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
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a playground in LA designed by architecture studio NBBJ in collaboration with Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features a playground by NBBJ and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
American architecture studio NBBJ has collaborated with American musician Flea to design a playground on a public housing complex in Los Angeles. More about NBBJ and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers create LA playground
Sloping red dunes and cavernous spaces feature in this playground, which local studio XISUI Design has created in a residential area in Guangzhou, China. More about Red Dunes Playtopia features "cave-like" play spaces and undulating hills
Tree-like columns and other nature-inspired details feature in this indoor playground, which design studio Sarit Shani Hay has created for the children of employees at an Israeli software company. More about Sarit Shani Hay references the outdoors to design indoor playground in Tel Aviv
A radical playground in 1960s Amsterdam is revealed in a series of previously unseen images by German photographer Ursula Schulz-Dornburg. Here, she picks out her favourite shots. More about Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's photographs reveal "junkology" architecture built by children
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing New Zealand artist Mike Hewson's public playground, which contains 24 massive rough-hewn bluestone boulders. More about "Appropriate playground for future generations" says commenter
New Zealand artist Mike Hewson has designed a public playground in Melbourne named Rocks on Wheels that contains 24 massive rough-hewn bluestone boulders. More about Mike Hewson installs giant boulders on wheels for "risk play" space in Melbourne
Ten Eyck Landscape Architects has restored a "recreational heart" to a downtown park in Austin, Texas with vernacular buildings, play spaces and a revitalized ecosystem. More about Austin's Pease Park revitalized to "integrate fun with nature"
Artist Shezad Dawood has created an architectural playground in Doha that features miniature versions of four well-known buildings in the city. More about Shezad Dawood makes playful versions of 1980s Qatari buildings for Doha Modern Playground
Portuguese practice KWY.studio worked with artist studio Superflex and local schoolchildren to create this series of five pink marble play sculptures in Billund, Denmark. More about "Whimsical" marble play sculptures erected in Denmark
A playful network of large pipes containing walkways and bridges wraps around this children's community centre in Beijing by local practice We Architech Anonymous (WAA), housed in a series of refurbished 1970s industrial buildings. More about WAA transforms Beijing warehouses into a playscape for sensory learning
Children can play, hide and climb inside a series of sculptural spheres in a playground in Vårbergstoppen, Stockholm designed by Swedish architecture studio AndrénFogelström. More about AndrénFogelström installs sculptural spheres in Stockholm park
Toy designer Luca Boscardin has transformed his colourful line drawings of wild animals into abstract life-sized steel versions for a public playground in Amsterdam. More about Minimalist animal sculptures by Luca Boscardin form children's playground equipment
Architecture office Studio Dlux has converted a former events space in Curitiba into a school featuring a multicoloured playground and a ceiling that looks like a starry sky. More about Studio Dlux includes colourful playground in Brazilian school conversion
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 about Breakwater in Jamestown is both a public playground and a sculpture
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 about Atelier Scale designs The Folds playground to encourage tactile play
New York studio Architensions has designed structures modeled on clouds, treehouses, tunnels and igloos for an indoor playground for children in Brooklyn. More about Architensions creates colourful Children's Playspace with plywood climbing frame and tunnel
Swimmers in New Hampshire's Willy Lake can climb up this floating installation made from recycled HDPE plastic by architecture firm Bulot+Collins and dive back into the water. More about Iceberg forms floating diving platform in New Hampshire lake