Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020 Winners

Towner Eastbourne art gallery building

Winners of £200,000 Art Fund Museum of The Year 2020: Aberdeen Art Gallery, Gairloch Museum, Science Museum, South London Gallery, Towner Eastbourne – buildings & architects news

Sir John Soane’s Museum Reopening

Sir John Soane's Museum in London

Sir John Soane’s Museum reopens to the public & announces upcoming exhibition programme: extension of Langlands & Bell: Degrees of Truth, and news of annual Architecture Drawing Prize

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam MVRDV building

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam building design by Dutch architects MVRDV – construction news: first publicly accessible art depot in the world – 151,000 objects

The Box Plymouth Cultural Centre

The Box Plymouth Cultural Centre

The Box is a £46m project to transform Plymouth’s Grade II listed museum, library and adjacent church into a cutting-edge facility designed by Atkins, major UK multi-disciplinary arts and heritage space

Ngaren: The Museum of Humankind

The Museum of Humankind in The Great Rift Valley Africa

Historic Collaboration to build a new museum building in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya, Africa, by paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, allow visitors to explore human origin and evolution

Nancy and Rich Kinder Building: MFAH

Museum of Fine Arts Houston Nancy and Rich Kinder Building from above

Nancy and Rich Kinder Building: Museum Of Fine Arts Houston to open new Steven Holl building on 21 November – photos of galleries for international collections of modern and contemporary art

Dove Cottage, Museum at Wordsworth Grasmere

Dove Cottage, Museum at Wordsworth Grasmere

Nissen Richards Studio creates new interpretation for Dove Cottage and the Museum at Wordsworth Grasmere, Lake District, together with branding, wayfinding, graphic and exhibition design

SPYSCAPE Museum in New York

Spyscap Museum

Designed by Adjaye Associates SPYSCAPE is a new global destination for espionage that marries educational programming with state-of-the-art interactive technology to create a unique experience for every user.

Imperial War Museum London Atrium

Imperial War Museum London Atrium Ai Weiwei

Imperial War Museum London atrium design – Ai Weiwei’s ‘History of Bombs’ IWM artwork: the Chinese artist’s site-specific work explores a two dimensional rendering of fifty missiles.

MICAS Contemporary Art Museum on Malta

MICAS Contemporary Art Museum MaltaMICAS Contemporary Art Museum Malta

Construction starts on MICAS, Malta’s first museum for international contemporary art, design by ipostudio architetti: dynamic art space on site of Old Ospizio fortifications in Floriana district.

iADC Design Museum in Shenzhen, China

IADC Design Museum Shenzhen China

Designed by Rocco Design Architects Associates, The iADC Design Museum, situated at the heart of Shapu Art Town in Shenzhen’s Bao’an District, is designed as a cultural hub and landmark.

One Person’s Gallery in the Gap, Shanghai

One Persons Gallery

Wutopia Lab designed One Person’s Gallery between two buildings in a terraced courtyard at the heart of Shanghai consists of two parts: a 12 sqm gallery as an iconic space, and a cave, including a library and a co-work space.