Next month marks the official opening of the Aurlandsfjellet Tourist Route; a scenic mountain road that begins at a wooden viewing platform perched 650 metres above Norways's longest and deepest fjord (+ slideshow). More
Zig-zagging pathways lead to viewing platforms perched high in the Norwegian mountains in this visitor facility designed by Reiulf Ramstad Architects (+ slideshow). More
This snaking concrete structure by Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Architects winds down from a road to the beach along the edge of the Arctic Ocean. More
British architects Marks Barfield have designed a research centre for the Amazon Jungle with a bulging bamboo observation tower and over six miles of treetop bridges. More
Drivers crossing the coastal border between Turkey and Georgia will now pass below a knobbly observation tower by Berlin architect J Mayer H. More
The rippled timber core of this reindeer observation pavilion by architects Snøhetta mirrors the curves of the surrounding Dovre Mountains in Norway. More
Dutch architects UNStudio have designed a concrete observation tower to cantilever into the sky above a nature reserve in the Netherlands. More
Our fourth featured pavilion from Mexican pilgrimage route La Ruta del Peregrino is a precariously balanced viewing platform by Chilean architects Elemental. More
An outdoor elevator by Spanish architects Vaumm connects the mountainside neighbourhoods of a Spanish town to those in the valley. More
Two shipping containers provide a sea-facing observation deck atop this tower in South Korea by Portuguese artist Didier Faustino. More
Our third story about Mexican pilgrimage La Ruta del Peregrino features this linear stone pier by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. More
Lookout Point by Swiss architects HHF is one of eight new architectural structures along La Ruta del Peregrino, a 117km-long pilgrimage route in Mexico. More
Dezeen archive: Sturgess Architecture's glass viewing platform cantilevered over a Canadian glacier (above, top left) was our most popular story over the last week so we've grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archives about viewing platforms and observatories. See all the stories »
Canadian firm Sturgess Architecture has designed a glass viewing platform to cantilever over a glacial valley in the Columbian Icefields of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. More
Stuttgart office Birk und Heilmeyer Architekten with Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering have completed this wooden observation tower in Hemer, Germany. More
This observation tower by Munich office terrain:loenhart&mayr rises over the river Mur at the Austrian border with Slovenia. More
Here's another triangulated outcrop: Technische Universität Dresden students Philip Modest Schambelan and Anton Fromm have designed a hotel for mountain bikers for the edge of a cliff in Pregasina, Italy. More
Dan Brill Architects of the UK are among 12 international practices shortlisted to design a pedestrian footbridge for Trestles Beach, a surf spot in southern California. More
Artist Anish Kapoor has won a commission to design a 115m high public artwork at Olympic Park in London, to be built as part of London's Olympic Games in 2012. More
Korean designers AnL Studio have completed an observatory made of shipping containers in Songdo New City, Incheon, South Korea. More