Breakwater in Jamestown is both a public playground and a sculpture
Canadian designers Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster have created Breakwater, a concrete sky-blue playground in Jamestown, New York out of repurposed wave breakers. More
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Atelier Scale designs The Folds playground to encourage tactile play
Atelier Scale has created The Folds, a small community playground in Changzhou, China, as a place for children to explore in a more tactile and less regulated way than usual. More
Architensions creates colourful Children's Playspace with plywood climbing frame and tunnel
New York studio Architensions has designed structures modeled on clouds, treehouses, tunnels and igloos for an indoor playground for children in Brooklyn. More
Iceberg forms floating diving platform in New Hampshire lake
Swimmers in New Hampshire's Willy Lake can climb up this floating installation by architecture firm Bulot+Collins and dive back into the water. More
Rimbin is an "infection-free" playground concept designed to look like water lilies
Berlin-based designers Martin Binder and Claudio Rimmele have designed a concept for an "infection-free" playground where children could play together safely during the coronavirus pandemic. More
Nendo designs self-driving mobile playground equipment for children
Coen Car is a concept design by Nendo that envisions children playing with a fleet of autonomous vehicles that function as pieces of mobile and interactive playground equipment. More
School in Lisbon by ARX Portugal features rooftop playground
Redbridge School in Lisbon by ARX Portugal is formed of two wood-framed buildings clad with metal, one featuring a playground on its roof. More
Pastel colours and polka-dots cover a fantastical miniature city for children in Shenzhen
Architecture studio X+ Living has built a polka-dot slide into a ball pit and giant pastel parasols within the Shenzhen Neobio Family Park in a shopping centre in China. More
Muf works with primary school pupils to build Golden Lane Estate playground
Architecture studio Muf has built an open-air playground, featuring a geometrical climbing structure and a stage for performances. More
Cambodian school has a gridded facade that doubles as a jungle gym
The interchangeable steel grid of windows, shelves and lockers of a school in Sneung, Cambodia, designed by Orient Occident Atelier can also be used as a climbing frame. More
Yinka Ilori covers adult playground in Pinterest's most pinned colours at Cannes Lions
Designer Yinka Ilori invites visitors to the Cannes Lions festival to "tap into their inner child" at his colourful, geometric-patterned playground installation for Pinterest. More
Landscape for Play is a huge colourful playground in Madrid
Aberrant Architecture has created a huge playground in a former Madrid slaughterhouse, based on the work of Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck. More
Slender pine slats enclose Evans Tree House in Arkansas by Modus Studio
American firm Modus Studio has used steel and heat-treated pine to build an "alive and mysterious" treehouse in Arkansas. More
Olivier Vadrot designs sculptural outdoor playground for children
French designer Olivier Vadrot has created an open-air playground made of geometric structures that encourage children to socialise, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. More
Matt + Fiona work with children with autism to create Phoenix Playground Room
An architect and educator who collaborate as Matt + Fiona have worked with children with autism to design and build a sensory playground at their new school site. More
Climbing-frame library in Vietnam has a thriving aquaponics system
VAC Library by Farming Architects is a large wooden climbing frame that uses solar-powered aquaponics to keep vegetables, koi carp and chickens in Hanoi, Vietnam. More
Anamorphic Playground by Unit Lab only looks normal in a mirror
London-based Unit Lab has created a playground that is designed to look distorted in real life, but normal when viewed through a warped mirror, in an attempt to make science fun. More
Catssup lets you hack your furniture to create a vertical cat playground
Studio RYTE's Catssup collection can be attached to shelves or furniture to provide a world for cats to explore without compromising the human living space. More
Adults and children encouraged to play in Mikiya Kobayashi's whimsical park
A whimsical park-like exhibition curated by Japanese designer Mikiya Kobayashi featured five fabric-covered playground pieces. More
Climbing wall and swing promote play at Hibinosekkei's Tokyo childcare centre
Japanese architecture studio Hibinosekkei incorporated structures intended to encourage play into the interior design of this Tokyo support centre for children with developmental difficulties. More