Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has now moved into urban design, unveiling its massive CoFuFun plaza near Kyoto. More about Nendo looks to ancient Japanese tombs for first landscape architecture project
Finnish architecture office OOPEAA has completed a log cabin-style sauna on an island in Helsinki's archipelago that is topped with a zinc roof incorporating dormer windows. More about OOPEAA builds wood and zinc sauna on the shore of a tiny Finnish island
Architecture firm Caruso St John has been named among the winners of the 2017 RIBA Regional Awards for its renovation and extension of Herbert Rowse's art deco Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. More about Caruso St John's Liverpool Philharmonic Hall refurbishment revives an art deco masterpiece
Ateliers Jean Nouvel has released new renderings for its plant-covered luxury hotel adjoining a former maternity hospital in São Paulo, which will feature interiors by Philippe Starck. More about Jean Nouvel designs plant-covered hotel for historic district of São Paulo
Danish studio AART has been selected to design Denmark's national rowing stadium, with its designs for a tiered and timber-clad boathouse at Bagsværd Lake on the outskirts of Copenhagen. More about AART reveals designs for national rowing stadium in Denmark
Southwark Town Hall in south London has been renovated and repurposed to accommodate student housing and a mixed-use arts hub, including a theatre contained in a folded tile-clad extension. More about Jestico + Whiles converts town hall into student halls with iridescent tile-covered theatre
Bangkok-based practice NitaProw has used the dismantled structure of a house boat to create this window-covered shop for an organic beauty brand in a lush garden setting in the city. More about Gridded glazing frames garden views from NitaProw's organic beauty shop in Bangkok
Earth, clay and gravel are compressed to form the walls of this observation tower designed by De Gouden Liniaal Architecten to offer views of a nature reserve spanning the Belgian-Dutch border. More about Rammed-earth tower by De Gouden Liniaal Architecten overlooks the Maas river
A+Awards: a staircase lined in bright green spirals up the middle of this Architizer A+Award-winning cultural centre in Norway, partially visible through its metal-mesh cladding. More about Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter's Cultural Center Stjørdal features a lime green spiral staircase
Dutch studio MVRDV has converted a former overpass into a plant-covered walkway in Seoul, which follows a kilometre-long route above the traffic. More about MVRDV transforms 1970s highway into "plant village" in Seoul
Argentinian studio Adamo Faiden has designed a stepped public plaza to cover an underground carpark in Catalinas Norte, the financial centre of Buenos Aires. More about Adamo Faiden completes undulating plaza in Buenos Aires' financial district
Renzo Piano Building Workshop has completed the Château La Coste Art Gallery, a sunken exhibition space topped by sails, which is set among the grape vines of a winery in Aix-en-Provence, France. More about Renzo Piano sinks sail-covered art gallery into Aix-en-Provence vineyard
Tasked with renovating and extending the Stapleton branch of the New York Library, Andrew Berman Architect overhauled the interior and connected it to an annex clad with zinc and glass. More about Andrew Berman Architect adds timber-framed extension to old Staten Island library
Swathes of aluminium tiles wrap around this sharply pointed tower by Amanda Levete's studio AL_A, which is set in the former gardens of the British embassy in Bangkok. More about AL_A completes aluminium-plated tower block in central Bangkok
CN10 Architetti has built a trio of white concrete and marble funerary arches with space to host ossuaries and cinerary urns for a cemetery in the northern Italian city of Bergamo. More about Trio of broken arches house ossuaries in northern Italian cemetery
A skinny townhouse in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung has been transformed into a brightly lit cafe and furniture store by local studio HAO Design. More about HAO Design converts 1980s townhouse into furniture shop and cafe in Taiwan
Bigert & Bergström has built a golden, egg-shaped sauna for the people of Kiruna after damage caused by decades of iron ore mining resulted in the relocation of the entire Swedish town. More about Egg-shaped sauna creates escape for residents of Swedish town displaced by mining
A+Awards: California firm FOG Studio worked with the residents of East Palo Alto to design this bayside community centre and exhibition space, another winner at the 2016 Architizer A+Awards. More about FOG Studio's Cooley Landing centre provides facilities for Bay Area wetland reserve
Madrid studio Ecosistema Urbano has won first place in a competition to revamp the waterfront of Florida's West Palm Beach, with a proposal for domed spaces that house an array of functions, from an aquarium to a yoga and meditation zone. More about Ecosistema Urbano envisions bioclimatic domes for West Palm Beach
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed designs for a trio of new buildings at the Renzo Piano-designed Fondation Beyeler art gallery in Riehen, Basel. More about Peter Zumthor unveils extension plans for Renzo Piano's Fondation Beyeler in Basel