SERA expands Portland Playhouse with building wrapped in glass and charred wood
American studio SERA Architects has overhauled a 115-year-old church building and created a contemporary addition to house a nonprofit theatre company in Oregon. More
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UAD merges traditional and contemporary forms for Shaoxing Hotel hall
The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed a new hall for the Shaoxing Hotel in eastern China. More
CO-LAB Design Office creates bamboo yoga pavilion in Tulum
Luum Temple is a bamboo pavilion for practising yoga nestled in the jungles of Tulum, designed by local studio CO-Lab Design Office. More
Witherford Watson Mann builds "unorthodox" opera theatre within old stable block
Witherford Watson Mann has overhauled a former stable block in Leicestershire to create the rural Nevill Holt Opera theatre, which is shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize. More
WilkinsonEyre designs biodome complex for Iceland
Two gently undulating greenhouses will form the Aldin Biodomes complex, which WilkinsonEyre has designed for Elliðaárdalur valley in Iceland. More
Lemay Michaud designs minimal Strøm Nordic Spa in Quebec City
Visitors to this spa in Quebec, which was designed by Canadian firm Lemay Michaud, can enjoy views of the Saint Lawrence River from its pools, waterfalls and hot tubs. More
Soho House extends Dumbo House in Brooklyn with colourful rooftop
Members' club Soho House has extended and updated the outdoor areas of its outpost in Dumbo, Brooklyn with vibrant colours that take cues from the work of Luis Barragán. More
Johan Sundberg adds concrete spa to 16th century Swedish estate
Johan Sundberg Arkitekter and Blasberg Andreasson have built Andrum, a concrete spa overlooking the grounds of a centuries-old estate in Höör, Sweden. More
OMA to transform Houston post office into entertainment complex
OMA New York is turning a historic post office in Houston, Texas into a complex featuring arts and music venues, workspaces and "one of the world's largest rooftop parks and farms". More
S-AR builds tiny concrete chapel La Providencia in Mexico
A steeply pitched roof tops this small concrete and wood chapel that Mexican architecture firm S-AR has built in Monterrey. More
SHoP and Ken Smith convert Manhattan's Pier 35 into an eco park
US firms SHoP Architects and Ken Smith Workshop have turned a sliver of land along the East River into an ecological park featuring gardens, a faceted metal screen and a rocky beach that serves as habitat for mussels. More
OMA designs angular extension for SANAA's New Museum in Manhattan
The New York branch of architecture firm OMA has unveiled its design for the extension to the city's SANAA-designed New Museum. More
Visitor centre revealed for Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio
Chicago architect John Ronan has designed a Prairie-style visitor centre to adjoin Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
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Balconies branch out from Sou Fujimoto's tree-like tower in Montpellier
Balconies fan out like leaves from the mixed-use L'Arbre Blanc tower, which Sou Fujimoto has completed in Montpellier with Nicolas Laisné, Dimitri Roussel and OXO Architectes. More
Oppenheim Architecture's sinuous concrete golf clubhouse mimics Jordan's desertscape
A dune-like concrete shell encases the Ayla Clubhouse in Aqaba, which Oppenheim Architecture has designed to blend in with the surrounding desert in Jordan. More
Operable Interactive Village Hut opens and closes depending on the temperature
A system of hydraulics opens and closes three panels of this visitor centre in Xiahuayuan Village, China, depending on the temperature outside. More
Thatched reeds cover egg-shaped observatory for watching birds
RAU Architects and Ro&Ad Architects have designed the egg-shaped Tij Observatory for the Scheelhoek Nature Reserve in Stellendam, the Netherlands, which can be taken apart and rebuilt elsewhere. More
Muir and Openwork create mist-filled "chasm" at National Gallery of Victoria
Canyon-like walls overflowing with mist define the Doubleground pavilion, which nestles within the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. More
MLZD adds subterranean sports hall to school in a former monastery
Architecture office MLZD has built a sports hall with a sculptural concrete wall below ground level to preserve views of a heritage-listed converted monastery in Wettingen, Switzerland. More
Eight striking libraries that are bound to impress
Bibliophiles can take pleasure in looking through Dezeen's pick of the best libraries, including one in the Netherlands that occupies an old locomotive shed, and another in China that resembles an eye. More