A cantilevered exhibition floor and an underwater conference suite feature at this archive and research centre, designed by Italian office Boeri Studio and one of several new buildings on Marseille's waterfront (photographs by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More about Villa Méditerranée by Boeri Studio
Japanese firm Kengo Kuma and Associates has completed an art and culture centre with a chequered timber facade on the banks of the Doubs river in Besançon, France (+ slideshow). More about Besançon Art Centre and Cité de la Musique by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Architecture studio Spaceworkers has inserted a house-shaped cultural centre inside a nineteenth-century schoolhouse in Paredes, northern Portugal. More about Centro Interpretação do Românico Paredes by Spaceworkers
Belgian studio AWG Architecten added pivoting golden cabinets and a golden platform to adapt an old church into a cultural centre in the Dutch village of Leegkerk (+slideshow). More about Leegkerk Church by AWG Architecten
A five-sided pavilion made from pale sandy brickwork leads inside this former textile factory in Kortrijk that Belgian studio 51N4E has converted into an arts centre. More about Buda Art Centre by 51N4E
Rooms and surfaces are generated from a complex web of hexagons at this contemporary arts centre in Córdoba, Spain, by Madrid office Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos (photography is by Roland Halbe). More about Contemporary Art Centre Córdoba by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Polish studio Ingarden & Ewý has slotted a theatre and library around the nineteenth century structure of a former horse-riding arena in Kraków (+ slideshow). More about Małopolska Garden of Arts by Ingarden & Ewý
Daniel Libeskind has completed an education centre at the Jewish Museum Berlin, twelve years after the American architect completed his widely acclaimed extension (+ slideshow). More about The Academy of the Jewish Museum Berlin by Daniel Libeskind
MAYU Architects and de Architekten Cie designed eleven huge funnels to protect visitors from extreme weather conditions in the outdoor spaces of this cultural centre in Taiwan (+ slideshow). More about Dadong Art Centre by MAYU Architects and de Architekten Cie
Stone bleachers climb onto the roof of this cultural centre in Molde, Norway, by Danish architects 3XN, creating open-air seating for visitors to the jazz festival hosted there each year (+ slideshow). More about Plassen Cultural Centre by 3XN
A perforated metal box encases the concrete visitor centre for the Atapuerca archaeological site in northern Spain by architects a3gm and Mata y asociados (+ slideshow). More about Centro de Recepción de Visitantes, Atapuerca by a3gm + Mata y asociados
This library by London architects Studio Egret West looks like a row of books (+ slideshow). More about Clapham Library by Studio Egret West
Red steel ribbons are parted like curtains to welcome visitors into this museum in northern Japan by Canadian studio Molo (+ slideshow). More about Nebuta House by Molo
Shimmering brass walls surround this arts centre that Portuguese firm Pitagoras Arquitectos have just completed in Guimarães. More about International Centre for the Arts Jose de Guimarães by Pitagoras Arquitectos
Austrian architects Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher have renovated a fourteenth century stone chapel with skeletons in its basement (+ slideshow). More about Annakapelle Schladming by Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten
Madrid studios Mi5 Arquitectos and PKMN Architectures have built a half-submerged culture and leisure centre in the middle of a public square in Teruel, Spain (+ slideshow). More about Teruel-zilla! by Mi5 Arquitectos, and PKMN Architectures
Slideshow: this art gallery in Seoul by New York architects SO-IL is draped in a veil of chain mail. More about Kukje Gallery by SO-IL
Architects OMA have unveiled plans to convert a former theatre in Upstate New York into a performance institute commissioned by Serbian artist Marina Abramovic. More about Marina Abramović Institute by OMA
Slideshow: Danish architects 3XN have completed a riverside cultural centre in Norway with glass hills outlined on its facade. More about The Arch by 3XN
New York architect Steven Holl has unveiled designs for a new institute for contemporary art at the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond. More about New Institute for Contemporary Art by Steven Holl Architects