New York studio DFA has envisioned a prefabricated timber tower for New York's Central Park that would both filter a contaminated reservoir and provide views over the city. More
Italian studio GGA Architects has transformed the site of an old hilltop settlement in the country's Marche region into a contemporary house comprising stone structures perched on a pigmented concrete plinth. More
This week saw millions of US residents head out to watch the solar eclipse. With that in mind, we've updated our viewpoints Pinterest board, so that you can plan the best place to watch the next one. Examples include a mountainside platform in Norway and an observatory atop a London car park. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
The top of this faceted private observatory in central New Hampshire, by Anmahian Winton Architects, rotates to provide different views of the night sky. More
Architecture studio Cooke Fawcett has built an elevated walkway atop a multi-storey car park in south London, a space that is also used as an open-air gallery by arts organisation Bold Tendencies. More
Four cylindrical towers are elevated on stilts to create this retreat in Cape Town, which was designed by local studio Malan Vorster to offer views among the trees. More
This house by Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao comprises a cluster of five-sided concrete blocks that emerge from a forested hillside to offer panoramic views towards the city of Monterrey. More
French studio Martin Duplantier Architectes has proposed a series of bridges and viewpoints for Zhangjiajie National Forest Park – the site of the world's longest and highest glass bridge. More
Projecting over a hillside in the Ecuadorean countryside, this small mirrored viewpoint was designed by Natura Futura Arquitectura as a rest stop for hikers (+slideshow). More
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed a honeycomb-like structure comprising a series of interconnected staircases to sit at the centre of the vast Hudson Yards development on Manhattan's West Side. More
A technical fault trapped 180 passengers inside the doughnut-shaped viewing pod of the i360 observation tower last night, leaving them suspended above Brighton's seafront for two hours. More
Swedish architect Anders Berensson has unveiled conceptual plans to convert a pair of disused electricity pylons into observation towers in Stockholm's Norra Djurgården national park. More
This triangular viewing platform perched on the edge of a mountain was created by Norwegian studio Code Arkitektur as a rest stop for one of the country's picturesque tourist trails (+ slideshow). More
To gain views of Lake Erie from a sheltered plot, architecture firm Kariouk Associates designed this Canadian house to include a "love nest" that pokes above the treetops (+ slideshow). More
With the Marks Barfield-designed i360 in Brighton set to open to the public this week, drones have shot new footage of the structure billed the "world's tallest moving observation tower" (+ movie). More
This lakeside observation pavilion by Finnish studio OOPEAA doubles as a giant periscope, so visitors don't have to climb to the top to enjoy the view (+ slideshow). More
Daredevils can enjoy sweeping views of Los Angeles while descending a transparent slide almost 1,000 feet above the city (+ movie). More
A giant slide by Belgian artist Carsten Höller that spirals through the frame of the Anish Kapoor-designed ArcelorMittal Orbit opens to the public tomorrow. More
A giant glass-and-steel doughnut that will transport passengers up and down a 162-metre-high pole is undergoing final tests ahead of its opening according to Marks Barfield Architects, who designed the British Airways i360 viewing tower. More
Plant Architect has used weathering steel to create a series of wing-like structures for bird watchers in a Toronto park, which are punctured with both patterns and information about local species (+ slideshow). More