Tag: museums

MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
by Zaha Hadid wins RIBA Stirling Prize

The MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts by Zaha Hadid Architects has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. More »

Conceptual extension to Whitney Museum
of American Art by Axis Mundi

Axis Mundi Imagine a Different Whitney Downtown

New York architecture practice Axis Mundi have designed a conceptual extension to the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan, featuring a giant lattice structure. More »

National Glass Museum Holland by Bureau SLA

National Glass Museum Holland by SLA Bureau

Dutch architects Bureau SLA have connected two houses in Leerdam, Holland, with four overlapping bridges to create a continuous gallery. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

New wing at Museo d’Arte Contemporanei di Roma
by Odile Decq

New wing at Museo d’Arte Contemporanei di Roma

This auditorium enclosed by a red-lacquered shell is part of a new wing at the Museo d’Arte Contemporanei di Roma designed by French architect Odile Decq and due to open later this year. More »

Mimesis Museum by Álvaro Siza,
Carlos Castanheira and Jun Sung Kim

Mimesis Museum Álvaro Siza

Portuguese photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his photographs of this museum for modern art in South Korea by architects Álvaro Siza, Carlos Castanheira and Jun Sung Kim. More »

Women at War by Charlotte Wilson
at Free Range

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London Metropolitan University Leeds Metropolitan University graduate Charlotte Wilson was awarded Best in Show at London graduate show Free Range this year for her proposal to convert a bunker into a museum. More »

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
by Foreign Office Architects

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland by Foreign Office Architects

The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland in Ohio, USA, have unveiled plans for a new museum building by London firm Foreign Office Architects. More »

Triennale New York by Michele De Lucchi
and Pierluigi Cerri

Milan museum La Triennale di Milano are to open a sister museum in New York in September, designed by Italian architects Michele De Lucchi and Pierluigi Cerri. More »

Centre Pompidou Metz
by Shigeru Ban opens


Dezeenwire:
the Centre Pompidou Metz by Shigeru Ban and French architect Jean de Gastines opens today in Lorraine, France  - Guardian

More information about the building in our earlier story.

Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum
by KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten

German studio KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten have completed an art museum in Nanjing, China, with a series of narrow rectangular slits across the facade. More »