotion: the slender Fusion thin bricks by brick manufacturer Acme Brick lend a pearlescent quality to the facades of this office building in Texas, designed by US studio An.onymous. More about Acme Brick helps make dermatologist's office a "visual playground"
From a British school to a secluded house in the Hudson Valley, here is an eclectic mix of buildings from the Dezeen archives with rustic yet refined facades of rough-sawn timber. More about Eight buildings enveloped in rustic rough-sawn timber cladding
London studio Bureau de Change has created an Athens store featuring intricate metalwork and an asymmetric window for Greek jewellery designer Nikos Koulis. More about Jewellery informs Bureau de Change's facade for Nikos Koulis store in Athens
Interior studio Linehouse has turned a historic art deco building in Macau into Kam Pek Market, a food hall designed to evoke local culture. More about Linehouse transforms historic Macau community centre into street food market
Architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has completed West Bund Grand Theatre in Shanghai, which pays homage to the movement of the Huangpu River and the site's industrial past. More about West Bund Grand Theatre celebrates Shanghai's industrial past
Architecture studio OMA has completed the Jomoo headquarters in Xiamen, China, featuring a facade composed of white ceramic stripes with a mountain-like base. More about OMA wraps Jomoo headquarters in white ceramic stripes
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled photos of the illuminated, geometric facade at China Merchants Bank Headquarters, which is nearing completion in Shenzhen. More about Foster + Partners reveals photos of Shenzhen supertall skyscraper ahead of completion
Promotion: American brick manufacturer The Belden Brick Company has developed a custom sawtooth brick shape that forms the defining feature of One Park Point, a new residential tower in Brooklyn, New York. More about Custom sawtooth brick shape by Belden Brick creates textured facade for Brooklyn residential tower
Architecture practice BAT Studio has completed The Blooming Shed in north London, which has a facade that opens and closes like a set of drawers. More about BAT Studio unveils garden room with walls that move back and forth
A team of researchers at Cornell University led by designer Jenny Sabin is developing a flexible solar material called HelioSkin that is integrated with sun-tracking capabilities similar to the biomechanics of sunflowers. More about Cornell researchers are developing flexible "sun-tracking" material
A Florida International University study in Houston has concluded that damage from "non-hurricane" events, such as a derecho wind storm, can cause more damage to tall buildings than hurricanes More about Damage to Houston skyscrapers from derecho winds "more severe" than hurricane
Slanted concrete panels pocked with holes shield the facade of this house in Vietnam, created by architecture practice M+TRO Studio for a family of five. More about M+TRO Studio shelters Kho Rèn House in Vietnam with angled concrete panels