Cultural
Pyramid of Tirana officially reopens as “monument for the people”
OMA unveils Manchester’s flexible cultural event space Aviva Studios
AAU Anastas designs The Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem as hub for makers and creatives
Urbanus transforms former Chinese brewery into cultural centre
Caples Jefferson Architects unveils curved Louis Armstrong Center in Queens
Crystalline volume added to Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium in New Orleans
Dorte Mandrup reveals plans for Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada
New Makers Bureau completes rammed-earth arts centre in Kampala
ARQBR creates circular church with monumental steeple in Brasilia
Mountain landscapes inform perforated-granite-clad Chengdu Natural History Museum
Ten architecturally significant museums designed by famous studios
Land Morphology and Olson Kundig update Oregon botanical garden
Wright and Wright completes decade-long redevelopment of University of Oxford college
Donald Insall Associates renovates “deconstructed” Hardwick Old Hall ruin
LMN Architects creates six-storey convention centre in downtown Seattle
Forma is a nomadic design gallery popping up around Berlin
Democracy and Maya architecture inform Miller Hull’s US embassy in Guatemala City
Mixtura wraps multi-building Brazilian convent in wooden brise soleil
Benedetti Architects uncovers forgotten Victorian skylights inside BAFTA headquarters
OMA envelopes Buffalo art museum extension in transparent “veil”
India Mahdavi enlivens Rome’s Villa Medici with bold geometric furnishings
Sculptural roof helps Taihang Xinyu Art Museum blend into mountainside
Renzo Piano wraps Istanbul Modern in facade “evocative of fish scales”
