Opinion: with the exemplary restoration of Alvar Aalto's seminal Viipuri/Vyborg Library, Finland has schooled Russia in how to treat its neglected 20th-century buildings. Now they need to restore the rest of the city, says Owen Hatherley. More about "Vyborg looks like Helsinki might after a long, drawn-out war"
Plaster sculptures are displayed on wooden pallets inside this ancient Tuscan church, which has been converted into a gallery by Italian practice Microscape (+ slideshow). More about Storage crates form plinths for sculptures inside Microscape's Tuscan church conversion
A former theatre in Mexico City has been restored and reconfigured by Bandada Studio and architect Miquel Adrià into an interactive museum that displays a giant model of the metropolis (+ slideshow). More about Bandada Studio transforms historic theatre into Futura CDMX museum
Dutch architecture firm OMA has restored the historic Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, adding new entrances and wood-panelled escalators to turn the 16th-century building into a department store (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes restoration of Venice's Fondaco dei Tedeschi
The Yale Center for British Art, designed by architect Louis Kahn, has reopened following a refurbishment that "sets a new standard for the stewardship of modern architecture" according to Robert AM Stern (+ slideshow). More about Louis Kahn building at Yale reopens following meticulous restoration
Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed the restoration of a 19th-century room at the Park Avenue Armory, a cultural building in Manhattan with interiors by Tiffany & Co's first design director Louis C Tiffany (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron restores a Park Avenue Armory room designed by Louis C Tiffany
Designer Greg Haji Joannides used historic photographs as a guide when creating a new contemporary interior for this earthquake-damaged house on the Greek island of Nisyros (+ slideshow). More about Greg Haji Joannides restores interior of ruined 17th-century Greek island house
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
Design studio LOLA - Local Office for Large Architecture and architect Riccardo Cavaciocchi have completed the renovation of a paper restoration centre in Lecce, Italy. More about Centre for Paper Restoration by LOLA
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Dutch firm OMA have unveiled their design for the renovation of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice. More about Fondaco dei Tedeschi restoration by OMA
Chicago office Krueck & Sexton have completed the restoration of two apartment towers in Chicago by German-American architect Mies van der Rohe. More about 860-880 Lake Shore Drive refurbishment by Krueck & Sexton