Folded metal kiosks by Make open like a paper fan
London architecture office Make has designed a portable prefabricated kiosk with a folded aluminium shell that opens and closes like a paper fan (+ movie). More
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Rowing facility by Álvaro Fernandes Andrade snakes across a landscape of underground dorms
Portuguese architect Álvaro Fernandes Andrade has completed a training facility for Olympic-standard rowers where angular white volumes snake across a tiered landscape of grassy slopes and dry-stone walls (+ slideshow). More
Football stadium by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners planned for Venezuela
News: London firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has unveiled designs for a major new football stadium in Caracas, Venezuela. More
Southcape golf clubhouse by Mass Studies features curving concrete canopies
Sweeping lengths of concrete create curving canopies around the perimeter of this golf clubhouse on South Korea's Changseon Island by Seoul architecture firm Mass Studies (+ slideshow). More
Hexagonal community centre in Shanghai by Scenic Architecture Office
The walls of this six-sided community centre in a suburb of Shanghai by Scenic Architecture Office project outwards from a central courtyard and are connected by an angular roof (+ slideshow). More
Studio Gang's Chicago boathouse designed to echo the rhythms of rowing
Chicago firm Studio Gang Architects has completed a boathouse on the northern bank of the Chicago River with a rhythmic roofline intended to capture the alternating motions of a rower's arm movements (+ slideshow). More
Quilted greenhouse by CF Møller inflates to change light and temperature conditions
A facade of translucent plastic pillows can be pumped up to alter lighting and temperature inside this domed tropical greenhouse in Aarhus by Danish firm CF Møller (+ slideshow). More
Angular steel canopy covers refurbished community centre by Collins and Turner
An angular steel canopy covered in plants wraps around this refurbished youth and community centre in the Sydney suburb of Waterloo by Australian architects Collins and Turner (+ slideshow). More
Ateliereen Architecten's concrete observation tower features a climbing wall and zip line
Visitors to this lakeside concrete tower in the Netherlands can scale its walls, jog up to an observation deck on its roof, or sail a zip wire across the water from a balcony (+ slideshow). More
Parisian sports hall by Ateliers O-S Architectes with bands of light on its walls
Bands of light shine through the perforated metal facade of this sports hall by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes in north-west Paris (+ slideshow). More
Concrete-clad sports hall by Idis Turato features both faceted and bumpy facades
Faceted concrete blocks protrude from one side of this sports hall in Croatia, while its bumpy southern and western walls were made by casting concrete panels over a bed of stones (+ slideshow). More
Ecological urban spa made from shipping containers planned for San Francisco
News: wellness entrepreneur Nell Waters is attempting to raise £146,000 on crowdfunding website Kickstarter to build a prototypal ecological urban bathhouse from shipping containers in San Francisco. More
Sports centre clad with sun-bleached wooden slats by Explorations Architecture
Curved walls made from sun-bleached timber slats screen the exterior of this sports centre by Explorations Architecture in the French commune of Arpajon, near Paris (+ slideshow). More
Foster and Heatherwick team up on Shanghai finance centre
News: architecture firm Foster + Partners and designer Thomas Heatherwick have unveiled images of a finance centre they are collaborating on, which is currently under construction in Shanghai. More
Cafeteria with exposed timber framework by Niji Architects
Exposed timber beams branch out from the tops of columns that support the roof of this cafeteria in the Ushimado district of Setouichi city in Japan by Niji Architects (+ slideshow). More
UNStudio's Chinese shopping centre is covered in silver balls
Dutch firm UNStudio has completed a shopping centre in Wuhan, China, with over 42,000 shiny silver balls attached to its facade (+ slideshow). More
Timber observation tower shaped like "a cucumber" by Mjölk Architekti
This 25-metre wooden lookout in the Czech Republic by Mjölk Architekti is named Cucumber Tower in an attempt to discourage association with phallic forms (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid dismisses "ridiculous" claims that Qatar stadium resembles a vagina
News: architect Zaha Hadid has hit back at critics who have compared the design of her Al Wakrah stadium in Qatar to a vagina, describing the comments as "embarrassing" and "ridiculous". More
Underwater hotel room opens off the coast of Zanzibar
Holidaymakers can now spend nights sleeping beneath the surface of the ocean at this partially submerged hotel suite in the Zanzibar archipelago (+ movie). More
Zaha Hadid unveils design for Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for the first of several new stadiums that will hold football matches during the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. More