The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features Heatherwick Studio's design for a performing arts centre planned for Hainan, China. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More about Dezeen Debate newsletter features Thomas Heatherwick's "volcanic" performing arts centre in China
Spanish firm Barozzi Veiga has revealed plans for a new home for Oolite Arts in Miami, the studio's first ground-up project in the United States. More about Barozzi Veiga designs home for Miami artist residency Oolite Arts
A new museum dedicated to Danish fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen, designed as an experiential "fantasy world" of gardens and underground exhibition spaces, has officially opened in Odense following a soft launch at the end of June 2021. More about Kengo Kuma's HC Andersens Hus opens in Denmark
British designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio has revealed visuals of a performing arts centre planned for Hainan, China, that draws on the island's volcanic landscape and Hainanese opera costumes. More about Heatherwick Studio designs volcano-like performing arts centre for China
A stack of nine frosted glass "ice cubes" atop a pool of water houses this cultural centre in Xinxiang, China, designed by French studios Mathieu Forest Architecte and Zone Of Utopia. More about Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Centre in China resembles a stack of ice cubes
Architecture firm Gensler has released plans for the new Flight Test Museum in Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles. More about Gensler releases plans for winged Flight Test Museum in California
Architecture studio Sheppard Robson has remodelled the eccentric Contact theatre in Manchester, UK, stitching in a "new and distinct" metal-clad extension. More about Sheppard Robson updates and extends Alan Short-designed theatre in Manchester
Chinese studio Open Architecture has unveiled its design for a viewing tower in the coastal city of Yantai in the north east of China. More about Open Architecture reveals design for Sun Tower in China
Architecture practice Denton Corker Marshall has completed an art museum in Victoria, Australia, with a cubic glass form shielded by large metal-clad plates on its facades. More about Denton Corker Marshall designs metal-clad cube for Shepparton Art Museum in Australia
Construction has begun on the Senegal headquarters of the non-profit Goethe-Institut designed by Burkina Faso studio Kéré Architecture. More about Work begins on Kéré Architecture's perforated brick Goethe-Institut in Dakar
A museum in Dubai dedicated to the future, which has been dubbed "the most beautiful building in the world" by the emirate's ruler, has officially opened its doors. More about Killa Design's Museum of the Future opens in Dubai
Chinese architecture studio MAD has released visuals of The Eyes of Sanxingdui, a scatter of wooden buildings it has designed for the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, China. More about MAD designs cluster of wooden museum buildings to evoke bronze age masks
A historic theatre building and the remnants of a 1920s garage are incorporated into a cluster of contemporary glass and metal blocks at this new performance and arts venue in Hobart, Tasmania. More about Liminal Architecture and WOHA incorporate historic buildings into new theatre in Tasmania
A competition has been launched to find an architect for the expansion and sustainability-led revamp of Zaha Hadid Architects' Stirling Prize-winning MAXXI museum in Rome, Italy. More about Competition launched to extend MAXXI museum by Zaha Hadid Architects
A spiralling ramp creates an unfolding, experiential route for visitors through the Tiangang Arts Center, a combined art gallery and hotel in China's Hebei Province designed by Syn Architects. More about Spiralling ramp surrounds arts centre in China by Syn Architects
Raw concrete walls serve as a backdrop to vintage furnishings in this rentable venue and guest suite that Studio Andrew Trotter, Gavalas Ioannidou Architecture and Eva Papadaki have created within a converted 1970s industrial building in Athens, Greece. More about Raw concrete penthouse and event space created inside former Athens warehouse
Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive Architecture has renovated an industrial building in the New York borough's Gowanus neighbourhood to create bright and spacious theatre rehearsal spaces. More about CO Adaptive Architecture converts Gowanus foundry into flexible theatre spaces
Chinese architecture studio Gad has completed a building with a gridded bamboo facade, which serves as an exhibition centre for a traditional type of Chinese wine. More about Gad builds bamboo-fronted exhibition centre for Shaoxing rice wine
Computer modelling was used to design the angular wall surfaces of Rotterdam's newest theatre, to ensure a completely even distribution of sound. More about Theater Zuidplein's multi-faceted auditorium promises perfect sound in every seat
Four peaks clad in weathering steel cover the underground galleries at the Datong Art Museum, which British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed in northern China. More about Foster + Partners shelters subterranean art gallery with pyramidal roofscape