Danish practice PLH Arkitekter has based its design for this visitor centre at a Viking landmark in Denmark on a circular shield (+ slideshow). More about PLH Arkitekter reveals plans for shield-shaped visitor centre at Danish Viking site
Tenerife architect Fernando Menis claims to have developed a new construction technique, demonstrated by this concert hall in Poland featuring faceted surfaces of crushed brick and concrete (+ slideshow). More about Fernando Menis combines crushed brickwork and concrete for cavernous concert hall in Poland
New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed a new home for the Berkeley Art Museum and the Pacific Film Archive, adding a sculptural metal volume to an old industrial plant (+ slideshow). More about Official photos released of new Berkeley art and film centre by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
British architect David Chipperfield has unveiled his design for a museum in Agra, India, which is now under construction next to the Taj Mahal. More about Work starts on David Chipperfield-designed museum beside Taj Mahal
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has built a red brick theatre in Llinars del Vallès, a village outside Barcelona (+ slideshow). More about Álvaro Siza completes red brick theatre near Barcelona
A disused grain silo in Malmö is converted into a crematorium and "vertical cemetery" in this proposal by Swedish architecture students Fredrik Thornström and Karolina Pajnowska. More about Lund University students envision Malmö silo transformed into a crematorium
A pair of museums entirely dedicated to French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent's life and work are set to open in Paris and Marrakech in 2017, including a new building by Studio KO (+ slideshow). More about Two new museums will pay homage to Yves Saint Laurent
Triangular facets of perforated red metal frame the entrance to this cultural centre, completed by Paris studio Périphériques for a town in northwest France (+ slideshow). More about Faceted red metal creates sculptural facade for music centre by Périphériques
Irish studio Heneghan Peng Architects has unveiled its competition-winning design for the Canadian Canoe Museum in Ontario – a wavy waterside structure with glass walls and a grass roof (+ slideshow). More about Heneghan Peng unveils winning design for canoe museum in Canada
Buildings made from standard construction materials are arranged around a tropical garden to form this Kuala Lumpur gallery by London studio CarverHaggard, to suit its setting on an industrial estate (+ slideshow). More about CarverHaggard uses basic building materials for Industrial Estate Gallery in Kuala Lumpur
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has renovated an early-20th century industrial building to create studios for a charity that supports artists struggling to find affordable workspaces in London (+ slideshow). More about Sarah Wigglesworth adds new metal skin to London factory containing artists' studios
Christ & Gantenbein has unveiled its new wing for the National Museum Zurich – an angular concrete edifice conceived by the Swiss architects as a robust and spacious "museum factory" (+ slideshow). More about Christ & Gantenbein adds raw concrete extension to National Museum Zurich
Urban Office Architecture has unveiled plans to build a concrete church in New Jersey featuring a "sky chapel", elevated walkways and a shallow pool (+ slideshow). More about New Jersey church by Urban Office Architecture to feature "sky chapel" and reflecting pool
London-based Mossessian Architecture has won a competition to design the Makkah Museum, a new building dedicated to the Islamic faith in Mecca, Saudi Arabia (+ movie). More about London architect to build Islamic faith museum in Mecca
New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro has added a sculptural metal volume to a 1930s printing plant to form the new home for the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in California (+ slideshow). More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s museum and film centre in Berkeley will open this month
A 312-metre-long concrete wall provides the framework for this house and art centre designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando for a picturesque site on the Mexican seafront (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More about Tadao Ando's Casa Wabi is an artist's retreat that stretches along the Mexican coast
This design centre in an extended 18th-century townhouse was created by Matador Architects as part of Mons' stint as European Capital of Culture last year (+ slideshow). More about Design centre by Matador Architects becomes a legacy project for Mons 2015
Satoru Hirota Architects has overhauled the site of a Buddhist shrine dating back to Japan's Edo period, adding a triangular reception hall and a priest's quarters with bare concrete walls (+ slideshow). More about Buddhist temple in Tokyo upgraded by Satoru Hirota Architects
Tobacco-making equipment and artwork sit side-by-side within the tile-screened volumes of this museum in Spain's Cáceres region, which was designed by local studio Losada García Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More about Stacked blocks form Spanish tobacco and art museum by Losada García Arquitectos
Grass blankets the roof of this low-energy community centre by Guillaume Ramillien Architecture, which is set in the centre of a new development to the south-east of Paris (+ slideshow). More about Passivhaus community centre by Guillaume Ramillien Architecture is clad in grass and timber