News: plans to recreate the Crystal Palace exhibition hall in south London have been shelved, despite attracting a shortlist of architects including Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers and David Chipperfield. More about London council cans controversial Crystal Palace project
News: a competition will be launched next week to design a new Bauhaus Museum in Dessau, where the famous German art and design school was based between 1925 and 1932. More about Design competition announced for new Bauhaus Museum
News: a proposal to carve a cultural centre out of the landscape has won the UNESCO design contest for a Bamiyan Valley site where two seventh-century statues of Buddha were destroyed by Taliban militants. More about UNESCO unveils winning cultural centre design for heritage site in war-torn Afghanistan
Strips of golden aluminium cover this performing arts school and library designed by Ateliers O-S Architectes to stretch across a hillside in a Parisian suburb (+ slideshow). More about Ateliers O-S adds golden metal walls to cultural centre beside a French cemetery
News: Herzog & de Meuron has revealed the latest images of its design for M+, the new museum of visual culture that recently broke ground in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils updated design for Hong Kong M+ museum
Two curving staircases encircle the exterior of this wedding chapel by Tokyo-based architect Hiroshi Nakamura, meeting at a rooftop platform that overlooks the Hiroshima coastline (+ slideshow). More about Intertwining staircases spiral around the glazed core of Hiroshi Nakamura's Ribbon Chapel
These two charred-timber cabins house a temporary artist's studio that will travel across the UK, offering passers-by a glimpse into the working processes of the occupants (+ slideshow). More about The Observatory is a mobile charred-timber artist's studio by Feilden Clegg Bradley
The Whitworth gallery in Manchester has reopened following an extensive renovation by London architecture studio MUMA that included the addition of two new glass and brick gallery wings (+ slideshow). More about MUMA unveils glass and brick extensions to Manchester's Whitworth gallery
Each facet that makes up the facade of this community building in Poland by OVO Grabczewscy Architekci is covered in a sheet of shiny ridged copper to create the impression of flames (+ slideshow). More about Copper panels give a flame-like appearance to Museum of Fire in Poland
This weathered steel-clad artist's studio by architect Christian Tonkin has an angled body that follows the slope of the hill, but one end projects out to frame views out over the rooftops of nearby Bregenz (+ slideshow). More about Tick-shaped art studio by Christian Tonko follows the slope of an Austrian hillside
Harp strings fixed across the facade turn this hotel chapel on a lakeside site in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, into a huge musical instrument when the wind blows (+ slideshow). More about Lakeside hotel by Ryuichi Ashizawa adjoins a wedding chapel with a musical facade
A square wall with a bell in one corner fronts this chapel for a spiritual retreat in Virginia by Dynerman Architects, concealing the building's true gabled form behind (+ slideshow). More about University chapel by Dynerman Architects hides its true form behind a square wall
Following the popularity of two recently published chapels, we've collected together 11 stunning structures designed as places for reflection, prayer and worship (+ slideshow). More about 11 of the most heavenly chapels on Dezeen
News: construction has started on a vast arts complex designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel for Qingdao, China, featuring a museum, artists' studios and a marina. More about Work begins on Jean Nouvel's woodland arts complex in China
News: Prada's art foundation has announced its new venue by OMA's research arm AMO will open this May, featuring a bar designed by film director Wes Anderson. More about AMO's Fondazione Prada set to open in Milan
This asymmetric concrete chapel by EMC Arquitectura teeters on the edge of a mountain in El Salvador (+ slideshow). More about Skewed concrete chapel by EMC Arquitectura balances over a mountainside in El Salvador
The breeze flows through the centre of this funeral chapel that Tria Studio has completed at a village cemetery in Slovenia's picturesque Tuhinj Valley (+ slideshow). More about Funeral chapel by Tria Studio brings gentle winds through its hollow centre
News: Steven Holl has been appointed to rework the campus of Houston's Museum of Fine Arts and will add new buildings to offer a "complementary contrast" to structures by Mies van der Rohe and Rafael Moneo. More about Houston's Museum of Fine Arts unveils campus redesign by Steven Holl
News: French architect Jean Nouvel has issued a statement saying he will not attend the opening of his Philharmonie de Paris this evening, claiming it is "not finished" and defending his firm against allegations regarding cost overruns. More about Jean Nouvel boycotts opening of his Paris concert hall
Wealthy art investors can enjoy their collections while avoiding tax thanks to a new duty-free storage unit at Luxembourg international airport by Atelier d'Architecture 3BM3 (+ slideshow). More about Atelier d'Architecture 3BM3 completes concrete tax haven for artworks in Luxembourg