Open Architecture designs conical Sun Tower as "giant sundial"
Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed the 50-metre-tall Sun Tower, which has a conical concrete form designed to follow the path of the sun, in Yantai, northeast China. More
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Open-air museum "preserves the memory" of 17th-century Turkish fortress
Turkish studio KOOP Architects has revitalised the 17th-century Ottoman Seddülbahir Fortress on the Gallipoli peninsula, creating an outline in timber that suggests how its stone ruins would have previously looked. More
Shigeru Ban uses wood "in abundance" at Toyota City Museum in Japan
A large wooden roof with a decorative structure depicting the emblem of the city Toyota tops this museum in Japan, completed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More
John Puttick Associates expands St Leonard's Church with glulam porch
British studio John Puttick Associates has refurbished a Grade II-listed church in Hove, East Sussex, introducing a 4.5-metre-tall timber extension that acts as an entrance porch. More
Weaving brick forms define Uzbek cultural centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for the Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. More
Wutopia Lab wraps Chinese arts centre in translucent mesh
Translucent mesh informed by mosquito nets wraps the forms of Flickering Peak, an arts centre in Hainan, China, by architecture studio Wutopia Lab. More
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios completes "invisible repair" of world's first cast iron building
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has completed its 20-year transformation of a historic mill in Shropshire into a museum and workspace that celebrates its pioneering cast iron-framed structure. More
Perforated brickwork wraps The Gong music centre by Atelier Oï
Perforated brick walls wrap an open-roof stage at this circular music centre in Cambodia, completed by Swiss architecture studio Atelier Oï. More
Kengo Kuma & Associates adds sweeping canopy to Lisbon art centre
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has completed the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian extension in Lisbon, which is defined by a wood-clad canopy that draws on Japanese architecture. More
Snøhetta adds "weightless" pavilion to Nebraska's largest art museum
Architecture studios Snøhetta and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture have completed a renovation and expansion of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha with the addition of a "weightless" pavilion. More
UAD completes concrete visitor centre to "preserve collective culture" of Chinese village
Fragments of rammed-earth walls have been incorporated into the concrete exterior of Villagers' Home, a visitor centre in Zhejiang Province by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University. More
"Instead of the restrictive modernist concept of heritage, how about a postmodern one?"
An updated, postmodern value framework for architecture preservation is needed to protect buildings that are young or ubiquitous as well as those that are exceptional, writes Owen Hopkins. More
GMP Architekten set to "reinvent" roof of Roger Taillibert’s Olympic Stadium in Montreal
German architecture studio GMP Architekten has been selected to design a replacement for the roof of Roger Taillibert’s "controversial" Olympic stadium in Montreal for the studio's first North American project. More
Beyer Blinder Belle creates National Urban League HQ in Harlem
Local architecture studio Beyer Blinder Belle has created a Harlem headquarters for the National Urban League, which houses the "first Civil Rights Museum" in New York. More
Slim concrete colonnade fronts D-Day Museum in Normandy
French studio Atelier Projectiles has created a fully-glazed, concrete-framed building as the D-Day Museum in Normandy, France. More
Eames Institute renovates 1990s industrial building to house headquarters
The design team at the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity has renovated an industrial building in California to host the organisation's headquarters and a 40,000-object archive. More
Studio Anne Holtrop adds textured plaster walls to Bahrain pearl museum
Architecture firm Studio Anne Holtrop has renovated the Siyadi Pearl Museum and mosque in Bahrain, using a plastering technique designed to maintain "characteristics of the past". More
WXY Architecture and Jerome Haferd Studio design structures for historic Africatown
US studios WXY Architecture and Jerome Haferd Studio are among four firms that have won a competition to design several cultural venues for historic Africatown in Alabama. More
Philip Johnson's Glass House guest annexe reopens after restoration
US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House annexe, the Brick House, has been restored and reopened following a 15-year closure in Connecticut. More
Jones Studio and Chris Winters Associates restore Phoenix abbey to be "garden in a ruin"
Local architecture and landscape studios Jones Studio and Chris Winters Associates have converted an Italian Gothic revival-style church into an event venue in Downtown Phoenix. More