ADEPT and LYTT Architecture elevate lookouts within Amager Nature Park
A series of viewpoints clad in charred-timber shingles have been perched throughout the largest nature park in Copenhagen by Danish studios LYTT Architecture and ADEPT. More
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Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda features the reopening of Heatherwick's Vessel in New York
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the reopening of the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Vessel viewpoint. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More
Heatherwick's Vessel reopens with steel safety mesh wrapping its exterior
The Thomas Heatherwick-designed Vessel viewpoint in New York has reopened with steel mesh added to the exterior as a safety measure to prevent people from jumping from its platforms. More
Arthur Mamou-Mani creates rattan viewing tower for AI light show in Bali
French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has completed the 30-metre-high, rattan and ironwood Tri Hita Karana Tower on a beach in Bali, Indonesia. More
White Arkitekter adds hyperboloid observation tower to Swedish nature reserve
Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed Observation Tower Kärven, which is constructed from a network of timber beams resembling "a bundle of twisted straws". More
Henkai Architekti clads mountain visitor centre in wooden shingles
Local studio Henkai Architekti has created Pustevny Gateway, a wood-clad visitor centre with a matching bell tower on the Beskydy Mountains ridge in the Czech Republic. More
ZZHK Architects completes bridge in China with spiralling viewpoint
Chinese Studio ZZHK has completed G Clef Bridge, a pedestrian walkway across the Bailu River in Chengdu, which culminates in a spiralling ramp and viewpoint informed by musical notation. More
Crystalline cafe tops Kristal Observation Tower in Slovenia by Korpnik Produkcija
Slovenian studio Korpnik Produkcija has completed a concrete observation tower overlooking the spa town of Rogaška Slatina, topped by an angular glass cafe resembling a crystal. More
Dezeen Debate features "absolutely delightful" concrete lookout point
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a concrete lookout on the Belgian coast by Studio Moto. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
Studio Moto creates sculptural concrete lookout point on Belgian coast
Belgian practice Studio Moto has completed a ring-shaped concrete viewpoint on a beach in De Panne, which rises and falls to echo the surrounding sand dunes. More
Suspended weights counterbalance cantilevered viewpoint in Mexico
Suspended gabions weights provide a counterweight to the steel cantilever in this hilltop pavilion designed by Emiliano Domínguez and Santiago Martínez in Querétaro, Mexico. More
Rever & Drage extends sloping slate viewpoint into Sundshopen lake
Architecture studio Rever & Drage has created a stone jetty that slopes into the water of the Sundshopen lake as the latest viewpoint on one of Norway's national scenic routes. More
Zaha Hadid Architects designing sinuous lookout at Neom ski resort
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a mountaintop viewpoint as part of the Trojena ski resort at Neom in Saudi Arabia. More
Cantilevered Ring of Bjólfur viewpoint to overlook Icelandic fjord
Architecture studios Esja Architecture and Arkibygg Arkitektar have designed a ring-shaped viewpoint that will sit 650 metres up the slopes of Mount Bjólfur and overlook a fjord in the east of Iceland. More
Büro Ziyu Zhuang designs Longquan Mountain Observatory to resemble "spaceship or alien form"
German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has topped a restaurant and teahouse in Chengdu, China, with sweeping roofs and a viewpoint. More
Open Architecture's Sun Tower tops out in Yantai
Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed photos of its 50-metre-high viewing tower in Yantai as it nears completion. More
EFFEKT creates treetop walkway that is accessible to "all nature lovers"
Architecture studio EFFEKT has completed Norway's first treetop walkway, which winds up through Hamaren Activity Park in Fyresdal and ends at a circular viewpoint. More
Snøhetta places shingle-clad viewing tower on mountain peak in Austria
Norwegian architecture practice Snøhetta has built Top of Alpbachtal, an angular timber viewing tower in a popular skiing area in the Tyrolean Alps that sits 2,030 metres above sea level. More
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda features London's views becoming "increasingly controlled"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an opinion piece arguing private assets are prioritised over public access, following the Tate Modern ruling. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More
"Tate Modern court ruling could mark the beginning of the end for one of London's greatest joys"
The Supreme Court's ruling in the Tate Modern privacy case is part of a depressing trend towards London's views becoming increasingly controlled and commoditised, writes Helen Barrett. More