Public and leisure

University of Warwick Student Union
by MJP Architects

University of Warwick Student Union by MJP Architects

The triangular roof above the cafe-bar at Warwick University’s renovated student union features a tessellated underside of polished copper. More »

Sports Concert Complex
by GMP Architekten

Sports Concert Complex by GMP Architekten

Following their Eurovision Song Contest win last summer, Azerbaijan rushed to commission German firm GMP Architekten to design a new stadium that will be complete in time to host this year’s competition. More »

Inca Public Market by Charmaine Lay
and Carles Muro

Inca Public Market by Charmaine Lay and Carles Muro

The zigzagging wooden roof of this market hall in Majorca snakes around a plaza and over a car park entrance before sloping down to meet the ground. More »

The Mantes-la-Jolie Water Sports Centre
by Agence Search

The Mantes-la-Jolie Water Sports Centre by Agence Search

French architects Agence Search have completed a water-sports centre beside the Seine with a roof of undulating waves. More »

Avondale Heights Library & Learning Centre
by H2o Architects

Avondale Heights Library & Learning Centre by H2o Architects

Brightly coloured and patterned panels chosen by different groups in the local community adorn a new library and learning centre in Melbourne, Australia.  More »

Dezeen Screen: Bluetube Bar by Dose

Bluetube Bar by Dose

Dezeen Screen: this timelapse movie shows how a group of Oporto University architecture graduates, who call themselves Dose, constructed a spiky temporary bar for a student festival using blue plastic tubes and cable ties. Watch the movie »