Dutch architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture have won a competition to design an extension to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in Canada. More about Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec by OMA
French architect Jean Nouvel has unveiled his design for the new National Museum of Qatar. More about National Museum of Qatar by Jean Nouvel
San Francisco architect Stanley Saitowitz has completed a museum in Florida, USA, which is wrapped in a perforated metal skin and cantilevers out from its glazed base. More about Tampa Museum of Art by Stanley Saitowitz
Peru studio 51-1 Arquitectos and Colombian architects Ctrl G have won a competition to design an extension to the Modern Art Museum of Medellin, Colombia. More about Modern Art Museum of Medellin by 51-1 Arquitectos
Here are some photographs of the Centre Pompidou-Metz in France by architects Shigeru Ban of Japan and Jean de Gastines of France, which will open to the public in May. More about Centre Pompidou-Metz by Shigeru Ban
Architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau has sent us his photos of a recently-completed extension to the Ecomusée du pays de Rennes in France, clad in wooden shingles and designed by French studio Guinée + Potin Architects. More about Ecomusée du pays de Rennes by Guinée + Potin Architects
David Chipperfield Architects have completed an extension to the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany. More about Museum Folkwang by David Chipperfield
Seoul architects Gansam Partners have completed an art museum surrounded by a pool of water in Yon-Dong, South Korea. More about Jeju Provincial Art Museum by Gansam Partners
Construction work has started on Louvre-Lens, an outpost of the Paris Musée du Louvre located in Lens, northern France, designed by Japanese architects SANAA with American architects Imrey Culbert and French landscape architects Mosbach Paysagistes. More about Louvre Lens by SANAA
Here are some new images of the Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum designed by Zaha Hadid for Michigan State University, which has been given permission for construction to begin. More about Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum by Zaha Hadid
Swiss architects Christ & Gantenbein have been awarded first prize in a competition to design an extension to the Kunstmuseum in Basel. More about Extension Kunstmuseum by Christ & Gantenbein
Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photos of an archeological museum in Cordoba, Spain, designed by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. More about Museum and Research Centre Madinat Al Zahra by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Rick Mather Architects of London have completed an extension to the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at Oxford University in the UK. More about Ashmolean Museum by Rick Mather Architects
Dezeenwire: the Design Museum Holon have announced that the new building by Ron Arad Architects will be inaugurated on 31 January 2010. See press release below. More about Design Museum Holon inauguration date announced
Photographer Luke Hayes has sent us a selection of photos of the MAXXI_National Museum of the XXI Century Arts in Rome by architect Zaha Hadid. More about MAXXI_National Museum of the XXI Century Arts by Zaha Hadid
Polish Design Season: young Warsaw architects WXCA have been awarded first prize in a competition to design a new Polish military museum. More about Muzeum Wojska Polskiego by WXCA
Polish Design Season: db2 Architekci have completed an administrative building for a farm near Wroclaw. More about Admin building for Opole Rural Museum by db2 Architekci
Ron Arad Architects are close to completing construction of their first large-scale commercial project, Design Museum Holon in Israel. More about Design Museum Holon by Ron Arad Architects
Danish architects CF Møller have completed the second phase of the Darwin Centre, an extension to the Natural History Museum in London. More about Darwin Centre by CF Møller
Sao Paulo practice CHN Arquitetos have won a competition to design a new science museum in Campinas, Brazil. More about Exploratory Science Museum by CHN Arquitetos