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19 New UNESCO World Heritage Sites and the Restoration of Hollywood's Cinerama Dome: This Week's Review

July 30, 2026

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19 New UNESCO World Heritage Sites and the Restoration of Hollywood's Cinerama Dome: This Week's Review - Featured Image — Finlandia Hall, Helsinki (1962/1967–75). Image © Kuvatoimisto Kuvio Oy and Helsinki Partners

This week was marked by recognition and major announcements for the cultural industry. Amid international reports of both deliberate and natural destruction, UNESCO added 25 new sites of Outstanding Universal Value to its World Heritage List, protecting a diverse range of places that includes funerary landscapes and landmark works of modern architecture. Beyond heritage, contemporary architectural practice also received renewed recognition through Alejandro Aravena and Smiljan Radić, while new developments were announced for cultural projects across the United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, China, India, and the United States. Recent updates include the restoration of a landmark cinema in Los Angeles, a new museum dedicated to innovation and entrepreneurship in Bengaluru, and the topping out of a 39-story hybrid timber tower in Sydney.

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3XN, B+H and Zhubo Win Competition to Design the New Shenzhen Natural History Museum

November 26, 2020

3XN, B+H, and Zhubo Design were selected as first-place winners in an international design competition for the new Shenzhen Natural History Museum. Attracting over 70 proposals from around the world, the contest first nominated fifteen teams for the bidding stage, representing 18 countries, before choosing the best proposal.