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
Eight huge wings resembling a cluster of duck feet form the roof of this theatre in Wuxi, to the west of Shanghai, designed by Finnish practice PES Architects (+ slideshow). More about Wuxi Grand Theatre by PES Architects
Architectural collective OH.NO.SUMO have tucked a miniature cinema into the steps of a building on a busy street in Auckland, New Zealand. More about Stairway Cinema by OH.NO.SUMO
Slideshow: Spain's economy may be in tatters but that hasn't stopped it opening a raft of impressive public buildings in towns, cities and even remote villages over the past year. Amid bailouts and claims that extravagant architectural projects have helped cause the problems, here's a celebration of more modest projects from Spain such as museums, town halls, markets, auditoriums, bridges and even railway control centres featured on Dezeen recently. More about Special feature: Spanish public architecture
The craggy rocks of the nearby Mediterranean shore inspired the faceted form of this auditorium building in Alicante, designed by Spanish architect Francisco Mangado. More about Municipal Auditorium of Teulada by Francisco Mangado
Kanye West's first short film was shown on seven cinema screens surrounding the audience inside a pyramid designed by architects OMA at the Cannes Film Festival in France yesterday. More about Seven-screen pavilion by OMA for Kanye West
In the second announcement from Rem Koolhaas' office today, OMA have unveiled their designs to convert a 5400 square metre 1960s pavilion in Stalinist-era Gorky Park in Moscow into a new venue for the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture. Update: watch Rem Koolhaas give a quick introduction to the gallery in Dezeen's movie here. More about Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by OMA
Light permeates this civic hall designed by Magén Arquitectos in southern Spain through blocks of alabaster in the facade. More about Bajo Martin County Seat by Magén Arquitectos
Dezeen Wire: writer Alain de Botton has announced plans to build a series of temples for atheists in the UK. The first will be a 46 metre-tall black tower designed by architects Tom Greenall and Jordan Hodgson, constructed in London to represent the idea of perspective. More about Alain de Botton plans temples for atheists
London's Design Museum has unveiled designs by British architect John Pawson for its new home in the former Commonwealth Institute building in west London. More about Design Museum by John Pawson
Architects MVRDV of Rotterdam and COBE of Copenhagen and Berlin have won a competition to design a rock-music museum at a former concrete factory in Roskilde, Denmark. More about ROCKmagneten by MVRDV and COBE
Visitors enter a museum of energy near a nuclear power plant in Spain through a curved wall of light. More about Museum of Energy by Arquitecturia
Steel whirlpools spiral into skylights in the roof of a church in Austria by architects Coop Himmelb(l)au. More about Martin Luther Church by Coop Himmelb(l)au
A ring of mesh thorns crowns the roof of this convention centre in Zlín, Czech Republic, by London studio Eva Jiricna Architects and Prague architects A.I Design s.r.o. More about Convention Centre by Eva Jiricna Architects and A.I Design s.r.o.
Estonian studio Salto Architects have completed a temporary summer theatre in Tallinn made of black spray-painted straw bales. More about NO99 Straw Theatre by Salto Architects
Four young architects from Javeriana University in Bogotá have completed Villanueva Public Library in Casanare, Colombia. More about Villanueva Public Library, Colombia
The second of our three recent buildings by Korean architects Mass Studies is the Xi Gallery in Pusan. More about Xi Gallery by Mass Studies
Swedish creative studio Medium has completed a mini art museum for children, contained in a wooden box inside a grown-up art gallery. More about Barens Konstmuseum by Jacob Dahlgren and Medium