New exhibition showcases cartoons of city life
Big City Life at Cartoonmuseum Basel displays diverse visions of urban experience – from disconnected city planning to overwhelming buildings
Disused outdoor pool in Shanghai turned into new community garden
Local practice PRA filled the former pool with sunken gardens and transformed the adjacent pool house to create an urban oasis
In Brussels, a 19th-century railway station becomes a new cultural centre
B-architecten sensitively transformed the disused Station of Laeken into a multi-purpose public centre
Swiss architecture students build Digital Bamboo Pavilion
The experimental pavilion combines lightweight bamboo construction with 3D-printing technology
Atelier Poem creates wooden chapel in the French Alps
Winner of The Hut Festival, the studio's burnt spruce chapel aims to give hikers a spiritual engagement with the natural landscape
Single-person ‘refuge’ designed for urban public spaces
First installed in Mexico City, Zeller & Moye's Halo is intended to provide a mirrored sanctuary away from city crowds in the Covid-19 pandemic
Italian music academy rebuilt in post-earthquake renewal
Following the 2016 earthquakes in central Italy, one town has finally got back its music academy, with a new design thanks to Alvisi Kirimoto
A new community centre in West Bengal is covered in intricate brickwork
Inspired by local terracotta temples, Abin Design Studio's Gallery House provides a small but mighty hub for the residents of Bansberia
OPEN Architecture designs blue Bibliotheater in Shanghai
The ship-like building features unusual design touches to celebrate reading and performing
Bell Phillips completes new school building in Kent
The extension to The Skinners' School complements surrounding Victorian red-brick architecture
Learning in the landscape: House of Grain by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
In northern Denmark, a new educational building blends vernacular architecture with contemporary design to help explore agricultural heritage
Radical architecture of the future – in five projects
A new book from Beatrice Galilee demonstrates architecture's potential to effect change
Kyoto chapel renovated with immersive cedar wood lattice
Katori archi+design associates’ renovation and earthquake retrofit of the Japanese chapel is dominated by a striking wooden insertion
A new community centre by Mæ Architects combines local history with sustainable design
The Sands End Arts and Community Centre in south-west London aims to be an inclusive space for locals
Mexico City concrete housing designed with undulating, irregular facade
Inspired by Mexican modernism, Young & Ayata collaborated with Michan Architecture to create an unexpected concrete apartment block
Copper-clad rooftop volumes expand Berlin school
Sauerbruch Hutton's Berlin Metropolitan School extension includes a striking timber auditorium
In Spain, a healthcare building with a civic presence
Designed by Estudio de Arquitectura Javier Terrados, the sleek health centre in Gibraleón overlooks an open-air arena and museum
Scaffold ‘amphitheatre’ in Bogotá hosts open-air activities amid pandemic
Designed by Colab-19, La Concordia: Amphitheatre continues an initiative in the Colombian capital to support struggling businesses
Dutch military fort turned into new ‘urban park’
The Hoofddorp Fort transformation aims to balance historic preservation with public amenity
Kunsthaus Zürich museum expanded by David Chipperfield Architects
The new limestone building has made the Kunsthaus the largest art museum in Switzerland
Jonathan Tuckey creates CLT theatre for Berkshire school
The David Brownlow Theatre provides a flexible space both for pupils and the local community
