Coach Omotesando by OMA
OMA's new Tokyo store for American accessories brand Coach is a glazed cube with a herringbone-patterned display system (+ slideshow). More
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Work starts on Herzog & de Meuron's Naturbad Riehen swimming pool
News: construction is underway on an outdoor bathing lake in Riehen, Switzerland, by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. More
Fuel Station + McDonalds by Giorgi Khmaladze
A McDonald's restaurant and a petrol station are concealed within this faceted glass shell in Georgia, designed by architect Giorgi Khmaladze (+ slideshow). More
Chongqing Greenland Clubhouse by PURE Design
Walls surrounding this property showroom in Chongqing, China, were designed by architects PURE Design as triangular planes with origami-like folds (+ slideshow). More
Rio Olympic stadium closed due to roof problems
Rio 2016: the Rio de Janeiro stadium that was set to host athletics tournaments during the 2016 Olympics has been closed indefinitely due to structural problems. More
Wanangkura Stadium by ARM Architecture
This black and blue sports centre in Western Australia was designed by ARM Architecture as a pixellated cluster of chunky cubes (+ slideshow). More
Dalian International Conference Center by Coop Himmelb(l)au
Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au has completed the Dalian International Conference Center, a contorted steel building in China with conference halls bursting through its facade. More
National Convention and Exhibition Centre, Tianjin by GMP Architekten
GMP Architekten has won a competition to design a 1.2 million-square-metre exhibition centre for Tianjin, China (+ slideshow). More
David Adjaye to design fashion outlet in east London
News: architect David Adjaye has been commissioned to design a fashion hub in Hackney as part of efforts to regenerate the area after the 2011 riots. More
SportPlaza Mercator by VenhoevenCS
This leisure centre in Amsterdam by Dutch architects VenhoevenCS was designed as a fortress covered in plants (+ slideshow). More
BIG and RAA to design Lego visitor centre in Denmark
News: Danish studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and American firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) have been chosen to design a Lego visitor experience centre in Billund, Denmark. More
Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre by Charles Wright Architects
This mirror-clad visitor centre by Australian firm Charles Wright Architects was designed to be invisible amongst the surrounding trees of the Cairns Botanic Gardens in Queensland. More
Elevated Sports Court by Guzmán de Yarza Blache
Students arriving at and departing from this school in Zaragoza, Spain, often obstructed sports games in the playground, so architect Guzmán de Yarza Blache decided to lift one of the sports courts up out of the way (+ movie). More
Sugamo Shinkin Bank, Ekoda by Emmanuelle Moureaux
Designer Emmanuelle Moureaux has brought her trademark colour spectrum to a fourth bank branch in Japan by surrounding the facade with brightly coloured sticks (+ slideshow). More
Black Maria by Richard Wentworth and GRUPPE
British artist Richard Wentworth has collaborated with Swiss architects GRUPPE to build a pop-up wooden auditorium in the atrium of Central Saint Martins art and design college in London (+ slideshow). More
Messe Basel New Hall by Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron has added three new halls to the Messe Basel exhibition centre in the north of the Swiss city where the architects are based (+ slideshow). More
The Exhibition Hall by OMA
OMA has revealed designs for a department store in Kuwait City that draws inspiration from the galleries of a traditional Arab market. More
Cathedral of the Northern Lights by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Link Arkitektur
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has paid homage to the northern lights by constructing a titanium-clad cathedral that spirals up towards the sky (+ slideshow). More
Binissalem School Complex by RipollTizon
Bold blocks of colour at ground level contrast with the white upper storeys of this school in Mallorca by Spanish architects RipollTizon (+ slideshow). More
Cafe Cross by FORM/ Kouichi Kimura Architects
Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects references ecclesiastical architecture with this cafe in Hyogo, Japan, which has a concrete steeple (+ slideshow). More