A wildlife viewing deck and an elevated "canopy walk" through the forest are among the features at Beech Bluff County Park, which was designed by local firms In Situ Studio and Surface 678 for an area near Raleigh, USA. More about In Situ Studio and Surface 678 add elevated "canopy walk" to North Carolina park
A sawtooth spiral of weathered-steel panels evokes the blades of an impeller at this pumping station in Denmark, designed by local firm GinnerupArkitekter. More about Weathered steel cloaks sawtooth pumping station in Denmark by GinnerupArkitekter
UK architecture firms Pearce+, Invisible Studio and Lean Structures have completed the Silk Wood Playscape in Gloucestershire, using oak from the surrounding forest to create "informal, unprogrammed" play structures. More about Woodland playscape in Gloucestershire crafted from surrounding trees
Danish landscape studio SLA is among the designers of a neighbourhood on an island in Toronto's Port Lands district, set to advance after receiving the all-clear from planning officials in the city. More about Toronto island neighbourhood to feature Canada's "most ambitious" car-free space
American landscape architecture studio Field Operations has completed the four-acre Arts Landing park in downtown Pittsburgh, which includes the conversion of a street into a path winding through the green spaces. More about Field Operations completes Pittsburgh park overlooking the city's bridges
Opposition to Donald Trump's White House expansion plans has focused on the building itself but the implications for the grounds are just as egregious, writes Charles A Birnbaum. More about "The proposed White House ballroom is wholly incompatible with the site"
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
A glass-floored cantilevering viewpoint features at Nujiang River 72 Turns Canyon Scenic Area, a project by Chinese studio Archermit that transforms a perilous landscape in Tibet into a visitor destination. More about Archermit creates "playground to pursue thrills" above Tibetan canyon
Architecture studios Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners and De Zwarte Hond have arranged the Rijnvliet housing development in Utrecht, the Netherlands, around 1,000 fruit trees and 220 species of edible flora. More about "Edible neighbourhood" surrounded by fruit trees in the Netherlands
A team of local builders and designers oriented 49 prefabricated cedar cabins around a lake in Massachusetts, USA, and renovated a historic building to serve as the restaurant. More about Prospect Berkshires "landscape hotel" features cedar-clad cabins in Massachusetts
Architecture studio BIG has announced a milestone in the ongoing construction of parks along the East River in New York with a timber-clad building with built-in solar infrastructure. More about BIG completes solar education centre for renewed East River park in New York
Architecture studio Atelier-r has completed Lookout Above Litomyšl, a viewing tower in the Czech Republic constructed from two long, narrow shipping containers. More about Atelier-r uses two shipping containers to create Czech Republic lookout tower
New York architecture studio Thomas Phifer and Partners has created a red concrete pavilion for infrastructure Battery Park City Authority's recently completed Wagner Park in Lower Manhattan, which was designed by infrastructure firm AECOM for increased flood resilience. More about Thomas Phifer places arched pavilion in AECOM's flood-resilient Manhattan park
Architecture studios Heneghan Peng Architects and WXY Architecture have co-led a renovation of the grounds at Storm King Art Center in Upstate New York, adding a serpentine restroom pavilion and fabrication building. More about Heneghan Peng Architects and WXY Architecture reinterpret Storm King art park buildings
Local architecture studio Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos has completed Farrapona Geological Viewpoint, a looping lookout jutting over a mountain pass in Someido, northern Spain. More about Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos adds looped lookout to Spanish mountain pass
American studios Weiss Manfredi, Hood Design Studio and Moody Nolan have released designs for the Lincoln Center in New York City, comprising a new stage and the demolition of a wall along one of its edges. More about Designs released of "more welcoming" Lincoln Center in New York
A waterfront stage shaped like a lotus leaf forms the heart of Luhu Ring of Starlight, an amphitheatre by Chinese architecture firm AIR-CoLAB Studio and engineer HDEC in Sichuan Province, China. More about AIR-CoLAB Studio creates ring-shaped amphitheatre by lake in China
Architecture studio ODA has converted a derelict parking structure into a multi-use structure called OLA Palermo, adding green space on top as an extension of a nearby park. More about ODA converts parking garage into park-covered building in Buenos Aires
A glazed conservatory with a pleated roof is among the enhancements to the century-old Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, designed by New York studio Weiss/Manfredi and landscape firm Reed Hilderbrand. More about Weiss/Manfredi adds "crystalline" conservatory to historic Pennsylvania garden
Flowing curves and a cloud-like cluster of spherical domes are intended to evoke the sea and the sky at this rooftop skatepark in Qingdao, China, by local practice Within Beyond Studio. More about Clouds and waves inform rooftop skatepark in China by Within Beyond Studio