New York gives thumbs up to subterreanean Lowline park
New York's City Hall has given the go-ahead for the Lowline underground park, which aims to emulate the success of the city's elevated High Line (+ slideshow). More
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Noah's Ark theme park opens in Kentucky as flash floods hit the US
A biblical theme park contained within a huge ark – billed as the world's largest timber-frame building – has opened in Kentucky, just as the US state has been hit by severe flooding (+ slideshow). More
Siam Discovery shopping centre in Bangkok is Nendo's biggest ever project
Movie: Oki Sato of Nendo explains the concept behind the Japanese studio's redesign of a 40,000-square-metre shopping mall, in this video Dezeen filmed in Bangkok for retail development company Siam Piwat. More
SCAU adds undulating ring-shaped roof to Marseille football stadium
French firm SCAU designed the undulating fibreglass roof of Marseille's football stadium, which is set to host the UEFA Euro 2016 semi-final between France and Germany this Thursday (+ slideshow). More
Get hot under the collar with Dezeen's new Pinterest board full of steamy saunas
Our latest Pinterest board collects together the most popular saunas from the pages of Dezeen, including a cavernous steam room built to emulate the form of a seaside grotto, an industrial-looking structure in Gothenburg and a wooden design that staggers up over Norway's rocky terrain.
Avanto Architects builds coastal sauna in Helsinki with a faceted timber "cloak"
Wooden slats and bleachers provide the multi-faceted volume of this waterfront sauna by Avanto Architects, allowing visitors to climb the roof for a better view of the sea or to lounge in the sun (+ slideshow). More
New York Wheel reaches construction milestone as foundations complete
The world's largest ferris wheel is set to rise on the northern end of New York's Staten Island, as constructors finished pouring its foundations last weekend (+ slideshow). More
Pink Moon Saloon is a cabin-inspired bar and kitchen in Adelaide
Traditional wilderness huts inspired this bar and kitchen in Adelaide, designed by local office Sans Arc Studio to slot into a narrow alleyway. More
Eye-like library by MVRDV nears completion in China
Dutch firm MVRDV has revealed its designs for a library with an eye-shaped atrium, which is nearing completion in Tianjin, China (+ slideshow). More
Sound-amplifying stadium by Populous provides Lyon venue for Euro 2016
The firm behind the London Olympic stadium has built a new home for French football team Olympique Lyonnais, featuring an enormous fabric roof that amplifies the noise of the fans (+ slideshow). More
Holscher Nordberg Architects creates play area framed by a single metal ribbon
This ribbon of weathering steel meanders through a Copenhagen housing estate, creating a path, slide and aerial walkway (+ slideshow). More
Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Course includes rainwater-collecting canopy by Rua Arquitetos
Rio 2016: Brazilian studio Rua Arquitetos has completed the golf venue for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which features a tree-like canopy that collects rainwater to irrigate the course (+ slideshow). More
"World's tallest moving observation tower" prepares to welcome first passengers
A giant glass-and-steel doughnut that will transport passengers up and down a 162-metre-high pole is undergoing final tests ahead of its opening according to Marks Barfield Architects, who designed the British Airways i360 viewing tower. More
Richard Rogers "had to fight like hell" for Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre design
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: next up in our exclusive video series, Richard Rogers reflects on the battle to select Zaha Hadid's design for the London Aquatics Centre, a building he describes as "a roaring success". More
Six key stadiums hosting the Euro 2016 championship games
With the Euro football championship now underway, we've collected together everything you need to know about six of the tournament's key venues, including a new stadium by Herzog & de Meuron. More
Roovice transforms wooden warehouse into bagel shop with see-through walls
Architects office Roovice has converted a former warehouse in Miura, Japan, into a bagel shop, replacing the existing walls with polycarbonate panels to make the building more transparent (+ slideshow). More
BIG and Caruso St John feature on shortlist for new Museum of London
The six shortlisted proposals for a new building for the Museum of London have been unveiled, including designs by BIG, Caruso St John and Stanton Williams (+ slideshow). More
Peter Zumthor creates buildings on stilts for tourist trail at a Norwegian mine
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has built visitor facilities at a historic mine in Norway, with one structure that hangs off a wall and two that are raised on stilts over a steep cliffside (+ slideshow). More
OMA's team wins FAB Park competition for Downtown LA
The City of Los Angeles has chosen a design by OMA and landscape architects Mia Lehrer + Associates to transform a site in the Downtown area into a public park (+ slideshow). More
OMA completes restoration of Venice's Fondaco dei Tedeschi
Dutch architecture firm OMA has restored the historic Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, adding new entrances and wood-panelled escalators to turn the 16th-century building into a department store (+ slideshow). More