News: two Portuguese architects want to transform Porto's iconic Maria Pia Bridge, built in 1877 by Gustave Eiffel, into a monument by moving the disused structure from its present location on the River Douro to the city centre. More about Portuguese architects want to relocate Porto's Maria Pia Bridge
News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has been commissioned to design a string of metro stations for Beijing and is also bidding to develop two new stations on the London Underground. More about Heatherwick to design Beijing Subway stations and bid for work on London Underground
A car service pavilion with a canopy shaped like a giant Pringle potato crisp has been completed in northern Germany by GRAFT Gesellschaft von Architeken (+ slideshow). More about Autostadt Roof and Service Pavilion by GRAFT Gesellschaft von Architekten
The exterior of this water tower in Chile was designed by architect Mathias Klotz to ripple like a pond disturbed by gentle winds (photographs by Roland Halbe). More about Water Tower in Rancagua by Mathias Klotz
Curving steel columns morph into angular arches around the etched concrete body of this bridge by New Zealand architects Warren and Mahoney over a road, railway and waterway in Auckland (+ slideshow). More about Point Resolution Bridge by Warren & Mahoney
Mesh sections in the walls and floor of this Corten steel bridge in Norway provide views of the Suldalslågen river rushing beneath it (+ slideshow). More about Høse Bridge by Rintala Eggertsson Architects
News: a team comprising Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Australian firm Hassell has won the high-profile competition to redesign Melbourne's iconic railway station at Flinders Street. More about Herzog & de Meuron and Hassell triumph in Melbourne station competition
This apostrophe-shaped bridge in Hull, England, by London architects McDowell+Benedetti features a rotating mechanism so it can swing open to make room for passing boats (+ slideshow). More about Scale Lane Bridge by McDowell+Benedetti
News: the fictional bridges depicted on Euro banknotes have been been transformed into reality at a new housing development near Rotterdam. More about Fictional bridges on Euro banknotes constructed in the Netherlands
News: SHoP Architects and SOM are among four firms putting forward their visions for the future of New York's Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden (+ slideshow). More about Four architects reimagine New York's Penn Station
French practice AWP has remodelled a water-treatment plant outside Paris to reveal its industrial processes to the public. More about Water-Treatment Plant by AWP
News: America's largest bicycle sharing scheme will begin this month in New York City, with 6000 bikes available to rent from docking stations in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. More about New York launches bike-share scheme
The homes of 27,000 Palestinian refugees will be replaced as part of this reconstruction project underway at Nahr el-Bared, 16 kilometres outside of Tripoli, Lebanon (+ slideshow). More about Reconstruction of Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Concrete and stone buildings with sculpted green rooftops are arranged around generous courtyards at this prison complex near Tarragona, Spain, by AiB Estudi d'Arquitectes and Estudi PSP Arquitectura (+ slideshow). More about Mas d’Enric Penitentiary by AiB and PSP
Slideshow feature: Zaha Hadid's Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi is pictured in these new images by London photographers Hufton + Crow. More about Sheikh Zayed Bridge by Zaha Hadid photographed by Hufton + Crow
Here are the latest renderings of BIG's combined power plant and ski slope that blows smoke rings, which commenced construction in Copenhagen yesterday (+ slideshow). More about Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant by BIG
A curving slab-like roof oversails the glazed elevations of this new airport terminal in Gibraltar by London firms Bblur Architecture and 3DReid (+ slideshow). More about Gibraltar Airport by Bblur Architecture and 3DReid
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has been appointed by the Mayor of London to help develop plans for a major new airport in the southeast of England. More about Zaha Hadid appointed to develop plans for new London airport
A looping bridge by three Bosnian product design students has been completed outside the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo (+ slideshow). More about Festina Lente bridge by Adnan Alagić,Bojan Kanlić and Amila Hrustić
This police station in eastern Spain by architects Daniel Martí and Natàlia Ferrer has perforated aluminium walls that let arriving visitors take a peek at what's going on inside (+ slideshow). More about Police Station in Xixona by Daniel Martí and Natàlia Ferrer