"Feather-like" screens front church in Taiwan by MAYU Architects
Rows of perforated aluminium shades intended to represent the feathers of an eagle shield the facade of this concrete and glass church in the Taiwanese city of Tainan. More
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Postmodern architecture: Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan Hotels by Michael Graves
With the AIA 2017 conference currently taking place in Orlando, we've reprised our series on postmodern architecture and design for a one-off special, spotlighting an iconic pair of buildings in the Florida city: Michael Graves' colourful hotels for Disney World. More
London mayor pulls plug on Garden Bridge
London mayor Sadiq Khan has withdrawn support for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge by refusing to sign the vital financial guarantees that would allow building to go ahead. More
Farrells completes swimming pool with "shell-like" roof on Hong Kong waterfront
British firm Farrells has carved a large opening into the zinc-clad roof of its swimming pool complex in Hong Kong to offer outdoor bathers bay views. More
Wingårdh transforms roofless freight depot into Malmö Market Hall
Sheets of pre-rusted red steel cover the new extension to a dilapidated freight depot in Malmö, which has been converted into a covered food market by Swedish studio Wingårdh. More
vPPR converts former Shoreditch warehouse into shops and flats linked by private walkway
A public and private street flank this former warehouse in east London, which local studio vPPR has converted into a mixed-use development containing shops and apartments. More
SOM reveals designs for 16-hectare "vertical village" in central Bangkok
Skidmore Owings & Merrill has unveiled its vision for One Bangkok: a new district in the centre of the Thai city made up of a family skyscrapers interspersed with green spaces. More
Mountain landscapes inform peaked roof of NBBJ's Nanjing exhibition centre
Skylights top eight angular peaks on the roof of this exhibition centre in the Chinese city of Nanjing by architecture firm NBBJ, funnelling natural light down into the interior. More
Kengo Kuma unveils stacked wooden box design for Turkish art museum
Kengo Kuma & Associates has revealed plans to create a modern art museum in a former wood market in Turkey, which will be made up of cluster of slatted timber blocks. More
Glass facade invites participation at New Jersey community centre by Ikon.5 Architects
To revitalise a residential district in Newark, New Jersey, local firm Ikon.5 Architects has created a neighbourhood facility featuring basketball courts and classrooms for professional development. More
Sledding path to loop around roof garden of Beijing civic centre by Andrew Bromberg
An undulating path will curve around the roof garden of this Beijing shopping centre by American architect Andrew Bromberg, and be covered in a layer of fake snow for sledding in winter. More
Studio MRDO and Studio LaM envision underground bathhouse between North and South Korea
New York practices Studio MRDO and Studio LaM have have won an ideas competition with their proposal for a theatrical underground pool set in the Demilitarised Zone between North Korea and South Korea. More
Garden Bridge should be ditched, finds financial inquiry
The plug should be pulled on the contentious Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge, despite over £45 million of public money already bound up in the project, according to a new report. More
Copenhagen's Experimentarium features a helical staircase and cladding based on fluid dynamics
Danish studio CEBRA has redesigned a science centre in Copenhagen, adding a shimmering copper-clad staircase that represents the structure of a DNA strand. More
Renzo Piano completes stilted art gallery on Santander waterfront
Thousands of shimmering ceramic discs cover the stilted volumes of Renzo Piano's Centro Botín art gallery, which stands on the docks in the Spanish city of Santander. More
B-ILD and Constructo use shades of red concrete for skatepark on Belgian coast
This multi-tonal red concrete skatepark by architects B-ILD and Constructo doubles as a public square in the Belgian city of Blankenberge. More
BIG unveils yin-and-yang-shaped Panda House for Copenhagen Zoo
Giant pandas due to move to Copenhagen Zoo will make their home in a circular indoor-outdoor enclosure designed by Bjarke Ingels Group. More
Superimpose creates ring-shaped pavilion in rural Hangzhou to teach city dwellers about farming
This white circular education centre in western Hangzhou, China, features a decked arena and cosy sleeping areas for children to camp and can learn about sustainable farming. More
Chevron-patterned parquet covers swimming pools and spa house by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Zigzagging parquet covers every surface of the swimming pools, spa buildings and patio designed by Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune for an 18th-century mansion in the south of Sweden. More
Rob Hootsmans adds serrated glass extension to stone-clad Dutch courthouse
Architect Rob Hootsmans has renovated a 1970s courthouse in the Dutch city of Zwolle and added a "transparent and approachable" extension featuring sawtoothed glass facades. More