AAU Anastas adds stone vaulted gift shop to Crusaders monastery in Jerusalem
Bethlehem-based studio AAU Anastas has designed a flat stone-vaulted extension to a 12th century monastery built by the Crusaders in Jerusalem, to house a gift shop. More
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Thomas Phifer expands Glenstone Museum with minimalist galleries The Pavilions
Concrete boxes housing galleries are laid out around a tranquil pond at this extended museum in Maryland, which architecture firm Thomas Phifer and Partners embedded in the rolling landscape. More
Steel ribbing flanks courtyard at Palace for Mexican Music
This concert hall in Mérida, Mexico, comprises a building faced in metal ribs that encloses a central plaza for public performances. More
Titan reinstates visitor centre at George Clemenceau's coastal home
French architecture firm Titan has built a sand-coloured concrete pavilion to welcome visitors to the former home of French prime minister Georges Clemenceau, in western France. More
Red box houses galleries at Andrade Morettin's IMS Paulista in São Paulo
São Paulo firm Andrade Morettin Arquitetos has encased exhibition spaces at this cultural centre in the city in a huge red wooden box, which can be glimpsed through the building's translucent glass walls. More
Architects petition to save Venturi Scott Brown's San Diego art museum
Over 70 architects, critics and preservationists have signed a petition to prevent the "tremendous mistake" of demolishing parts of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, to make way for an expansion by Selldorf Architects. More
Smiljan Radić uses lantern-like skin to disguise concrete frame of Teatro Regional del Bíobío
A translucent concertinaed shell conceals the gridded concrete interior of this theatre designed by architects Smiljan Radić, Eduardo Castillo and Gabriela Medrano for the city of Concepción, Chile. More
Denizen Works designs "abstracted tree" viewing tower for Scottish botanical gardens
London-based architects Denizen Works has submitted planning for a observation tower containing a vertical gallery and bird hide at Inverewe Garden in Scotland. More
Devan Skuban envisions Brexit museum for east London
Royal College of Art graduate Devan Skuban has designed a conceptual Brexit-themed museum that would look into how Britain's departure from the European Union will impact immigrants. More
MAPA assembles "simple and austere" Sacromonte Chapel in Uruguay over one day
Architecture studio MAPA has designed this simple prefabricated wooden chapel for a vineyard in Maldonado, Uruguay, puncturing a black box through one of its slanted walls to provide a shrine for the patron saint of winemakers. More
Superimpose turns Chinese revolutionary factory into exhibition centre
Superimpose has saved a historic factory in Changzhi, China, from demolition by renovating it into a exhibition centre for the city. More
Tod Williams Billie Tsien's Hood Museum overhaul will "knit together" its postmodern predecessor
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien's major extension and renovation of postmodern architect Charles Moore's Hood Museum of Art, in New Hampshire, will involve slotting in a pale brick building and covering a central courtyard. More
Expansion of New York's Frick Collection gains approval amid protests
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved Selldorf Architects' renovation and expansion plans for the city's Frick Collection museum, despite ongoing protests against the "harmful" project. More
Purcell refurbishes Bristol's brutalist Clifton Cathedral
Bristol's Grade II*-listed Clifton Cathedral has undergone a £3 million renovation, carried out by British architecture firm Purcell. More
Timber-clad museum built on colonial farm in Chilean Patagonia
The ridged roofline of the Museo Regional de Aysen by Tirado Arquitectos and Bbats Constulting Projects references existing historic buildings on the site, and creates a sequence of dramatic internal spaces. More
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot win competition to design Adelaide Contemporary
The competition to design a major new art gallery in Adelaide, Australia, has been won by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot. More
Morphosis unveils new home for Orange County Museum of Art in California
Architecture firm Morphosis has revealed its design for a swooping, striated building that will house an art museum in Southern California. More
Schaum/Shieh covers Houston art gallery in sculptural white panels
Sculptural white stucco panels and small triangular windows define the facades of this gallery by US studio Schaum/Shieh, which is meant to appear like it could "blow away in the wind". More
Adjaye, Ingels and Chipperfield reveal shortlisted designs for Adelaide Contemporary gallery
David Adjaye, Bjarke Ingels and David Chipperfield are among the big-name architects vying to design new art museum in Adelaide, Australia. More
OMA stacks green glass boxes to create BLOX architecture centre on Copenhagen waterfront
An architecture centre, co-working space and apartments are housed within a development of stacked glazed blocks by OMA, which creates a "knot" around a busy intersection in Copenhagen. More