Images have emerged revealing previously unreported plans for a visitor centre, including a rooftop observation deck and a shop, at the Foster + Partners-designed Apple Campus 2 in California. More about Plans unveiled for visitor centre with rooftop viewing terrace at new Apple campus
Brazilian studios BCMF and MACh have added a cantilevered bar and sunken gallery to a private residential complex on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which perches on a hillside overlooking the surrounding valleys (+ slideshow). More about Cantilevered concrete box houses poolside bar at weekend retreat in Belo Horizonte
Architecture firm Snøhetta has designed a pair of ring-shaped platforms linked by a cable car, which will offer expansive views of the Alps to residents and visitors in Bolzano, Italy. More about Snøhetta wins competition for cable car and Alpine viewing platform in Italy
White latticed screens and trailing planting shade the glazed facade of this Vietnam day spa, by MIA Design Studio, from the midday sun (+ slideshow). More about Vietnam spa by MIA Design Studio features latticed walls, hanging gardens and pools of water
Spiralling staircases connect stalls on different levels inside this concrete market building as well as creating a route between two districts in the Portuguese town of Abrantes (+ slideshow). More about ARX Portugal completes whitewashed concrete market that connects streets above and below
The Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed five possible designs for a youth centre that will form part of the £23 million redevelopment of Preston's Brutalist bus station, which was recently saved from demolition (+ slideshow). More about Youth centre proposals shortlisted for Brutalist Preston Bus Station refurbishment
Swiss firm Markus Schietsch Architekten has completed a new elephant house for a zoo in Zurich featuring an elaborate wooden gridshell roof and a glass-sided swimming pool (+ slideshow). More about Zurich Elephant House boasts a domed wooden roof and swimming pools for animals
Zaha Hadid's controversial plans for the 2020 Olympic Stadium in Tokyo have been scrapped. More about Japan scraps Zaha Hadid's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium
This steeply slanted platform by architects John Lin and Olivier Ottervaere forms a roadside market and elevated viewing point for a Chinese town being rebuilt after two earthquakes (+ slideshow). More about Undulating viewing platform by John Lin and Olivier Ottevaere features built-in market stalls
The city council of St Petersburg, Florida, has signed off the demolition of a historic pier and approved plans for its replacement – a hybrid pier and park designed by New York studio Rogers Partners. More about Rogers Partners team moves ahead with new Pier Park in Florida's St Petersburg
A layer of glass louvres wraps this Paris sports centre by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes, forming a semi-transparent facade that controls the amount of light, heat and ventilation entering the building (+ slideshow). More about Jules Ladoumègue Sports Centre features a facade of moving glass shutters
This beachside cafe and toilet block by French studio Link Architectes is built into a grassy bank by the Loire River near Saint-Étienne, France (+ slideshow). More about Beachfront facilities building by Link Architectes nestles into a slope near Saint-Étienne
Snøhetta has unveiled plans to build the first official market building in Portland, Oregon, for over 70 years. More about Snøhetta reveals design for Portland's first city market since 1942
Graduate shows 2015: students from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design have designed and built a seaside sauna made up of three wooden bands that stagger up over the rocky terrain (+ slideshow). More about Oslo architecture students build a wooden sauna that steps over the Norwegian landscape
Walls made from compressed earth combine with timber-clad surfaces and glass to help this visitor centre for the Swiss Ornithological Institute complement its natural setting on the banks of a lake (+ slideshow). More about MLZD's lakeside bird-watching centre features rammed earth walls and an aviary
The perforated metal facade of this community enterprise building in Sheffield, England, was designed by Architecture 00 to eventually become a framework for climbing plants (+ slideshow). More about Architecture 00's metal-clad community building in Sheffield provides facilities for local entrepreneurs
This Vietnam community centre by architecture studio 1+2>3 features bamboo roofs thatched with coconut leaves, which pitch inwards to direct rainwater towards a series of planted courtyards (+ slideshow). More about Cam Thanh Community House in Vietnam features thatched roofing and secluded courtyards
Castanheira & Bastai Arquitectos conceived this horse-riding centre in northern Portugal as a group of four connected house-shaped structures with sloping walls and exposed timber frameworks (+ slideshow). More about Timber-framed equestrian centre completed by Castanheira & Bastai in Portugal
M-Arquitectos has upgraded a popular thermal bathing attraction on Portugal's São Miguel Island with a new timber-clad visitors' centre and a pair of stone-lined pools (+ slideshow). More about M-Arquitectos renovates and extends thermal baths on a volcanic Portuguese island
This McDonald's restaurant featuring a perforated golden facade and a grand spiral staircase was designed by Dutch firm Mei Architects to replace "the ugliest building in Rotterdam" (+ slideshow). More about McDonald's restaurant by Mei Architects boasts a golden facade and a spiral staircase