Local architecture studio Provencher Roy has included the "lighthouse"-like Port of Montreal Tower with cantilevered platforms in the renovation of a disused industrial pier in Montreal. More about Provencher Roy designs tower with dramatic cantilever for Montreal quay restoration
Local studio New Office Works has stretched a wavy canopy across the Cheung Sha Wan promenade in Hong Kong. More about New Office Works shelters Hong Kong pier with undulating steel canopy
UK-based Heatherwick Studio has designed The Leaf, a multi-level pier for a site on the Han River near Seoul's Olympic stadium. More about Heatherwick Studio proposes pier with sense of "playful togetherness" for Seoul waterfront
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
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
Thomas Heatherwick's Pier 55 park within New York's Hudson River has been renamed Little Island, as visuals and a video detailing the project's construction are released. More about Heatherwick Studio's Pier 55 renamed Little Island
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to purchase the Stirling Prize-winning pier on England's south coast, which was redesigned by architecture studio dRMM. More about Community bid launched to buy Stirling Prize-winning Hastings Pier
Hastings Pier has been put up for sale less than four months after winning UK architecture's top accolade, following the charity behind the project going into administration. More about dRMM's Stirling Prize-winning Hastings Pier up for sale as charity goes under
Architecture firm dRMM has been awarded this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for its revival of a seaside pier in Hastings, England. More about Stirling Prize 2017 awarded to dRMM for "masterpiece of regeneration" at Hastings Pier
Architecture studio dRMM created a visitor centre clad in salvaged wooden boards as part of its overhaul of a seaside pier in Hastings, England – one of six projects in the running for this year's Stirling Prize. More about British seaside pier gets 21st-century update by dRMM
Three kilometres of saffron-coloured pathways temporarily connect the shore of Italy's Lake Iseo to islands at its centre in this installation by Bulgarian artist Christo (+ slideshow). More about Christo's Floating Piers stretch out across an Italian lake
The city council of St Petersburg, Florida, has signed off the demolition of a historic pier and approved plans for its replacement – a hybrid pier and park designed by New York studio Rogers Partners. More about Rogers Partners team moves ahead with new Pier Park in Florida's St Petersburg