A slide that doubles as a bookshelf in a South Korean house and a swooping mirrored tunnel that descends the four levels of a New York apartment feature in our latest lookbook of homes with interior slides. More
For our latest lookbook we've gathered ten projects, from family homes to toy company offices, that feature slides at the heart of their interiors. More
Shanghai studio AIM Architecture has inserted a red staircase that resembles a children's slide in the middle of this clothing store to create a playful interior. More
Reflect Architecture has renovated a house for a young family living in Toronto, Canada, by brightening its truncated interiors and twisting a blue slide through its centre. More
Design studio Integrated Field has created colourful arched interiors filled with animals and clouds to provide an enjoyable experience for children at a hospital in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. More
Architecture studio X+ Living has built a polka-dot slide into a ball pit and giant pastel parasols within the Shenzhen Neobio Family Park in a shopping centre in China. More
This week we're updating our Pinterest boards that celebrate the projects that don't take themselves too seriously. Browse inflatables and bouncy-castle installations, hammocks and swings and slides used as alternatives to staircases. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More
Norwich Cathedral in England has installed a helter skelter so visitors can get a better view of its vaulted nave before sliding down. More
Design studio Splinterworks has created a sculptural waterslide that is designed to mimic the barrel shape of a wave before it breaks. More
Twin slides loop through a Renaissance palace created as part of an installation by Carsten Höller and neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, which explores emotional effects of people on plants. More
Carsten Höller will explore how plants react to human emotions through his next slide installation, set to be built inside the courtyard of a palazzo in Florence, Italy. More
Belgian artist Carsten Höller has created one of his massive slide towers at a shopping mall north of Miami, where visitors can race each other down its pair of tunnels. More
South African firm SAOTA has built its first project in Miami Beach: an expansive, waterfront home that boasts a basketball court and a waterslide. More
Slides aren't just for playgrounds – they can offer escape routes from meetings or easy access to your kitchen. This week's roundup from our Pinterest boards showcases 10 homes and offices that find inventive uses for them. More
The engineering firm behind London's 10-storey-high Sky Pool, Eckersley O'Callaghan, has demonstrated its latest glass innovation: a nine-metre-long slide (+ slideshow). More
Mazes, slides, nets, fireman's poles and climbing walls all feature inside this Copenhagen community centre, designed by architecture studios MVRDV and Adept to encourage adults to be more active (+ slideshow). More
Chinese studio MAD has draped a "skin" of white asphalt shingles over the wooden structure of an old house in Japan's Aichi Prefecture to create a kindergarten with a curving roofline (+ slideshow). More
Landscape architecture firm West 8 has added rolling hills with playgrounds and art installations across Governors Island in New York harbour (+ slideshow). More
Daredevils can enjoy sweeping views of Los Angeles while descending a transparent slide almost 1,000 feet above the city (+ movie). More
A giant slide by Belgian artist Carsten Höller that spirals through the frame of the Anish Kapoor-designed ArcelorMittal Orbit opens to the public tomorrow. More