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by Keziah Vikranth Jul 26, 2023
London-based AOC Architecture and De Matos Ryan led the co-creation of this children's paradise for learning and imagination, along with local young ones.
by Keziah Vikranth Jul 18, 2023
Designed by Morphosis Architects, the new OCMA structure with swooping white tile façade engages the public with indoor-outdoor spaces and expansive modern galleries.
by Sneha Shah Jul 10, 2023
The new cultural landmark by Renzo Piano Building Workshop wrapped in glass, concrete and steel, on the European side of the Bosphorus, is a testament to art and renewal.
by Almas Sadique Jun 08, 2023
Wang Chong discards the white cube aesthetic to build an art museum in China informed by vernacular architecture and geography.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 12, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky reviews Jeanne Gang’s new Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History which brings organic character to Manhattan’s architecture.
by Sunena V Maju May 10, 2023
The finalists for the Navy's 'Artistic Ideas Competition' for the new US Navy Museum include Bjarke Ingels Group, DLR Group, Gehry Partners, Perkins & Will and Quinn Evans.
by STIRworld May 06, 2023
Uniting eight different buildings under its pleated concrete roof, Jeanne Gang’s redesign of the AMFA transforms a ‘premier cultural institution into a signature civic asset.’
by Akash Singh Apr 25, 2023
The John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Nigeria goes beyond the idea of a museum as a historical archive, immersing visitors in a multisensory experience.
by Jincy Iype Apr 21, 2023
The renovation of Fondazione Luigi Rovati and the addition of a subterranean art museum take visitors on a voyage into the Etruscan Era, the Age of Empire, and the present day.
by Jerry Elengical Mar 20, 2023
In São Paulo, the famed museum's renovation has introduced a new concrete and steel core with an underground addition that redefines its relationship to the landscape surrounding it.
by Sunena V Maju Mar 07, 2023
The new Insectarium in Montréal aims to rethink the relationship between humans and other living organisms, through the amalgamation of nature and architecture.
by Sunena V Maju Feb 09, 2023
The historic Richelieu Quadrangle, which houses the former National Library of France, has reopened after a 15-year renovation by Atelier Bruno Gaudin Architectes.
by STIRworld Feb 07, 2023
OMA / David Gianotten, and Andreas Karavanas win the competition to modify Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, imagining a new composition with an immersive fabric.
by STIRworld Jan 06, 2023
Named the Art Sauna, the unassuming structure comprises low-lying geometric forms, as an extension to the Gösta Serlachius Museum of Contemporary Art in Mänttä, Finland.
by Jerry Elengical Dec 06, 2022
Overlooking the harbour in Sydney, Australia, the new cultural campus is an extension to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, featuring terraced forms topped by green spaces.
by Jerry Elengical Oct 15, 2022
Encased within a quadrangular form that helps to reinvigorate a degraded site, the project by leonmarcial arquitectos boasts a quadrangular form resting low amid a desert landscape.
by Jincy Iype Sep 02, 2022
Described by Wutopia Lab as a “slowly unfolding hand scroll”, the Monologue Art Museum in China with three monoliths placed around a water garden, practices intended introversion.
by Jincy Iype Aug 30, 2022
The lyrical façade of the Museum of Ethnography by Napur Architect is inserted with half a million "pixels", depicting motifs from the museum's Hungarian and international collections.
by Anmol Ahuja Jul 11, 2022
Designed by SO-IL and FREAKS as an active cultural centre within a historic glass factory, the swooping concrete intervention unites masses, spaces, and purposes.
by Jerry Elengical Jul 01, 2022
The new museum dubbed ‘FLUGT’ has been realised as a coiled corten steel-clad structure linking two old hospital blocks at the former site of the Oksbøl Refugee Camp in Denmark.
by Jincy Iype Jun 27, 2022
UAD garbs the spindle-shaped Shunchang Museum in fair granite, its contemporary form linking the urban fabric and the locals with the natural landscape of Nanping City, China.
by Jerry Elengical Jun 24, 2022
Situated in a former warehouse within the arts district of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the newly-opened museum and archive offers an intimate look into Dylan’s artistic evolution.
by Jerry Elengical Apr 30, 2022
Carving out functional areas as an organic extension of its lakeside context, the project creates engaging public spaces and intimate exhibition areas linked by ramped walkways.
by Nadezna Siganporia Apr 08, 2022
Wrapped in a skin of mirrored hexagons and featuring a fluid form and interiors, Museo Soumaya is an architectural icon designed by Mexican architect Fernando Romero.
by Devanshi Shah Mar 25, 2022
In a conversation with STIR, principal on the project, Yuki Ikeguchi, elaborates on how she transformed the textual concepts explored by the Danish writer into architectural spaces.
by Devanshi Shah Feb 18, 2022
Using the latest research in childhood learning and the imagination of children’s drawing as inspiration, Alan Maskin talks to STIR about the spatial and experiential design of the project.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 05, 2022
Sculptural geometric forms built into a landmark sandstone rock formation in Lucerne, Switzerland, as part of the extension, narrate a tale from geological period's past.
by STIRworld Jan 06, 2022
Foster + Partners conceives the recently completed Datong Art Museum as an urban living room, its four intersecting, earth-coloured pyramids surrounded by landscaped plazas.
by Nadezna Siganporia Nov 12, 2021
Concrete and glass forms wrapped around a central courtyard turn a former warehouse, built in 1964, in the Hudson River valley into the home for post-war Italian art.
by Nadezna Siganporia Oct 08, 2021
This quixotic museum by Australian businessman and art collector David Walsh, designed by Fender Katsalidis, is carved into the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania.
by Jincy Iype Sep 02, 2021
Sans ornamentation, Vermilion Zhou's adaptive reuse of a Victorian clubhouse in Beijing, China, into the all-white Song Art Museum unifies oriental and western design thought.
by Nadezna Siganporia Aug 13, 2021
Under the guidance of architect Renzo Piano, the acclaimed Beyeler Collection of art found a home in an English-style garden with a historical villa, old trees and water lily ponds.
by Jerry Elengical Jul 31, 2021
The world’s largest astronomy museum in Shanghai functions as a veritable astronomical instrument, with immersive spaces to remind visitors of humanity's place in the cosmos.
by Jerry Elengical Jun 11, 2021
Ron Arad, Marc Sadler, Roberto Palomba, Jean Marie-Massaud and Mario Trimarchi share rare insights of their winning works to be exhibited at the ADI Design Museum in Milan.
by Nadezna Siganporia Feb 08, 2021
A Provencal villa on a Mediterranean island is transformed into a land of contemporary art for the Fondation Carmignac by Atelier Barani, GMAA agency and architect Louis Benech.
by Anmol Ahuja Dec 02, 2020
Located within the Guangming Science City in China, the museum designed by Zaha Hadid Architects has already begun construction and will open to the public in late 2023.
by Anmol Ahuja Nov 18, 2020
Adjaye Associates revealed conceptual designs for the Edo Museum of West African Art to house West African arts and artefacts in Benin City, Nigeria.
by STIRworld Nov 07, 2020
Designed by Plan Architect Co Ltd, the Golden Jubilee Museum of Agriculture in Thailand is inspired by a Thai King - the meaning behind his name fuelling a gravity-defying design.
by Anmol Ahuja Oct 22, 2020
Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the dynamically shaped museum dedicated to the athletes of Team USA has accessibility for all at paramount importance.
by STIRworld Aug 19, 2020
The three firms are competing for the design of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota, which will be a reflection of the enduring spirit of the late US president.
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