Windows of various shapes and sizes give this weekend retreat on the south-east coast of Japan the appearance of a children's shape-sorter toy. More »
Public and leisure
Nowhere but Sajima by
Garden Terrace Miyazaki by
Kengo Kuma and Associates
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has completed a hotel in Miyazaki where guest rooms and dining areas surround a central courtyard and wedding chapel (+ slideshow). More »
Diving and Indoor Skydiving Centre
by Moko Architects
Warsaw studio Moko Architects has unveiled plans to build a diving and indoor skydiving centre outside Warsaw by surrounding a pair of abandoned cement silos with a tower of shipping containers. More »
Miami Beach Convention Center
by OMA
Dutch firm OMA's proposal to place a hotel on top of the Miami Beach Convention Center is going head-to-head with Danish firm BIG's plan for the site (+ slideshow + movie). More »
Miami Beach Convention Center
by BIG
A large public square is at the heart of Danish firm BIG's proposed overhaul of Miami Beach Convention Center, home to the annual Art Basel/Miami and Design Miami trade fairs (+ slideshow + movie). More »
Rio de Moinhos Open-Air Theatre
by Ateliermob
This concrete staircase into the air by Lisbon architecture studio Ateliermob functions as a riverside amphitheatre on the banks of the Tagus in central Portugal (+ slideshow). More »
Campbell Sports Centre
by Steven Holl Architects
Staircases zigzag between balconies and terraces on the facade of the Campbell Sports Centre, a new athletics facility by Steven Holl Architects for Columbia University in New York (+ slideshow). More »
Golden State Warriors arena
by Snøhetta and AECOM
Architects Snøhetta and AECOM have revealed their latest renderings of a new stadium for NBA basketball team the Golden State Warriors on the waterfront in San Francisco (+ slideshow). More »
De Rietlanden Sports Hall by
Slangen + Koenis Architects
This sports hall in Lelystad, the Netherlands, by Dutch firm Slangen + Koenis Architects is coloured in fluorescent shades of green, yellow and blue (+ slideshow). More »
Asterisk by
SAKO Architects
This asterisk-shaped restaurant and winery at the centre of a lake near Beijing is our second story in the last week about Chinese studio SAKO Architects (+ slideshow). More »
ABC Center House by Kakuro Odagi
and Daisuke Narushima
With a terrace sheltered beneath its overhanging eaves, this building by Japanese architects Kakuro Odagi and Daisuke Narushima functions as an information centre for prefabricated show homes in Yokohama (+ slideshow). More »
The Dome by Héctor Serrano
at Coachella
Revellers at this year's Coachella festival in California can visit a silent disco inside a dome of colour-changing balls by Spanish designer Héctor Serrano (+ slideshow). More »
Market Hall by Robbrecht en Daem
and Marie-José Van Hee
Light filters through hundreds of rectangular slits into this towering market hall in Ghent, Belgium, which is is one of the five finalists for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 (photos by Hufton + Crow). More »
Town Hall Midden-Delfland
by Inbo
This glazed town hall in the Netherlands by Dutch architecture studio Inbo has thatched roofing folding over all five of its huge curved profiles (+ slideshow). More »
