Reiach and Hall Architects have used grey bricks to create a sombre, respectful facade for the Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre near the Scottish city of Stirling (+ slideshow). More about Reiach and Hall gives sober facade to Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre
The two intersecting roofs of the Giraffe House at Auckland Zoo in New Zealand were designed to comfortably accommodate both its long-necked inhabitants and their human keepers (+ slideshow). More about Monk Mackenzie and Glamuzina Patterson create angular giraffe shelter at Auckland Zoo
A stack of ceramic-clad boxes forms this monolithic swimming pool complex in the Netherlands by Slangen+Koenis Architecten (+ slideshow). More about Chequered facade surrounds swimming pool complex by Slangen+Koenis Architecten
A curving concrete canopy supported by hundreds of columns loops around the perimeter of this renovated beach club in the Azerbaijani capital Baku by Istanbul architects Erginoğlu & Çalışlar (+ slideshow). More about Meandering concrete roof shelters walkways at Erginoğlu & Çalışlar's renovated beach club
This tilting sports centre by Archi5 and Tecnova Architecture has a multi-hued basalt facade and a faceted roof garden (+ slideshow). More about Parisian suburb gets monolithic, tilting sports centre with basalt facade
Brazilian firms Hype Studio and Santini & Rocha Arquitetos have added a lightweight roof with a leaf-shaped structure to the Beira-Rio Stadium in the city of Porto Alegre ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off on 12 June (+ slideshow). More about Hype Studio and Santini & Rocha Arquitetos modernise stadium ahead of Brazil World Cup
News: Herzog & de Meuron has completed an open-air gymnasium in Natal, Brazil – the flagship project for the Swiss firm's regeneration of the Mãe Luiza neighbourhood (photos by Leonardo Finotti + slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron completes Arena do Morro gymnasium in Brazil
Patterns referencing the footwork of figure skaters decorate the underside of a roof sheltering this ice rink in Brooklyn, New York, designed by American firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. More about Tod Williams and Billie Tsien complete sheltered ice skating rink in Brooklyn
This temporary open-air cinema in Jakarta, designed by Indonesian studio Csutoras & Liando, was erected in just 10 days using scaffolding, plywood and industrial fabric (+ slideshow). More about Indonesian open-air cinema by Csutoras & Liando built from scaffolding and plywood
This reflective metal-clad box containing a restaurant rises like a periscope above a small shopping complex in São Paulo by French-Brazilian architecture office Triptyque (+ slideshow). More about Triptyque's shiny metal restaurant hovers over São Paulo shopping complex
These photographs show the newly converted aquatics centre by Zaha Hadid Architects for the London 2012 Olympics, which will open to the public next week without the controversial wings that housed additional seating during the Games. More about Zaha Hadid's Olympic aquatics centre due to open in its completed form
Belgian studio Atelier Tom Vanhee has converted a former school building in the village of Woesten into a community centre and added a white gabled extension that appears to be sliding out of the original brick facade (+ slideshow). More about Community Centre Woesten by Atelier Tom Vanhee has a contrasting gabled extension
Belgian studio Atelier Tom Vanhee has renovated and extended the brick buildings of a community centre in the village of Westvleteren using a contrasting contemporary brick (+ slideshow). More about Community Centre Westvleteren by Atelier Tom Vanhee contrasts old and new bricks
London architecture office Make has designed a portable prefabricated kiosk with a folded aluminium shell that opens and closes like a paper fan (+ movie). More about Folded metal kiosks by Make open like a paper fan
Portuguese architect Álvaro Fernandes Andrade has completed a training facility for Olympic-standard rowers where angular white volumes snake across a tiered landscape of grassy slopes and dry-stone walls (+ slideshow). More about Rowing facility by Álvaro Fernandes Andrade snakes across a landscape of underground dorms
Sweeping lengths of concrete create curving canopies around the perimeter of this golf clubhouse on South Korea's Changseon Island by Seoul architecture firm Mass Studies (+ slideshow). More about Southcape golf clubhouse by Mass Studies features curving concrete canopies
The walls of this six-sided community centre in a suburb of Shanghai by Scenic Architecture Office project outwards from a central courtyard and are connected by an angular roof (+ slideshow). More about Hexagonal community centre in Shanghai by Scenic Architecture Office
A facade of translucent plastic pillows can be pumped up to alter lighting and temperature inside this domed tropical greenhouse in Aarhus by Danish firm CF Møller (+ slideshow). More about Quilted greenhouse by CF Møller inflates to change light and temperature conditions
An angular steel canopy covered in plants wraps around this refurbished youth and community centre in the Sydney suburb of Waterloo by Australian architects Collins and Turner (+ slideshow). More about Angular steel canopy covers refurbished community centre by Collins and Turner
Bands of light shine through the perforated metal facade of this sports hall by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes in north-west Paris (+ slideshow). More about Parisian sports hall by Ateliers O-S Architectes with bands of light on its walls