The Calton Hill Play Shelter is a modular and demountable structure designed by Scottish practice O'DonnellBrown for the Collective contemporary art centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. More about O'DonnellBrown designs outdoor play shelter for Edinburgh arts centre
Designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio has proposed retaining and rewilding the frame of a partly demolished shopping centre to form a new mixed-use development and public leisure space in Nottingham. More about Heatherwick proposal for Nottingham development incorporates ruins of shopping centre
A cluster of barn-like structures makes up this education centre for sustainable farming that Timothy Tasker Architects has completed in the Cotswolds, England. More about Timothy Tasker Architects completes centre for sustainable farming in the Cotswolds
Angular panels of plywood disguise the structural shell of the Yoridoko jobcentre in Shingu, Japan, designed by architecture studio Td-Atelier. More about Td-Atelier erects plywood "stage set" inside Shingu employment centre
British practice Tim Ronalds Architects has converted a 19th-century malt house in Canterbury into a theatre for The King’s School, using an "as found" approach that celebrates the industrial building's original steel, brick and timber structure. More about Tim Ronalds Architects converts 19th-century Canterbury malt house into theatre
Architecture studio OMA has completed the first phase of transforming a US Postal Service building into a multi-purpose destination in downtown Houston. More about OMA inserts trio of "monumental" staircases into POST Houston cultural and retail venue
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has designed a collection of peaked umbrella-shaped structures that were informed by the surrounding mountains for a rest area in Japan. More about Kengo Kuma adds mountain-shaped toilets to hiking trail overlooking Mount Fuji
Visitors to a lighthouse in Nova Scotia can appreciate the historic structure from a new vantage point designed by Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect to be fully accessible. More about Omar Gandhi creates accessible viewpoint at Peggy's Cove lighthouse
The medieval commune St Emilion forms the backdrop to a low-lying winery that British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed for French wine producer Le Dôme. More about Foster + Partners nestles Le Dôme winery in French vineyards
Mount Emei forms the backdrop for this expansive whisky distillery, which Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has completed in China's Sichuan province. More about Neri&Hu completes stone-clad whisky distillery in China for Pernod Ricard
ECG International Landscape Consultants has transformed the site of a derelict sugar factory in Pingtung City, Taiwan, into a public park that retains fragments of the existing industrial infrastructure. More about Heito 1909 is a landscaped park on the site of a former sugar factory
Steven Holl Architects has completed a cultural and health centre in Shanghai, comprising a pair of concrete buildings punctured by irregular openings that are set within a landscaped park. More about Steven Holl completes "energetic and open" Cofco Cultural and Health Center in Shanghai
Ecuadorian firm Natura Futura Arquitectura has created a gym within a slender, multi-storey building that features an open facade covered with tall, wooden screens. More about Giant shutters front Bardales fitness centre in Ecuador by Natura Futura
A playful network of large pipes containing walkways and bridges wraps around this children's community centre in Beijing by local practice We Architech Anonymous (WAA), housed in a series of refurbished 1970s industrial buildings. More about WAA transforms Beijing warehouses into a playscape for sensory learning
Danish firm Loop Architects has completed a visitor centre for Thy National Park in Northern Jutland, Denmark, which has a concrete structure that is embedded in the coastal landscape. More about Loop Architects wedges Thy National Park visitor centre into dune landscape
French practice Antonio Virga Architecte has used perforated brickwork and gold metal to wrap a cinema building in Cahors, France, which filters light onto the surrounding public square at night. More about Golden cinema in France by Antonio Virga evokes the age of "monumental" movie theatres
Architect Petr Janda has transformed a series of vaults on the banks of the Vltava River in Prague into versatile public spaces as part of a project aimed at revitalising the embankment. More about Tunnel-like vaults house cafes and workshops along revitalised Prague waterfront
Lausanne University of Art and Design graduate Trolle Rudebeck Haar has built a pre-fabricated floating sauna, which offers views over the Alps, using local wood. More about Trolle Rudebeck Haar floats prefabricated sauna on Lake Geneva
Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has inserted a rectangular volume down the middle of an existing building in China to form a cafe that juxtaposes old and new. More about BLUE Architecture adds rectangular coffee shop to red brick building in Aranya
American firms 180 Degrees and CoLab Studio have created an educational facility and a greenhouse in the Arizona desert with polycarbonate facades that bring soft daylight indoors. More about Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix enclosed with polycarbonate walls