Alan Chu adds rehearsal studio with huge doors to the home of a Brazilian actor
Tall translucent doors open two sides of this theatrical rehearsal space created by Brazilian architect Alan Chu for an actor in São Paulo (+ slideshow). More
Tall translucent doors open two sides of this theatrical rehearsal space created by Brazilian architect Alan Chu for an actor in São Paulo (+ slideshow). More
London Design Festival 2016: communal bathing culture is experiencing a global revival according to curator Jane Withers, who has put together an exhibition exploring the phenomenon. More
Binario Architectes has used Corten steel, concrete and wood to create a series of new additions to the Villers Abbey in Belgium, including a visitor centre and an elevated pathway (+ slideshow). More
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has been chosen to extend Switzerland's most-visited art museum – the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Basel, originally designed by Renzo Piano. More
US firm Studio Ma has drawn inspiration from horseshoes, woven baskets and rugged landscapes for its design of a Western heritage museum in the metropolis of Phoenix, Arizona (+ slideshow). More
Plans for a new outpost of the Guggenheim museum in Helsinki have been thrown into doubt, as the Finnish government refuses funding for the Moreau Kusunoki Architectes-designed project. More
A red brick building designed for one of the UK's oldest libraries will be the first new addition to Lambeth Palace – the historic home of the Archbishop of Canterbury – in almost two centuries (+ slideshow). More
A translucent marble cube by Rex Architecture that will contain the Perelman Performing Arts Center has been unveiled as the "keystone" for the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan (+ slideshow). More
Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects has announced the construction of a concert hall dedicated to American musician Buddy Holly on what would have been his 80th birthday (+ slideshow). More
Iceland's dramatic landscape is dotted with equally spectacular religious architecture. Here's eight of our favourite churches built in the country's unique style, which take cues from Modernism (+ slideshow). More
American director Spike Jonze has used an iconic Los Angeles music hall by Modernist architect Welton Becket as the venue for a four-minute perfume advert for French fashion house Kenzo (+ movie). More
Work has completed on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture by British architect David Adjaye, which is poised to open next month (+ slideshow). More
Canadian firm ZAS has completed a glass and aluminium-clad public library in suburban Toronto, which has a sculptural form influenced by a local rollercoaster (+ slideshow). More
Montreal firm ACDF Architecture has created a new arts centre in the suburbs, fronted by a colonnade of vertical and angled stainless steel supports (+ slideshow). More
Vector Architects has draped lengths of wire mesh over the entrance to a museum housed in a former warehouse in Beijing (+ slideshow). More
Global firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill used a restrained palette of concrete, steel and glass to create a new home for a photography museum in a once-derelict area of Manhattan (+ slideshow). More
Architecture firm Archohm has completed a wedge-shaped museum in Lucknow dedicated to the late Indian independence activist Jayaprakash Narayan (+ slideshow). More
World Heritage Corb: Maison Guiette in Belgium was Le Corbusier's first commission outside of France, but is one of the lesser-known of his 17 buildings that have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list (+ slideshow). More
Movie: in this exclusive Dezeen movie, Chinese architect Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio explains why he recycled material from traditional Chinese buildings to construct the Ningbo History Museum. More
Pritzker Prize-winning Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has revealed new images of his first mosque in Melbourne, showing a roof covered in rows of dramatic lantern-like skylights (+ slideshow). More