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Jean Nouvel-designed Louvre Abu Dhabi set to open in November

Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi – the first universal museum in the Arab world – will open its doors to the...

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Snooty, the world’s oldest living manatee in captivity, dies at age 69

Grab your tissues, folks. A 1,300-pound manatee named Snooty recently passed away after celebrating his 69th birthday....

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Provocative timber horn explores the hypnotic pull of the unknown

Digital fabrication and traditional woodworking fuse together in Y, a modern sculpture with a provocative and pixelated...

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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...

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World’s first porcelain courtyard opens at London’s V&A Museum

London’s world-renowned Victoria & Albert Museum has made art even more accessible to the masses with the...

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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,...

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Amazing elevated museum lets you stroll through the treetops in British Columbia

This angular museum meanders through a forest in British Columbia. Canadian firm Patkau Architects designed the...

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Haunting Human Gyre made of over 200 underwater figures warns of climate change

A haunting sight awaits scuba divers on an Atlantic seabed. Over two hundred life-size human figures have been...

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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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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...

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This Czech archaeological museum springs from the ground like a series of caves

In a project that joins modern architecture with ancient archaeological finds, the Czech Republic’s new Archeopark...

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Manetti Shrem Museum’s 50,000-square-foot canopy was inspired by the agrarian landscape

The light-filled, multi-use building was built to further the educational mission of the museum and become a new...

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Quirky Pinocchio-themed museum looks like it came out of Geppetto’s workshop

This unusual complex occupies a irregularly-shaped piece of land located on the outskirts of north eastern Seoul....

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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...

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Poland’s National Museum in Szczecin wins World Building of the Year 2016

Hidden underground so as not to obstruct views of the neighboring Philharmonic Hall (the 2015 winner of the Mies...

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Dinosaur egg museum in China is built from bamboo and concrete

Located in Qinglong Mountain National Geological Park, the dragon egg museum and its form was determined by the...

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EDP Foundation’s elegant Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology opens in Lisbon

The facade of the structure was made of 15,000 three-dimensional, crackle-glazed ceramic tiles that reference Lisbon's...

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Egypt’s new Science City International – an oasis of knowledge in the desert

The complex will be located on the western edge of Cairo called "6th of October City". Nestled underneath a series...

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World’s first Rose Museum in Beijing is wrapped in a beautiful perforated facade

Set on a 100-hectare rose park that exhibited over 2,000 species of roses for the convention, the Beijing Rose...

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Herzog & de Meuron’s new Tate Modern Switch House adds 60% more museum space

According to the Tate Modern, the Switch House is "the most important new cultural building to open in Britain...

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New Budapest museum will feature a sweeping green roof resembling a skateboard ramp

The firm calls the project The Gate of the City Park and it is expected to open in 2019. Architects István Ferencz, Marcel...

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Beautiful cave-like museum with a folded roof honors Japan’s prehistoric hunter-gatherers

Starting from 12,000 BCE to around 300 BC, Japan’s Jōmon period was characterized by hunter-gatherer culture...

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Enchanting fairytale museum will pay homage to Hans Christian Andersen

Located in Hans Christian Andersen’s native city, the proposed museum will comprise a curvaceous 5,600-square-meter...

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Daniel Libeskind’s ambitious design for The Kurdistan Museum in Iraq

The new 150,000-square-foot museum will be located at the base of an ancient Citadel in the center of Erbil. It...

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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...

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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...

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MVRDV’s mirrored “salad bowl” art depot gets green light in Rotterdam

Art depots, which store artworks not on display, are typically tucked away from the public’s eye. However, the...

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Chicago wins Barack Obama Presidential Library bid

The University of Chicago has been selected as the location for the new Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum....

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INFOGRAPHIC: The most amazing museums in the world

The world's greatest museums don't just house some of the most incredible treasures on the planet; they're works...

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Berlin’s Tchoban Foundation Museum shelters architectural history within an energy-saving, hand-drawn concrete facade

Architects Sergei Tchoban and Sergey Kuznetsov created a form that complements the neighbouring historical buildings...

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