A facade of glimmering steel surrounds this concert hall in southern Poland, designed for a state music school by local studio SLAS Architekci. More about SLAS Architekci wraps Polish concert hall in mirror-like steel facade
Architecture studio Populous has released visuals of the planned Kop Stand at Wrexham AFC's STōK Cae Ras stadium in Wales, as the club aims to expand under the ownership of actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. More about Populous unveils Wrexham AFC stand that will "emerge organically from the ground"
The final project on our list of the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century is the restoration of the Grand Palais in Paris by Chatillon Architectes, bookending our series with two powerful stories of reuse and renewal. More about The Grand Palais was the most significant building of 2024
Continuing our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is Third Space, a Studio Saar project that gave India a new type of community and culture hub. More about Studio Saar's Third Space was the most significant building of 2023
Mexican architecture studio Lanza Atelier has created a temporary wood-and-steel pavilion to function as a gathering space in a Mexico City courtyard. More about Lanza Atelier creates Shou Sugi Ban pavilion in Mexico City
Architecture studio Schemata Architects has created Blue Bottle Coffee Toyosu Park Cafe, a wooden cafe in Japan with an open design that gives visitors an unobstructed view of the sea. More about Wooden pillars support Blue Bottle Coffee cafe overlooking Tokyo Bay
A grass-topped roof of compacted earth appears to float above this glazed restaurant near Parma, Italy, designed by Turin-based studio Carlo Ratti Associati for tomato company Mutti. More about Carlo Ratti Associati shelters Mutti restaurant with "clod of earth lifted from the ground"
Local architects Dmytro Volyk and Ksenia Donetska have completed the renovation of Uspenska Square in Dnipro, Ukraine, dividing multipurpose space with wave-like benches informed by the nearby river. More about Public square renovation in Ukraine demonstrates "impetus for city life" amid ongoing conflict
Studios WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects have completed a green-tinted concrete building as part of the PILARES programme, which works to build supportive public facilities in vulnerable and impoverished areas across Mexico City. More about WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza use green concrete for Mexico City community centre
New Orleans architecture studio Trahan Architects has completed a performance pavilion made of weathering steel that is anchored by two ground points, making the structure appear lighter than it is. More about Trahan Architects creates "weightless" hand-bent steel pavilion in Arkansas
Arizona architecture studio I/Thee has created a public installation in an Iowa park composed of furniture affixed into two rammed earth walls that were made to look eroded by applying water pressure. More about I/Thee places seating within "intentionally eroded" earthen walls for Iowa park
Architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has completed a commercial district in Xi'an, China, containing a series of cascading volumes and a vertical park. More about Heatherwick Studio arranges "unexpected three-dimensional urban landscape" around tree-like park
An oversized, bamboo-clad roof connects the spaces at the Bamboo Gate community centre in the Mabi Reconstruction Disaster Prevention Park, Japan, designed by architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates. More about Kengo Kuma tops sculptural community centre with swooping bamboo roof
Fashion house Dior has unveiled the Gold House concept store in Bangkok, which is surrounded by facades modelled on the brand's headquarters in Paris. More about Dior wraps Bangkok concept store in golden replicas of HQ facade
Fabric canopies stretched over textured walls are intended to evoke the tents of the nomadic Bedouin people at this trio of viewpoints, designed by UK practice Clover Studio at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hegra in Saudi Arabia. More about Bedouin tents inform AlUla desert lookout points by Clover Studio
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Mexican architect Frida Escobedo have released designs of a limestone-clad expansion to the Tang Wing, the first wing designed by a woman in the museum's 154-year history. More about Designs released of Frida Escobedo's limestone-clad wing for The Met
A 1969 school building in Singapore with "modern tropical" architecture has been converted into New Bahru, a shopping and dining location by local studios FARM and Nice Projects. More about FARM and Nice Projects turn breeze-block-clad modernist school into lifestyle hub
Irregular arched openings punctuate the facades of Adisaptagram Society Hall in Kolkata, India, which has been completed by local architecture practice Abin Design Studio. More about Abin Design Studio wraps community hall with curved openings in Kolkata
Non-profit Project Mingde has unveiled Duling Educational Centre, a staggered complex topped with roofs that help recycle rainfall into clean water for schoolchildren in rural southern China. More about Project Mingde uses "cascading" roofs on Chinese nursery to recycle rainfall
Austrian studio Delugan Meissl Associated Architects has completed the Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse in China, engulfing a disused steelworks with a mass of curved glass pavilions. More about Delugan Meissl transforms disused steelworks in China with "organic curved pavilions"