Peckham Observatory in London

Peckham Observatory in London

Design: Cooke Fawcett. The acclaimed young practice Cooke Fawcett has created a spectacular new viewing gallery and kiosk for Bold Tendencies, the arts space on the top of the now famous multi-storey car park in Peckham.

National Gallery Ireland Dublin building design

National Gallery Ireland Dublin Building facade

From Rubens to Rembrandt, the National Gallery of Ireland is home to some of the world’s greatest paintings. After a multi million-pound make-over the gallery is reopening with a blockbuster Vermeer exhibition.

The Main Museum of Los Angeles Art

Main Museum of Los Angeles building

Design: Tom Wiscombe Architecture. Non-profit contemporary art museum conceived of by visionary developer Tom Gilmore and located in the heart of the Old Bank District of Downtown Los Angeles. Capitalizing on the tension between historical and contemporary architecture, it is part adaptive re-use and part new construction.

Perrotin Art Gallery Tokyo Building

Perrotin Art Gallery

Architect: Andre Fu. Following openings in Paris, Hong Kong, New York and Seoul, contemporary art gallery Perrotin, opened its newest gallery in Tokyo on June 7th with an exhibition bringing together a collection of recent paintings by Pierre Soulages.

Roca Beijing Gallery Building by MAD architects

Roca Beijing Gallery Building by MAD architects | www.e-architect.com

MAD Architects completes Roca’s Beijing Gallery in Dongzhimen. It has an unobstructed gallery space that opens up to its urban environment; behind double-height glazing, the interior walls of both of the gallery’s floors, finished with a screen of LEDs, become a new façade for the city.

Fondation Beyeler Extension: Peter Zumthor

Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland

The Swiss art gallery originally designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop reveals three new buildings by architect Peter Zumthor to accommodate its growing art patron base, as well as education programs and events

Downing College Cambridge Building

Heong Gallery, Downing College | www.e-architect.com

Heong Gallery, Downing College by Caruso St John Architects is a RIBA East Awards 2017 Winner: “An unloved area of Downing College consisting of unremarkable buildings has been transformed into an understated but elegant gallery with a well-detailed forecourt.”

Art-House and Creative Hub in Clerkenwell, London

Art House and Creative Hub

Architects: BuckleyGrayYeoman. This project is for the building currently known as Laser House will create a landmark new gallery, Art House, alongside 78,000 sq ft of offices aimed at the creative industries and retail at 132-140 Goswell Road in Clerkenwell.

Lima Art Museum New Contemporary Wing

The Lima Art Museum New Contemporary Wing

New Contemporary Art Wing Expansion to the Lima Art Museum, design by AYBARS ASCI, Efficiency Lab for Architecture PLLC, located in 19th century Exposition Palace, creates a strong architectural dialogue

Carnegie Museum and Arts Centre Dunfermline building

Carnegie Museum and Arts Centre Dunfermline Building

Design: Richard Murphy Architects. EAA Building of the Year Award for 2017 Winner: £9m building integrated with the world’s first Andrew Carnegie library, at the heart of the historic medieval centre, close to the Romanesque Abbey.

Art Gallery Hub in South Kensington

Art Gallery Hub in South Kensington

Architects: BuckleyGrayYeoman. The listed terrace at 1-5 Cromwell Place, which include the home and studio of the celebrated British painter, Sir John Lavery, will see the creation an innovative new gallery cluster providing offices, exhibition spaces, art storage and viewing rooms.

Global Contemporary Art Museum Massachusetts

Global Contemporary Art Museum, North Adams

Design: Gluckman Tang Architects. This 165,000-sqft exhibition and art storage facility for contemporary art adapts the economical and flexible building system of industrial sheds and the scale, massing, and form of early industrial mill buildings.

Whitney Museum of American Art New Building

Whitney Museum of American Art New Building

Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Architects. American Architecture Awards winner: at 200,000 sqft, the new building is nearly double the size of its former home on the Upper East Side, which could not fully show its 22,000-strong art collection.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Core Project

Frank Gehry Architect - Philadelphia Museum of Art Core Project

The Core Project design by Frank Gehry architect creates significant new public space within footprint of landmark building plus 23,000 sqft of new gallery space for display of the collection.

LACMA Building by Peter Zumthor, Los Angeles

Los Angeles County Museum of Art Building extension

Design: Peter Zumthor Architect. The Swiss architect says “everything has changed” in his LACMA building extension design. The New Los Angeles County Museum of Art building will be the most important architecture in Los Angeles since Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.