Atelier Xi designs peach-coloured concrete pavilion in rural China
Chinese practice Atelier Xi has completed Peach Hut, a tinted concrete community pavilion and bar overlooking a field of peach trees in Henan Province. More
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Unemori Architects creates "earthquake-proof" community centre in Fukushima
Architecture studio Unemori Architects has built the Sukagawa Community Center in Fukushima as part of the wider rejuvenation of the city after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. More
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Architects reflect on Tōhoku earthquake community centres ten years on
The architects behind 16 disaster relief shelters built following the Tōhoku earthquake as part of Toyo Ito's Home-for-All project have shared their thoughts on the buildings that are still in use as community centres. More
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Abin Design Studio creates terracotta-brick community centre in Bansberia
Architecture studio Abin Design Studio has built a small, multifunctional community centre in the city of Bansberia in the Indian state of West Bengal. More
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Mae Architects uses circular design principles to build Sands End community centre
Mae Architects has completed a community centre in west London that is designed to be as adaptable and recyclable as possible. More
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Aldana Sanchez Architects builds house topped by internet cafe in rural Mexico
Hñähñu Multimedia Center by Aldana Sanchez Architects is a house in Mexico's Mezquital Valley that has a top-floor community internet cafe. More
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Video reveals Obel Award-winning community centre in Bangladesh
This video shows the building of a rammed-earth community centre in Bangladesh designed by German architect Anna Heringer, which recently won the Obel Award. More
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Bamboo and rammed-earth therapy centre in Bangladesh wins 2020 Obel Award
Dezeen promotion: a community centre in Bangladesh designed by German architect Anna Heringer has won the second edition of the prestigious Obel Award. More
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Timber community centre built alongside London's last windmill
Local architecture studio Squire & Partners has created an elongated, black community centre in a park alongside the Brixton Windmill in London. More
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Orient Occident Atelier builds community hall in Cambodia that harvests clean drinking water
Hong Kong architecture studio Orient Occident Atelier has designed a civic centre that harvests water for the small Cambodian village of Sneung. More
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Falmouth University architecture graduates present cultural centres for the Isles of Scilly
Architecture students from Falmouth University's School of Architecture, Design and Interiors present proposals for cultural community centres on the Isles of Scilly archipelago in this VDF school show. More
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Centre for displaced Rohingya women built from bamboo in Bangladesh
Architect Rizvi Hassan used bamboo to build a community centre for Rohingya women and girls living in a refugee camp, where they can bathe and access counselling. More
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Rural Urban Framework builds tent-style community centre in Ulaanbaatar
The Ger Innovation Centre is a community centre built from timber and polycarbonate by design group Rural Urban Framework in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. More
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Estudio Cavernas designs Thailand community centre as learning hub for Burmese migrant children
Not-for-profit organisation Estudio Cavernas has built the sugarcane-thatched Green Island community centre for over 400 Burmese children living near the Myanmar border in western Thailand. More
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Building Beyond Borders uses stone and earth to build Women's House Ouled Merzoug
Architecture students collaborated with a women's group in Morocco to design and build a community centre out of stone and earth in the village of Ouled Merzoug. More
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Steimle Architekten transforms traditional German barn into Kressbronn Library
Steimle Architekten has converted a former barn in the village of Kressbronn am Bodensee, Germany, into a library and community centre with glazed openings screened by angled vertical louvres. More
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LUO Studio turns abandoned concrete foundations into community centre
Architcture practice. LUO Studio has extended the abandoned foundations and concrete columns of a residential project with a timber-framed upper storey to create a community centre in Yuanheguan, China. 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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Snøhetta and WERK Arkitekter model Lanternen maritime centre on "craftmanship of boats"
Snøhetta and WERK Arkitekter have released visuals of a community centre for water sports on the coast of Esbjerg, Denmark, which will be made from wood.
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RDHA turns riverfront building into "Canada's first bookless library"
Canadian architecture firm RDHA has added glazed volumes to an old limestone post office in Cambridge, Ontario as part of its transformation into a community centre with makerspaces. More
