Pittsburgh’s MuseumLab for children achieves LEED Gold
MuseumLab, one of Pittsburgh’s most creative and innovative youth learning spaces, has earned LEED Gold a year...
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...
This modern art museum was once a cheese factory in Arkansas
In Bentonville, Arkansas, a giant factory that once processed cheese for Kraft Foods has been given new life as...
FAAB reimagines Warsaw’s largest public square as a solar-powered cycle park
In 2018, after celebrating the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence, Warsaw-based firm FAAB Architektura...
Snøhetta-designed center may provide a rare look inside the world’s largest seed vault
Snøhetta has unveiled preliminary designs for The Arc, a proposed visitor center for Arctic preservation storage...
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...
Three visions unveiled for the future of La Brea Tar Pits
The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) has unveiled three preliminary masterplan concepts for...
Carbon-neutral science museum in Sweden will be powered by bicycles
Danish architectural firm COBE has unveiled designs for a new science museum in the Swedish university city of...
This museum is carved into the seaside sand dunes of China’s Gold Coast
International firm OPEN Architecture has unveiled a stunning museum embedded into the sand dunes along China's...
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...
Snarkitecture’s mind-bending Fun House opens at the National Building Museum
In Washington D.C., a massive, mind-bending Fun House has taken over the National Building Museum to offer an interactive...
MVRDV will transform the Tirana Pyramid, a former communist monument, into an education center
Albania’s controversial Tirana Pyramid—a former monument to the country’s communist leader—will finally...
China’s first Slow Food Village will promote local foods and traditions
Rural-urban migration in China is at an all-time high, with experts estimating an influx of 243 million migrants...
Snarkitecture’s Fun House will take over the National Building Museum
It’s almost that time again—the National Building Museum’s (NBM) Great Hall will undergo another dramatic...
Former car factory to house Brussels’ “Centre Pompidou” cultural hub
A former Citroën car factory will be transformed into a major cultural hub for Brussels. The KANAL - Centre Pompidou...
Steven Holl Architects unveils designs for geothermal-powered Angers Collectors Museum
Steven Holl Architects and Compagine de Phalsbourg have won an international design competition for the new Angers...
Futuristic “spaceship” Lucas Museum breaks ground in Los Angeles
MAD Architects just officially broke ground on the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park...
Perkins+Will unveil plans for green-roofed Suzhou Science & Technology Museum
The Chinese city of Suzhou is ringing in the New Year with plans for a green-roofed behemoth of a museum rivaling...
Büro Ole Scheeren completes art museum near Beijing’s Forbidden City
Büro Ole Scheeren recently completed Guardian Art Center, a contemporary art museum heralded as the “world’s...
BIG unveils sweeping overhaul to Smithsonian Campus Master Plan
BIG has unveiled an updated vision for the Smithsonian Campus Master Plan, a major redevelopment project in Washington,...
Mirrored pavilion all but disappears into nature
Portuguese architecture agency depA has hidden a pavilion in plain sight. This camouflaged structure, clad in mirrored...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...