Zhonghe Sports Center in Taiwan boasts a hood-like faceted form
Taipei studio Q-Lab has completed a sports centre in Taiwan that appears to be shrouded under a huge faceted hood (+ slideshow). More
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Heams & Michel Architectes creates an after-school club around a courtyard in Cannes
Small square openings are scattered across the facade of this after-school clubhouse in Cannes, France, offering glimpses of the activities taking place within its courtyard playground (+ slideshow). More
Estudio Ramos completes concrete sailing clubhouse on Argentina's Paraná River
An angular concrete box has been stacked on top of a rectilinear one to create the form of this yachting club facility near Buenos Aires (+ slideshow). More
Bernd Riegger's see-through timber cabin provides shelter for a forest kindergarten
Openings in the walls of this wooden shelter in Austria create display compartments where children can show off treasures collected from the trails of the surrounding forest (+ slideshow). More
Chevron-patterned glass fronts Tokyo handbag store by Hiroshi Nakamura
The glass facade of this Tokyo accessories store is imprinted with a chevron pattern based on a motif from the lining of an Hermès handbag (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV wins approval for Vandamme Nord shopping centre facelift in Paris
News: MVRDV has been granted planning approval to overhaul a 1970s complex in Paris, which includes adding a new facade of colourful stacked boxes to an existing shopping centre. More
OMA unveils masterplan for community farming facility in Kentucky
News: OMA has presented a vision to transform a former tobacco plant in Louisville, USA, into a hub for growing and selling food, featuring an edible garden, a coffee roastery and a recycling centre (+ slideshow). More
Blackened-timber boathouse completed by Weiss Architecture on a Canadian island
This blackened-timber boathouse and pavilion designed by Weiss Architecture occupies a cedar jetty that projects out from the rocky coastline of an Ontario island (+ slideshow). More
Bamboo-framed canopy shades Bangladesh community centre by Schilder Scholte
A corrugated steel roof supported by bamboo columns provides shelter for three buildings, a bicycle workshop and a playground at this community centre in Bangladesh (+ slideshow). More
Lightweight pergola flanks new sailing school for Sotogrande's Royal Maritime Club
A steel-framed pergola covered in willow reeds shades the frontage of this seaside sailing school in Cádiz, Spain, by architects Héctor Fernández Elorza and Carlos García Fernández (+ slideshow). More
Golf clubhouse designed by GRAS to resemble "a rock in the middle of the course"
The walls and roofs of this golf clubhouse in Mallorca are clad in local stone to give the building a homogenous appearance that emphasises its angular monolithic form (+ slideshow). More
Supermachine Studio adds labyrinthine staircase to seaside park in Thailand
This concrete tower of interconnecting red staircases was designed by Thai firm Supermachine Studio for an elevated game of hide and seek (+ slideshow). More
Arup reveals plans for new AC Milan football stadium
News: engineering firm Arup has unveiled concept designs for a new football stadium with a removable roof for Italian football club AC Milan. More
LEAPfactory installs prefabricated ski and snowboard school beside Mont Blanc
Using a custom-designed structure suited to extreme conditions, Italian studio LEAPfactory has constructed a new building for a ski and snowboard school beside the highest mountain in the Alps (+ slideshow). More
Wooden louvres and grassy rooftops added to Marly-le-Roi market hall
Wooden louvres and green rooftops make up the exterior of this market hall outside Paris by Ameller, Dubois & Associés, while inside is a dramatic ceiling that combines angles and curves (+ slideshow). More
Klein Dytham's Shonan T-Site is a bookstore with a makeshift high street inside
An ivy motif spreads across the exterior of this bookstore in Japan by Klein Dytham Architecture, while the interior presents books and magazines on a "street" that also includes a cafe and a hair salon (+ slideshow). More
Lac du Der Casino by Data Architectes could be mistaken for a school or a museum
This timber-clad casino by a lake in eastern France is one of three that Data Architectes designed to offer an alternative to the "locked universe" typically favoured for this type of building (+ slideshow). More
Domed roof garden covers Waterfront Restaurant by Pro-form Architects
Visitors to this restaurant near Shanghai can enter by crossing a bridge over a lily pond or ascend onto its plant-covered roof to enjoy views of the adjacent lake (+ slideshow). More
Wooden cabin by Andre Tchelistcheff Architects houses a sauna in the Hudson Valley
A sauna is housed within this wooden hut by Andre Tchelistcheff Architects, which perches on a grassy knoll overlooking the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains in upstate New York (+ slideshow). More
French court revokes planning permission for SANAA's La Samaritaine revival
News: an appeals court has blocked the SANAA-designed renovation of iconic former department store La Samaritaine in Paris, which includes a wavy glass facade that critics have compared to a shower curtain. More