Nati Minas & Studio installs climbing wall inside São Paulo apartment
A bouldering wall in this São Paulo apartment designed by Nati Minas & Studio and Gabriela Mestriner allows a sports-loving couple to scale their double-height living room. More
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Snøhetta creates cavernous timber climbing centre in Norway
Norwegian architecture studio Snøhetta has completed a climbing centre in a small riverside town in Norway, using angular wooden walls to help mimic the feeling of being in a natural cave. More
Deferrari+Modesti designs rock climbing-themed staircase for villa in Tuscany
Interior design studio Deferrari+Modesti renovated a house in Prato, Italy, adding a blue staircase that doubles as a climbing wall for its sporty owners. More
Faceted structures and colourful holds form climbing walls in Minneapolis bouldering gym
Brightly coloured hand and foot holds form climbing routes across turquoise walls at this bouldering centre, set inside an industrial building in Minneapolis. More
Ortraum Architects builds forest home in Finland with a trapeze, a climbing wall and a hammock
This angular house in a forest near Helsinki is host to a number a child-friendly features including a climbing wall, gymnastic apparatus and a net covering a cut-out in one of the floors. More
Extremely pointed garden room features a treehouse-like design and a climbing wall
A climbing wall, a study and a bedroom are all contained within this Brisbane house extension, designed by Phorm Architecture + Design to be reminiscent of a treehouse. More
Walls with integrated furniture and yellow nooks encourage play in Madrid school
Children can nestle into yellow alcoves and pull wooden furniture out of the walls at this school in Madrid by Rica Studio, which uses play to teach the English language. More
Bompas & Parr's Grope Mountain is an erotic take on the climbing wall
Visitors to Bompas & Parr's Grope Mountain climbing wall clamber up "sensual holds" shaped like breasts and penises. More
Tiny Heirloom micro cabin boasts spilt-level living space and a climbing wall
A climbing wall covers one side of this small mobile home by American company Tiny Heirloom. More
Guests at London's Ace Hotel can now scale a Patternity-designed climbing wall
London Design Festival 2016: Patternity has added a graphic climbing wall adorned with monochrome contours to the basement gym inside east London's Ace Hotel (+ 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
Climbing wall provides roof access at Cache Creek Residence by Carney Logan Burke
A climbing wall runs up one side of this corrugated metal-clad house in Jackson, Wyoming, by local architecture firm Carney Logan Burke (+ slideshow). 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
Children's centre with a dipping roof by Dorte Mandrup encloses a Copenhagen courtyard
One corner of this aluminium-clad children's centre in Copenhagen by Danish architect Dorte Mandrup dips down to let sunlight pass into a courtyard behind. More
Visitors to Lisbon's Vertigo Climbing Center can clamber on the cafe
Architects João Quintela and Tim Simon have built a pavilion inside a climbing centre in Lisbon, providing a cafe and reception space that visitors can also scramble over (+ slideshow). More
Cave-like apertures frame climbing walls at NL Architects' Spordtgebouw sports centre
Amsterdam office NL Architects added angular windows to the facade of this sports centre in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, to frame views of three climbing walls inside (+ 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
Vertikale Kletterhalle Brixen by Stadtlabor and Wolfgang Meraner
The rippled aluminium cladding of this climbing centre in northern Italy is dotted with tiny perforations that allow the walls to become see-through after dark (+ slideshow). More
Stairs are so last year
Slideshow: stairs might be perfectly practical but moving from room to room via a skateboard, slide or climbing wall is far more exciting so here's a roundup of homes and offices from the pages of Dezeen that feature extreme ways of getting around. More
3 Way House by Naf Architect & Design
This Tokyo house by Japanese studio Naf Architect & Design has a climbing wall and ladders, in case the owners get bored of using the stairs. More