A stark exterior belies grand interior spaces at an impeccably designed fine-arts palace in Switzerland.

A once-industrial area of Shanghai is transformed into a public park with cultural facilities.

Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Beartooth Mountains, a surprisingly intimate structure of vertical pine logs offers a serene place of respite for visitors to the arts center.

Depending upon visitors’ angle of approach, the structure either announces its presence boldly or hides behind an unassuming party wall—which more or less sums up the guiding principles around its design.

A new museum in Weimar is the first of a trio of structures honoring the Bauhaus centennial.

An outlandish new building in Doha declares a diminutive country’s big ambitions.

With just one striking design move, an ambitious cultural building in New York lets the creative activity it fosters make all the noise.

Richard Gluckman reimagines a Con Edison substation for Peter M. Brant’s latest art venue in New York.

Foster + Partners brings clarity and crispness to the expansion of a Florida museum.