Landscape architects EMF teamed up with architecture firm Ardèvol to remove over 400 buildings from a former holiday village in eastern Spain and transform the landscape into a series of meandering pathways and coastal viewpoints (+ movie). More »
Tag: viewpoints
Tudela-Culip Restoration Project in
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 »
Up at the O2 by Rogers Stirk Harbour
+ Partners and Bblur Architecture
These shots by photographer Edmund Sumner show some of the first visitors able to scale the roof of the O2 Arena in London, thanks to a new fabric walkway designed by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Bblur Architecture (+ slideshow). More »
Phoenix Observation Tower
by BIG
Danish studio BIG has designed an observation tower shaped like a honey dipper for Phoenix, Arizona (+ slideshow). More »
Aurlandsfjellet Tourist
Route opens
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 »
Trollstigen Tourist Route Project
by Reiulf Ramstad Architects
Zig-zagging pathways lead to viewing platforms perched high in the Norwegian mountains in this visitor facility designed by Reiulf Ramstad Architects (+ slideshow). More »
Havøysund Tourist Route by
Reiulf Ramstad Architects
This snaking concrete ramp by Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Architects winds down from a road to the beach along the edge of the Arctic Ocean. More »
Amazon Science Centre by
Marks Barfield Architects
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 »
Sarpi Border Checkpoint by J. Mayer H.
Drivers crossing the coastal border between Turkey and Georgia will now pass below a knobbly observation tower by Berlin architect J. Mayer H. More »
Observation Tower by UNStudio
Ruta del Peregrino: Crosses Lookout Point
by Elemental

Our fourth featured pavilion from Mexican pilgrimage route La Ruta del Peregrino is a precariously balanced viewing platform by Chilean architects Elemental. More »
Urban Elevator by VAUMM
Sky is the Limit by Didier Faustino

Two shipping containers provide a sea-facing observation deck atop this tower in South Korea by Portuguese artist Didier Faustino. More »
Ruta del Peregrino: Sanctuary by Ai Weiwei

Our third story about Mexican pilgrimage La Ruta del Peregrino features this linear stone pier by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. More »




