Public and leisure
Piero Lissoni wins design competition with waterfront aquarium in New York
Aerial cable car proposed for Chicago by Marks Barfield and Davis Brody Bond
Sinuous treetop walkway by Glenn Howells Architects opens at Britain’s national arboretum
Thatched observatory installed on roof of 1930s Sonneveld House in Rotterdam
Kengo Kuma completes Chinese spa resort with pixellated stonework
We Like Today’s Sea Lanes aims to reconnect Brighton and Hove residents with the sea
Icosis Architects create stargazing lookout tower in the Scottish highlands
Herzog & de Meuron releases new images of National Library of Israel
Valentín Sanz converts former warehouse into community centre with a foldaway kitchen
Pitsou Kedem’s Lago events complex contrasts opaque and translucent materials
MVRDV to build giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre
Kengo Kuma clads “amoeba-shaped” art centre in porous aluminium panels
Robotically fabricated pavilion by University of Stuttgart students is based on sea-urchin shells
Domed greenhouses form heart of botanic garden design by Delugan Meissl
Studio Dror imagines second giant dome for Montreal’s Expo 67 island
Marc Fornes uses over 1,000 perforated aluminium shingles for Texas park sculpture
Gould Evans adds vibrant orange skin to Brutalist library in Kansas
MVRDV replaces Chanel store’s traditional facade with glass bricks that are “stronger than concrete”
Manuelle Gautrand divides exhibition centre into 13 orange-hued blocks
Recessed windows frame pools and courts in Salburúa Civic Center by IDOM
Veauthier Meyer Architects renovates Nazi-era swimming pool hall in Berlin
Crystalline soccer stadium by Saucier + Perrotte and HCMA references Canadian mining landscape
March Gut creates “landscape of seating” on roof of vineyard wine tavern
