Scenic, improvised and dilapidated basketball courts around the world are documented in these photographs by Bill Bamberger, which form an exhibition at Washington DC's National Building Museum. More about Hoops photography exhibition shows basketball's universal appeal
Architecture firm BIG has revised its proposal for a new baseball stadium in Oakland, California, into a "more circular shape" with a gently sloped park on top. More about BIG updates proposal for Oakland A's baseball stadium in California
The vast LocHal library and events space, designed by Amsterdam-based studio Civic Architects, occupies a former glass and steel locomotive shed in Tilburg, the Netherlands. More about Civic Architects creates public library in vast locomotive shed
Orma Architettura has built three matching wooden viewpoints in the mountains of the Mediterranean island Corsica, for people to observe the native red deer. More about Trio of deer observatories by Orma Architettura nestle within Corsican mountains
Studio Fuksas has unveiled plans for a stepped office and commercial building covered in plant-filled terraces, on the waterfront in Monaco. More about Studio Fuksas reveals plans for "vertical park" on Monaco waterfront
3XN has unveiled its design for a multipurpose sports arena with a green roof that will merge into the landscape of Munich's Olympic park. More about 3XN designs ice hockey and basketball arena in Munich's Olympic park
Cool Cool Seaside is a pavilion made from three raised shipping containers, which provides shelter for two basketball courts in a square near the docks of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. More about Atelier Let's enlivens basketball courts in Taiwan with shipping-container pavilion
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed plans to transform a former industrial site in Chicago into a "new urban destination". More about SOM unveils plans for Chicago's Lincoln Yards neighbourhood
Architecture firm Studio 512 has designed a concrete chapel in Texas that rises up on one side to form a pointy volume evoking a steeple. More about Pointed window fronts Lincoln Chapel by Studio 512 in Texas Hill Country
Why Architects Group has converted a residential building in Mashhad, Iran, into a commercial showroom for the Bouzarjomehr Company, adding a generous outdoor staircase leading to a public roof terrace. More about Showroom in Mashhad creates public spaces with brick staircase and rooftop terrace
Lacime Architects based the layout of Shimao Longyin Leisure Centre, in China, around a series of classical Chinese gardens to create serene outdoor circulation areas. More about Lacime Architects arranges leisure centre in Suzhou around reflective pools
The Lookout on the English seaside, designed by Hampshire County Council, has a slender mono-pitched roof and concrete fins that shelter it from the "beautiful and brutal" elements and rising sea levels. More about Visitor centre on England's coast built to withstand a century of rising seas
This time-lapse footage shows the petals atop Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is hosting the 53rd Super Bowl game today, slide past each other to cover the American football pitch below. More about Watch the Super Bowl 2019 stadium roof close "like a camera aperture"
US architecture firm Studio Gang has revealed plans to overhaul a park on Memphis' Mississippi River, which include building a plant-covered viewing tower, bulbous stoney structures, and a gridded canopy for basketball. More about Studio Gang unveils redesign of Memphis waterfront Tom Lee Park
MVRDV has released visuals of KoolKiel, a mixed-use complex in Kiel, Germany, which will have its final form determined in consultation with the community. More about Final design of MVRDV's KoolKiel complex will be determined by the community
Peeter Pere and Eva Kedelauk have covered a new sauna and an existing traditional wooden smoke sauna, in Varbola, Estonia, with a zigzagging aluminium roof. More about Zigzag metal roof covers new and old saunas in Estonia
A wooden cabin with a prefabricated honeycomb-like structure, called Varden, has opened on Storfjellet mountain in Norway. More about Spinn Arkitekter completes wooden hiking cabin on Norwegian mountain
Serie Architects and Multiply Architects have completed a community centre and health clinic in Singapore, which incorporates a communal terraced garden overlooking a canal. More about Oasis Terraces is a neighbourhood centre built around a stepped garden
Local Studio has renovated a 1930s office building in the inner city suburb of Braamfontein to create the 99 Juta Street hub for creatives in Johannesburg, South Africa. More about Local Studio clads 1930s office building in pink and green tiles to create design hub in Johannesburg
Foster + Partners has completed the first Apple Store in Kyoto, Japan, which has a translucent facade informed by the materiality of traditional Japanese houses and lanterns. More about Foster + Partners models Apple Store in Kyoto on traditional Japanese houses