Tirana is becoming an unlikely hotspot for offbeat architecture as politicians court high-profile foreign architects to transform the Albanian capital into a "world city". Starr Charles reports.

The museum will be located in the historic House of Toptans building in downtown Tirana, which the ministry described as an example of “the best of 19th-century Albanian architecture.” ...

Bofill Taller de Arquitectura overlays a pixelated geometric pattern on the landscape of the Albanian Riviera of Dhërmi, re-proposing with the Red Sol Resort the suggestions of the Muralla Roja.

In the heart of the capital, the villa of Albania's former dictator welcomes young artists from around the world, the country's latest step from its hermetic past to a rapidly evolving future.