Holscher Nordberg Architects creates play area framed by a single metal ribbon
This ribbon of weathering steel meanders through a Copenhagen housing estate, creating a path, slide and aerial walkway (+ slideshow). More
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Adjaye Associates chosen for Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art
David Adjaye's firm has been selected to design a major new art museum in Riga, Latvia (+ slideshow). More
Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Course includes rainwater-collecting canopy by Rua Arquitetos
Rio 2016: Brazilian studio Rua Arquitetos has completed the golf venue for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which features a tree-like canopy that collects rainwater to irrigate the course (+ slideshow). More
"World's tallest moving observation tower" prepares to welcome first passengers
A giant glass-and-steel doughnut that will transport passengers up and down a 162-metre-high pole is undergoing final tests ahead of its opening according to Marks Barfield Architects, who designed the British Airways i360 viewing tower. More
Richard Rogers "had to fight like hell" for Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre design
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: next up in our exclusive video series, Richard Rogers reflects on the battle to select Zaha Hadid's design for the London Aquatics Centre, a building he describes as "a roaring success". More
Six key stadiums hosting the Euro 2016 championship games
With the Euro football championship now underway, we've collected together everything you need to know about six of the tournament's key venues, including a new stadium by Herzog & de Meuron. More
Peter Zumthor creates buildings on stilts for tourist trail at a Norwegian mine
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has built visitor facilities at a historic mine in Norway, with one structure that hangs off a wall and two that are raised on stilts over a steep cliffside (+ slideshow). More
OMA's team wins FAB Park competition for Downtown LA
The City of Los Angeles has chosen a design by OMA and landscape architects Mia Lehrer + Associates to transform a site in the Downtown area into a public park (+ slideshow). More
Wenink Holtkamp Architecten transforms old Dutch grain silo into street-food market
Eindhoven studio Wenink Holtkamp Architecten has converted a former grain silo in the Dutch city of Deventer into a community food hall overlooking the harbour (+ slideshow). More
Wooden cabins and tents on stilts provide accommodation at South Korean glamping site
Seoul studio ArchiWorkshop has completed a luxury camping facility near the South Korean capital, which comprises three wooden cabins and a cluster of membranous sleeping pods raised above the rocky terrain on stilts (+ slideshow). More
Studio Octopi designs floating swimming pool for Melbourne's Yarra River
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: the architects behind plans to create a cluster of freshwater swimming pools on the River Thames have unveiled a proposal for a floating pool on the Yarra River in the Australian city of Melbourne. More
Tate Modern releases first images of Herzog & de Meuron's Switch House extension
This set of images by photographer Iwan Baan provides a first look inside Herzog & de Meuron's extension to the Tate Modern art gallery, set to open next month in London (+ slideshow). More
Schemata Architects adds cake shop and library to food-photography studio
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has revisited a warehouse building in Tokyo that it converted into a space for a food-photography studio, adding a cake shop and library (+ slideshow). More
Delicate brass framework divides spaces inside Neri&Hu's Sulwhasoo flagship store
A lattice of brass rods creates see-through surfaces that extend throughout the interior of this shop in Seoul, which was designed by Neri&Hu for Asian skincare brand Sulwhasoo (+ movie). More
Trail Restroom by Miro Rivera Architects is a public toilet with weathering steel walls
Pre-rusted steel plates are arranged in a spiral to form the walls of this public toilet created by Miro Rivera Architects in a park in Austin, Texas (+ slideshow). More
Dramatically overhauled plans unveiled for Preston Bus Station
John Puttick Associates has significantly revised its designs for a new youth centre at Preston Bus Station, a transport hub in northern England that has become an icon of Brutalist architecture (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV completes giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre
Dutch office MVRDV has revealed the first photographs of The Stairs, a huge scaffolding staircase leading up to the roof of an office block in Rotterdam city centre (+ slideshow). More
Daroca Arquitectos pairs white walls with natural stone for Baza employment centre
Daroca Arquitectos has completed a training and employment centre in the Spanish town of Baza, featuring a stone-clad base that contrasts with the crisp white upper storeys (+ slideshow). More
Factory-inspired "mobile ruin" will tour locations along Hadrian's Wall
Architects Matthew Butcher, Kieran Wardle and Owain Williams have built a factory-inspired mobile structure that will travel along Hadrian's Wall in northern England to provide a temporary residency for writers (+ slideshow). More
Studio Octopi announces crowdfunding campaign to rebuild lost lido in London's Peckham
The architects behind a campaign to build a floating swimming pool on the River Thames have now revealed plans to resurrect a southeast London lido that was filled in nearly 30 years ago. More