Light permeates this civic hall designed by Magén Arquitectos in southern Spain through blocks of alabaster in the facade. More »
Public and leisure
Bajo Martin County Seat
192 Shoreham Street by Project Orange
The two storeys that London architects Project Orange have added to the roof of a redundant brick warehouse in Sheffield look like another building stacked on top. More »
Redbridge Welcome Centre
by Peter Barber Architects
Slideshow: London studio Peter Barber Architects has completed a centre for drug and alcohol rehabilitation in Ilford, northeast London. More »
Zap' Ados by
Bang Architectes
Slideshow: French studio Bang Architectes has converted a former peanut factory in Calais into a skateboarding park with a bright orange mesh facade (photos by Julien Lanoo). More »
Beaugrenelle Shopping Mall
by Agence Search
French architects Agence Search have won a competition to design a Paris shopping mall with proposals involving giant elliptical lattices. More »
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 »
Pombal Castle Hill by Comoco Architects
Stork Nest Farm by SGL Projekt
It may look like a giant bird’s nest but this stick-covered dome is actually a horse-riding arena in the Czech Republic. More »
Ogimachi Global Dispensing
Pharmacy by TKY Japan
This tiny gabled pharmacy is squeezed into a narrow alleyway between two towering apartment blocks in Osaka. More »
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
The zigzagging wooden roof of this market hall in Mallorca snakes around a plaza and over a car park entrance before sloping down to meet the ground. More »
Gymnastics building by Heams et Michel
A windowless yellow facade shrouds the interior of this concrete gymnasium in southern France by architects Heams et Michel. More »
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 »
Artwood Showroom by LDA.iMdA Architects
Italian studio LDA.iMdA Architects converted this former warehouse in northern Italy into a design showroom and then concealed it behind gauzy black curtains. More »
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 »