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 about Rimbin is an "infection-free" playground concept designed to look like water lilies
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 about Nendo designs self-driving mobile playground equipment for children
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 about School in Lisbon by ARX Portugal features rooftop playground
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 about Pastel colours and polka-dots cover a fantastical miniature city for children in Shenzhen
Architecture studio Muf has built an open-air playground, featuring a geometrical climbing structure and a stage for performances. More about Muf works with primary school pupils to build Golden Lane Estate playground
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 about Cambodian school has a gridded facade that doubles as a jungle gym
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 about Yinka Ilori covers adult playground in Pinterest's most pinned colours at Cannes Lions
Aberrant Architecture has created a huge playground in a former Madrid slaughterhouse, based on the work of Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck. More about Landscape for Play is a huge colourful playground in Madrid
American firm Modus Studio has used steel and heat-treated pine to build an "alive and mysterious" treehouse in Arkansas. More about Slender pine slats enclose Evans Tree House in Arkansas by Modus Studio
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 about Olivier Vadrot designs sculptural outdoor playground for children
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 about Matt + Fiona work with children with autism to create Phoenix Playground Room
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 about Climbing-frame library in Vietnam has a thriving aquaponics system
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 about Anamorphic Playground by Unit Lab only looks normal in a mirror
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 about Catssup lets you hack your furniture to create a vertical cat playground
A whimsical park-like exhibition curated by Japanese designer Mikiya Kobayashi featured five fabric-covered playground pieces. More about Adults and children encouraged to play in Mikiya Kobayashi's whimsical park
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 about Climbing wall and swing promote play at Hibinosekkei's Tokyo childcare centre
A colourful interactive frame that Baxendale created as part of Scotland's contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 has been saved from being dismantled. More about Baxendale's Venice outdoor playground made permanent for length of biennale
A multi-coloured house is turned upside down and used as a climbing frame in this competition-winning design by architecture office Alma-nac. More about Alma-nac to build tiny upside-down house in UK play park
Two Jordanian architects have devised a modular, easy-to-assemble system of street furniture to bring ad-hoc playgrounds to cities, refugee camps and other environments lacking in public space. More about Stackable Playscapes system transforms empty lots into playgrounds
The balcony play-area of this Osaka kindergarten by Hibinosekkei and Youji no Shiro provides children with an obstacle course of ramps, benches, monkey bars, and climbing nets around a tree. More about Climbing nets surround tree extending through balcony of Osaka nursery school