James Brillon

A curved colonnade fronts this extension to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, creating an airy lobby for the gallery and completing the institution’s expansion.

Diez + Muller Arquitectos has extended the corporate offices of an industrial company in Ecuador with a sinuous concrete extension.

A low-slung, modernist home’s massing was shaped to surround an apple tree in this remote retreat by Montreal firm ACDF Architecture.

Weathering-steel accents break up the massing of the all-white Badlands Home that BLDG Workshop designed in a rural area outside of Toronto.

An extension made of corrugated metal panels has been added to a Toronto house to create a new museum and residence for the Canadian artist Charles Pachter.

Metal siding, cantilevers and a rolling window supported by counterweights that slides into the floor characterise Caddy Shack in Austin by Olson Kundig.

Garrison Architects has completed an animal shelter in Staten Island, which is wrapped in glass walls that provide even lighting conditions.

Mexican architecture firm RootStudio has completed a concrete hotel in Oaxaca that was constructed in stages as a “habitable sculpture”.

Stories about US studio Sanders Architecture, including a Texas house with a glazed bridge and a ranch with operable glass walls.

Operable glass walls flank the living spaces of this Texas ranch, which was designed by Sanders Architecture to appear “like it rose up from the land.”

Architectural studio MAPA has completed Argentina’s first Passivhaus-certified residence, a house in the San Fernando Delta that is lifted on stilts to accommodate flood conditions.

CF Taller de Arquitectura and Merodio Arquitectos have completed a vacation home in Mexico’s Valle de Bravo using glue-laminated timber beams.

A series of bridges and exterior staircases connect the various parts of this Mexico City community centre by Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura.

New York City’s David Geffen Hall has reopened after a renovation to modernise the venue’s main concert hall and improve the public spaces that surround it.

Davies Toews Architecture has overhauled a factory building in Ridgewood, Queens to serve as a mixed-use commercial and artistic space.

Mexican architecture firm P+0 has completed a home on a steep hillside in Monterrey, using smaller volumes clustered together to form the resident’s living spaces.

A former motel in rural Massachusetts has been transformed by the hospitality brand Life House into a tranquil getaway in the Berkshires mountains.

AXIA Design Associates and Arriz + Co have completed a pavilion and event space within the University of Alberta’s Botanic Gardens.

Marc Perrotta has renovated a home in Mexico by removing a “clumsy” extension and substituting it for a concrete structure with glass and brick walls.

Courtyards, walkways, and staircases clearly delineate the volumes of this home in Mexico City designed by local studio PPAA.