Danish architecture practice 3XN has been selected to create a stepped retail building located along Baltimore's Inner Harbor informed by sailboats. More about 3XN to create stepped building for Baltimore's Inner Harbor
US firm Studio Gang has been selected to lead the revitalization of Denver's downtown Civic Center plaza, which will include improvements to a central amphitheatre and promenade. More about Studio Gang selected for first phase of Denver's Civic Center revitalization
English practice Delve Architects has used joyful colours and natural, tactile materials to outfit a newly established kindergarten by the River Thames in east London that can be accessed via boat. More about Delve Architects designs "nurturing but playful" nursery in east London
Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office has placed a concrete cafe and guesthouse "like giant rocks" on the edge of a cliff on Jiming Island in Weihai, China. More about Trace Architecture Office perches cafe on Jiming Island cliff edge
New Orleans-based architecture studio Eskew Dumez Ripple has clad a Connecticut museum with a stone facade reminiscent of local quarries and "monolithic massing". More about Eskew Dumez Ripple clads Connecticut museum in fluted precast-stone facade
US studio Opsis Architecture has completed the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena, which features a mass-timber structural system and a swooping metal roof influenced by the region's rolling landscape. More about Opsis Architecture "breaks with convention" for mass-timber Idaho arena
Dutch studio OMA has completed its first major public building in the UK, Aviva Studios, designed to provide flexible event space for Manchester-based arts and music company Factory International. More about OMA unveils Manchester's flexible cultural event space Aviva Studios
Architecture studio BuildingWork drew upon historic buildings and Indigenous culture to create the cedar-clad La Conner Swinomish Library in a maritime community in the Pacific Northwest. More about BuildingWork references local culture in small Washington library
New York-based architecture practice Studio Joseph has created a series of galleries for the National Building Museum in Washington, DC that aim to explain the building industry to the public. More about Studio Joseph highlights construction's climate impacts at DC exhibition
Architectural designer George Fisher has created an outdoor social space for Project Malachi, a homeless hostel in London, using the modular U-Build system developed by Studio Bark. More about George Fisher creates modular social space for homeless hostel in London
The spiral shape of a conch shell informed the Serpentine Bookhouse in Shenzhen, China, a library that has been designed by local architecture studio Atelier Xi. More about Spiralling library by Atelier Xi "unfolds like a scroll painting"
A spiralling cable-net roof modelled in the image of a Fibonacci sequence tops a new public greenhouse designed by Canadian studio KPMB Architects in Winnipeg. More about KPMB tops horticultural centre with roof informed by Fibonacci spirals
Beijing-based MAD Architects has referenced bamboo leaves for a sprawling, six-venue arts and cultural centre in Zhejiang Province in southeast China. More about MAD designs bamboo leaf-roofs for Anji Culture and Art Center
Salvaged wood and colourful murals by local artists are among the decorative features in the NBBJ-designed Odessa Brown Children's Clinic, which combines medical services with public amenities like a basketball court and community kitchen. More about NBBJ creates pediatric clinic in Seattle with "no blank walls"
Architecture studios Esja Architecture and Arkibygg Arkitektar have designed a ring-shaped viewpoint that will sit 650 metres up the slopes of Mount Bjólfur and overlook a fjord in the east of Iceland. More about Cantilevered Ring of Bjólfur viewpoint to overlook Icelandic fjord
A circular volume formed of concrete steps and planting wraps up and around The Pomelo Amphawa Cafe, completed by Bangkok studio Looklen Architects in Thailand. More about Looklen Architects sinks glass cafe into stepped circular landscape
International architecture studio Snøhetta has broken ground on a new public library for Charlotte, North Carolina, which will feature a warped rectangular facade and generous cantilever. More about Snøhetta breaks ground on Charlotte library with "translucent prow"
Inverted brick arches crown the Central Somers Town children's community centre near King's Cross, London, created by local studio Adam Khan Architects. More about Arched brick forms enliven London children's centre by Adam Khan Architects
Two angular glasshouses for dining and food growth feature at Steirereck am Pogusch, a restaurant that Viennese studio PPAG Architects has extended and renovated in Austria. More about PPAG Architects adds "village" of buildings to Austrian hillside restaurant
Local studio LMN Architects has completed a convention centre in downtown Seattle with a six-storey central atrium and large wooden staircase. More about LMN Architects creates six-storey convention centre in downtown Seattle