Cultural
Haworth Tompkins completes renovation of Denys Lasdun’s National Theatre
Claesson Koivisto Rune pays tribute to Donald Judd with first US building
Studio Farris adds rusty steel extension to a library in Bruges
Ålgård Church by Link Arkitektur features a concave vaulted roof
Italy’s Museo della Merda is full of shit
Foster + Partners to build hipster village in Dubai
Community centre by Kengo Kuma features playrooms with undulating floorboards
Wise Architecture erects bamboo temple on South Korean coast for victims of a ferry disaster
Renzo Piano’s new building for the Whitney set to open
Safdie Architects designs museum to honour American war heroes
Snøhetta and SANAA share first place in Budapest museum contest
New photographs reveal the inside of Herzog & de Meuron’s Elbphilharmonie
Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveils spiralling design for US Olympic Museum
David Chipperfield reveals plans for Royal Academy of Arts overhaul
Artists rally to protect Russell Page garden at New York’s Frick museum
Adjaye in the frame for Obama library ahead of official announcement
Log-clad museum by Bornstein Lyckefors honours the legacy of Finnish slash-and-burn farmers
Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Malmö Live is a cultural complex designed as “a small city”
Schmidt Hammer Lassen designs new library for earthquake-damaged Christchurch
Renzo Piano’s “prodigiously misassembled” Whitney Museum is a grower, say critics
Brunel’s first project to become London’s latest underground venue
BEL Architecten leaves rough surfaces on show in warehouse converted into a cultural centre
Modern Art gallery takes over three London warehouses opposite a Hawksmoor church