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...
Sustainability for York National Railway Museum Central Hall
London-based architecture practice Feilden Fowles has won an international design competition to create...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Obama's presidential library will be set in Chicago's Jackson Park
Barack Obama’s Chicago roots run deep. The nation's 44th president worked as a community organizer on the South...
ICEBERGS immerse visitors in a beautiful underwater world in Washington, D.C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMJCd04ehKc Created as part of the National Building Museum’s Summer Block...
Obama Foundation names surprising choice for the presidential library in Chicago
As President Obama looks to a future post POTUS, one of his foundation's first tasks will be to construct the Obama...
Is this art? Photos capture moments when humans and light interact
All of the exhibition’s 20 installations are nature-themed and the most striking of them are those which respond...
700 colorful mirrors bathe a 19th-century cathedral in gorgeous rainbow light
Our Colour Reflection is ambitious in scale, however, it only comprises two main materials: mirrors and acrylic...
Samples from over 10,000 unique and nearly extinct tree species make up this installation in Bristol
Forming a cave-like space, the structure features numerous rods made of young and nearly extinct species of trees...
Timber-clad folk museum rises like a jagged-edged crown in Norway
Established in 1912 in Norway’s Molde Municipality, the Romsdal Folk Museum houses an extensive collection of...
Haunting drowned figures send a chilling message in Europe’s first undersea sculpture museum
Located 15 meters beneath the surface, the contemporary Museo Atlantico will feature approximately 300 eco-friendly...
Green-roofed Canadian Canoe Museum will house the world’s largest collection of canoes and kayaks in Ontario
Located downstream of the historic Peterborough Lift Lock, the 7,500-square-meter Canadian Canoe Museum overlooks...
Light Walk: interactive LED-studded tunnel celebrates UNESCO’s International Year of Light
David Heaton and Sandra Linton Huezo designed the Light Walk, an interactive light installation that changes its...
Twinkling kinetic installation inspired by fireflies reacts to the movement of visitors
https://player.vimeo.com/video/149149971 We recently showed you how the Amsterdam Light Festival is setting...
This room is adorned with 5,000 insects arranged in exquisite patterns
Angus’ awe-inspiring exhibit begins with the visitor’s first glimpse of the room: a shocking hot pink color...
Grass pyramids hide an unexpected museum in the Netherlands
Part land art and part building, the renovated Biesbosch Museum includes a new 1,000-square-meter wing comprising...
American Museum of Natural History unveils its “thrilling” expansion design
The new expansion will be located along Columbus Avenue on the museum’s rear grounds near West 79th Street. To...
Otherworldly Yaroof installation by Aljoud Lootah celebrates Dubai's fishing heritage
Traditional Yaroof shore fishermen use beach seine netting made of strong mesh, mainly to catch small fish. Fishermen...