A wildlife viewing deck and an elevated "canopy walk" through the forest are among the features at Beech Bluff County Park, which was designed by local firms In Situ Studio and Surface 678 for an area near Raleigh, USA. More about In Situ Studio and Surface 678 add elevated "canopy walk" to North Carolina park
Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has unveiled plans to transform a historic transportation depot into a greenery-covered public space in Rome's Della Vittoria neighbourhood. More about Stefano Boeri Architetti to convert depot into community hub in Rome
British studio Foster + Partners has unveiled its final designs for memorial statues and a glass bridge dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II, approved for London's St James's Park. More about Foster + Partners reveals final design for "serene and contemplative" Queen Elizabeth II memorial
American architecture studio Weiss/Manfredi has released updated designs for the "reimagined" La Brea Tar Pits campus in Los Angeles, including a research annexe to the Page Museum and a redesign of the surrounding grounds. More about Weiss/Manfredi release designs of "unfolding experience" at La Brea Tar Pits in LA
London-based Mary Duggan Architects has unveiled designs for a garden workshop with a sloping, angular roof for The Hepworth Wakefield Garden in West Yorkshire, UK. More about Mary Duggan Architects reveals angular workshop for The Hepworth Wakefield Garden
Plans have been unveiled for a sculpture garden beside the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which will see three brick pavilions renovated by British architecture studio Foster + Partners. More about Foster + Partners unveils designs for Rijksmuseum sculpture garden pavilions
Architecture studio Snøhetta is set to transform a former railway site into a riverside park and cultural destination in Drammen, Norway, adding a theatre and conference hall with an arched green roof. More about Snøhetta designs Skamarken riverside development with mound-like theatre
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has named a public park, renewed by studios Stallan-Brand and LDA Design, as the winner of the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award for 2025. More about Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen named Scotland's best new building
A public park is the centrepiece of Cloud 11, a creative hub in Bangkok, Thailand, recently completed by architecture studio Snøhetta with local firm A49 Architects. More about Snøhetta creates "Thailand's largest elevated lawn" at Cloud 11 creative hub
Architecture studio Atelier Xi has completed the AYDC Public Art Centre in Guiyang, China, dividing its spaces across three sculptural stone-clad pavilions set in a landscaped park. More about Atelier Xi creates cave-like pavilions for Chinese arts centre
Brooklyn-based studio nArchitects has designed two waterfront park pavilions that address the conditions of flood-prone sites along the Hudson River in New York and New Jersey, USA. More about nArchitects designs twin park pavilions on either side of the Hudson River
Susan T Rodriguez has designed a revitalised recreational facility in Central Park, rebuilding a 1960s ice rink and pool and reconnecting the park's natural waterways in the centre of New York City. More about Central Park recreation facility designed as "ultimate fusion of landscape and architecture"
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled plans for an interfaith complex on a hillside near Tirana, Albania, which will have a cluster of pavilions that celebrate different religions. More about BIG to weave tree-like interfaith complex through Albanian hillside
As part of a series of pavilions installed in an Iowa park system, Arizona design studio I/Thee has created the Puddle Pavilion, which is topped with caps made of "splattered" algae-based resin. More about I/Thee forms "frozen river in the sky" with algae-based Iowa pavilion
Architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its design for Khalid Bin Sultan City in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, which will be built alongside the studio's Beeah Headquarters. More about Zaha Hadid Architects arranges Sharjah city masterplan around "central oasis"
Local studio Sanders Pace Architecture has completed a steel pavilion with an "innovative structural cantilever system" in a 100-acre park in Knoxville, Tennessee. More about Sanders Pace Architecture cantilevers porous steel pavilion over Tennessee park
Protesters have used the distinct pink furniture of a Los Angeles park as barricades during demonstrations in the city, sparking commentary from the bench's designer Rios. More about Pink park furniture used as barricades in LA protests shows design's "fundamental value" says designer
Architecture studio ODA has converted a derelict parking structure into a multi-use structure called OLA Palermo, adding green space on top as an extension of a nearby park. More about ODA converts parking garage into park-covered building in Buenos Aires
Local architecture studio AMASA Estudio has repaired a communal pavilion for a housing block in Mexico City as part of an overall effort to improve public spaces in the city. More about AMASA Estudio repairs derelict pavilion for Mexican social housing block
Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has created a sound installation for a sculpture park in Shanghai, featuring horn-shaped speaking tubes, swings and slides to transform the natural environment into a playful gathering space. More about Yuri Suzuki creates acoustic playground for Shanghai park