British studios Gibson Thornley Architects and Purcell have completed the V&A Photography Centre in London, which includes a double-height library and a walk-in camera obscura. More about Walk-in camera obscura features in V&A Photography Centre
Local studio ARQBR has used concrete and wood for a round church in Brasilia, Brazil that lifts off the land with 360-degree, ground-level windows. More about ARQBR creates circular church with monumental steeple in Brasilia
Faceted, rock-like forms clad with panels of perforated granite define the Chengdu Natural History Museum in China, which was designed by US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners and local studio CSWADI. More about Mountain landscapes inform perforated-granite-clad Chengdu Natural History Museum
Chinese architecture has been a hot topic on Pinterest over the last six months. Cultural buildings, such as museums, galleries and dance studios, have been particularly popular. We round up eight of the best from our Pinterest. More about Dezeen's Pinterest roundup features eight cultural buildings in China
Timber-framed pavilions connected by cloistered walkways define this non-denominational temple complex by British studio James Gorst Architects in rural Hampshire, UK. More about James Gorst Architects creates timber-framed temple in rural Hampshire
British architecture firm Heatherwick Studio has revealed the design of West Bund Orbit exhibition centre in Shanghai, China, which will be wrapped in a series of curved balconies. More about Heatherwick Studio reveals design for Shanghai exhibition hall wrapped in "ribbons"
A new lobby and sculpture terrace are among the final additions to a Los Angeles art museum that was strategically revamped over a 23-year period by local studio Michael Maltzan Architecture. More about Michael Maltzan completes decades-long revamp of LA's Hammer Museum
Architect India Mahdavi has updated six rooms within Rome's 16th-century Villa Medici to feature an array of contemporary and colourful furniture. More about India Mahdavi enlivens Rome's Villa Medici with bold geometric furnishings
Architecture studio Vastushilpa Consultants has created a museum and memorial in India to honour the victims of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and celebrate the resilience of the local Kutch community. More about Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum steps up slope below Indian fort
Chinese practice Wang Chong Studio used rustic stone walls and a sloping roof to help this art museum blend into its rocky site in China's Henan Province. More about Sculptural roof helps Taihang Xinyu Art Museum blend into mountainside
British studio Haworth Tompkins and Swedish firm White Arkitekter have given the 19th-century Hippodromen theatre in Sweden a contemporary update that draws attention to its original circus design. More about Refurbishment of Hippodromen theatre in Malmö "equips the building for another century of life"
Classical Chinese gardens informed the sweeping white-concrete geometries of Shanfeng Academy, a culture and sports centre in Suzhou by Chinese studio Open Architecture. More about Open Architecture draws on traditional gardens for concrete cultural centre in China
To mark International Museum Day, we've selected 10 museums from the Dezeen archive that were designed by famous architects or are otherwise architecturally significant. More about Ten architecturally significant museums designed by famous studios
Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has created Copper Blockhouse, a multi-functional cultural space located inside a copper arch in Shanghai, China. More about Wutopia Lab reveals "shimmering whale" Shanghai museum with arched copper shell
Italian architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop has completed the landmark Istanbul Modern museum, which is its first project in Turkey. More about Renzo Piano wraps Istanbul Modern in facade "evocative of fish scales"
Dutch practice Kaan Architecten has extended the Museum Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, concealing over 5,000 square meters of visitor spaces beneath a public courtyard and fountain. More about Kaan Architecten's underground extension to Dutch museum is designed to "radiate grandeur"
Brooklyn studio O'Neill McVoy Architects has adapted a historic powerhouse into a museum for children in the Bronx that highlights the historical building while adding playful details. More about O'Neill McVoy inserts mass-timber children's museum into 1920s Bronx powerhouse
Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed the visuals for Yichang Grand Theatre in China, which will have an amorphous form intended to evoke flowing water. More about Open Architecture models Chinese theatre on "ever-changing body of water"
A concrete gateway marks the entrance to the Threshold and Treasure art gallery, which architecture studio AMAA has housed in a former print house in Arzignano, Italy. More about Concrete warehouse creates tactile backdrop for Italian art gallery by AMAA
Stirling Prize-winning studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has completed a seven-storey museum in Limerick, Ireland, with vaulted ceilings and walls designed to "reflect the forces found in rugby". More about Niall McLaughlin Architects creates red-brick beacon for International Rugby Experience in Ireland