Barcelona to convert a third of central streets into car-free green spaces
Barcelona's city council has announced its plans to transform one in three streets in its Eixample district into green, car-free public spaces to tackle air pollution. More
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Mosbach Paysagistes creates park for Taichung on site of former airport
Phase Shifts Park in Taichung, Taiwan, has been designed by French landscape architects Mosbach Paysagistes and combines nature and technology to create a refuge from the heat and pollution of the city. More
Feilden Fowles to redesign gardens at London's Natural History Museum
Feilden Fowles and J & L Gibbons have unveiled plans to overhaul the gardens at London's Natural History Museum to create a hub for education and biodiversity called the Urban Nature Project. More
Atelier Scale designs The Folds playground to encourage tactile play
Atelier Scale has created The Folds, a small community playground in Changzhou, China, as a place for children to explore in a more tactile and less regulated way than usual. More
OMA designs Morden Wharf neighbourhood for London's riverside
OMA has developed a masterplan for a mixed-use neighbourhood in southeast London, UK, which will have workspaces, a riverside park and more than a thousand homes. More
Dalston Curve Garden is an urban oasis on Hackney's disused railway
This video tour published as part of our collaboration with Open House London explores Dalston Curve Garden, a community green space hidden within one of London's most built-up boroughs. More
Skateparks are "one of the world's great kinds of public space" says Iain Borden
In the first in a series of daily videos about London buildings and spaces during Open House London, architecture historian and skateboarding fan Iain Borden sheds light on the design of Crystal Palace Skatepark. More
Guallart Architects designs post-covid housing for new city in China
Self-Sufficient City by Guallart Architects is a concept for a housing development in Xiong'an New Area, China, which would be able to produce its own energy and food during another coronavirus lockdown. More
"Architecture needs to take on a new life for our world to evolve" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are debating BIG's plan to build three islands off the shore of Penang Island and sharing their views on other top stories. More
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BIG reveals masterplan for "urban lilypads" off coast of Penang Island
BiodiverCity is a masterplan by BIG that will see three artificial islands built off the shore of Penang Island, Malaysia, connected by an autonomous transport network. More
Dutch city swaps asphalt for trees to adapt to climate change
Arnhem in the Netherlands has made a 10-year plan to re-landscape the city to cope with extreme flooding and heatwaves caused by climate change. More
Stefano Boeri designs hybrid tree planters and street furniture
Superverde is Italian architect Stefano Boeri's design for modular street furniture for cities that comes with trees, plants and benches. More
Productora designs pink concrete playgrounds in Mexico
Pink concrete forms seats, steps and climbing walls in these two public parks designed by Mexican architecture firm Productora. 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
Eliza Hague designs inflatable origami-like greenhouses from bamboo and shellac
Design student Eliza Hague has created a concept for inflatable greenhouses made from shellac-coated bamboo paper to help residents of Jaipur, India, grow their own food. More
Giant Net City car-free neighbourhood in Shenzhen will cover two million square metres
Architect NBBJ has unveiled a masterplan for Net City, a car-free district in Shenzhen "roughly the size and shape of Midtown Manhattan" for Chinese technology company Tencent. More
White circles promote social distancing on Domino Park grass in New York City
The grass of New York's Domino Park has been painted with white circles to encourage the public to stay safely apart during the pandemic. More
London, New York, Paris and Milan give streets to cyclists and pedestrians
Cities across Europe and the Americas are drawing up plans to take street space away from cars in favour of cyclists and pedestrians in response to the coronavirus pandemic. More
OMA reveals updated design for Washington DC garden bridge
Architecture firm OMA and landscape studio Olin have released updated visuals for 11th Street Bridge Park – a raised garden that will extend over Washington DC's Anacostia River. More
Precht designs Parc de la Distance for outdoor social distancing
Austria-based studio Precht has designed a maze-like park divided by high hedges that would allow people to be outdoors while maintaining social distance during the coronavirus pandemic. More