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New Science and Technology Museum of Henan Province / TJAD Atelier L+

Andreas Luco — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The land of the Central Plains is ancient and new, and the stars of science, technology, and humanities shine brightly. The New Science and Technology Museum of Henan Province draws inspiration from the "Heluo Culture", resembling a natural shape formed by the confluence of the Yellow River and the Luo River, with a grand and relaxed atmosphere, as if it were naturally formed; Like a flying bird flapping its wings, it spreads its wings in the Central Plains with a strong sense of culture and technology.

Dom Turka House of Remembrance / Tremend

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 03:00:00 +0000

The historic Dom Turka facility, located in Augustow, Poland, will soon open to the public as the House of Remembrance of the Augustow Roundup. The facility, a witness to the tragic events of 1945, has recently been restored and adapted for museum functions. The institution will commemorate victims of the 1945 Augustow Roundup massacre, in which hundreds of Polish anti-communist fighters were killed by Soviet soldiers and secret police.

Reinterpretation of National Museum of Prehistory / Ja-Sheng Chen Architects

Miwa Negoro — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:00:00 +0000

In 1999, the National Museum of Prehistory, which was designed by renowned postmodern architect Michael Graves, opened in a rural place that is about 5km away from Taitung City. For over 20 years, parts of the place in this grand building have not functioned properly, such as the complicated circulation system for visitors. Also, Mountain Plaza and the greenhouse restaurant could not work well due to the scorching climate in the Tropical area.

Anren Culture Center for Sect of Great Craftsman / Atelier Li Xinggang

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Anren Culture Center for Sect of Great Craftsman is located in Anren Ancient Town in Chengdu where buildings of different eras, styles, and scales have layered together, creating a townscape that is complex, diverse, and starkly contradictory.

Museum Bezau / Innauer-Matt Architekten

Valeria Silva — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The Museum Bezau intertwines the past with the present. The historic, heritage-listed building is an outstanding exhibit on its own – a showpiece that immerses the visitor in the local building culture and its close connection between architecture and craftsmanship. The extension ties in with the history and takes it further in its language. With the continuation, the traditional order of the Bregenzerwald house with its front and rear building sections is restored.

Renovation & Expansion of Sichuan University Museum / CSWADI

Andreas Luco — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Sichuan University Museum traces its origins to the Huaxi Union University Antiquities Museum established in 1914, making it not only the first comprehensive university museum in China during the Republican era but also the oldest museum in Southwest China. Situated along the Jinjiang River adjacent to the east gate of Sichuan University's historic campus, the museum responds to the campus' southwest-deflected historical axis. Its design follows the campus grid system, seamlessly blending into the campus fabric while honoring the site's cultural heritage.

Yellow River National Museum Building and Park / gmp Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

The Yellow River is considered the cradle of Chinese civilization. The Yellow River National Museum, designed by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) on the northern outskirts of Zhengzhou, explores not only the river's cultural significance but also its role in shaping the landscape. Both the new museum building and the surrounding park trace the meandering course of the 5,000-kilometer-long river, forming a physical and conceptual bridge between nature and civilization, where architecture and landscape merge into one.

Mumo Museum Of Motorcycles / DRAA

Andreas Luco — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000

We were commissioned to design a museum to house the country’s largest collection of antique motorcycles, prior to the corporate dominance of the scene in the 1970s.

Yue & Yue: Art Museum + Equestrian Hall / CU Office

Valeria Silva — Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Situated within the campus of Yantai City College of Science and Technology, the Yue Art Museum and Yue Equestrian Hall (the two Yue are different Chinese characters with different meanings) form a multi-functional complex with a building area of approximately 4,500㎡. The equestrian facility, compliant with FEI (Fédération Équestre Internationale) standards, serves as a modern indoor venue equipped with climate-controlled ventilation and uniform illumination systems. Its integrated spaces include riding arenas, stables, administrative offices, and reception areas. The art museum component operates as a university-affiliated institution dedicated to contemporary art, offering exhibition galleries, arts education workshops, and artist residency programs. Additional amenities comprise a café, studios, administrative offices, and storage.

