Museum Architectural Competition Turku
The City of Turku in southwest Finland launches international architecture competition for architect to design the world’s first Museum of History and the Future
Powerhouse Parramatta, West Sydney, NSW
Designed by Moreau Kusunoki and Genton, Powerhouse Parramatta is the largest cultural development in Australia to be created since the Sydney Opera House and is planned to open in early 2025.
The Wood Buddha Statue Museum, Ji Xin Monastery
The Wood Buddha Statue Museum, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, northern China aims to provide visitors with an immersive meditative experience, inviting them to explore their inner world while visiting around the space.
International African American Museum Charleston, SC
Designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partner, the long-awaited International African American Museum, more than two decades in the making, will celebrate its grand opening on June 24, 2023 at the waterfront site that served as the port of arrival for nearly half of all enslaved Africans brought to North America
Little Rock Art Museum, Arkansas, USA
Studio Gang’s design for Little Rock Art Museum of Fine Arts, Arkansas, USA, unifies existing spaces with a new central addition, transforming the museum facilities and visitor experience
Common Sky, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, NY
Studio Other Spaces, led by artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann, introduces Common Sky, a canopy of glass and mirrors enveloping the courtyard of the Seymour H. Knox Building at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, NY, USA
Dutch National Photography Museum Rotterdam building
Dutch National Photography Museum Rotterdam building news: Nederlands Fotomuseum is to be built in a new prime location at Rijnhaven harbour in a newly renovated historic warehouse – a new home for the national collection of over six million photographs
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
In the years to come, the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin will continue developing as an open and integrated research museum. The competition’s brief was to repair and refurbish the listed ensemble, including the outdoor facilities, in line with building preservation principles; also to establish barrier-free access and to provide new spaces for exhibition, collections, and research
V&A East Storehouse Building, Stratford
V&A East Storehouse building news – new flythrough video and renders: archive encompassing more than 80,000 items at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, East London
West Smithfield market buildings redevelopment
Museum of London appoints Sir Robert McAlpine as Construction Management Company on Smithfield project, one of the largest cultural infrastructure projects in Europe, by architects Stanton Williams and Asif Khan
Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education & Innovation, NY
Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation New York City building design by Studio Gang architects for The American Museum of Natural History: 230,000-sqft building features spectacular architecture, opens to the public on 4 May
Art Fund Museum of Year 2023 Winners
Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2023 winning buildings & architects – annual prize to an outstanding museum, which has shown exceptional imagination, innovation and achievement
Natural History Museum London Building, UK
Design: Níall McLaughlin Architects with Kim Wilkie: Natural History Museum scheme goes in for planning. The new NHM design resulted from an architecture competition win to re-imagine the entrance grounds of the museum and create a new civic public realm, improving the visitor experience.
West Smithfield Design Competition, London
The Museum of London’s plan to move to Smithfield market has moved a step closer thanks to a funding boost. The City of London Corporation and mayor of London have pledged a total of £180m towards the £250m project, report the BBC
Küppersmühle Museum Duisburg building
The Museum Küppersmühle, by Herzog & de Meuron was the first milestone in the transformation of the Inner Harbour in Duisburg, Germany, and contains a fine collections of German art
