Aluminium "wizard hat" tops New York library renovation by Mecanoo
A sculptural aluminium crown tops New York's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, which has been renovated by Dutch practice Mecanoo and American firm Beyer Blinder Belle. More
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Apple opens store by Foster + Partners in Los Angeles' historic Tower Theatre
Apple Tower Theatre is a new Apple Store designed by UK studio Foster + Partners inside an abandoned 1920s movie theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. More
SANAA's overhaul of La Samaritaine department store opens in Paris
The historic La Samaritaine department store has reopened in Paris with a new undulating glass facade following an extensive renovation led by Pritzker Prize-winning studio SANAA. More
Stacked exhibition spaces to form Rotterdam port visitor centre by MVRDV
Five irregularly stacked boxes wrapped by red staircases will form the Harbour Experience Centre, which MVRDV has designed for the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. More
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An IKEA store with rooftop park features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes an IKEA store in Copenhagen with a rooftop park. More
Emerging designers brighten London's streets with playful City Benches
A stone courting bench and a giant teacup are among nine imaginative seating designs that architects and designers have created for the London Festival of Architecture. More
Delugan Meissl completes Taiyuan Botanical Garden with giant domed greenhouses
Austrian firm Delugan Meissl Associated Architects has completed a botanical garden complex in Taiyuan, China, featuring three domed greenhouses positioned on or alongside an artificial lake. More
Dorte Mandrup designs IKEA Copenhagen store with rooftop park
Danish studio Dorte Mandrup has designed a city-centre IKEA store with a public rooftop park that will act as a "green lounge" for Copenhagen, Denmark. More
Commenter responds to Little Island park by saying "London dodged a bullet"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the Little Island park and performance venue in New York City and sharing their views on other top stories. More
MVRDV to transform Eindhoven's Heuvel shopping centre with glass "Music Mountain"
MVRDV will "break open" the Heuvel shopping centre in Eindhoven to connect it with the city, in plans that will also add a music venue topped with a climbable glass mountain. More
Paris' Bourse de Commerce reopens after Tadao Ando redesign
The historic Bourse de Commerce building in Paris is reopening after a restoration and redesign by Japanese architect Tadao Ando that includes a nine-metre-tall cylindrical concrete wall placed within its rotunda. More
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Photos reveal Thomas Heatherwick's Little Island in New York ahead of opening
Photographs show Little Island, the park designed by Thomas Heatherwick on the Hudson River in New York, ahead of its official opening tomorrow. More
Floating +Pool swimming pool proposed for New York's East River gets green light
A floating swimming pool for New York's East River designed by PlayLab has been approved by city planners ten years after it was first proposed. More
Luis Vidal + Architects revives abandoned public building in Santiago
Spanish firm Luis Vidal + Architects has revitalised a 19th-century heritage building in Chile that was abandoned after an earthquake, and added an extension wrapped in glass and timber slats. More
UNStudio to revamp conference centre for Brainport technology region
Dutch architecture office UNStudio is renovating and expanding the Elysion Congress Centre in Eindhoven by adding a cantilevered auditorium and vertical gardens. More
Ten design-led wineries and tasting pavilions from across the United States and Canada
From a cave-like wine tasting room dug into a Texan hillside to a British Columbia winery clad in weathering steel, here are ten wineries with impressive architecture from across the US and Canada. More
Kanva revamps former Olympic venue the Montreal Biodome
Architecture studio Kanva has redesigned the Montreal Biodome, a science museum in Canada, to reveal its original concrete arches and create new homes for its animal occupants. More
Trapezoidal "umbrellas" form roof of Matamoros Market by Colectivo C733
A group of designers known as Colectivo C733 has completed a brick shopping centre in northern Mexico topped with roof volumes that bring in daylight and allow hot air to escape. More
Red steel distinguishes tiny chess pavilion within French parkland
Mariana de Delás and Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter have collaborated on the construction of En Passant, a small red pavilion in France that invites passersby to stop and play chess. More
SMAR Architecture Studio designs swaying light-up tower for Silicon Valley
Breeze of Innovation is a viewpoint for San José, California, designed by SMAR Architecture Studio featuring rods that will sway in the wind and generate the power to light themselves. More