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The social charity institution Padre Rubinos was born in A Coruña nearly a century ago with a dedication to give shelter and asylum to the needy. Later it has continued growing and expanding its scope to nursery schools and the elderly. Elsa Urquijo Architects

The Snøhetta-designed, ten-story expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) opened to the public on 14 May 2016. Involving a transformation of the original Mario Botta building, the project consists of three times more gallery space than before. Snøhetta sent...

Great Britain’s architecture scene regrets Brexit. Does that include all architects? No, a single prominent representative of the profession regards the withdrawal from the EU as a great opportunity – for the full development of entrepreneurial creativity. Oliver Pohlisch

Much has been achieved over the past two decades to transform the Sydney Park site from its former post-industrial history and waste disposal, into 44 hectares of parkland and a vital asset for the growing communities of Sydney’s southern suburbs. Turf Design Studio & Environmental Partnership

Chicago's Studio Gang Architects recently uploaded a number of short films on some of their completed buildings. Here we highlight a handful of the films, including one on their breakthrough Aqua Tower. John Hill

The new "Mercato Navile" city quarter is being developed on the site of the former central market east of the Bologna main railway station. JSWD Architects were commissioned to plan the "Lotto P," which is located opposite the main station and more or less marks the entry to... JSWD Architekten

Columbia University Medical Center’s new Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), in collaboration with Gensler, will open to faculty and students on 15 August 2016 for the start of the fall term. John Hill

In the decades since architect Morris Adjmi was partnered with Italian Architect Aldo Rossi, his eponymous, New York-based firm has created a number of buildings in Manhattan that tap into the city's industrial past. Adjmi has taken his contemporary expression of industrial architecture...

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has released new renderings of Swiss architect Peter Zumthor's design for their $600 million expansion. John Hill

Coupée Croisée is the extension of a Ville Mont-Royal cottage, the enclosed garden-city of Montreal. YH3

Richard Meier & Partners has completed the new Leblon Offices in Rio de Janeiro: The project is the first completed by the firm in South America and has been awarded LEED-Silver Certification. Richard Meier & Partners Architects

Situated on an undulating site in the deserts of Ras, Rajasthan, India, Studios 18 apartments are a part of an entire layout spread over 36 acres. Sanjay Puri Architects

For the third year in a row, the Pickathon music festival (5-7 August 2016 in Happy Valley) will feature an original, temporary, minimal-waste performance venue known as the Treeline Stage, designed and built by students and faculty in Portland State University’s School of Architecture. Portland State University School of Architecture

The Shed, part of the huge Hudson Yards development in New York that bills itself as the city's "new center for artistic invention," has released a fly-through animation of the Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) design now under construction. John Hill

The design concept for Ballart Regional Soccer Facility (BRSF) emerged as a response to clients brief to provide a stadium for world-class soccer. Located in the regional setting of Ballarat, Australia, BRSF provides leading edge sporting and social facilities for elite A level as well as... k20 Architecture

We learned about Tucson, Arizona's DUST back in 2014 when we featured their Tucson Mountain Retreat as a Building of the Week. Just as that house integrates itself into the desert landscape...

The Getty Foundation has announced the nine buildings that have been awarded Keeping It Modern grants, which are designed to preserve the modern architectural heritage at considerable risk. John Hill

Studio Pali Fekete architects [SPF:a]’s recent residential project, Double Stick, has received a merit award in the architecture category of the American Institute of Architects, California Council's (AIACC) Design Awards. SPF:a

Following the last month's selection of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects as the lead architect for the Obama Presidential Center, The Obama Foundation is expected to choose Jackson Park as the project's site. John Hill

House ARM is a game of extrusions and sections, catching the natural sunlight. OOIIO Arquitectura

Missouri State University is one of a few universities in Springfield in southwestern Missouri, but it is the largest with a student population of over 22,000. A new two-story welcome center designed by Springfield's own DAKE | WELLS Architecture acts as the university's...

Bijoy Jain's design for the 2016 MPavilion – an event hub, meeting place and temporary landmark that will open in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens in October – has been unveiled in a short film. John Hill

Today the Musée d’art de Joliette is recognized as Quebec’s most important regional art museum. Les architectes FABG

The KRONA Knowledge and Cultural Centre enhances Kongsberg’s cultural institutions and stimulates interaction between diverse communities and disciplines. Mecanoo

This newly built house is located in the conservation area of Hampstead village in north-west London. Claudio Silvestrin Architects

The much-anticipated Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, will open to the public in January 2017, fourteen years after the Swiss architecs began the project. John Hill

House 4.16.3 is located in the city of Erechim, in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, brazilian state, around 400 km from the state capital, Porto Alegre. The region has a subtropical climate, with warm, humid summers and chilly, rainy winters, which poses yet another challenge to the... Luciano Lerner Basso

The Terra Cotta Studio - a brick building gives the Vietnamese artist a dedicated place for creating clay sculptures and pottery. Le Thi Hanh Nguyen

Important works by modern masters Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List by their World Heritage Committee. John Hill

The design prioritizes simplicity and durability. Inside, stone pine and native Loden wood were used to create a warm contrast to the concrete exterior, providing a welcoming atmosphere to the space, which doubles as a hall for residents. Pedevilla Architects

On 23 May 2016, the world’s first Rose Museum officially opened to the public. This is the same day as the start of the 2016 World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS) Convention. NEXT architects

HOUSE 1 is an architectural installation based on an experimental format for collaborative design and construction by ALICE (Atelier de la Conception de l’Espace) – an international group of young architects and researchers, scientists, and doctoral candidates from the EPFL (École... EPFL ALICE Studio

Riegler Riewe Architekten designed the Silesian Museum in Katowice, Poland, with primarily underground galleries. The building reveals itself on the surface as glass cubes with an almost icy appearance. John Hill, Thomas Geuder

Our second student-design-build project in as many weeks (see last week's Girl Scouts Cabins) consists of fourteen cabins on a steep hillside in a Colorado pine forest. Built on-site in less than a month, the cabins feature steel frames and interiors fitted out with plywood...

Sharing Models: Manhattanisms, a new exhibition at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York City, presents 30 visions for the city by 30 international architects. John Hill

Belgium's DDS & Partners Architects has won the Milan Expo Horizontal Farm competition with a design that envisions part of the site for the 2015 Universal Exposition as a reinterpretation of the cascina, the traditional Italian farm. DDS & Partners Architects