Urbanus transforms former Chinese brewery into cultural centre
The concrete-framed "industrial relic" of the former Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen, China, has been transformed into a cultural centre by architecture firm Urbanus. More
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LMN Architects creates six-storey convention centre in downtown Seattle
Local studio LMN Architects has completed a convention centre in downtown Seattle with a six-storey central atrium and large wooden staircase. More
Forma is a nomadic design gallery popping up around Berlin
Contemporary German furniture designs are displayed alongside vintage pieces at this travelling gallery that multidisciplinary designer Vanessa Heepen has launched in Berlin. More
Caples Jefferson Architects unveils curved Louis Armstrong Center in Queens
Local studio Caples Jefferson Architects has created an extension for the Louis Armstrong House Museum complete with a curved facade and a green roof in Corona, Queens. More
Crystalline volume added to Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium in New Orleans
New glazing and an angular lobby crossed by a catwalk are among the enhancements that US architecture studios Eskew Dumez Ripple and CambridgeSeven have made to a 1990s nature museum in Louisiana. More
Democracy and Maya architecture inform Miller Hull's US embassy in Guatemala City
Design studio The Miller Hull Partnership has drawn upon Maya architecture and the "openness and optimism" of American democracy for the US embassy in Guatemala's capital. More
Mixtura wraps multi-building Brazilian convent in wooden brise soleil
Italian studio Mixtura has created a convent in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil with multiple buildings arranged around open-air cloisters wrapped in a wooden brise soleil. More
Dorte Mandrup reveals plans for Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada
Danish architecture studio Dorte Mandrup has revealed plans for the Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada, a sweeping, partly underground structure with a form based on patterns found in the snow. More
New Makers Bureau completes rammed-earth arts centre in Kampala
Rammed-earth walls and earth bricks define 32° East Arts Centre, a community arts space in Uganda by London architecture practice New Makers Bureau in collaboration with Ugandan design firm Localworks. More
Benedetti Architects uncovers forgotten Victorian skylights inside BAFTA headquarters
The Grade II-listed BAFTA headquarters in London's Picadilly have received an overhaul from local studio Benedetti Architects, who raised the roof to squeeze in a new top floor while unifying its disparate interiors. More
OMA envelopes Buffalo art museum extension in transparent "veil"
OMA's New York office led by architect Shohei Shigematsu has completed an expansion to Buffalo's AKG Art Museum that features a promenade encased in a glass facade. More
ARQBR creates circular church with monumental steeple in Brasilia
Local studio ARQBR has used concrete and wood for a round church in Brasilia, Brazil that lifts off the land with 360-degree, ground-level windows. More
Mountain landscapes inform perforated-granite-clad Chengdu Natural History Museum
Faceted, rock-like forms clad with panels of perforated granite define the Chengdu Natural History Museum in China, which was designed by US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners and local studio CSWADI. More
India Mahdavi enlivens Rome's Villa Medici with bold geometric furnishings
Architect India Mahdavi has updated six rooms within Rome's 16th-century Villa Medici to feature an array of contemporary and colourful furniture. More
Sculptural roof helps Taihang Xinyu Art Museum blend into mountainside
Chinese practice Wang Chong Studio used rustic stone walls and a sloping roof to help this art museum blend into its rocky site in China's Henan Province. More
Ten architecturally significant museums designed by famous studios
To mark International Museum Day, we've selected 10 museums from the Dezeen archive that were designed by famous architects or are otherwise architecturally significant. More
Land Morphology and Olson Kundig update Oregon botanical garden
An event pavilion and aerial tree walk are among the enhancements to Portland's Leach Botanical Garden, which is being upgraded by a team that includes US studios Land Morphology and Olson Kundig Architects. More
Renzo Piano wraps Istanbul Modern in facade "evocative of fish scales"
Italian architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop has completed the landmark Istanbul Modern museum, which is its first project in Turkey. More
Kaan Architecten's underground extension to Dutch museum is designed to "radiate grandeur"
Dutch practice Kaan Architecten has extended the Museum Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, concealing over 5,000 square meters of visitor spaces beneath a public courtyard and fountain. More
Alberto Kalach creates "secular sacred space" for Casa Wabi founder in Mexico City
Mexican architect Alberto Kalach has created a studio for Casa Wabi founder Bosco Sodi in Mexico City that features expansive brickwork and industrial elements. More