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rendering of Burning Man installation made from recycled wind turbine blades

Recycled wind turbine blades proposed as a playscape for Burning Man

Washington-based architect and designer Michael Mannhard has unveiled designs for BladeYARD, a proposal for a Burning...

the exterior of a round, golden-colored building

Sustainability for York National Railway Museum Central Hall

London-based architecture practice Feilden Fowles has won an international design competition to create...

rendering of long pathway above a busy street

Open-air Destination Crenshaw museum celebrates the heart of black Los Angeles

At the close of Black History Month, over 2,000 community members, business owners and artists gathered for the...

rainbow-colored museum made from shipping containers

Roaming shipping container museum brings contemporary art through Panama

Panamanian architect Héctor Ayarza has figured out a cool and sustainable way to bring art to the masses. His...

box with multi-colored plastic bits suspended in the air

Artist suspends a giant cube filled with images of ocean plastic inside a London museum

Architectural and design studio Sam Jacob Studio has unveiled a new installation that highlights the burgeoning...

timber building with stacked appearance

Kengo Kuma unveils bold timber museum in Turkey that pays homage to the region's Ottoman heritage

The world-renowned architects of Kengo Kuma and Associates have just unveiled a stunning museum in Turkey. Located...

brick and metal museum building

Naturalis Biodiversity Center reopens with a sustainable, future-proof renovation

After nearly a year of renovations, the Netherlands' prized Naturalis Biodiversity Center — a museum and research...

art installation with hardwood floor forming a path surrounded by grass and glass circular installations on the roof

Taichung Discovery Pavilion champions biodiversity in new "Half Earth" multimedia art installation

In Taichung, Taiwan, the recently completed Discovery Pavilion at the Taichung World Flower Expo explores what...

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Off-grid Fossil Discovery Exhibit camouflages into the Texan desert

Big Bend National Park isn’t just a place of stunning natural beauty—the Texan park is also paleontological...

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Thomas Heatherwick unveils massive museum carved out of a historic grain silo

Prolific architect Thomas Heatherwick just finished transforming an old grain silo in Cape Town into South Africa's...

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Massive 'plastic monster' art installation engulfs museum visitors

Some artists prefer to work with top-of-the-line elements, but Taiwanese artist Shih Chieh Huang can do wonders...

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This interactive woven canopy at MoMA PS1 changes colors as the sun sets

New Yorkers looking for a place to cool off during the summer will do well to duck into Long Island City’s MoMA...

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Creepy fleshy art by Cao Hui makes it painfully clear what everyday are objects are made of

It's the season of all things spooky, and real life consistently takes the creepy cake. Maybe this thought occurred...

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George Lucas selects Los Angeles to host $1 billion art museum

Apparently, the force is much stronger in Los Angeles than it is in San Francisco. Star Wars creator and beloved...

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Spectacular new shipping container museum nestles near China's Great Wall

Nestled near China's famous Great Wall rests a new cultural museum made with shipping containers. The Zhao Hua...

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