Fenix Art Museum / MAD Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 21 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Fenix is a major new museum that explores migration through the lens of art, opening on a landmark site in Rotterdam's City Harbor, developed by internationally acclaimed architects MAD. With a rapidly expanding collection of historic and contemporary objects, Fenix tells the story of migration through a series of encounters with art, architecture, photography, food, and history. Located in what was once part of the world's largest transshipment warehouse, on a peninsula in Rotterdam's historic port district, Fenix overlooks the docks where millions of migrant journeys began and ended. The monumental 16,000 square meter warehouse has been transformed to become Fenix by MAD Architects with restoration consultation by Bureau Polderman. This is MAD Architects' first commission for a public cultural building in Europe, as well as the first museum to be built by a Chinese firm in Europe. The project was initiated by the Droom en Daad Foundation, founded in 2016. The Foundation is helping redefine Rotterdam for the 21st century - developing new kinds of arts and culture institutions and fostering new creative talent that reflects the city's diversity, its spirit, and its history

Songzhuang Z Museum / TEAM BLDG

Andreas Luco — Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Quartet – Songzhuang Z Museum - Located in Songzhuang Village, Songyang County, Zhejiang Province, the Z Museum sits over 400 meters above sea level, nestled deep within the mountains. With its winding roads and narrow paths, arriving here for the first time feels like stepping into a modern-day version of the "Peach Blossom Spring". It is said that prior to 2017, this was a place even most locals of Songyang had never visited—or even heard of. As a result, the village has managed to preserve much of its original character, including its traditional housing and historical spatial fabric. In early 2024, TEAM_BLDG was invited to undertake a project in this 600-year-old village: to transform a brick-and-concrete residential house built in the 1990s into Z MUSEUM – the first contemporary rural art museum in China dedicated to the theme of weaving.

Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum / Zaha Hadid Architects

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 06 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

The Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum in the Guangming District of the city opens today. Showcasing the scientific endeavour, ground-breaking research, and future possibilities of technology, this new institution will explore the power of science and the technological advancements defining our future. Designed as a leading visitor destination of the Greater Bay Area — the world's largest metropolitan region with its population approaching 100 million residents — the museum will collaborate with the region's renowned tech industries, universities, schools and research centres to cultivate innovation, as well as present the ongoing inventiveness that places Shenzhen as a global leader in the development of new technologies.

Sunner Museum / Atelier Alter Architects

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

As a leader in China's white-feathered broiler chicken industry, Sunner Group has established the largest broiler chicken breeding and processing industrial chain in the country. In response to this, the group plans to build an industry museum, which will not only showcase its outstanding achievements in agricultural science and technology and other fields over the past four decades but also serve as a high-end platform for industry exchanges, making it a dynamic knowledge hub that drives the development of modern agriculture. The museum is located within the factory area of Sunner Group in Guangze County, Nanping City, Fujian Province. Situated in the extended area of the Wuyi Mountains, the area is rich in forests and has a pleasant ecological environment. The group has established an ecological circular breeding system with zero pollution emissions here. Surrounding the base, the clear waters of the Futun River flow around it, and the highway, living area, and reserved land are arranged in an orderly manner. The unique landscape of mountains and waters has injected inspiration into the architectural design.

Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park & Museum / Ennead Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 01 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Renowned design firms Ennead Architects, KSS Architects, and G&A celebrated the opening of the Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University in Mantua Township, New Jersey on March 31, 2025. Situated within a 65-acre fossil park, the 44,000-square-foot museum is one of New Jersey's largest public net-zero carbon emissions buildings. It integrates immersive exhibits within a highly sustainable structure that connects visitors to the site's rich prehistoric past. Visitors can explore nature trails, dig for fossils in a four-acre former marl quarry, and uncover insights into the events leading to Earth's fifth mass extinction.

The Katyń Museum / BBGK Architekci

Valeria Silva — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 03:00:00 +0000

In recent years, the area of the 19th-century Warsaw Citadel in Warsaw, Poland, has been undergoing a transformation into a museum complex and memorial site that is unique on a European scale. The historic area, which remained closed to the city for years, is now becoming a representative space commemorating the history of Poland. This is one of the largest public developments among the numerous cultural investments following Poland's accession to the European Union in 2004.

Modern History of Christianity Museum / Kode Architects

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:00:00 +0000

The core value of Christianity and the nature of God's Presence are the relationships of the Trinity, and the core value of this project is to present space that includes the Christian spirit based on the relationship.

