Architecture studio Snøhetta is set to transform a former railway site into a riverside park and cultural destination in Drammen, Norway, adding a theatre and conference hall with an arched green roof. More about Snøhetta designs Skamarken riverside development with mound-like theatre
Irregular oak shingles that double as habitats for bugs and bats cover the exterior of The Apple House, an education and wellbeing hub in Hertfordshire, UK, by London design collective Okra. More about Hand-cleft oak shingles cloak wellbeing centre in Hertfordshire by Okra
Four-metre-high rammed-earth walls frame the plot of Backyard Community Club in Accra, Ghana, completed by local studio DeRoche Projects. More about DeRoche Projects encloses Accra tennis court with rammed-earth walls
Architecture studio BIG has unveiled designs for a waterfront home for Hamburg State Opera, which will be enclosed by a series of interconnected terraces. More about BIG designs Hamburg State Opera as "landscape of concentric terraces"
The renovated Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen by architecture studios Stallan-Brand and LDA Design, which are shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, feature in this video by Jim Stephenson. More about Stallan-Brand and LDA Design revitalise Victorian garden in Aberdeen
French architecture studios Atelier 9.81 and Perrot & Richard have renovated the Palais Rameau exhibition hall in Lille, inserting a modular and demountable timber frame into its heritage-protected steel shell. More about Demountable timber structure reinvigorates Palais Rameau in Lille
Local firm AAN Architects looked to skateboarding trails when designing the Moreprk Skyline skatepark within a glass-sided space in central Shanghai. More about AAN Architects creates indoor skatepark overlooking Shanghai
Visitors to a recently pedestrianised public space on the Strand in central London can perch, lounge and relax on sculptural seating designed by landscape architecture firm LDA Design and fabricated by Millimetre. More about Undulating wooden benches provide versatile public seating on London's Strand
Architecture studios Haworth Tompkins and Athfield Architects have completed The Court Theatre in New Zealand, wrapped by timber benches and large windows that create connections between its public and back-of-house areas. More about The Court Theatre completes following Christchurch earthquake
Berlin-based studio Kéré Architecture has unveiled plans for an art and photography museum in Germany, which will feature an 80-metre-long rammed-earth wall and a timber pergola. More about Timber museum to be Kéré Architecture's first cultural project in Germany
Local residents contributed to the renovation of this multi-use games area in Mitcham, London, which was overseen by two members of social enterprise POOR Collective who grew up on the adjacent housing estate. More about POOR Collective completes colourful transformation of neglected south-London games area
Susan T Rodriguez has designed a revitalised recreational facility in Central Park, rebuilding a 1960s ice rink and pool and reconnecting the park's natural waterways in the centre of New York City. More about Central Park recreation facility designed as "ultimate fusion of landscape and architecture"
The proliferation of St George's flags across England raises questions about design's capacity to influence political forces in today's world, writes Catharine Rossi. More about "The St George's cross speaks of the power of design to transform public space"
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and US firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture have debuted a floating plaza with sloping floors at the Venice Architecture Biennale before it journeys to Brazil for COP30. More about Carlo Ratti and Höweler + Yoon's floating AquaPraça plaza anchors in Venice
US studio Spaced Agency has created a headquarters for non-profit Welcome to Chinatown in New York City, divided by one long curtain and mobile wooden "carts" to make the space flexible for a variety of events. More about Spaced Agency references "iconographies of Chinatown" for New York social hub
Ukrainian architecture studio Forma has renovated Pavilion 13, a Soviet-era exhibition hall in Kyiv, carefully updating its modernist structure for contemporary use. More about Forma revives Soviet-era exhibition hall in Kyiv "without erasing its character"
Producer Pharrell Williams and fashion designer Nigo are collaborating with Japanese hospitality brand Not A Hotel to design a commercial district in central Tokyo. More about Pharrell and Nigo design "surprising and entertaining" district in Tokyo
Pedestrians are walking 15 per cent faster and stopping to linger 14 per cent less than they used to, according to a study from MIT's Senseable City Lab that hopes to guide the design of public spaces. More about MIT finds people walking faster and lingering less in public space
Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has completed The Lake House Life Experience Pavilion in Shanghai, wrapping two existing structures on the edge of a lake with facades of aluminium and ceramic panels. More about Wutopia Lab perches simple pavilion on banks of Chinese lake
Public toilets are vital infrastructure and architects and designers should do more to increase their prevalence in our cities, write Edit Collective. More about "As architects and designers, we don't talk about toilets enough"