Louis Vuitton's flagship Osaka store covered in curving glass sails
The facade of Louis Vuitton's store in Osaka, designed by architects Jun Aoki & Associates and Peter Marino, is based on the sails of old Japanese merchant ships More
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Make uses bronze and stone for St James's Market redevelopment
Make's St James's Market redevelopment, which includes a block with a ribbon-like stone and bronze facade and the restoration of a late 19th-century building, is featured in this video produced by Dezeen for the architecture studio. More
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Grimshaw releases visuals of Eden Project Foyle with thatched centrepiece
Grimshaw, the studio behind the Eden Project in Cornwall, has designed an ecological resort in Northern Ireland that will feature a thatched play area and treetop walkways. More
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Arts and Crafts hospital converted into holiday home by Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects
Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects has renovated CFA Voysey's Winsford Cottage Hospital in Devon, England, and turned it into a holiday home for the Landmark Trust charity. More
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French public buildings to be built with 50 per cent wood
The French government has announced plans for a sustainability law that will ensure all new public buildings are built from at least 50 per cent timber or other natural materials. More
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Asif Khan unveils carbon-fibre latticed gates for Dubai Expo 2020
British architecture studio Asif Khan has revealed the Expo Entry Portals, gateways to the Dubai Expo 2020 woven from carbon fibre to create 21-metre-high mashrabiya-style lattices. More
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Miami police enlist students to create 3D-printed model of the Super Bowl stadium
The Miami-Dade Police has worked with architecture students at Florida International University to create a 3D-printed model of the Hard Rock Stadium to use for training ahead of the Super Bowl this weekend. More
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Framlab proposes modular vertical farms for Brooklyn neighbourhoods
Creative agency Framlab has proposed building modular vertical farms in Brooklyn to provide low-income neighbourhoods with access to fresh produce. More
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Kengo Kuma completes first building in Australia
Ribbons of wood wrap around The Exchange by Kengo Kuma, which has opened in Darling Square, Sydney, Australia. More
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Bookshop in paddy field sandwiched between walls of abandoned house
Trace Architecture Office has inserted a bookshop and cafe into old rammed earth gables of a long-abandoned house in rural China. More
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10 steamy saunas to sweat it out in colder climes
Floating saunas, an egg-shaped sauna and a sauna built like a concrete mine shaft are some of the 10 unique saunas to warm up in cold countries. More
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IKEA reveals plans for car-free store wrapped in greenery
More than 100 trees will adorn the gridded facade of IKEA's city-centre Vienna Westbahnhof store, which will have no car parking spaces. More
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Pastel colours and polka-dots cover a fantastical miniature city for children in Shenzhen
Architecture studio X+ Living has built a polka-dot slide into a ball pit and giant pastel parasols within the Shenzhen Neobio Family Park in a shopping centre in China. More
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New York governor Cuomo unveils revitalisation plan for Erie Canal
New York governor Andrew Cuomo and UK firm Buro Happold have revealed an initiative to overhaul the state's Erie Canal with public parks, residential areas and commercial hubs. More
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Archi-Union surrounds internet conference centre with robot-built pavilions
Archi-Union has surrounded the Light of Internet World Internet Conference Centre in Wuzhen, China, with pavilions that were built using robotic construction techniques. More
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Waterfrom Design builds tea house with a basement hidden beneath a water pool
Architecture studio Waterfrom Design has completed the Tea Community Centre, a multipurpose building in Xiamen, China, that is partially concealed beneath the surface of a pool of water. More
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BVH creates visitor centre for bluff overlooking Nebraska river valley
Architecture studio BVH used materials such as charred wood and weathering steel to help a visitor centre in a wilderness preserve hold up against harsh weather conditions. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects wins approval for world's first all-timber stadium
Zaha Hadid Architects has won planning permission for the world's first wooden football stadium, which will be built in Gloucestershire, England for football club Forest Green Rovers. More
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Haeckels' Victorian bathing machine warms up winter seaside dippers
Skincare brand Haeckels has built a traditional wood-burning sauna on the sands of Margate beach, in a bid to "reacquaint the community" with the health-giving properties of their local waters. More
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Golden mesh shades a sports pavilion in Sydney
Golden polycarbonate mesh stretches across the canopy of this pavilion in Marsden Park, Sydney, designed by architecture practice CHROFI . More
