This week on Dezeen, we unveiled a family home in Mumbai with rooms spread across 12 floors, courtesy of Indian studio Spasm Design.
To make the house stand out among the surrounding grey buildings, Spasm Design wrapped the home in terracotta panels and created cutouts to reveal balconies and terraces.
We followed up the story with a roundup of recently completed Indian houses with unusual designs, including a house made from more than 6,000 discarded toys and a home with living spaces that snake around trees and rocks.
Tom Greenhill says yoghurt can be painted on windows to keep homes cool
Also this week, British engineer Tom Greenhill proposed painting the outside of windows with yoghurt to help cool homes during the UK's increasingly intense heatwaves. According to Greenhill, applying yoghurt with a roller creates an effect reminiscent of fritted glass that reflects light, offering a low-cost, low-energy solution for people who don't have access to more elaborate cooling measures.
The Central Bank of Iraq by Zaha Hadid Architects is nearing completion
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects revealed images of a twisting exoskeleton frame for the Central Bank of Iraq skyscraper, which is nearing completion in Baghdad.
Although still under construction, the 170-metre-tall reinforced concrete structure is now the tallest building in the city and the second tallest in the country.
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