Shenzhen Nanshan Foreign Language School
Studio Link-Arc’s Shenzhen Nanshan Foreign Language School, China, includes regular and special classrooms, a library, a gymnasium, an indoor swimming pool and a faculty dormitory
San Francisco Art Institute, Fort Mason
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects’ design of San Francisco Art Institute, Fort Mason sensitively integrated 160 individual studios, public exhibition galleries, a black box theater, and a workshop
MuBE São Paulo, Brazilian Sculpture Museum
Architecture visualisation is not only a medium to show the unbuilt spaces but also a kind of virtual souvenir: Museu Brasileiro da Escultura e Ecologia by Paulo Mendes da Rocha in Brasil
Ely Museum Building, Cambridgeshire
Ely Museum building, Cambridgeshire design by HAT Projects: badly degraded historic building lovingly restored and extended to give new life and purpose, creating a great resource for the town
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Los Angeles
Film Director George Lucas at last picks a site for his collection, in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, having considered Chicago and San Francisco. The design is by Ma Yansong of Chinese architecture studio MAD Architects. The project comes with a hefty price tag, an estimated $1 billion!
Special Exhibitions Gallery Science Museum
Special Exhibitions Gallery, Science and Industry Museum Manchester design by architects Carmody Groarke: Grade II Listed warehouse structure dates back to 1880s – industrial splendour re-awakened
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.
Three New Qatar Museum Buildings
Three new Qatar museum buildings – Art Mill: architect Alejandro Aravena, ELEMENTAL + Lusail Museum: Jacques Herzog, Herzog & de Meuron + Qatar Auto Museum: Rem Koolhaas, OMA
Lighthouse and Museum of Jára Cimrman, Liberec
Designed by HAMR Huť Architektury Martin Rajniš the Lighthouse and Museum of Jára Cimrman looms over the valley like a raised finger in Czech Republic. It has become a natural continuation of the rock
British Museum Building: Great Court London
British Museum London architecture news – Foster + Partners‘ Great Court turns twenty – this BM building intervention transformed the visitor experience: new architectural photos
House of Illustration, Islington
House of Illustration wins planning permission from Islington Council, London, for £12m project design by Tim Ronalds Architects: redeveloped as UK’s only public arts space dedicated to illustration