Jackson Hole History Museum / HGA

Hana Abdel — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000

The Jackson Hole History Museum establishes a new site for History Jackson Hole (HJH) as a cultural destination and local fixture for education as well as community gathering. The campus effectively puts on display HJH's robust collection in a permanent home for the museum's interactive exhibits, educational programming and events, designed so that locals and visitors alike can form a meaningful connection to the region and those who have inhabited it for millennia. In total, the quarter-acre campus features the new three-story museum, two historic cabins and integrated outdoor space within a design framework that highlights the natural, cultural and architectural past of Jackson Hole while leveraging modern-day building performance and technology.

Pietro Maria Bardi MASP Building / Metro Arquitetos

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:00:00 +0000

The Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) is going through a historic moment in its trajectory with the expansion that will culminate in the new Pietro Maria Bardi building. This project represents the museum's biggest physical leap since its installation in the iconic Avenida Paulista headquarters in 1968, designed by Lina Bo Bardi. METRO Arquitetos Associados, led by Martin Corullon and Gustavo Cedroni, is responsible for the architectural project in co-authorship with Julio Neves. This collaboration continues the longstanding relationship between METRO and MASP, which began in 2015 and has already resulted in significant interventions in the original building, such as the return of the glass easels, redesigned from the museum's original exhibition system.

Seoul Robot & AI Museum / Melike Altınışık Architects

Hana Abdel — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0000

MAA-MELIKE ALTINISIK ARCHITECTS's international competition-winning project 'Seoul Robot & AI Museum' (RAIM) has officially opened to the public in Seoul, South Korea. World's first pioneer Robot & AI Museum, RAIM emerges as a pioneering cultural landmark that will serve as a base for the 4th industrial revolution in the northeastern part of Seoul. The project realized in collaboration between MAA and Withworks from 2019 to 2024, exemplifies cutting-edge architectural and construction methodologies.

Collector's House Museum / Atelier Data

Andreas Luco — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Brief history of the building: The construction of the chapel began in 1750 under the orders of the Franciscans and was completed in 1772 when the congregation gathered the necessary funds for its completion. With the extinction of religious orders in 1834, the building had various uses, including being used as a local "tavern." In 1954, the father of the current owner acquired the building, and in 2002, his son inherited the property. Regarding the future of the building, the current owner, João Calçada Correia, explains: "Considering the religious history of this building, and the fact that I am an art collector, I believed the best use for it would be to transform it into a museum, thus giving the property a dignified purpose."

Yohoo Museum / Aedas

Valeria Silva — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Design Concept. Paying attribute to the Chinese culture

The design inspiration comes from jade, a noble and precious material used in important rituals since ancient times. The overall aerial view of the Yohoo Museum presents a double-ring structure featuring two interlocking jade rings. It symbolises the connection between the culture of Liangzhu and the Grand Canal, serving as a link that bridges the ancient and the modern.

X Museum / Studio NOR

Andreas Luco — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

01. A Special Design Brief
X Museum was founded by two young collectors born in the 1990s, focusing specifically on new generation of artists and multiculturalism from a young perspective. The site for its new museum is an old warehouse located in Langyuan Station, an "Internet celebrity campus" filled with creative professionals, boutique stores and trendy restaurants. The design brief requires the new museum space should not only fulfill art exhibition needs, but also have the flexibility to hold various events and create "Instagrammable" spatial scenarios for social media publicity. Besides exhibition galleries, the brief also listed three commercial programs as major public spaces within the musuem that can be independently operated regardless of the museum opening hours: a gift shop, a café and a restaurant. The founders' expectation for the new museum is "a cool, comprehensive lifestyle place to embrace diverse possibilities.

Pina Contemporânea Museum / Arquitetos Associados

Susanna Moreira — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The Pina Contemporânea architectural project was based on the following principles:

Oman Across Ages Museum / COX Architecture

Miwa Negoro — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Located in Nizwa, one of the oldest cities in Oman, the Museum is inspired by the extraordinary landscape and geometric profiles of the Al Hajar Mountains and its canyons. The Oman Across Ages Museum is a celebration of the country's rich history, culture, and economic growth over time while offering a compelling insight into Oman's tomorrow. The museum is a cultural and educational landmark for Omanis and visitors alike. The sheer scale of the building as it rises from the desert floor and stretches to the horizon is something to behold.