Yinchuan Art Museum by WAA
Layers of sediment left by the gradual shift of the Yellow River inspired the facade of this arts museum that will be built near Yinchuan, China. More about Yinchuan Art Museum by WAA
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Musée des Beaux-arts in Reims by David Chipperfield Architects
David Chipperfield Architects have won a competition to design a museum of fine arts in the city of Reims, France with proposals for a building clad in translucent white marble and glass. More about Musée des Beaux-arts in Reims by David Chipperfield Architects
Datong Art Museum by Foster + Partners
Construction has started on an art museum with four overlapping peaks that Foster + Partners have designed for Datong, China. More about Datong Art Museum by Foster + Partners
SeaCity Museum by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
These reconstituted-stone sails belong to the second museum we've featured this month dedicated to ill-fated liner the RMS Titanic, following one shaped like four hulls. More about SeaCity Museum by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Easter Sculpture Museum by Exit Architects
Slideshow: Madrid studio Exit Architects designed this concrete sculpture museum behind the retained facade of an old house in southern Spain. More about Easter Sculpture Museum by Exit Architects
Maidstone Museum East Wingby Hugh Broughton Architects
A blanket of golden shingles clads the new wing that London studio Hugh Broughton Architects have added to a Tudor-style museum in Maidstone, England. More about Maidstone Museum East Wingby Hugh Broughton Architects
Titanic Belfast by CivicArtsand Todd Architects
Slideshow: faceted shards of anodised aluminium cover the four pointed hulls of this maritime museum in Northern Ireland dedicated to famously ill-fated ship the RMS Titanic. More about Titanic Belfast by CivicArtsand Todd Architects
Xinjin Zhi Museum by Kengo Kumaand Associates
Slideshow: this museum in Xinjin, China, by Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Associates appears to be screened by rows of floating tiles. More about Xinjin Zhi Museum by Kengo Kumaand Associates
Alésia Museum visitor’s centreby Bernard Tschumi Architects
Slideshow: a visitor’s centre with an ornate herringbone facade by Bernard Tschumi Architects opens this weekend on an archaeological site in central France. More about Alésia Museum visitor’s centreby Bernard Tschumi Architects
Enzo Ferrari Museum by Future Systems
Slideshow: a Ferrari automotive museum designed by the late Czech architect and Future Systems founder Jan Kaplický has opened in Modena, Italy. More about Enzo Ferrari Museum by Future Systems
Staedel Museum extension by Schneider+Schumacher
Slideshow: German architects Schneider+Schumacher have completed an underground gallery that creates a bulge beneath the lawn of the Staedel Museum in Frankfurt. More about Staedel Museum extension by Schneider+Schumacher
Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture by David Adjaye and FAB
Construction will begin this week on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC designed by architect David Adjaye. More about Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture by David Adjaye and FAB
Museum of Handcraft Paper by TAO
Slideshow: this cluster of asymmetric wooden huts houses a museum dedicated to the craft of paper-making in a mountainside village in rural China. More about Museum of Handcraft Paper by TAO
Stadtmuseum Rapperswil-Jona extension and renovation by MLZD
Hundreds of circular holes puncture a faceted bronze extension to a fortified museum in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, that is set to reopen next month. More about Stadtmuseum Rapperswil-Jona extension and renovation by MLZD
Design Museum by John Pawson
London's Design Museum has unveiled designs by British architect John Pawson for its new home in the former Commonwealth Institute building in west London. More about Design Museum by John Pawson
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum extension by Renzo Piano
Architect Renzo Piano has completed a new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, which opens next week. More about Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum extension by Renzo Piano
The Timmelsjoch Experience Pass Museum by Werner Tscholl
This faceted museum in the Alps by South Tyrolean architect Werner Tscholl is precariously cantilevered. More about The Timmelsjoch Experience Pass Museum by Werner Tscholl
Joanneum Museum extension by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and eep architekten
Cavernous holes in the courtyard of three museum buildings in Graz, Austria, lead underground into a new, shared entrance by Spanish architects Nieto Sobejano and local firm eep architekten (photographs by Roland Halbe). More about Joanneum Museum extension by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and eep architekten
Museum der Kulturen by Herzog & de Meuron
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have positioned a scaly crown over the top of this Basel museum (photographs by Roland Halbe). More about Museum der Kulturen by Herzog & de Meuron
Ordos Museum by MAD
Chinese architects MAD have sent us new images of a museum they completed earlier this year in the city of Ordos, in the Gobi desert. More about Ordos Museum by MAD