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A+Awards: this community centre and mosque in Tehran by Kalout Architecture Studio, which won a 2016 Architizer A+Award, is designed to look like linking hands. Read more View the full article

Russian architects Arch-group have designed a Russian Orthodox church and cultural centre for a site by the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our new Pinterest board is dedicated to the best cultural buildings, including a gallery in China that doubles as a pedestrian bridge and a community facility for Los Angeles' LGBT+ community. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

Architect David Adjaye has revealed plans to group nine of Frankfurt’s existing cultural institutions onto a combined campus in the heart of the city. (more…) View the full article

This culture and technology centre based on the shape of a space station is under construction in Vitanje, Slovenia, and was designed by Slovenian firms OFIS Arhitekti, Bevk Perovic Arhitekti, 
Dekleva Gregoric Arhitekti and Sadar Vuga Arhitekti. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Bleachers climb over the roof of this timber-clad community centre in France by Ateliers O-S Architectes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design a mosque, Islamic centre and museum in Tirana, Albania. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The glazed public areas of this cultural centre on the French island of Corsica are sandwiched between a solid concrete base and an upper storey clad in perforated golden metal (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has completed a cultural centre in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, which is designed to look more like a machine than a building (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch architects Mecanoo have won a competition to design a cultural centre in Shenzhen with this design composed of a row of overhanging red volumes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian design studio Archiplan has installed a series of Corten steel, wood and concrete rest areas and information points along the banks of a river in Italy to enhance views of the surrounding countryside (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Green tartan wall coverings and leather banquette seating are among the references to traditional public houses that The LADG​ has used in this Culver City bar. Read more View the full article

Mexican designer Liliana Ovalle has created a carafe and set of tumblers printed with fine black lines that overlap to create a moiré effect when the pieces are clustered together. (more...) View the full article

Chinese firm Cun-Design has transformed a typical suburban house in Beijing into a film production studio featuring glass and pre-rusted steel extensions. Read more View the full article

Swedish bicycle accessory brand Bookman has created a cup holder that snaps onto handlebars so city bikers can cycle with their takeaway coffees (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Miami studio Cúre and Penabad has completed the corporate headquarters of a Guatemalan sugar cane plantation, which includes an open-plan workspace illuminated by a monumental skylight (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Don’t worry if you smash this vase by Dutch designer Mianne de Vries – a back-up vase is waiting inside. (more…) View the full article

UK studio Curl la Tourelle Head has designed a concept for tent classrooms that would allow students to return to schools while maintaining social distancing guidelines. Read more View the full article

Canadian studio Revery Architecture has completed an opera house in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District, which is covered in curved aluminium slats arranged in wavy patterns. Read more

Swiss studio Bernhard Burkard assures us this deck chair with no back legs is perfectly safe. (more…) View the full article

Ron Arad‘s cylindrical cinema screen made of 5600 silicon rods opens at the Roundhouse in London today. Watch a time-lapse movie of the installation’s construction on Dezeen Screen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Undulating legs characterise the solid wood Curtain table by Berlin-based studio Läufer & Keichel for furniture manufacturer Zeitraum. Read more View the full article

Japanese architect Kazuteru Matumura has gutted the interior of an old townhouse in Osaka, creating a minimal two-storey home that can be partitioned with curtains (+ slideshow). (more…)

Architects Sílvia Rocio, Mariana Póvoa and Esse Studio have used curtains, patterned tiles and pendant lighting to create this homely office for a mobile dating app in Lisbon, Portugal. Read more View the full article

A dramatic oak staircase with a sweeping handrail connects the five storeys of this Victorian convent building in south London, which has been converted into four homes by John Smart Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article