From daring cantilevers to dizzying helical staircases and hyperboloids, viewpoints are an opportunity to show off that some architects find irresistible. Here, we round up 10 lookouts where the architecture almost seems to compete with the vista. More about Ten viewpoints where dramatic architecture rivals the landscape
Architecture studio BIG has designed a series of buildings for a university being established by the members of the Walton family in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA with three structures that expand on the local vernacular. More about BIG designs "new kind of urban university" for Bentonville
American artist James Turrell has created As Seen Below, a 40-metre-wide Skyspace, for the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark. More about James Turrell creates subterranean Skyspace in Aarhus that "holds the sky close"
Continuing our Gaudí Centenary series, we've rounded up seven of the most iconic buildings designed by Antoni Gaudí, all of which are in Barcelona and UNESCO World Heritage listed. More about Seven UNESCO-listed buildings by Catalonia's greatest architect
UK practice Heatherwick Studio has unveiled designs for AlUla Manara, a textured-stone, stargazing visitor and research centre in Saudi Arabia. More about Heatherwick Studio unveils "space observatory" in AlUla
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Herzog & de Meuron's transformation of the Titlis Tower in the Alps into a sculptural tourist attraction. More about "This is the best thing H&dM has done" says commenter
From a reused church in Texas to a restaurant in the Wisconsin wilderness, a recent book shows the breadth of architecture happening in small towns and remote locations across the United States. More about Eight "out there" buildings from across America
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Zaha Hadid Architects being rebranded as ZHA. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Patrik Schumacher's renaming of Zaha Hadid Architects
A swimming pool is raised above the ground at the White Modular House, which was designed by Argentine studio SET Arquitectura to "intervene as little as possible in the natural terrain". More about SET Arquitectura places elevated home with pool on steep Argentina hillside
A trio of swooping, interconnected volumes informed by traditional Cantonese opera costumes make up this performing arts centre, which has been completed by UK studio ZHA in Guangdong, China. More about ZHA designs waterfront performance venue in China to "crescendo and flare"
AI artist Thierry Lechanteur has transformed a speculative design by Antoni Gaudí for a supertall hotel in New York into a series of digital renders, featured as part of our Gaudí Centenary series. More about Gaudí's "ghost of an alternative New York" visualised by AI artist Thierry Lechanteur
Continuing our Gaudí Centenary series we look at the first house designed by Antoni Gaudí, Casa Vicens, which was a testing ground for his later work and a masterpiece in its own right. More about Casa Vicens was Antoni Gaudí's "manifesto home"
Renders and construction images of the upcoming London Museum in Smithfield, by architecture studios Stanton Williams and Asif Khan with conservation architects Julian Harrap Architects, have been released ahead of its opening later this year. More about Images of relocated London Museum by Stanton Williams and Asif Khan revealed
One of Ukraine's most significant religious sites, Dormition Cathedral, is among the buildings to have been left badly damaged in the latest waves of Russian strikes in the country. More about UNESCO-listed cathedral in Kyiv set alight during Russian attack
US studio CookFox Architects has unveiled the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, which was informed by the musician's "honesty, bravery and authenticity", at a New Jersey university. More about CookFox Architects completes Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music
The cavernous earth chambers of an anthill informed the stack of curved brick balconies that front this home in Maharashtra, India, designed by local studio Kaushal Tatiya Architects. More about Anthill caverns inform "earthy and tactile" Indian home by Kaushal Tatiya Architects
Few architects have achieved more public recognition than Antoni Gaudí. But why was he not more influential? Nat Barker reports as part of our Gaudí Centenary series. More about Why did Gaudí not have more of an impact on global architecture?
Architect Alison Brooks and designers Ron Arad, Faye Toogood and Max Lamb are among the industry leaders who have been recognised in King Charles III's 2026 Birthday Honours list. More about Ron Arad, Alison Brooks, Max Lamb and Faye Toogood recognised in King's Birthday Honours
Architecture studio Dum-Dum Laboratorio de Arquitectura Avanzada has created a waterside pavilion out of red painted wood that serves as an environmental classroom for the local community in Calbuco, Chile. More about Dum-Dum Lab constructs lakeside pavilion as environmental classroom
Irish architect Lorcan O'Herlihy, who founded California studio LOHA in 1994, has passed away aged 66. More about LOHA founder Lorcan O'Herlihy dies aged 66