A playground slide is tucked into the rooftop folds of this children's centre in a coastal South Korean village by Seoul studio JYA-RCHITECTS (+ slideshow). More »

A tubular steel slide plummets through four storeys inside this penthouse apartment in New York by architect David Hotson (+ slideshow). More »

Slideshow: stairs might be perfectly practical but moving from room to room via a skateboard, slide or climbing wall is far more exciting so  here's a roundup of homes and offices from the pages of Dezeen that feature extreme ways of getting around.  More »

Microsoft has joined Google and Lego in the trend for offices like playgrounds with their new Vienna base that includes a slide. More »

The departure lounge that Dutch designers Tjep. have just refurbished at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport includes a slide to keep children occupied while they wait. More »

Slideshow: Spanish architects Miquel Mariné Núñez and César Rueda Boné have transformed an abandoned market hall in Aragon into a children's centre with a slide connecting its floors. More »

The best escape route from a meeting at the Denmark office of toy brand Lego is down a metal slide. More »

Japanese studio Level Architecs have completed a house in Tokyo, Japan, with a slide connecting all three floors. More »

A slide is hidden behind the mirrored wall in this Tokyo office by Japanese studio Schemata Architecture Office. More »

A spiralling concrete slide connects the kitchen and child's bedroom of this family house near Jakarta designed by Indonesian architects Aboday and photographed by Happy Lim. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »