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This project houses a growing graphic/product design office within an existing brick building located in the Jackson square historic district. Terry.Terry Architecture

Watch the six-year construction of Herzog & de Meuron's extension of their 2000 Tate Modern on London's South Bank in this two-minute time-lapse film made by Lobster Pictures (via Wallpaper*). The "New Tate Modern" opens to the public on Friday. John Hill

A Renovation and Addition to a Historic Museum at Florida State University Sarasota, Florida: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the legacy of circus entrepreneur and art collector John Ringling and his wife, Mable. Machado Silvetti

In the Historic Cemetery of St. Joseph of Granada, Spain, a pantheon is built for a family. The emotion at the time of the disappearance of a beloved one, the farewell and the evocative meditation of memory through the sensory experience are key elements of this work. Wulff + Guirnaldos Arquitectos

This 55-square-foot (5.1-sm) backyard retreat in Brooklyn is a site of experimention for architect Nicholas Hunt, who covered the walls inside and out with salvaged fencing and salvaged cedar siding, respectively, and put a planted roof and skylight overhead. In his words, "It...

White Arkitekter has won an international design competition for Skellefteå’s cultural centre and hotel, which will be completed in 2019. The design was selected from over 55 entries from ten countries. White arkitekter

The colorful Weaving the Courtyard, Escobedo Solíz Studio's winning design in MoMA PS1's 17th annual Young Architects Program (YAP), recently opened to the public in Long Island City, Queens. John Hill

On 8 June, on Frank Lloyd Wright's 149th birthday, New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) announced the exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive, which will be on display next year from 12 June to 1 October. John Hill

An online gallery of the concept designs created by the shortlist for the Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art International Design Competition has been unveiled by Malcolm Reading Consultants. John Hill

SeaGlass: A Ride to the Bottom of the Ocean, Battery Park transforms the traditional ride structure into an instrument of the future with digital projection and electrified glass technology, Smart Glass. WXY architecture + urban design

In the second part of our three-part look at the major components of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, here are a dozen of our favorite National Pavilions from the 65 found in the Giardini, the Arsenale, and beyond. John Hill

This kind of intervention stands for a new approach and vision on the built heritage of big cities which, most of time, are left to abandonment and abrasion of time for diferent reasons, either these are historical, social or economic. Andre Espinho Arquitectura

This boutique apartment building tucked in behind a narrow listed Shop House building, in Melbourne’s inner suburb of Hawthorn. DROO Projects

The US Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Cynthia Davidson and Monice Ponce de Leon, sets its aim at Detroit to exhibit twelve speculative architectural projects for the post-industrial American city. John Hill

The Nordic Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale goes by the theme In Therapy: Nordic Countries Face to Face and features a wooden ziggurat that allows visitors to get close to the concrete beams of Sverre Fehn's 1962 masterpiece. John Hill

The 2016 Serpentine Pavilion designed by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group opens to the public in London's Kensington Gardens on Friday, accompanied by four 25sqm Summer Houses designed by other architects. John Hill

In a statement to Il Giornale dell'Architettura Patrik Schumacher, principal at Zaha Hadid Architects, describes Alejandro Aravena's Reporting from the Front as "confusing the general public on the tasks of contemporary architecture" and calls for its closure. John Hill

Studio Olafur Eliasson has inserted three installations in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles as part of his summer residency that runs from 7 June to 30 October 2016. John Hill

Hashim Sarkis was awarded the commission of the new Byblos Town Hall after an anonymous open competition.

The Japanese Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale goes by the theme En: art of nexus to explore the changes taking place in Japan as new communities and architecture based on sharing appear. John Hill

Amidst the suburban sprawl of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area sits the Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building, home to the FBI's regional offices. Unlike the surrounding developments, the project designed by Chicago's Krueck + Sexton Architects is a...

The Korean Pavilion of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale focuses on how the country's architects "perform a high-wire balancing act" between the Seoul metropolitan area's high land values and the government's strict building regulatory system. John Hill

The client wished to restore an older, large industrial complex in the Primorska region in Slovenia. Most of the area is intended for storage, logistics, and potential future production. Trost & Associates Architecture

In the run-up to the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, Christian Kerez did not disclose many details about his intervention in the Swiss Pavilion. Having visited it, we are slightly disillusioned. Jenny Keller

At this year’s Architecture Biennale in Venice contributions at the Arsenale and many of the Giardini exhibitions deal with major topics like climate change, urbanization and dwindling resources, while other contributions, including Russia, remain very national. Katinka Corts

The preliminary, approved design by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for the David M. Rubenstein Forum, a new hub for convening and scholarly collaboration, has been unveiled by the University of Chicago. John Hill

The Herzog & de Meuron-designed Schaudepot, a modest addition to the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, opens to the public today. John Hill

The exhibition investigates Venice's success as a hybrid between city and nature. As a geographically exposed coastal city, Venice historically demonstrates a unique symbiosis with nature and resources. Kjellander + Sjöberg

BLUE is the title of this year’s Biennale contribution at the Dutch Pavilion. It thematizes Dutch UN missions in Mali, Africa. Inge Beckel

The Australian Pavilion at the Biennale deals with the motto of Reporting from the Front – as predetermined by general curator Alejandro Aravena – in a rather pragmatic way, at least at first glance. The topic addressed: the pool. Inge Beckel

Peru's national pavilion, Our Amazon Frontline, received a special mention in the awards of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. John Hill

Located in a quiet area of the Eastern Townships in Quebec, the Nook Residence sits in continuity with the landscape in which it is part. MU Architecture

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Where Alvaro meets Aldo. Portugal presents its participation in the Bienal de Venecia 2016 with this suggestive title. The Portuguese Pavilion, curated by Nuno Grande and Roberto Cremascoli, is based on the work of architects Aldo Rossi and Alvaro Siza. Silvia Pujalte Toledo

The Pavilion of Slovenia at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale is a wooden structure filled with books that goes under the title Home at Arsenale: a curated library addressing the notions of home and dwelling. John Hill

With seven editions behind them and a Golden Lion won in 2006, Mexico presents 31 proposals at the 15th Venice Biennale. Silvia Pujalte Toledo

Aftermath_Catalonia in Venice. Architecture beyond architects is a collateral event presented by the Ramon Llull Institute within the framework of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition. Silvia Pujalte Toledo