These glowing circular swings have been installed by Höweler + Yoon Architecture to brighten up a patch of Boston parkland and to encourage children to play outside the confines of the playground (+ movie). More about Höweler + Yoon Architecture installs a glow-in-the-dark swing set in Boston
This Copenhagen playground building surrounded by road markings was designed by Danish architects MLRP to provide a place where children can learn about road safety and test skills on-site (+ slideshow). More about MLRP's Traffic House helps teach children about road safety
Layers of springy nets stretched across an atrium at the centre of this beach house in Thailand by Bangkok studio Onion create a vertical playground that can be used to travel from the top floor to the bottom (+ slideshow). More about Jerry House by Onion is built around an indoor playground
Rotterdam-based Studio Makkink & Bey has added an industrial playground with a decorative perimeter fence to a Mecanoo-designed housing complex in Reimerswaal, the Netherlands. More about Studio Makkink & Bey adds industrial playground to Mecanoo's Reimerswaalhof housing
New York practice Cooper Joseph Studio was inspired by Mexican beach huts to insert four pyramidal chimneys behind the concrete exterior of this playground pavilion in Dallas, Texas (+ slideshow). More about Webb Chapel Park Pavilion by Cooper Joseph Studio
Danish architecture firm BIG has scattered miscellaneous street furniture from 60 different nations across a brightly coloured carpet of grass and rubber at this park in Copenhagen (+ slideshow). More about Superkilen by BIG, Topotek1 and Superflex
Funhouse mirrors are mounted on the gabled ends of this playground pavilion in Copenhagen, as well as behind the doors. More about Mirror House by MLRP
Customers can leave their children playing downstairs and dine beside a four metre-high model elephant at this Bucharest restaurant. More about Phill by Nuca Studio
Mulders vandenBerk Architecten of Amsterdam have completed a playground building in a park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with a Corian façade engraved with images of fairytales from around the world. More about Anansi Playground Building by Mulders vandenBerk Architecten
French designer Matali Crasset has designed a series of sculptural outdoor "trees" for a high school in France. More about Trees for Lycée Germaine Tillon by Matali Crasset
Solar Shade by Australian designers Buro North educates primary school children about collecting energy from the sun while providing shade in playgrounds. More about Solar Shade by Buro North