WORKac has unveiled its design for the Beirut Museum of Art in Lebanon, which features a facade of mismatched balconies that will be used to exhibit artwork. More about Balconies will double as exhibition space in WORKac's Beirut Museum of Art
Franco-Brazilian architect Elizabeth de Portzamparc has completed a museum of Roman history in the French city of Nîmes featuring glazed facades intended to recall the draped fabric of a toga. More about Elizabeth de Portzamparc completes Musée de la Romanité alongside Roman amphitheatre
UNStudio is building a theatre complex in the West Kowloon Cultural District of Hong Kong, featuring three performance spaces connected by ramps. More about UNStudio designs Lyric Theatre Complex to "see and be seen" in Hong Kong
New buildings by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and historic buildings conserved by UK studio Purcell form a vast arts complex in Hong Kong, claimed to be the city's largest heritage conservation project to date. More about Herzog & de Meuron and Purcell transform Hong Kong's colonial buildings into Tai Kwun art centre
Kulapat Yantrasast has become the go-to architect for contemporary art galleries and museums in the US. Here are 10 of his major projects that differ from typical white-box exhibition spaces, with warm materials, unusual layouts and custom furniture. More about 10 art galleries and museums by Kulapat Yantrasast
Thai architect Kulapat Yantrasast was recently chosen to oversee a major renovation of galleries at The Met in New York. In this exclusive interview, he explains why he designs art spaces to be more than white boxes, and credits mentor Tadao Ando for providing a "true education". More about "I'm a matchmaker between art and people" says Kulapat Yantrasast
Serie Architects has unveiled a low-lying design for the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai, which does not "rely on exuberance to make a statement". More about Serie Architects' understated Jameel Arts Centre is "very un-Dubai"
Danish architecture firm COBE has completed the wedge-shaped Tingbjerg Library and Culture House for a school in Copenhagen that narrows to a width of just 1.5 metres at either end. More about COBE's wedge-shaped library references its modernist surroundings
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Wang Shu's Amateur Architecture Studio has designed a cultural complex clad in recycled tiles near Hangzhou, China. More about Wave-shaped roof of recycled tiles tops Wang Shu's Fuyang Cultural Complex
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has turned an old brick building in Chicago into an architecture-focused exhibition centre. More about Tadao Ando designs Wrightwood 659 exhibition space in Chicago
Architecture firms Snøhetta and Dialog have completed a new hub for Calgary's public library system, with a crystalline exterior and an atrium clad in timber slats. More about Snøhetta and Dialog's New Central Library for Calgary features vast wood-lined atrium
American architecture firm Johnston Marklee has completed a cultural building in Texas, with a white linear form punctured by courtyards. More about Johnston Marklee's Menil Drawing Institute opens in Houston
Dutch interior architecture firm i29 has completed a contemporary renovation of the 18th-century buildings of the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. More about i29 revamps interiors of Princessehof ceramics museum in Leeuwarden
Shanghai-based studio ATAH's arts centre in the Chinese city of Shaoxing is a glazed cylinder intersected by a spiralling walkway that doubles as a stage. More about Stairs spiral around the perimeter of ATAH's glazed Heli-stage art space
Architecture firm Snøhetta has been selected to extend the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, which comprises a pink marble 1930s building and a pavilion by Norman Foster. More about Snøhetta picked to expand Nebraska's largest art museum
Christchurch Central Library has been designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen as a "symbol of hope, unity, and rebirth" for the city in New Zealand, which was ravaged by an earthquake in 2011. More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps earthquake-resistant Christchurch library in golden screen
Blocks of red sandstone cover the volumes of a new design museum designed by Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira on the Chinese Academy of Art campus in Hangzhou, eastern China. More about Álvaro Siza clads International Design Museum of China in red sandstone
Iridescent blue bricks and an art-deco-style cornice form the exterior of Damien Hirst's new headquarters in London's Soho, designed by architecture studio Stiff + Trevillion. More about Iridescent turquoise bricks front Damien Hirst's new studio by Stiff + Trevillion
A library by Gonzalez Moix Arquitectura is the latest addition to a cultural complex in the residential district of La Molina, Peru, which also includes a plaza, school, and public park. More about Gonzalez Moix designs Biblioteca Sur community library in Lima
PES Architects used custom-developed ceramic tiles and louvres to create the curving lines of the Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou, China. More about PES Architects reveals petal-shaped Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou