A sawtooth greenhouse framed in red steel acts as "a beacon" atop Soweto Caracas Community Centre in the South African township of Khayelitsha, recently completed by non-profit Urban-Think Tank Empower. More about UTT Empower crowns community centre in South Africa with rooftop greenhouse
Architecture practices Office for Roundtable and JXY Studio have designed an expandable greenhouse clad in polycarbonate panels that hinge open to create a space for sharing food and knowledge about urban farming in Guangzhou, China. More about Fold-out greenhouse with opening sides transforms into pavilion for agricultural education
Two Victorian greenhouses in London's Kew Gardens are set to be renovated by Hugh Broughton Architects and heated by electricity and a heat pump system. More about Kew Gardens' Palm House and Waterlily House to become "first net-zero glasshouses of their kind"
US architecture studio Ayers Saint Gross has created a light-filled visitor center to serve as a gateway for the Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis. More about Ayers Saint Gross embeds plant motifs in Missouri Botanical Garden visitor centre
Photographs have revealed the Casa de Vidrio greenhouse in Chile by architecture studio Max Núñez Arquitectos, which has vaulted roofs made of glass bricks. More about Max Núñez Arquitectos tops greenhouse with vaulted glass block roofs
Austrian studio Delugan Meissl Associated Architects has completed the Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse in China, engulfing a disused steelworks with a mass of curved glass pavilions. More about Delugan Meissl transforms disused steelworks in China with "organic curved pavilions"
A greenhouse framed by a wooden pergola tops this home in Muiden, the Netherlands, designed by local studio Moke Architecten with landscape practice LA4Sale. More about Moke Architecten crowns wooden home in Muiden with greenhouse
Argentinian studio BHY Arquitectos has renovated a 1980s house in Buenos Aires, adding a two-storey, gabled greenhouse to the compact residence. More about BHY Arquitectos adds gabled greenhouse to 1980s Buenos Aires home
Architecture firm Studio Gang has broken ground on the Marlboro Agricultural Education Center in southern Brooklyn, USA, which will be topped with a greenhouse. More about Studio Gang unveils greenhouse-topped urban agricultural centre in Brooklyn
Dutch practice Van Bergen Kolpa Architecten has completed Vertical Farm Beijing, an innovation centre for urban fruit and vegetable production housed in a faceted greenhouse. More about Van Bergen Kolpa Architecten designs Vertical Farm Beijing as a "beacon in the city"
A renovated 1970s bungalow with "kitsch character" and a greenhouse that doubles as a living room feature in Casamontesa – a weekend home designed by Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández Gil. More about Lucas y Hernández Gil adds multi-use greenhouse to Madrid bungalow
British studio Moxon Architects has repurposed a small cluster of 19th-century farm buildings in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, into a guesthouse, glasshouse and private artist's studio. More about Moxon Architects converts trio of highland outbuildings into guesthouse and artist's studio
Architecture studio Perkins&Will has placed a series of greenhouses on top of a concrete structure to create this agricultural research centre in California. More about Perkins&Will crowns Californian research centre with series of greenhouses
The diversity of nature informed the latest exhibition at London's Kew Gardens, which features a garden designed to "break the binary" and a "deeply queer" textile pattern by designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. More about Kew Gardens exhibition showcases Queer Nature in Victorian glasshouse
A spiralling cable-net roof modelled in the image of a Fibonacci sequence tops a new public greenhouse designed by Canadian studio KPMB Architects in Winnipeg. More about KPMB tops horticultural centre with roof informed by Fibonacci spirals
A 105-year-old glasshouse from Copenhagen Botanical Gardens has been taken apart and rebuilt in a new location by architecture studio Forma to create a classroom in the west of the city. More about Forma transforms century-old glasshouse into Væksthuset climate classroom
Local design studio Mattaforma has collaborated with music venue and cultural space Public Records to create an outdoor plant nursery and community space to expand its programming in Brooklyn. More about Mattaforma considers "plants as clients" for Public Records outdoor space
Architecture studios Kuehn Malvezzi, Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Architectes have created an insect zoo and museum with interiors that emulate the experience of being a bug. More about Kuehn Malvezzi designs Montreal Insectarium to subvert "museological norms and expectations"
The Green Pavilion, a glass pavilion with a pyramidal roof, was designed by architect Odile Decq to evoke historic orangeries and installed in the Jardin des Tuileries as part of the Paris+ par Art Basel art fair. More about Studio Odile Decq's minimalist glass pavilion recalls traditional greenhouses
Project Dove by Toronto studio Agathom Co. was designed to replicate the feeling of a "cottage in the city", offering a variety of spaces for family life that include a greenhouse. More about Agathom equips "cottage in the city" with angular ceilings and a greenhouse