Cultural buildings
Competition launched to extend MAXXI museum by Zaha Hadid Architects
Spiralling ramp surrounds arts centre in China by Syn Architects
Gad builds bamboo-fronted exhibition centre for Shaoxing rice wine
Theater Zuidplein’s multi-faceted auditorium promises perfect sound in every seat
Adjaye Associates completes rose-hued culture hub in Florida
Trace Architecture Office designs theatre complex in China as a “stage for the city”
Cantilevered terrace adjoins 14th-century townhouses overhauled by Mario Cucinella Architects
Long-awaited Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA captured ahead of opening
Herzog & de Meuron reveals second Vancouver Art Gallery redesign with woven copper-effect facade
Herzog & de Meuron’s M+ museum in Hong Kong opens to the public
Aidia Studio designs mosque in Preston with cascading arched volumes
MVRDV’s Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen opens, giving the public access to 151,000 artworks
Raw concrete penthouse and event space created inside former Athens warehouse
CO Adaptive Architecture converts Gowanus foundry into flexible theatre spaces
Foster + Partners shelters subterranean art gallery with pyramidal roofscape
Snøhetta designs library in Beijing to resemble a ginkgo-tree forest
Renzo Piano converts Moscow power station into GES-2 House of Culture
David Chipperfield Architects reveals design for cultural institution in New York City
Tim Ronalds Architects converts 19th-century Canterbury malt house into theatre
OMA inserts trio of “monumental” staircases into POST Houston cultural and retail venue
Monolithic walls enclose “quiet and introverted” Hall of Immortality in China by Studio 10
Herzog & de Meuron unveils design for art museum facing the Mississippi River
Video shows pop-up synagogue in Ukraine unfolding like a book
