Álvaro Siza's secluded chapel in Portugal offers moments of serene beauty for quiet contemplation and prayer.

An otherworldly building, as surprising on the inside as it is on the outside, emerges in Qatar's desert.

Smiljan Radic's beacon-like regional theater in Chile is a concrete structure wrapped as lightly as a tent.

A Swedish firm transforms a century-old building in the Danish capital into a chic hotel.

A quiet hotel in Italy is designed for the romantic views.

A new hotel building in Brazil fills a gap on the Copacabana with its fresh take on Rio style.

A new hotel borrows from 20th-century Modernism to fit into a gritty landmarked district in Chicago.

A buttoned-down office building in South Carolina adopts a Lowcountry vibe after its conversion into a luxury hotel.

A nearly 50-year-old tower is reimagined for Hong Kong and its well-heeled visitors.

Pure geometry of form creates a quiet dialogue between a new church and a growing urban community in France.