From museums and galleries to opera houses and theatres
6a has retrofitted the Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA) in New York to provide a series of flexible daylit spaces for public programming, research and exhibitions. Francesca Perry visits. Photography by Michael Vahrenwald, Mike Vitelli, 6a
Hallyu! The Korean Wave, a 900m² exhibition at the V&A designed by Liverpool practice Studio MUTT, explores South Korean popular culture around the world
BDP has completed its long-running restoration and extension of Grade II*-listed Leighton House museum and garden on the edge of Holland Park, west London
The first of three phases designed to transform the east London arts centre has created a first-floor cinema bar as well as learning and participation space
The temporary structure was commissioned as part of the Nourish festival at the Kew Wakehurst National Trust site in West Sussex
With performance, studio, office and work spaces plus a café, Foster Wilson Size’s new Brixton House delivers a substantial multi-purpose hub for both the arts and the community
RISE Design Studio has completed the refurbishment and extension of London’s only social enterprise cinema, The Lexi, in Kensal Rise, west London
The First Light Pavilion is at the heart of the University of Manchester’s £21.5 million regeneration project to improve the experience for visitors to its Jodrell Bank Observatory
The project playfully reworks the entrance lobby, information desk and WCs, using materials such as glass-tubes and terrazzo made from crushed waste jasperware, which reference the museum’s collections
The first new build West End theatre in half a century, designed by AHMM, will open this autumn in Soho Place
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