Donnybrook Quarter by Peter Barber Architects - urban living with private outside spaces

Is going to the dentist more bearable when you're in awe of your surroundings? www.hirokitanabe.com/ Minami-Nagano dental clinic by Hiroki Tanabe and Shin Yokoo

pedestrians as audience for the National Ballet School in Toronto and their new glass encased campus by architect Bruce Kuwabara

www.tschumi.com West Diaoyutai Tower in Beijing by Bernard Tschumi looks like a huge bent paperclip - or something more flattering, it really is very cool

Very cool condo conversion in Copenhagen called Gemini Residence. Designed by MVRDV the building grafts 84 suites onto the exterior of two old silos leaving the interior as communal space