Wooden ribs frame entrance to timber-clad gallery by UID Architects
The second project on Dezeen this week by Japanese studio UID Architects is a small gallery in Fukuyama surrounded by timber fins (+ slideshow). More
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Looping wooden viewing platform in China built by students in just six days
This community viewing platform and play area, designed by Hong Kong architects Olivier Ottevaere and John Lin, provides a loop that rises up to overlook rice terraces carved into the surrounding valleys (+ slideshow). More
Álvaro Siza transforms his 50-year-old Boa Nova Tea House into a seafood restaurant
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has renovated one of his most iconic projects – the waterside Boa Nova Tea House in his hometown of Porto (+ slideshow). More
Saul E Méndez menswear store features doors and windows pulled out from the walls
Doors and windows have been stretched out from the facade of this shop and cafe in Guatemala City by local studio Taller KEN (+ slideshow). More
Vo Trong Nghia unveils bamboo domes in Vietnam
Two intricate bamboo domes form part of this community centre under construction in Ho Chi Minh City, by Vietnamese firm and bamboo exponent Vo Trong Nghia Architects (+ slideshow). More
Herzog & de Meuron creates naturally filtered swimming pool in Switzerland
Keeping up with the growing popularity for natural swimming pools, Herzog & de Meuron has completed a biologically filtered bathing lake in Riehen, Switzerland (+ slideshow). More
Studio Octopi sets the scene for Greek tragedies with revived school amphitheatre
Greek tragedies will be staged every three years at this traditional amphitheatre that Studio Octopi has restored on the grounds of a college in the south of England (+ slideshow). More
BIG's combined power plant and ski slope is "turning science fiction into fact"
Movie: in the final part of our series of exclusive video interviews with Bjarke Ingels, the architect compares his design method to the family game of Twister and claims BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant will "transform people's perceptions" about public utility buildings. More
Big U storm defences "will secretly protect Manhattan from flooding" says Bjarke Ingels
Movie: Bjarke Ingels explains how the $335 million allocated to BIG's scheme to upgrade Manhattan's storm defences will be used to create a flood barrier disguised as a park in our second exclusive video interview with the Danish architect. More
Cinema meets planetarium at Archiview's Infoversum theatre
Dutch studio Archiview gave this planetarium-like cinema in Groningen a spiralling dome structure, which invites comparisons with hats, eyeballs and UFOs (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza captured in new photographs
These new images by architecture photographer Edmon Leong show the undulating contours and glittering surfaces of Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza complex in Seoul, South Korea (+ slideshow). More
Case-Real combines a patisserie with a wine bar in Fukuoka
Three concrete steps lead inside this combined patisserie and wine bar that Case-Real has completed amongst the high-rise blocks of Fukuoka, Japan (+ slideshow). More
Concrete visitor centre by Iseppi/Kurath looms over an Alpine gorge
This gabled concrete visitor centre by local architects Iseppi/Kurath is perched on the edge of a 60-metre gorge in the Swiss Alps (+ slideshow). More
Faceted timber community centre completed by Gayet-Roger Architects
Timber slats cover the angular facades and roof of this community centre in the Bordeaux suburb of Pessac by local studio Gayet-Roger Architects (+ slideshow). More
Salvaged Ring coffee house by a21studio is built from scrap wood
Vietnamese office a21studio used recycled wood to construct the curving framework of this coffee house, which encircles a courtyard near the city of Nha Trang (+ slideshow). More
Timber walls feature narrow vertical slices at Virdis Architecture's Lussy Sports Hall
Swiss office Virdis Architecture clad this sports hall near Lausanne in vertical timber slats, but left toothpick-shaped gaps to allow light to filter through. More
London youth centre by RCKa features a translucent polycarbonate facade
Corrugated concrete and polycarbonate panels have been used to create the textured and translucent facade of this youth and community centre in London by RCKa Architects (+ slideshow). More
Stanton Williams converts Olympic training venue into hockey and tennis centre
London firm Stanton Williams has transformed the training facility it designed for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games into a major sporting venue for the UK's hockey and tennis organisations (+ slideshow). More
Red mesh shades the interior of a farm visitor centre by Vector Architects
Beijing office Vector Architects installed a louvred wall of weathered steel mesh along one facade of this visitor centre on a farm near Kunshan, China, to shade the interior from the low evening sun (+ slideshow). More
Manaus stadium by GMP Architekten hosts four World Cup football matches
England's nail-biting World Cup football match against Italy on Saturday took place inside this basket-inspired stadium designed by German firm GMP Architekten in a city in the middle of the Amazon rainforest (+ slideshow). More