Skateparks
SoBA designs colourful sports park informed by local opera costumes
AAN Architects creates indoor skatepark overlooking Shanghai
Red Bull and Prada turn Brazilian skyscraper into world’s largest skate ramp
Clouds and waves inform rooftop skatepark in China by Within Beyond Studio
PlayLab designs “scenically sculpted” Sacré-Cœur skatepark to resemble stone
PlayLab Inc creates “surreal” pyramidal skate ramp for LA art week
Quintanilla Arquitectos creates shaded sports complex in Mexican town
World’s first multi-storey skatepark opens in Folkestone
Skateparks are “one of the world’s great kinds of public space” says Iain Borden
Yinka Ilori creates “joy and excitement” with colourful skate park in Lille
Refurbished Undercroft skatepark reopens beneath London’s Southbank Centre
The Bentway park opens under Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway
Nike and Palace Skateboards unveil transforming skatepark in Victorian public bathhouse
Dezeen Debate features the “most hardcore thing I’ve ever seen”
“Regenerative” eco-park opens on site of cancelled Mexico City airport
Raphaël Zarka adds colourful skatepark in front of Centre Pompidou
Dezeen’s Pinterest roundup features nine daring skateparks
PlayLab Inc creates plexiglass skatepark for Vans during Paris Fashion Week
Yinka Ilori unveils brightly coloured temporary skatepark in Miami Beach
Mexican desert influences pink concrete La Duna skatepark in Ciudad Juárez
Glow-in-the-dark skatepark created inside Triennale Milano by Koo Jeong A
California’s “elaborately designed” concrete skateparks captured by Amir Zaki
Eleven skateparks that tell the story of skateboarding culture
