Design studio Diez Office and urban greening specialists OMCC have collaborated with the American Hardwood Export Council to create a "greening machine" exhibited during London Design Festival. More about Vert pavilion at London Design Festival serves as "garden for insects and people"
Local studio Trahan Architects has finished an interior renovation of the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, completing a series of renovations launched after Hurricane Katrina that it claims will extend the stadium's life by 25 years. More about Trahan Architects restores Superdome to be "microcosm" of New Orleans
Danish architecture studio CF Møller has integrated a nature park into a flood-defence system beside the Gudenå river in Randers, Denmark. More about CF Møller creates flood-defence system that doubles as a nature park in Denmark
Fragments of rammed-earth walls have been incorporated into the concrete exterior of Villagers' Home, a visitor centre in Zhejiang Province by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University. More about UAD completes concrete visitor centre to "preserve collective culture" of Chinese village
A curving concrete canopy and a public garden animate Carcavelos Health Complex near Lisbon, Portugal, completed by local practices Simão Botlelho, Studio-J and Duoma. More about "Garden for the city" forms heart of health centre in Carcavelos
Sculptural concrete columns support the Cesson-Viasilva Park and Ride and Bus Station in Rennes, which was designed by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes to "update the image of a car park in the outer suburbs." More about Atelier O-S perches "Roman circus" car park in France on concrete columns
Belgian studios NU Architectuuratelier and Archipelago have created a visitor centre for the Meise Botanic Garden near Brussels that is topped by a shingle-clad vaulted roof. More about Shingles cloak roof of Green Ark pavilion in Belgian botanic garden
German architecture studio GMP Architekten has been selected to design a replacement for the roof of Roger Taillibert’s "controversial" Olympic stadium in Montreal for the studio's first North American project. More about GMP Architekten set to "reinvent" roof of Roger Taillibert’s Olympic Stadium in Montreal
Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed Observation Tower Kärven, which is constructed from a network of timber beams resembling "a bundle of twisted straws". More about White Arkitekter adds hyperboloid observation tower to Swedish nature reserve
French studio Atelier Projectiles has created a fully-glazed, concrete-framed building as the D-Day Museum in Normandy, France. More about Slim concrete colonnade fronts D-Day Museum in Normandy
Global architecture studio Populous has unveiled its plans for Aramco Stadium, a 47,000-seat sports venue in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, designed to be "iconic in the football world". More about Populous releases visuals of Aramco Stadium planned for Saudi World Cup
French studio Chatillon Architectes has renovated the Grande Nef of the Île-des-Vannes sports complex in Paris, preserving its parabolic roof and updating its polycarbonate facades. More about Chatillon Architectes restores 1970s sports complex in Paris
International design firm Aidia Studio designed a community centre in Oaxaca, Mexico complete with vaulted roofs that shade a series of screens composed of square concrete blocks. More about Aidia Studio outfits Oaxaca community centre with "mysterious" concrete lattice
Sømærket is a proposal for a floating pavilion in Denmark, which local studios EFFEKT and MAST have designed to be towed between cities to "raise awareness about the underwater world". More about EFFEKT and MAST design floating platform for marine park in Denmark
Schools and libraries are among the latest public buildings in France to be designed with natural materials, following a French law informed by the sustainability aspirations of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. More about Eight public buildings in France made from bio-based materials
A jagged form clad in perforated aluminium marks the Baroque Museum of Catalonia entrance in Manresa, Spain, which has been updated by local architect David Closes. More about David Closes adds jagged metal entrance to museum in Catalonia
UK architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has revealed plans to redesign the Hanwha Galleria shopping centre in Seoul by introducing volumes that resemble "rippled hourglasses". More about Heatherwick Studio unveils plans for rippled-glass shopping centre in Seoul
Planted landscapes are woven around a pair of timber-framed buildings in the Natural History Museum gardens in London, revamped by local studios Feilden Fowles and J&L Gibbons. More about Feilden Fowles creates "living laboratory" in Natural History Museum gardens
Local studio Henkai Architekti has created Pustevny Gateway, a wood-clad visitor centre with a matching bell tower on the Beskydy Mountains ridge in the Czech Republic. More about Henkai Architekti clads mountain visitor centre in wooden shingles
Bangkok studio Touch Architect has created French Kitsch III, a patisserie in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, with a design that references French cathedrals and pastries. More about Touch Architect shapes French patisserie like "the curve of a croissant"