Cultural buildings
Brearley Architects and Urbanists and Grant Amon Architects unveil Australia’s first purpose-built Pride Centre
Bernardo Rodrigues Architects creates inverted-pyramid chapel in Portugal
Zaha Hadid Architects designs Xi’an cultural centre to echo “meandering valleys”
BIG wraps Vltava Philharmonic Hall in ascending colonnades
SO-IL and FREAKS extend glass museum in France with sweeping public plaza
Schaum/Shieh Architects draws on original warehouse design for Marfa art gallery renovation
Barozzi Veiga designs home for Miami artist residency Oolite Arts
Kengo Kuma’s HC Andersens Hus opens in Denmark
Gensler releases plans for winged Flight Test Museum in California
Sheppard Robson updates and extends Alan Short-designed theatre in Manchester
Work begins on Kéré Architecture’s perforated brick Goethe-Institut in Dakar
Killa Design’s Museum of the Future opens in Dubai
Zhengzhou Grand Theatre’s sail-like forms reference a “majestic ship”
National Museum of Norway by Kleihues + Schuwerk is a “temple of our time”
Morphosis designs Athenæum cultural district at University of Texas at Dallas
Atelier Masōmī unveils design for geometric Bët-bi art museum in Senegal
DnA_Design and Architecture transforms Chinese quarries into cultural spaces
Dezeen Debate newsletter features Thomas Heatherwick’s “volcanic” performing arts centre in China
Heatherwick Studio designs volcano-like performing arts centre for China
Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Centre in China resembles a stack of ice cubes
Open Architecture reveals design for Sun Tower in China
Denton Corker Marshall designs metal-clad cube for Shepparton Art Museum in Australia
MAD designs cluster of wooden museum buildings to evoke bronze age masks