Dutch studio Casanova + Hernandez has completed a landscaping project in the Albanian village of Shiroka, comprising a waterfront plaza and streetscape that uses granite stones to replicate a traditional carpet pattern. More about Casanova + Hernandez completes patterned public square based on an Albanian carpet
Rectangular openings allow sunlight and rain to enter this multipurpose covered plaza designed by Junya Ishigami for the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan. More about Junya Ishigami completes covered plaza with sloping floor for Japanese university
Karen Blixens Plads in Copenhagen is an undulating plaza with sheltered parking for over 2,000 bicycles designed by Danish architecture firm COBE. More about COBE's undulating public square in Copenhagen contains parking for 2,000 bikes
An underused public space in Veracruz, Mexico, has been given new life by Rozana Montiel and Alvin V Wallach, who built a canopy over the plaza to protect it from the elements. More about Pitched-roof structure revitalises public space at Veracruz port
A pair of skyscrapers with concave, honeycomb-patterned facades bracket planted plazas at Büro Ole Scheeren's Duo development in Singapore. More about Honeycomb-patterned towers by Büro Ole Scheeren frame gardens in Singapore
Dutch landscape architect Peter Veenstra has revealed plans to build a plant-covered bamboo sphere in Cape Town's Luthuli Plaza, providing an extra venue for next year's Design Indaba conference. More about Peter Veenstra to build dome of plants at Design Indaba venue in Cape Town
Architecture studios COBE and BRUT have been selected to redesign the entrance to the European Union headquarters, with a proposal including a reflective doughnut-shaped canopy. More about COBE and BRUT chosen to create new entrance plaza for EU headquarters in Brussels
The work of late gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk will be celebrated in San Francisco's famous Castro District with a large set of ramping steps, designed by US architecture firm Perkins Eastman. More about Gay rights activist Harvey Milk to receive stepped memorial in San Francisco's Castro
Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has now moved into urban design, unveiling its massive CoFuFun plaza near Kyoto. More about Nendo looks to ancient Japanese tombs for first landscape architecture project
Argentinian studio Adamo Faiden has designed a stepped public plaza to cover an underground carpark in Catalinas Norte, the financial centre of Buenos Aires. More about Adamo Faiden completes undulating plaza in Buenos Aires' financial district
Pomo summer: the Piazza d'Italia in New Orleans, designed by Charles Moore, is one of the few icons of Postmodern architecture that isn't a building, and is next in our summer season on Postmodernism. More about Postmodern architecture: Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans by Charles Moore
News: construction is now under way on a public square underneath Richard Seifert's iconic Centre Point tower in London, as part of a major redevelopment by Rick Mather Architects and Conran & Partners (+ movie). More about Work starts on public plaza beneath Richard Seifert's Centre Point
A cafe, playroom and gallery are tucked beneath the artificial topography of this undulating public square in Mexico by architect Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos. More about Emblematic Monument by Enrique Norten and TEN Arquitectos
Austrian design studio LAAC Architekten and Stiefel Kramer Architecture have completed this public plaza in Innsbruck, Austria, with an undulating concrete surface. More about Landhausplatz by LAAC Architekten and Stiefel Kramer Architecture
Spanish architect José María Sánchez García has created a public square with a raised viewing platform, surrounding a Roman temple in Mérida, Spain. More about Entorno del Templo de Diana by José María Sánchez García
OFIS Arhitekti from Slovenia have designed a complex combining offices, homes, a hotel and retail and sporting facilities in Moscow, Russia. More about Jaroslavska Square by OFIS Arhitekti