Colourful metal canopies shade a market in rural Niger by Atelier Masomi
Architecture studio Atelier Masomi has built a market in Dandaji, Niger, using colourful recycled-metal canopies to attract vendors and help grow the local economy. More
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RoundAround dynamic "bridge" is made of autonomous boats
Carlo Ratti and his team at MIT's Senseable City Lab have come up with a "bridge" made of continuously circling autonomous boats for a tricky patch of Amsterdam's waterway. More
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Elbow Shadow bridge in Serbia by ARCVS will double as an office and hotel
ARCVS has revealed visuals of a two-storey bridge in Novi Sad, Serbia, which will span the River Danube and include a hotel and office building. More
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360-degree images reveal inside Zaha Hadid Architects' Beijing Daxing International Airport
Chinese media organisation CGTN has released 360-degree photography that shows the interiors of Zaha Hadid Architects' airport terminal building in Beijing, which is set to open next month. More
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Cody Dock Rolling Bridge set to revive former industrial site in east London
Architectural designer Thomas Randall-Page has revealed visuals of a rolling bridge for Cody Dock in east London that can be manually rotated to allow boats to pass beneath it. More
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UNStudio set to connect Russia and China with world's first international cable car
Designed as the first ever cross-border cable car the Blagoveshchensk – Heihe Cable Car will be built across the Amur River, which marks the border between eastern Russia and China. More
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George Bradford-Smith proposes astronaut training facility on face of Mont Blanc
Bartlett graduate George Bradford-Smith has designed an astronaut training facility that clings to the face of Mont Blanc to imitate Mars' extreme environmental conditions. More
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Soaring brick archways define Sydney's Rail Operations Centre
Architecture practice Smart Design Studio and Jacobs have used red brick arches on a "heroic scale" to create the Rail Operations Centre in Sydney, Australia. More
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Carlo Ratti imagines how Boulevard Périphérique in Paris will look in 2050
Paris' famous Périphérique ring road could have its car lanes slashed by half and replaced by a playground in the switch to driverless cars, says Carlo Ratti. More
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Supertall Camlica TV and Radio Tower nears completion in Istanbul
Melike Altınışık Architects' 369-metre-high Çamlıca TV and Radio Tower has almost completed in Istanbul, with only the engineered facade left to install. More
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Christian Bauer suspends pedestrian and cycle path beneath Pont Adolphe in Luxembourg
A four-metre-wide path now hangs underneath the Pont Adolphe bridge in Luxembourg, with a lightweight steel system that acts like a "well-controlled spider's web". More
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Plans unveiled for temporary UK Parliament designed by AHMM
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has designed a temporary replacement for the House of Commons, to be used by UK Parliament while the Palace of Westminster is restored. More
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Brexit deadlock could be broken with parliament redesign says Axiom Architects
Axiom Architects have proposed a tongue-in-cheek solution to the UK parliament's Brexit deadlock, which sees the Palace of Westminster transformed into a more open forum for debate. More
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BIG unveils park-covered highway for Brooklyn's waterfront
Architecture firm BIG has unveiled a proposal to overhaul a portion of New York City's Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, known as the BQE, with a public park that covers a subterranean roadway. More
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Nicole Moyo's waste-to-energy system will "mobilise communities in informal settlements"
Nicole Moyo's sustainable waste-to-energy infrastructure Ukubutha can be constructed by slum communities to enable them to live self-sufficiently. More
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London's first 3D zebra crossing encourages drivers to slow down
The first 3D zebra crossing in the UK has been painted on a road in north-west London in an effort to improve road safety in the area. More
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Hong Kong government plans £60 billion artificial island to solve "serious" land shortage
Hong Kong's government has unveiled a £60 billion infrastructure project to address its land shortage by building one of the world's largest artificial islands. More
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Photos reveal world's tallest indoor waterfall inside Safdie Architects' Singapore airport building
The 40-metre-tall Rain Vortex – the world's tallest indoor waterfall – is the centrepiece of Singapore's soon-to-open Jewel Changi Airport, designed by Moshe Safdie's architecture firm. More
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The Midtown Viaduct offers pedestrian link between NYC's Hudson Yards and Penn Station
New York firm DXA Studio has designed a conceptual bridge that would connect the city's new Hudson Yards neighbourhood with the Moynihan Train Hall extension to Penn Station above the streets. More
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Beaux-arts train station in Ottawa becomes temporary home for Canada's Senate
Canadian firms Diamond Schmitt Architects and KWC Architects have completed the transformation of a historic 20th-century train station in Ottawa into the temporary home for Canada's upper house of parliament. More
