The elevated topography of Little Island was designed to create a sense of escape from Manhattan, according to designer Thomas Heatherwick in this interview with Dezeen. More about Little Island designed to create "the feeling of leaving Manhattan behind" says Thomas Heatherwick
New York's Hudson River Park Trust has begun construction on Gansevoort Peninsula, a riverfront park by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations that will be home to Manhattan's first public beach. More about Gansevoort Peninsula by James Corner Field Operations will feature Manhattan's first beach
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the Little Island park and performance venue in New York City and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Commenter responds to Little Island park by saying "London dodged a bullet"
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has used 132 concrete columns set into the Hudson River to support the Little Island park and performance venue, which has opened in New York City. More about Thomas Heatherwick's Little Island park and outdoor theatre opens on the Hudson
Photographs show Little Island, the park designed by Thomas Heatherwick on the Hudson River in New York, ahead of its official opening tomorrow. More about Photos reveal Thomas Heatherwick's Little Island in New York ahead of opening
Artist and designer Maya Lin has installed 49 dead cedar trees in Midtown Manhattan's Madison Square Park to raise awareness of ecosystem die-off due to climate change. More about Maya Lin installs Ghost Forest of dead trees in Midtown Manhattan
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has poured over a thousand mirrored balls into a pond and covered the trees of the New York Botanical Garden in polka dots as part of a park-wide exhibition. More about Yayoi Kusama wraps New York Botanical Garden trees in polka dots
New York City planners are working on secret plans for a controversial new pedestrian walkway on top of the High Line, dubbed "The Even Higher Line". More about Secret proposal for "Even Higher Line" on top of New York's High Line revealed
Architect Elizabeth Diller has revealed the "stealthy" way that Diller Scofidio + Renfro creates public spaces – and disclosed how it was accused of corrupting Russian youth after an outbreak of open-air sex in Moscow's Zaryadye Park. More about "Architects must defend public space" says Elizabeth Diller as she celebrates Moscow park's al-fresco sex appeal
Landscape architecture studio Narchitektura has used 40 grey sandstone slabs to create a memorial park on the site of a former synagogue in Oświęcim, the Polish city where the Auschwitz concentration camp was located. More about Narchitektura creates memorial park on site of Oświęcim's Great Synagogue
US studio James Corner Field Operations has won a competition to convert a kilometre-long section of disused railway in central London into "a garden in the sky" named the Camden Highline. More about New York High Line designer to create raised park on disused railway in Camden
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has revealed his ideas for updating the masterplan for the Los Angeles River, which include platform parks on stilts bridging the waterway. More about Frank Gehry teases plans to build raised parks over the Los Angeles River
Architecture studio Sasaki has created an expansive linear park on the site of the runway for the former Longhua Airport in the Xuhui riverfront area of Shanghai. More about Former Shanghai airport transformed into Xuhui Runway Park
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma used cross-laminated timber to build a temporary pocket park pavilion and exhibition space in Tokyo. More about Kengo Kuma builds cross-laminated timber pavilion and park in Tokyo
Phase Shifts Park in Taichung, Taiwan, has been designed by French landscape architects Mosbach Paysagistes and combines nature and technology to create a refuge from the heat and pollution of the city. More about Mosbach Paysagistes creates park for Taichung on site of former airport
London-based Heatherwick Studio has designed an elevated work campus and park bolstered against rising sea levels caused by climate change to replace deteriorating historic piers in San Francisco. More about Heatherwick Studio designs flood-resilient park The Cove for San Francisco
Barcelona studio ON-A has envisioned a 26-hectare park in the city that would rise up to cover FC Barcelona football stadium to the west. More about ON-A proposes covering Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium with Nou Parc
Pink concrete forms seats, steps and climbing walls in these two public parks designed by Mexican architecture firm Productora. More about Productora designs pink concrete playgrounds in Mexico
Swedish studio White Arkitekter has designed a floating pool in Bergen, Norway, which will be built as part of the redevelopment of the city's coastline into a waterfront park called True Blue. More about White Arkitekter designs starfish-shaped sea pool in Bergen
Creative agencies from around the world have envisioned how public spaces could be adapted to allow social distancing as part of the Where We Stand initiative organised by editor David Michon. More about 15 proposals for adapting outdoor spaces for social distancing