Shingles cloak roof of Green Ark pavilion in Belgian botanic garden
Belgian studios NU Architectuuratelier and Archipelago have created a visitor centre for the Meise Botanic Garden near Brussels that is topped by a shingle-clad vaulted roof. More
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Henkai Architekti clads mountain visitor centre in wooden shingles
Local studio Henkai Architekti has created Pustevny Gateway, a wood-clad visitor centre with a matching bell tower on the Beskydy Mountains ridge in the Czech Republic. More
WXY Architecture creates welcome centre for New York nature preserve
New York City-based studio WXY Architecture has unveiled a wooden, light-filled visitor centre for a nature preserve on the seaside in Rockaway, Queens. More
Tropical Space wraps kiln and workshop in perforated brick walls
Perforated brick walls surround the Terra Cotta Workshop in Vietnam, which contains a brick kiln and visitor centre by architectural studio Tropical Space. More
3XN designs "simple and poetic" nature centre in Danish harbour
Architecture studio 3XN has unveiled designs for the Danish Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing, an oval building with a tiled roof that will be located in Assens, Denmark. More
Teğet creates timber visitor centre for Turkish archaeological site
Three wooden buildings arranged around a courtyard make up Çatalhöyük Visitor Center, which Istanbul studio Teğet has created on a Neolithic archaeological site in central Turkey. More
Erlebnis-Hus seaside visitor centre wrapped in timber grid to "play in, on, under or beside"
A gridded timber frame creates a flexible armature for play equipment and social spaces at the Erlebnis-Hus visitor centre in Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany, which was designed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen. More
Kaan Architecten adds "monumental" visitor centre to second world war cemetery
Dutch studio Kaan Architecten has added a visitor centre to the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, with a concrete form that references American memorial architecture. More
In Situ Studio cuts "hoop" opening in cantilevered welcome centre roof
Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. More
Foster + Partners to add barrel-vaulted visitor centre to Spanish winery
A barrel-vaulted visitor centre with an earthy colour palette is set to be added to Bodegas Faustino winery in Rioja as part of a renovation by British architecture studio Foster + Partners. More
Kvorning Design references salmon scales for ovoid Salmon Eye pavilion
Salmon Eye is a floating exhibition pavilion and aquaculture visitor centre on Norway's Hardangerfjord, which Kvorning Design created with a facade formed from stainless steel plates designed to mimic fish scales. More
THAD draws on contours of nearby mountains for national park visitor centre
Spiralling tiled roofs informed by the contours of the surrounding mountains cover the Jiuzhai Valley Visitor Centre in Sichuan Province, China, designed by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University. More
Visitor centre at UK's largest sawmill designed to be "interesting but not too interesting"
This video by Stephenson& captures the pared-back visitor centre that architecture studio Konishi Gaffney designed for Lockerbie Sawmill, which is in the running for this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More
Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Centre in China resembles a stack of ice cubes
A stack of nine frosted glass "ice cubes" atop a pool of water houses this cultural centre in Xinxiang, China, designed by French studios Mathieu Forest Architecte and Zone Of Utopia. More
Team BLDG conceals sports park facilities in China under an artificial hill
Shanghai-based studio Team BLDG has completed a series of visitor facilities for a sports park in Pazhou, Guangdong province, with spaces carved out of an artificial concrete-walled mound. More
Levitt Bernstein and TKMT cover Neutron Research Centre in perforated metal fins
Perforated metal fins cover the facade of this new visitor centre designed by Levitt Bernstein and TKMT Architects for the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) science facility in Grenoble, France. More
CEBRA disguises Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre as "part of the overall landscape"
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has raised the ground up to hide a visitor centre at Skamlingsbanken, a historic hill that has hosted key democratic events in Denmark. More
Loop Architects wedges Thy National Park visitor centre into dune landscape
Danish firm Loop Architects has completed a visitor centre for Thy National Park in Northern Jutland, Denmark, which has a concrete structure that is embedded in the coastal landscape. More
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A climate research centre in Greenland features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a climate research centre in Greenland designed by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. More
Dorte Mandrup completes visitor centre in Greenland
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter has revealed the first photographs of the Ilulissat Icefjord Centre, a climate visitor centre on Greenland's rugged coastal landscape. More