Cultural
Herzog & de Meuron reveals visuals of museum complex beside China’s Grand Canal
Prayer hall sits inside a cluster of rock-shaped buildings
Carmody Groarke to create extension to Design Museum Gent
Prison inmates help build cracked-open Church of the Penitent Thief in Italy
Steven Holl punctures concrete New York library with “sculpted cuts”
After Architecture couples charred wood and brass for Camp Barker Memorial
Karv One Design builds school around giant slide and ball pit
ZAV Architects tops cultural centre with steps overlooking the Persian Gulf
Alexandra Palace Theatre restoration makes a feature of decades of decay
Morphosis unveils Korean American National Museum for Los Angeles
Witherford Watson Mann builds “unorthodox” opera theatre within old stable block
Foster + Partners to add giant “floating pavilion” to top of Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
Shanghai’s Single Person gallery is designed to resemble a cave
“We must recognise the workers who make museum-going a smooth architectural experience”
Timber trusses support undulating roof of Italian convention centre
Domed oculus connects floors of concrete-framed cultural centre in India
David Adjaye designs trio of multifaith temples in Abu Dhabi
Flowering meadow tops Statue of Liberty Museum in New York by FXCollaborative
William Rawn designs cedar-clad pavilions for Tanglewood campus in the Berkshires
Architect overlays famous modern buildings on Iran’s ancient palaces and castles
Creating the Expo’98 Portuguese National Pavilion was “difficult” says Álvaro Siza
SERA expands Portland Playhouse with building wrapped in glass and charred wood
Daniel Libeskind designs photo installation at Auschwitz
