US firms SHoP Architects and Ken Smith Workshop have turned a sliver of land along the East River into an ecological park featuring gardens, a faceted metal screen and a rocky beach that serves as habitat for mussels. More about SHoP and Ken Smith convert Manhattan's Pier 35 into an eco park
The New York branch of architecture firm OMA has unveiled its design for the extension to the city's SANAA-designed New Museum. More about OMA designs angular extension for SANAA's New Museum in Manhattan
Chicago architect John Ronan has designed a Prairie-style visitor centre to adjoin Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
More about Visitor centre revealed for Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio
Balconies fan out like leaves from the mixed-use L'Arbre Blanc tower, which Sou Fujimoto has completed in Montpellier with Nicolas Laisné, Dimitri Roussel and OXO Architectes. More about Balconies branch out from Sou Fujimoto's tree-like tower in Montpellier
A dune-like concrete shell encases the Ayla Clubhouse in Aqaba, which Oppenheim Architecture has designed to blend in with the surrounding desert in Jordan. More about Oppenheim Architecture's sinuous concrete golf clubhouse mimics Jordan's desertscape
A system of hydraulics opens and closes three panels of this visitor centre in Xiahuayuan Village, China, depending on the temperature outside. More about Operable Interactive Village Hut opens and closes depending on the temperature
RAU Architects and Ro&Ad Architects have designed the egg-shaped Tij Observatory for the Scheelhoek Nature Reserve in Stellendam, the Netherlands, which can be taken apart and rebuilt elsewhere. More about Thatched reeds cover egg-shaped observatory for watching birds
Canyon-like walls overflowing with mist define the Doubleground pavilion, which nestles within the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. More about Muir and Openwork create mist-filled "chasm" at National Gallery of Victoria
Architecture office MLZD has built a sports hall with a sculptural concrete wall below ground level to preserve views of a heritage-listed converted monastery in Wettingen, Switzerland. More about MLZD adds subterranean sports hall to school in a former monastery
Bibliophiles can take pleasure in looking through Dezeen's pick of the best libraries, including one in the Netherlands that occupies an old locomotive shed, and another in China that resembles an eye. More about Eight striking libraries that are bound to impress
New photos reveal the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre nearing completion in China. More about Zaha Hadid Architects' lakeside cultural centre nears completion in Changsha
Morris + Company has wrapped a metal arcade around a vaulted timber restaurant pavilion at Wildernesse House, a retirement living scheme in Kent, England. More about Morris + Company builds vaulted wooden restaurant with aluminium arcade
London architecture studio Featherstone Young has built the Bay 20 community centre to replace the gym lost by the Dale Youth Amateur Boxing Club in the Grenfell Tower fire. More about Featherstone Young builds boxing gym for Grenfell Tower club
This 360-degree movie documents the three-year process of creating Assemble's Granby Winter Garden from two derelict houses in Liverpool, UK. More about 360-degree video shows creation of Assemble's Granby Winter Garden
Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble has created a "secret indoor garden" within two houses in Liverpool, UK, as part of its Granby Four Streets rejuvenation project. More about Assemble transforms two derelict terrace houses into Granby Winter Garden
Hand cranks are used to lift up huge glass doors that open to a courtyard in this Mexican restaurant, which Seattle firm Olson Kundig has completed in downtown Austin. More about Big glass box brings light into Olson Kundig's Comedor restaurant in Austin
Simple plaster surfaces sit alongside aged wooden ceiling beams within this ceramics studio in Coimbra, Portugal, which has been overhauled by Luisa Bebiano Arquitectos and Atelier do Corvo. More about Old Ceramic Society of Coimbra celebrates its 18th-century structure
An indoor forest sits under a large glazed dome with a rainwater waterfall running through the middle at Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport by Safdie Architects. More about Safdie Architects completes world's tallest indoor waterfall at Jewel Changi Airport
Winter Architecture has teamed with Zunica Interior Architecture to transform a historic Melbourne cricket pavilion into a flexible community hub. More about Winter Architecture creates community-focused cricket pavilion in Melbourne
Mica-Bar by 3andwich Design occupies a concrete volume poking out over a river running through the village of Wangjiatuan in China. More about Concrete bar by 3andwich Design cantilevers over a river in China