
Winning design for Museum of Architecture and Urbanism announced
A recent competition sponsored by the National Agency for Administrative City Construction aimed to find a comprehensive...

LEED Silver museum's shimmering, iridescent facade evokes flames in Kansas
When Boston-based architecture practice Verner Johnson was tapped to design the $17.3 million Museum at Prairiefire...

Energy-savvy art museum is anchored atop a historic Dutch dike
Rising out of a historic dike, the new Lisser Art Museum pays homage to the landscape’s context while offering...

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...

BIG hides an “invisible museum” beneath Denmark’s sand dunes
Don’t be fooled by these gentle sand dunes—hidden in the landscape is an “invisible museum.” Bjarke Ingels...

South Africa’s first Green Star museum is an eco-friendly literary treasure
One of South Africa’s literary treasures has transformed into an eco-friendly gem. Designed by Intsika Architects,...

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will bring a massive 11-acre green roof to Los Angeles
Much like the beloved Star Wars movies, the design process for the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is turning...

Kengo Kuma's Turkish art museum is made of stacked timber boxes
Prolific architect Kengo Kuma just unveiled plans for an amazing timber museum in Turkey. According to the architects,...

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...

Mark Twain’s personal library opens to aspiring writers
Mark Twain is one of America's most revered writers - and his legacy is still influencing literature. Now, aspiring...

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...

Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum is sustainably built from CNC-milled beetle-kill timber
A jagged form dramatically rises from one of the world’s richest dinosaur bone beds—a fertile basin along Pipestone...

Foster + Partners to transform historic Madrid building into solar-powered Prado Museum addition
Foster + Partners and Rubio Arquitectura’s design beat out a shortlist of eight other proposals by practices...

London’s new Design Museum opens this week inside a renovated post-war modernist building
Topped with a sweeping paraboloid copper-clad concrete roof, the Design Museum’s new building features a double-glazed...

Ennead Architects break ground on celestial Shanghai Planetarium
Inspired by astronomical principles, the Shanghai Planetarium comprises three main forms: the Oculus, the Inverted...