Shoraku-Ji is a Buddhist temple next to a cemetery in northeast Tokyo by Toru Kashihara Architects with a stepped concrete design that aims to subvert traditional temple architecture. More
A coloured concrete canopy supported by large columns forms this gateway designed by Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati for the Pearling Path, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bahrain. More
David Rockwell has created "a rough and ready kit of parts" for the set of the first concert at New York cultural venue The Shed. More
Peter Zumthor's latest plans for Los Angeles County Museum of Art have been approved at a planning meeting, with movie star Brad Pitt speaking up for the Swiss architect. More
A series of colliding discs form the external shell and define the internal programme of Atelier Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar, which is based on a mineral formation called the "desert rose". More
Studio Fuksas has revealed visuals of the International Congress Center Jerusalem, which will form the heart of a mixed-use complex in Giv'at Ram, Israel. More
Carmody Groarke has completed the Windermere Jetty museum in England's Lake District, which houses a collection of boats in a lake-side cluster of copper-clad buildings. More
6a Architects has extended the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes with a rectangular steel box that pays homage to the English town's "iconic" masterplan. More
A funicular station on a mountain in Italy has been converted into a museum with an adjoining restaurant that balances on stilts by Gerhard Mahlknecht of EM2. More
Snøhetta has released visuals of a Museum Quarter in the mountains of Bolzano, which will have a projecting stepped roof that doubles as a viewpoint. More
These twelve architectural models show off 10 of the futuristic buildings created by Beijing-based architecture studio MAD, including a floating island and a mountain range. More
SPPARC has unveiled its designs for a museum surrounding the Golden Hinde – a full-size replica of the of Francis Drake's Golden Hind galleon. More
Studio Lotus has designed the Mehrangarh Fort visitor centre in Jodhpur, India, using a system of interconnected and adaptable decks. More
OMA New York, led by Shohei Shigematsu, has revealed plans to reconfigure and update the Manhattan galleries of auction house Sotheby's. More
Frank Gehry once told Aaron Betsky that his favourite architect was actually an artist. After probing the work of late minimalist Robert Ryman, Betsky agrees that the painter's use of white made him a master manipulator of space. More
Melike Altınışık Architects has unveiled plans for a Robot Science Museum in Seoul, which will be built using robotic construction techniques and drones. More
The Longgang Cultural Centre in Shenzhen, China, occupies a row of four angular red buildings designed by Mecanoo. More
The Arvo Pärt Centre, which is dedicated to the Estonian composer, is deep in an pine forest and has no main entrance or exit. More
Three red brickwork volumes form this cultural centre in New York, which Brooklyn-based studio nArchitects designed to commemorate the state's fight for social equality. More
David Chipperfield Architects has completed the London branch of art gallery Bastian, finishing its all-white interiors with grey stone detailing. More