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
UK-based charity Playrise and architecture studio OMMX have designed a modular, flatpack playground, aimed at restoring the right to play for children in refugee camps and disaster zones. More about Playrise's easy-build playground lets kids be kids even when fleeing war
Children can dive into an enormous ball pit or dance beneath a shiny UFO at this play space created by fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck for the C-mine creative hub in Genk, Belgium. More about Walter Van Beirendonck designs space-themed playscape for Belgian arts campus
Toronto firms Denizens of Design and DS Studio have created a community space in the city's Junction neighbourhood, which offers a cafe for parents and a play area for kids within a walnut-panelled interior. More about "Quietly magical" Toronto cafe provides family-friendly third place
An adaptive reuse museum in Quito, Ecuador, has debuted a children's exhibition space that centres play and exploration at the core of early childhood development, under the direction of international design studio Morphism. More about Quito museum sets children's play area within historic factory
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
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a colourful modular playground at a primary school in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features modular sports playground by Lego and Nike
Design studio OLA Shanghai has collaborated with toy brand Lego and sports brand Nike to create a colourful modular playground at a primary school in Shanghai, China. More about Lego and Nike add modular sports playground to Shanghai primary school
A series of 3D-printed concrete boulders create bridges, tunnels and planters at Boulder Park, a playground in Shandong province, China, designed by Xisui Design. More about Xisui Design uses 3D-printed concrete to create organic-looking playscape for Chinese park
Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa and playground brand Jakuets have unveiled a series of sculptural objects for children to climb on, slide down or play with in any way they like, at Milan design week. More about Naoto Fukasawa designs colourful children's sculptures that are "impossible not to play with"
Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has created a sound installation for a sculpture park in Shanghai, featuring horn-shaped speaking tubes, swings and slides to transform the natural environment into a playful gathering space. More about Yuri Suzuki creates acoustic playground for Shanghai park
From rooftop play areas to interactive indoor landscapes, playgrounds are no longer confined to the outdoors. We've rounded up a selection of colourful play spaces that transform traditional ideas of play. More about Ten colourful playgrounds that spark children's imaginations
US studio SHED Architecture and Design has converted a former information centre into a colourful children's play space for a preschool at Seattle's Pike Place Market. More about SHED creates indoor-outdoor play space in downtown Seattle
US landscape architecture studio OJB together with architecture firms HDR and Gensler have completed three parks along Omaha's riverfront, which total 72 acres. More about OJB completes revitalization of multiple Omaha parks
Chinese studio AIM Architecture has transformed a series of former oil silos in Changzhou into Cotton Park, a mixed-use community space surrounded by a public garden and play areas. More about AIM Architecture transforms oil silos in China into community park
An empty site can be transformed into a basketball court using this mobile kit designed by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Eric Treillard. More about Eric Treillard designs mobile kit for turning unused plots into playgrounds
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a playground made of interconnected logs designed by Kengo Kuma and Earthscape. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features log playground that "triggers long-lost memories"
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has teamed up with Canadian playground design company Earthscape to create a playground structure made of interconnected logs. More about Kengo Kuma and Earthscape create "wooden mountain" playground structure
Searches for playgrounds have been climbing steadily on Pinterest over the last year. We round up 10 unconventional playgrounds that encourage socialisation from our Pinterest. More about Ten unconventional playgrounds designed for exploration from Dezeen's Pinterest
US firms Studio Gang and SCAPE have created a public park alongside the Mississippi River in Memphis that features a mass-timber shade structure and an installation by artist Theaster Gates. More about Studio Gang and SCAPE add timber canopy to "inclusive" park on Memphis waterfront