Carlo Ratti proposes floating plaza for Florida waterfront
Architecture office Carlo Ratti Associati has used submarine technologies to design a buoyant public space off the coast of West Palm Beach's Currie Park. More
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Slender roof covers Apple Store Stanford by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
A+Awards: a dramatically thin roof soars over the glass front of the Apple Store at Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto – another of this year's winners at the Architizer A+Awards. More
Diamond-shaped latticework covers Victoria Gate shopping centre by Acme
London firm Acme has completed a shopping centre in Leeds, England, featuring a white latticed concrete facade and an interior modelled on old-fashioned arcades. More
Angular brick theatre by Reset Architecture sits in a woodland clearing
This theatre at a Dutch holiday camp features a pair of differently sized gables and patterned brick cladding that harmonises with the tones of its woodland site. More
yHa architects converts Japanese sake brewery building into tasting and exhibition space
Japanese studio yHa Architects has inserted a steel cuboid, wall and stairs inside this former rice mill in Saga Prefecture to create a sake tasting and exhibition space. More
CHROFI wins Australian conservatory contest with "hovering cube" design
Sydney studio CHROFI has won a competition to create a new conservatory at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra with plans for a raised cube dressed in curtain-like glazing. More
Call for entries to Experiential Beer Garden competition 2016
Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for architects and designers to submit ideas to transform a 16th-century Italian villa into a beer brewery. More
Dramatic folded canopy shelters riverside terrace of MX_SI Architects' auditorium in Spain
A huge canopy extends from one side of this auditorium in the Spanish province of Córdoba and folds over a riverside terrace, encouraging visitors to loiter around before and after performances. More
Zhang Ke slots work and play spaces into Beijing's ancient hutong courtyards
Through a series of renovations and new insertions, Chinese architect Zhang Ke has transformed some of Beijing's ageing hutongs into hubs of activity. More
Kerstin Thompson adds intimate underground tasting room to Australian winery
A doorway discreetly set into a circular stone wall leads into this moody subterranean wine cellar that architect Kerstin Thompson has created at Australia's TarraWarra vineyard. More
Alvar Aalto "changed the history of skateboarding"
Finnish Modernist architect Alvar Aalto accidentally invented the skateboard bowl with a 1930s swimming pool design, according to a US skateboarding magazine and a Finnish newspaper. More
Wooden stables completed by Pook on the edge of a Finnish forest
This wooden stables on the edge of a Finnish forest features an asymmetric gabled roof which covers stalls for the horses and a lowered barn containing manure (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid's Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre nears completion
These new photographs reveal a vast cultural complex by Zaha Hadid Architects, which is reaching its final stages of construction in the Chinese city Nanjing (+ slideshow). More
Elevated walkway and visitor centre added to 12th-century abbey ruins by Binario Architectes
Binario Architectes has used Corten steel, concrete and wood to create a series of new additions to the Villers Abbey in Belgium, including a visitor centre and an elevated pathway (+ slideshow). More
Norwegian climbing centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter resembles a snow-capped mountain
The jagged form of this climbing centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter is covered in grey, brown and white shingles that reference a snow-covered mountain behind the building (+ slideshow). More
Heatherwick unveils staircase structure as "centrepiece" for New York's Hudson Yards
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed a honeycomb-like structure comprising a series of interconnected staircases to sit at the centre of the vast Hudson Yards development on Manhattan's West Side. More
Dandelion farm and visitor centre completed by Archihood WXY in South Korea
Dandelions are used to make medicine within this timber and concrete complex that architects office Archihood WXY has built in South Korea (+ movie). More
"Slight technical hitch" traps 180 passengers inside world's tallest moving observation tower
A technical fault trapped 180 passengers inside the doughnut-shaped viewing pod of the i360 observation tower last night, leaving them suspended above Brighton's seafront for two hours. More
MVRDV and Adept team up on community centre that invites grownups to play
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
Stockholm pylons converted into "picnic towers" in plans by architect Anders Berensson
Swedish architect Anders Berensson has unveiled conceptual plans to convert a pair of disused electricity pylons into observation towers in Stockholm's Norra Djurgården national park. More