Cultural
OMA unveils Manchester’s flexible cultural event space Aviva Studios
Wright and Wright completes decade-long redevelopment of University of Oxford college
Urbanus transforms former Chinese brewery into cultural centre
LMN Architects creates six-storey convention centre in downtown Seattle
Crystalline volume added to Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium in New Orleans
Democracy and Maya architecture inform Miller Hull’s US embassy in Guatemala City
New Makers Bureau completes rammed-earth arts centre in Kampala
Benedetti Architects uncovers forgotten Victorian skylights inside BAFTA headquarters
Mountain landscapes inform perforated-granite-clad Chengdu Natural History Museum
India Mahdavi enlivens Rome’s Villa Medici with bold geometric furnishings
Land Morphology and Olson Kundig update Oregon botanical garden
Renzo Piano wraps Istanbul Modern in facade “evocative of fish scales”
Donald Insall Associates renovates “deconstructed” Hardwick Old Hall ruin
AAU Anastas designs The Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem as hub for makers and creatives
Forma is a nomadic design gallery popping up around Berlin
Caples Jefferson Architects unveils curved Louis Armstrong Center in Queens
Mixtura wraps multi-building Brazilian convent in wooden brise soleil
Dorte Mandrup reveals plans for Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada
OMA envelopes Buffalo art museum extension in transparent “veil”
ARQBR creates circular church with monumental steeple in Brasilia
Sculptural roof helps Taihang Xinyu Art Museum blend into mountainside
Ten architecturally significant museums designed by famous studios
Kaan Architecten’s underground extension to Dutch museum is designed to “radiate grandeur”
