Dutch studios IND [Inter.National.Design] and Powerhouse Company have completed the Çanakkale Antenna Tower, a broadcasting and observation tower made from Corten steel to contrast a surrounding forest. More about Looping Corten-steel broadcasting tower built in Turkey
Architectural studio Al Borde used blackened wood and a cement-coated canopy to form an observation deck and classroom in a protected natural area in southwestern Ecuador. More about Learning Viewpoint by Al Borde overlooks an Ecuadorian forest preserve
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has designed a collection of peaked umbrella-shaped structures that were informed by the surrounding mountains for a rest area in Japan. More about Kengo Kuma adds mountain-shaped toilets to hiking trail overlooking Mount Fuji
Visitors to a lighthouse in Nova Scotia can appreciate the historic structure from a new vantage point designed by Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect to be fully accessible. More about Omar Gandhi creates accessible viewpoint at Peggy's Cove lighthouse
An observation deck featuring glass elevators and "levitation" boxes is due to open next month at the top of KPF's One Vanderbilt supertall skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. More about Summit One Vanderbilt prepares to open as NYC's latest observation deck
Architectural viewpoints have been in the news lately with the opening of BIG's helical Marsk Tower and controversy surrounding MVRDV's Marble Arch Mound and Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel. Here are 10 impressive lookouts from Dezeen's archive. More about Ten impressive architectural viewpoints designed to stand out
Danish architecture studio BIG has revealed new images by Rasmus Hjortshøj of Marsk Tower, its spiralling double-helix viewing tower that recently opened to the public in southwestern Denmark. More about New photos show BIG's twisting Marsk Tower
The first photos of the recently opened Marsk Watchtower in Denmark designed by architecture studio BIG have been unveiled. More about BIG's spiralling double-helix viewing tower revealed
The Marble Arch Mound, a viewpoint disguised as a hill designed by Dutch studio MVRDV, has been photographed rising alongside Hyde Park in London. More about MVRDV's artificial hill rises at Marble Arch in London
Individual visitors will be banned from Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel attraction in New York when it reopens on Friday, four months after a third suicide forced it to close. More about Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel to reopen in New York on Friday with buddy system to prevent suicides
LMN Architects has built a viewpoint on top of the concrete and weathering steel New Grand Avenue Park Bridge in Everett, Washington. More about Viewing platforms tops New Grand Avenue Park Bridge by LMN Architects
Breeze of Innovation is a viewpoint for San José, California, designed by SMAR Architecture Studio featuring rods that will sway in the wind and generate the power to light themselves. More about SMAR Architecture Studio designs swaying light-up tower for Silicon Valley
MVRDV has revealed visuals of Marble Arch Mound, a temporary landscaped viewpoint that will be built in central London to attract people back to the Oxford Street shopping district following the coronavirus pandemic. More about MVRDV to build artificial hill alongside London's Marble Arch
Architecture collective Colab-19 has built a multi-storey open-air theatre out of scaffolding to help Bogotá's businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Colab-19 uses scaffolding to create multipurpose outdoor venue for pandemic-struck Bogotá
The 16-storey Vessel viewpoint designed by Heatherwick Studio for New York's Hudson Yards development has been temporarily closed after a man reportedly committed suicide by jumping from it. More about Heatherwick Studio's Vessel closes after third suicide death
Belgian studios BuroLandschap and De Gregorio & Partners have created a circular track called Cycling Through The Trees as part of the cycling network in the province of Limburg. More about Raised circular cycling path gives 360-degree views of Belgian forest
Ötzi Peak 3251m is a viewing platform made of weathering steel built by architecture studio Network of Architecture at the peak of Schnals Valley Glacier ridge in South Tyrol, Italy. More about Network of Architecture perches Ötzi Peak 3251m viewpoint above a glacier in Italian Alps
Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter has built a wooden cabin in Telemark, Norway, which has an accessible stepped roof that doubles as a viewpoint and winter ski jump. More about Cabin Thunder Top in Norway doubles as a viewpoint and ski jump
A consortium of Dutch companies has developed a concept for a visitor attraction with passenger cabins spiralling up and down its facade and powered by solar panels and wind. More about Spiral Tower would be world's first "climate-neutral high-rise attraction"
German studio Architektur3 has added a triangular tower and public viewpoint to the St Georg church in Bleibach, situated at the intersection of three valleys within the Black Forest. More about Architektur3 adds triangular timber tower to Black Forest church