CoRe Architects converts Korean tank bunker into community arts centre
South Korean studio CoRe Architects has transformed a former military bunker in Seoul into the Peace and the Culture Bunker, a creative hub for the local community. More
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Snøhetta to design Norwegian planetarium surrounded by a constellation of cabins
The golden cupola of Snøhetta's planetarium will be orbited by seven "interstellar cabins" as part of Norway's largest astronomical facility. More
Universal Design Studio erects "temporary town for art" for Frieze New York
Universal Design Studio has redesigned the venue for this week's Frieze art fair on New York's Randall's Island, comprising five giant tents oriented to bathe the interior with indirect light. More
Guggenheim successor opens tropical-influenced IK Lab art gallery in Tulum
The great-grandson of art collector Peggy Guggenheim has opened a gallery at an eco-resort in Tulum, where wave-like cement walls and undulating vine floors provide an unusual backdrop to artwork. More
Studio Ghibli reveals visualisations for new theme park in Japan
A new amusement park in Japan will bring to life the worlds of Studio Ghibli, the Oscar-winning animation house known for its films Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro. More
Sloping concrete volumes form open-air chapel in Slovenian village
Rows of seats supported on simple stalks project from slanted concrete volumes to create a grandstand at this open-air chapel designed by Enota, in the Slovenian village of Skorba. More
Dorte Mandrup designs third Wadden Sea centre for the Netherlands
Rooftop seal pools and a sloping plinth that meets the tide will feature in Dorte Mandrup's visitor centre for the UNESCO-protected Wadden Sea in the Netherlands. More
Memorial in Alabama acknowledges violence against African Americans
A memorial and museum dedicated to the legacy of racial violence and injustice in America are set to open in Montgomery, Alabama. More
Mecanoo's performing arts centre nears completion in Taiwan
Dutch practice Mecanoo is putting the finishing touches to an arts centre in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, which plays host to a selection of opera houses, concert halls and an open-air theatre set into its bulging roof. More
OMA to extend historic Jewish temple in LA with skewed pavilion
Architecture firm OMA has revealed the design of its first cultural building in California: a pavilion featuring tilted walls and patterned openings that will accompany a Jewish temple in Los Angeles. More
MAD's museum for George Lucas breaks ground in Los Angeles
Fresh renderings of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art by Beijing studio MAD have been released to coincide with the project's groundbreaking in Los Angeles. More
Studio Gang unveils plans for Arkansas Art Center overhaul
Chicago-based firm Studio Gang has revealed plans to add a series of glazed pavilions with pleated roofs to an arts centre in Arkansas, as part of a major renovation and extension project. More
UNStudio plans new cultural centre with rooftop cinemas for Paris
UNStudio has won a competition to design a new cinema and cultural centre with weathering steel walls and green roofs as part of BIG's EuropaCity masterplan on the outskirts of Paris. More
David Adjaye's Spyscape museum of espionage opens in New York
British architect David Adjaye has completed work on New York's museum of spying, which invites its first visitors to become undercover agents this weekend. More
Jamie Fobert's Kettle's Yard extension echoes "calm aesthetic" of existing gallery
Jamie Fobert Architects has completed an extension to Kettle's Yard gallery in Cambridge, England, adding a series of new exhibition and education spaces that complement the intimate and relaxed rooms of the original converted house. More
Productora builds Mexican centre for archeology and textiles using tinted concrete
Mexican architecture firm Productora has used pigmented concrete walls, brickwork steps and timber-framed windows to construct this museum and library in Oaxaca. More
Staggered glass walls front visitor centre at Louisiana plantation house
New Orleans firm Trahan Architects has completed a visitor centre for an 18th-century plantation in Louisiana, using translucent glazing to blur views of occupants from the outside "like an impressionist painting". More
White concrete volumes conceal bright red auditorium in Dominique Coulon & Associés' theatre
Stacked white, concrete volumes conceal the vibrant red, pink and orange interior of this theatre in the former mining town of Freyming-Merlebach by Dominique Coulon & Associés. More
Grimshaw Architects reveals first image of Chinese Eden Project
Grimshaw Architects has released the first visual of the Eden Project in Qingdao, which will contain the world's largest indoor waterfall. More
Triangular timber roof shelters the ruins of Sweden's oldest church
AIX Arkitekter has completed an exhibition hall and shelter, to protect the site of a ninth-century church in the village of Varnhem, southwest Sweden. More