German studio KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten's glass-covered design for the Shenzhen Art Museum and Library complex in China beat proposals from a number of star architects. More about KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten wins competition to design Shenzhen Art Museum and Library
This "floating" art and literary museum by American studio OLI Architecture is housed in a grouping of textured concrete blocks, which are elevated over a lake in China's Zhejiang Province (+ slideshow). More about Mu Xin Art Museum by OLI Architecture sits over a lake in eastern China
Railway sleepers form the walls of this extension to a library in Azkoitia, Spain, which is located at the town's former railway station. More about Estudio Beldarrain uses reclaimed railway sleepers to extend Spanish library
The roof of this extension to a Copenhagen cultural centre is shaped like an elongated S, and it appears to ramp up over the roof of one of the buildings it adjoins (+ slideshow). More about S-shaped extension links two sides of Copenhagen's Mariehøj Kulturcenter
Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA is to build its first major public building in the UK after winning an international competition to design The Factory in Manchester. More about OMA wins competition to design huge Manchester arts venue The Factory
Studio Libeskind has unveiled plans for a contemporary arts centre in Vilnius, which will house a unique collection of modern and contemporary art by Lithuanian artists (+ slideshow). More about Daniel Libeskind designs angular white concrete and glass museum for Lithuanian art
Architecture studio Berger & Berger has added three new structures to a pair of 18th-century French mansions, creating a larger exhibition space for the collection of gallerist Yvon Lambert (+ slideshow). More about Berger & Berger uses white concrete and marble to create muted interiors for Collection Lambert
Foster Wilson Architects has converted a heritage-listed church in Bedford, England, into a theatre with a new curved timber and glass foyer bar (+ slideshow). More about Old English church transformed into a theatre by Foster Wilson Architects
Portuguese studio Site Specific Arquitectura has transformed a warehouse at a Lisbon monastery into a minimalist chapel featuring simple furnishings and a lime-green confession booth (+ slideshow). More about Site Specific Arquitectura converts Portuguese warehouse into monastery chapel
Overlapping cylinders make up this crematorium in northern France, designed by a collective of Parisian architects with walls of ribbed concrete and golden-framed glass (+ slideshow). More about Curvaceous concrete crematorium by Plan 01 offers "dignified and serene setting" for mourners
Danish architecture firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen has teamed up with American artist James Turrell to design a domed extension to one of Denmark's most-visited museums (+ slideshow). More about James Turrell and Schmidt Hammer Lassen unveil extension for ARoS art museum
Roman artefacts will be housed in this museum and archaeology centre by Foster + Partners, which is now under construction in France (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners' Roman history museum begins construction in south of France
Paris studio Marchi Architectes has extended a small museum in the French village of Biévres and added a community centre with a series of pitched roofs (+ slideshow). More about Marchi Architectes completes a community centre in the heart of an old French village
Estudio ALA created this open-air chapel with a tall brick tower for staff at a tequila factory in the Mexican countryside (+ slideshow). More about Estudio ALA completes terracotta chapel at a Mexican tequila factory
A cruciform facade marks the new entrance to this art museum, which occupies a 15th-century monastery building near Venice, Italy (+ slideshow). More about Cross-shaped facade added to art museum in a former monastery
Adjaye Associates has revealed images of its combined cultural foundation and luxury shopping centre in Beirut, Lebanon, ahead of the building's completion later this year (+ slideshow). More about David Adjaye's Aïshti Foundation gallery and shopping centre nears completion in Beirut
A brick-clad tower provides a landmark for this sculpture workshop and cultural hub by Sutherland Hussey Harris, which is slotted into an old railway cutting in Edinburgh (+ slideshow). More about Sutherland Hussey Harris adds angular brick tower to Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
To help this community centre blend into its residential setting in Takamatsu, Japan, designer Yasunari Tsukada divided the building up into two house-shaped blocks (+ slideshow). More about Sanjo Hokusei Community Centre designed by Yasunari Tsukada to look like a pair of houses
British architect David Chipperfield has refused to attend the opening of his Museo delle Culture museum and gallery complex in Milan, and is seeking court action over "defects" in the project. More about Chipperfield boycotts opening of his Milan museum amid legal proceedings
Vector Architects designed a huge grassy roof canopy and plant-covered walls for this community centre in southwest China, helping it to blend in with its mountain landscape (+ slideshow). More about Vector Architects disguises mountainside community centre beneath sprawling grass roof