From outdoor courts that act as flood-water-draining bioswales to an indoor court under a concrete dome in Chile, here are seven basketball courts that integrate good design to expand their presence beyond the game. More about Seven basketball courts that score design points
Architecture studio SoBA Architects has designed the Huachiao Vibrant Sports Park in China, whose shape was informed by the flowing "water sleeves" used in the costumes for Kunqu operas. More about SoBA designs colourful sports park informed by local opera costumes
Brooklyn-based landscape architecture studio Grain Collective has created two sunken basketball courts in New York City that can retain water during flash floods. More about These New York basketball courts double as massive storm drains
Local residents contributed to the renovation of this multi-use games area in Mitcham, London, which was overseen by two members of social enterprise POOR Collective who grew up on the adjacent housing estate. More about POOR Collective completes colourful transformation of neglected south-London games area
Local firms Good City Studio and Hexagon Studio Architects have converted the main turbine hall of a historic Philadelphia power plant into Ballers, a sports club that includes indoor pickleball, soccer and squash courts. More about Philadelphia power plant transformed into sports venue
Global design studio Populous has unveiled renderings for an NBA training centre with metal panels and a roof terrace in Charlotte, North Carolina. More about Populous designs Charlotte Hornets facility clad in "swarm" of panels
A roof informed by a basketball "passing through a net" characterises the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, which was designed by international firm AECOM for the LA Clippers NBA team. More about Intuit Dome basketball stadium set to open its doors in Los Angeles
Artist Na Chainkua Reindorf has refurbished two basketball courts in Downtown Manhattan together with cosmetics brand Glossier, creating large-scale artworks to celebrate women in sport. More about Na Chainkua Reindorf creates "empowering and inspiring" artwork for NYC basketball courts
Global architecture studio Populous has unveiled the design for a sports performance centre on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio. More about Populous designs Cleveland Cavaliers sports performance centre
The Obama Foundation and US architecture studio Moody Nolan have released images of an athletic facility to be built on the Obama Presidential Center campus in Chicago. More about Moody Nolan unveils design of athletic facility at Obama presidential campus
An empty site can be transformed into a basketball court using this mobile kit designed by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Eric Treillard. More about Eric Treillard designs mobile kit for turning unused plots into playgrounds
US studio Opsis Architecture has completed the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena, which features a mass-timber structural system and a swooping metal roof influenced by the region's rolling landscape. More about Opsis Architecture "breaks with convention" for mass-timber Idaho arena
Local architecture studio Benjamín Murúa Arquitectos has topped an underground sports centre with a dome in the Atacama desert in Chile. More about Benjamín Murúa Aquitectos creates underground sports centre in Chile
A blue chequered court in Mexico City, a multicoloured court in Paris and a 3D-printed basketball floor all feature in our roundup of colourful basketball courts. More about Ten colourful basketball courts from around the world
Professional basketball player Kofi Josephs and Birmingham graffiti artist Zuke have given a basketball court in Summerfield Park, Birmingham, a colourful refresh. More about Summerfield Park basketball court updated with colourful mural and geometric patterns
Local designer Yinka Ilori has created vibrant patterns for the first public basketball court in Canary Wharf, London's financial district, which features a 3D-printed floor. More about Yinka Ilori 3D prints Canary Wharf basketball court in rainbow colours
Artist Victor Solomon has patched up the cracks in a Los Angeles basketball court with golden resin to highlight the role that sport can play in our collective healing process. More about Victor Solomon mends dilapidated LA basketball court using Japanese art of kintsugi
Scenic, improvised and dilapidated basketball courts around the world are documented in these photographs by Bill Bamberger, which form an exhibition at Washington DC's National Building Museum. More about Hoops photography exhibition shows basketball's universal appeal
Cool Cool Seaside is a pavilion made from three raised shipping containers, which provides shelter for two basketball courts in a square near the docks of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. More about Atelier Let's enlivens basketball courts in Taiwan with shipping-container pavilion
California-based firm Kevin Daly Architects has designed a sports complex for UCLA's basketball teams with fin-like panels and a wavy roofline with numerous skylights. More about Kevin Daly Architects builds crinkled complex for UCLA's basketball teams