Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron is set to turn a derelict power station on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn into a manufacturing centre for designers and makers. More about Herzog & de Meuron to transform Brooklyn's "batcave" into creative hub
These images show the tubular forms of a music theatre and exhibition hall by Studio Fuksas, which is nearing completion in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. More about Conjoined glass and steel tubes form Studio Fuksas' concert and exhibition venue in Tbilisi
The steeply pitched roof of this shingled chapel by Bernardo Bader Architects provides a dramatic worship space, which narrows towards a small window facing a grassy hillside in western Austria. More about Bernardo Bader completes tiny wooden chapel with pointy wooden roof in western Austria
A bright white canopy undulates above the glazed walls of this chapel outside Cape Town, framing views right through it to scenic mountains, vineyards and pomegranate orchards. More about Steyn Studio's chapel frames dramatic views of South African countryside below its sinuous roof
A colonnade, a group of light wells and perforated brickwork allow light and air to reach the prayer hall of this mosque in Dhaka, which is one of winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016. More about Daylight filters in through the roof and walls of Bangladeshi mosque by Marina Tabassum
A twisting tower signals the presence of this cultural centre and historical archive in Argentinian city Córdoba, which features a huge sloping public square on its roof. More about Córdoba Cultural Centre features an undulating roof that people can walk across
Australian architecture studio DeciBel has unveiled plans for a cultural complex in Hanoi, featuring six bulb-like structures to reference a floating lotus flower. More about DeciBel proposes "lotus-like" theatre and cultural centre for Hanoi
A huge clay-tile roof envelops the remnants of a 12th-century monastery in this project by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects, which is one of the nominees for this year's Mies van der Rohe Award. More about Lundgaard & Tranberg's tile-clad building shelters medieval ruins in Denmark
A+Awards: this community centre and mosque in Tehran by Kalout Architecture Studio, which won a 2016 Architizer A+Award, is designed to look like linking hands. More about Cultural and religious complex in Iran features roof shaped like interlocking fingers
The V&A museum has released a movie and photographs showing how far construction has progressed on its new Kengo Kuma-designed outpost in Dundee. More about Kengo Kuma's V&A museum takes shape in Dundee
These newly released photographs show the undulating timber-clad form of the Katuaq Cultural Centre of Greenland, which Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen credits as being its "breakthrough" project. More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen reveals new images of Greenland cultural centre to mark its 20th anniversary
This movie by videographer Alejandro Villanueva captures the wave-like form of Lisbon's MAAT contemporary art museum, designed by Amanda Levete's firm AL_A, as light shifts from day to night. More about Timelapse movie by Alejandro Villanueva shows Amanda Levete's sinuous MAAT museum
Covering two city blocks, Canada's National Music Centre comprises towering volumes clad in bronze-hued tiles and a refurbished historic brick building. More about Allied Works Architecture creates massive music centre for downtown Calgary
Designer Giles Miller has worked with visualiser Forbes Massie to draw up designs for a huge monument with a cross-shaped plan and textured brick walls. More about Giles Miller and Forbes Massie imagine towering monument with walls of offset bricks
A cluster of mono-pitched volumes clad in earthy pre-weathered steel shelters a mini oasis at the centre of this cultural facility in Chile's Atacama Desert. More about Rusty steel wedges surround desert garden in Chile's Atacama Desert
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter paired thatch with blackened wood for this extension to a visitor's centre on the Wadden Sea mud flats in Denmark. More about Dorte Mandrup adds thatched wing to Wadden Sea visitor centre in Denmark
David Adjaye, Zaha Hadid Architects, Foster + Partners and Daniel Libeskind are among the 10 shortlisted teams competing to design the UK's National Holocaust Memorial in London. More about Foster, Adjaye and Libeskind shortlisted for UK Holocaust memorial
Steven Holl Architects has revealed plans to build a health and cultural complex in Shanghai, comprising a pair of white concrete blocks punctured by the firm's signature cutouts. More about Steven Holl unveils Shanghai cultural complex to be built from white concrete
This cultural centre in Senegal by Japanese architect Toshiko Mori was constructed using exclusively local materials and techniques – and has been recognised in the architecture category of the 2017 AIA Awards. More about Toshiko Mori uses compressed earth and bamboo for cultural hub in remote Senegalese village
Porthole windows offer glimpses into this Beijing tea house, where rooms are defined by light linen drapes and set in a landscape of white gravel, terrazzo and marble. More about Space Modification Unit transforms Beijing hutong property into tranquil tea house