Dutch office MVRDV has revealed the first photographs of The Stairs, a huge scaffolding staircase leading up to the roof of an office block in Rotterdam city centre (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV completes giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre
Dutch office MVRDV has revealed plans to build a huge staircase out of scaffolding in Rotterdam, the latest in a series of exciting new additions to the city. More about MVRDV to build giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre
Winners of a competition to create better sidewalk sheds for New York construction sites have been unveiled, with the hope they will be implemented as the city undergoes a major building boom. More about Four designs aim to improve sidewalk sheds around New York construction sites
Students from the Institute of Architecture and Design Chihuahua have used scaffolding, wood and fabric to turn a disused park fountain into a shaded urban spa for local residents (+ slideshow). More about Students use scaffolding to build Urban Spa in a Mexican park
It took just three and a half days to erect this temporary 6,000-square-metre structure in Mexico City's Zócalo plaza, because architecture studio MMX chose to build it from scaffolding and canvas (+ slideshow). More about MMX uses scaffolding and canvas to build a cluster of origami-like pavilions in Mexico City
This cabin made from scaffolding is one of 22 temporary hotel rooms that popped up around Mannheim, Germany, as part of the Hotel Shabby Shabby event for the city's Theater der Welt festival (+ slideshow). More about Hotel Shabby Shabby's 22 pop-up guest rooms included a recycled riverside cabin
German studio J Mayer H Architekten has unveiled images of a temporary gallery made from scaffolding at a modern art museum in Munich (+ slideshow). More about Schaustelle by J Mayer H
Architects J Mayer H have designed a building made from scaffolding to host the collections and events of the Pinakothek der Moderne museum in Munich when it closes for renovation next year. More about Schaustelle by J Mayer H
Here are the first official photographs of Wendy, the giant blue spiky air-cleaning sculpture that has been installed in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York (+ slideshow). More about Wendy by HWKN
Architects HWKN have won this year’s MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition and will install a giant spiky structure that cleans the air in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Wendy by HWKN
Paris studio 1024 Architecture have completed a cafe made from scaffolding and shipping containers on an island on the Seine in Paris. More about Les Grandes Tables de L'île by 1024 Architecture
A temporary retaurant by London firm Carmody Groarke has opened on the roof of a construction site overlooking the 2012 Olympic Park. More about Studio East by Carmody Groarke
London architects Carmody Groarke have designed a temporary restaurant atop a construction site overlooking the Olympic Park in east London. More about Studio East Dining by Carmody Groarke
Designers Maartje Dros and Francois Lombarts used scaffolding to convert an empty construction site in Amsterdam into a temporary conference over the summer. More about Motel Out of The Blue by Maartje Dros and Francois Lombarts
The Southwark Lido by French architecture collective EXYZT and filmmaker Sara Muzio was open to the public as part of the London Festival of Architecture last weekend. More about Southwark Lido by EXYZT and Sara Muzio