Taltal Public Library by Murúa-Valenzuela
Daylight floods into the reading rooms of this Chilean library though the high level windows of faceted ventilation stacks. More about Taltal Public Library by Murúa-Valenzuela
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The Timmelsjoch Experience Pass Museum by Werner Tscholl
This faceted museum in the Alps by South Tyrolean architect Werner Tscholl is precariously cantilevered. More about The Timmelsjoch Experience Pass Museum by Werner Tscholl
The Kimball Art Centre by Brooks + Scarpa
A ridged cloak of glazing would surround the extension to an art centre in Utah proposed by Californian architects Brooks + Scarpa. More about The Kimball Art Centre by Brooks + Scarpa
Ordos Museum by MAD
Chinese architects MAD have sent us new images of a museum they completed earlier this year in the city of Ordos, in the Gobi desert. More about Ordos Museum by MAD
Herta and Paul Amir Building at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art by Preston Scott Cohen
Dezeen in Israel: here are some images of the recently opened new wing at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, which has a dramatically faceted atrium piercing its centre. More about Herta and Paul Amir Building at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art by Preston Scott Cohen
The Culture Yard by AART Architects
A faceted glass shroud cloaks these former shipbuilding warehouses in Elsinore, Denmark, which architects AART have converted into a cultural centre. More about The Culture Yard by AART Architects
Museum of Liverpool by 3XN
Here is a complete set of photographs of the heavily criticised Museum of Liverpool by Danish architects 3XN, which opened to the public last month. More about Museum of Liverpool by 3XN
Auditorium and Congress Palace Infanta Doña Elena by Estudio Barozzi Veiga
A seafront auditorium in southern Spain has concave walls that resemble the deflated cheeks of someone taking a deep breath (photographs by Julien Lanoo). More about Auditorium and Congress Palace Infanta Doña Elena by Estudio Barozzi Veiga
Nestlé Chocolate Museum by Metro
Brazilian architects Metro have completed a red glass chocolate museum in the sky. More about Nestlé Chocolate Museum by Metro
Museo ABC by Aranguren + Gallegos
Spanish architects Arranguren & Gallegos have converted a brewery in Madrid into a museum with an underground gallery and triangular windows. More about Museo ABC by Aranguren + Gallegos
Messner Mountain Museum Peoples by EM2
Italian architects EM2 have converted a castle into a mountain museum. More about Messner Mountain Museum Peoples by EM2
Extension to the Serlachius Museum Gösta by MX_SI
Spanish architects MX_SI have won a competition to design an extension to a Finnish museum of art with this proposal that features recessed zigzagging windows. More about Extension to the Serlachius Museum Gösta by MX_SI
Museum in Palmiry by WXCA
Each bullet-sized hole piercing the skin of this museum by architects WXCA in Palmiry, Poland, represents a Polish civilian murdered there during the holocaust. More about Museum in Palmiry by WXCA
Cité de l’Océan et du Surf by Steven Holl and Solange Fabião
Steven Holl Architects have collaborated with Brazilian architect Solange Fabião on this wave-shaped museum of the sea in Biarritz, France, which opened this week. More about Cité de l’Océan et du Surf by Steven Holl and Solange Fabião
Kanazawa Umimirai Library by Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba / Coelacanth K&H Architects
Around 6000 holes puncture the concrete exterior of this library in Kanazawa, Japan, by Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba of Japanese firm Coelacanth K&H Architects. More about Kanazawa Umimirai Library by Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba / Coelacanth K&H Architects
Kauffman Center by Safdie Architects
A pair of shell-like forms contain the two halls of this performing arts centre in Kansas City by Israeli architect Moshe Safdie of Safdie Architects. More about Kauffman Center by Safdie Architects
Temporary Museum (Lake) by Anne Holtrop
Wiggling back and forth across an Amsterdam nature reserve, this curved timber maze by Dutch architect Anne Holtrop was designed to stage an exhibition of landscape paintings. More about Temporary Museum (Lake) by Anne Holtrop
Moritzburg Museum Extension by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us these images of an extension to a museum inside a ruined castle in Halle, Germany, by Spanish studio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. More about Moritzburg Museum Extension by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
New Cultural Centre by Fündc
The auditorium of this Madrid cultural centre by Spanish studio Fündc is contained in a bulky concrete cantilever. More about New Cultural Centre by Fündc
Las Arenas by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
This former bullring in Barcelona has been converted into a leisure complex by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, retaining the original facade. More about Las Arenas by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners