Grimshaw designs sculptural metal enclosure for HS2 ventilation shaft
A decorative roof and curved weathered-steel wall will enclose the Amersham Vent Shaft that Grimshaw has designed for the High Speed Two railway. More
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Orient Occident Atelier builds community hall in Cambodia that harvests clean drinking water
Hong Kong architecture studio Orient Occident Atelier has designed a civic centre that harvests water for the small Cambodian village of Sneung. More
Renzo Piano unveils replacement for collapsed motorway bridge in Genoa
Renzo Piano's Genoa San Giorgio Bridge, which is the replacement for the Morandi Bridge that collapsed in a storm almost two years ago, has opened in Italy. More
Wuchazi Bridge creates "infinite meandering path" over river in Chengdu
Berlin-based architects Tom Wünschmann, Achim Kaufer, Wei Cai and Philipp Buschmeyer and Chinese design institutes SADI and JDTM have created a bridge that offers a variety of routes across a river in Chengdu, China. More
Grimshaw unveils design for HS2 ventilation shaft disguised as barn
A ventilation shaft for the UK's new HS2 high-speed railway has been designed by British architecture practice Grimshaw to resemble a barn clad in zinc and bronze. More
MoDus Architects builds curving concrete tunnel entrances in South Tyrol
A road tunnelling through mountains in South Tyrol has been given undulating concrete portals and sculptural chimneys of weathering steel by MoDus Architects. More
Flying-taxi startup Lilium reveals design for urban vertiports
German aerial-taxi company Lilium has unveiled its design guidelines for modular vertiports that could be placed on top of office blocks, car parks or shopping centres. More
Curved pedestrian bridge links two riverfront parks in Providence
US architecture firm Inform Studio and Buro Happold have designed a curved and stepped wood-covered pedestrian bridge to link two parks in Providence, Rhode Island. More
Cobe and Arup unveil elevated Metro station in Copenhagen docklands
Architecture studio Cobe and engineering firm Arup have designed the elevated Orienktaj and underground Nordhavn Metro stations as part of a docklands development in Copenhagen. More
Sharon Davis Design builds rammed-earth hospital in Nepal
Bayalpata Hospital is a medical complex in Achham, Nepal, built from rammed earth by American architecture office Sharon Davis Design. More
Rozana Montiel builds Mexican incinerators from corrugated-concrete
Mexican architect Rozana Montiel has developed a "new kind of folded concrete" that is being used to build prefabricated solid-waste furnaces across Mexico. More
"Instagram-ready" Dubai Creek Footbridge to be built beside world's tallest structure
IJP Architects and structural engineer AKT II have unveiled visuals for a two-storey bridge that will be built beside Santiago Calatrava's Dubai Creek Tower in the UAE. More
Waste heat from London Underground begins warming capital's homes
The Bunhill 2 Energy Centre has started capturing excess heat from the London Underground to help warm over 1,000 buildings in the UK capital. More
MVRDV and Airbus investigate how vertiports could be integrated into cities
Architecture firm MVRDV has collaborated with aircraft manufacturer Airbus to research how landing hubs for passenger drones, called vertiports, could become part of transportation networks in future cities. More
Common Accounts designs an eco-friendly funeral for the digital age
Design studio Common Accounts imagines the funeral of the future, where liquefied bodies are used to fertilise plants and flowers, and social media accounts generate a virtual afterlife. More
Scientist suggests damming the North Sea to protect Europe from climate change
A scientist employed by the Dutch government has suggested building two dams to enclose the North Sea and defend northern Europe from rising sea levels. More
Solar panels form canopy over surgical facility in Uganda
The Mount Sinai Kyabirwa Surgical Facility in Uganda by Kliment Halsband Architects is a self-sustaining facility topped with solar panels. More
Billund car park covered with roads from Lego play sets
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has designed the facades of a car park for Lego in Billund, Denmark, which features a road layout based on the toy company's City road plates. More
Station of Being is an interactive Arctic bus stop
Architecture studio Rombout Frieling Lab and Research Institutes of Sweden have created the Station of Being as a prototype bus stop for use in the Arctic region, which uses sound and light to alert passengers to approaching buses. More
Prison clad in perforated weathering steel has pastel-coloured sports court
Local Architecture Network has built a minimum security prison with a perforated metal facade of weathering steel in Nanterre that has a sports court in pastel hues. More