LAB ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

Melbourne’s city centre was once cut off from the Yarra river by the railway tracks running into Flinders Street station. In a major piece of urban surgery, a stretch of line was covered over to become home to a set of public spaces framed by the National Gallery of Victoria and a museum of film as well as shops and pubs.

The complex was designed by LAB Architecture Studio, which won an international competition for the chance to lead the project.

fedsquare.com; free entry. For more on Melbourne, visit telegraph. co.uk/tt-melbourne

MUSEUM OF ART, ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, LISBON

undulating gallery space designed for installations and performances. The building stands alongside a power station that was converted into an art space some years ago. It is all about the view of the river Tagus, with a roof that you can clamber over to watch the sun set.

maat.pt/en/about; admission: €9. For more on Lisbon, visit telegraph. co.uk/tt-lisbon

PEREZ MUSEUM, MIAMI

gold-plated Damien Hirst skeleton of a mammoth in a glass box. With its outdoor boardwalks, Herzog & de Meuron’s Perez Museum is a less frantic but impressive response to the climate and the context

pamm.org; admission: $16. For more on Miami, visit telegraph.co. uk/tt-miami

MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART

internationally famous museums to set up local offshoots, Qatar acquired its own, very impressive, collection of Islamic art and commissioned the veteran Chinese-American architect I M Pei, celebrated for the pyramid at the Louvre and the National Gallery in Washington, to design a suitable home in Doha. Standing out from a skyline dominated by ostentatious high-rise towers, Pei’s dazzling white structure is sited on the seafront as a dominant but restrained landmark.

mia.org.qa/en; free entry and free guided tours.

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, EDINBURGH

INTRICATE From top: Millau Viaduct; Chateau La Coste; the ‘Bird’s Nest’