Mecanoo completes world's largest performing arts centre in Taiwan
Mecanoo's 141,000-square-metre National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, described as the "world's largest performing arts centre under one roof", is now open in Taiwan. More
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PES Architects reveals petal-shaped Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou
PES Architects used custom-developed ceramic tiles and louvres to create the curving lines of the Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou, China. More
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Steven Chilton Architects designs Wuxi Show Theatre with white columns and golden canopy
A forest of slender white columns will support a latticed roof of metallic louvres covering a theatre by Steven Chilton Architects in Wuxi, China. More
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Inflatable yellow theatre barge pops-up on east London canal
This year's Antepavilion is an inflatable arts venue on a barge that unfurls in just 12 minutes, created by architects Thomas Randall-Page and Benedetta Rogers. More
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Matthew Mazzotta builds retractable Storefront Theater for Nebraska community
An unassuming storefront in a small Nebraska town flips down to become a 100-seat theatre, which artist Matthew Mazzotta installed to reinvigorate the neglected main street. More
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Smiljan Radić uses lantern-like skin to disguise concrete frame of Teatro Regional del Bíobío
A translucent concertinaed shell conceals the gridded concrete interior of this theatre designed by architects Smiljan Radić, Eduardo Castillo and Gabriela Medrano for the city of Concepción, Chile. More
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Es Devlin creates blue-hued set for Girls & Boys play starring Carey Mulligan
Designer Es Devlin created an all-blue stage set for the Girls & Boys play at London's Royal Court Theatre, which charts the dissolution of a woman's marriage through different video projections. More
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BIG designs "bow-tie-shaped" theatre for Albania's capital
Bjarke Ingels' architecture firm has unveiled its design for a new theatre building in Tirana, Albania, in the shape of a bow tie. More
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White concrete volumes conceal bright red auditorium in Dominique Coulon & Associés' theatre
Stacked white, concrete volumes conceal the vibrant red, pink and orange interior of this theatre in the former mining town of Freyming-Merlebach by Dominique Coulon & Associés. More
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Paul Laurendeau covers Quebec amphitheatre with giant red roof
A huge roof clad in red-hued metal panels spans above this open-air theatre, which Canadian studio Atelier Paul Laurendeau has built on the waterfront of Trois-Rivières in Quebec. More
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KRFT adds two-tone brick theatre to Singer Laren museum
Amsterdam studio KRFT has updated and extended a museum and cultural complex in the Dutch town of Laren, adding a new brick-clad theatre and a glazed foyer wrapped in a "curtain" of slatted timber. More
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Ghana's "UFO-like" National Theatre photographed by Julien Lanoo
Belgian photographer Julien Lanoo took these images of the National Theatre of Ghana built in Accra in the early 90s, which features smooth, white volumes elevated above the surrounding streetscape. More
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Foster and Heatherwick complete Shanghai theatre with curtain-like facade
Images have emerged of a new arts and culture centre by Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio, which forms part of a new financial quarter the two firms are building on Shanghai's waterfront. More
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Jestico + Whiles converts town hall into student halls with iridescent tile-covered theatre
Southwark Town Hall in south London has been renovated and repurposed to accommodate student housing and a mixed-use arts hub, including a theatre contained in a folded tile-clad extension. More
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New photographs offer a look inside a modernist theatre in Le Corbusier's Chandigarh
Neelam Theatre, one of three cinemas built as part of Le Corbusier's construction of Chandigarh, is revealed in these new images by British photographer Edmund Sumner. More
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Bennetts Associates converts Art Deco cinema into cultural centre in northern England
Bennetts Associates has renovated a 1930s cinema and added a brick, frosted-glass and copper extension to create this cultural centre in Chester, England. More
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Matt Lambros' After the Final Curtain photographs show America's forgotten movie theatres
In the age of the multiplex cinema, photographer Matt Lambros has scoped out the older, lavishly decorated movie theatres to capture what was left behind after the credits rolled for the last time. More
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen pairs frosted glass with weathering steel for Vendsyssel Theatre
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects designed this theatre complex in Hjørring, Denmark, as a series of Corten steel cubes, but has covered some of the rusty walls behind a layer of frosted glass. More
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Wind tunnel allows monks to fly above Mailītis Architects' amphitheatre in rural China
Monks perform levitation over a huge wind tunnel at this amphitheatre, which was designed by Latvian studio Mailītis Architects for a mountain range in central China. More
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Conjoined glass and steel tubes form Studio Fuksas' concert and exhibition venue in Georgia
These images show the tubular forms of a music theatre and exhibition hall by Studio Fuksas, which is nearing completion in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. More