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The Darwin Centre Phase Two, the extension of the Natural History Museum in London has received an honorable mention by the Italian Dedalo Minosse International Prize, recognizing good cooperation between client and architect in the constructive process.
Conservation architects Donald Insall Associates’ restoration of Grade II listed building for the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London. The building was commissioned in 1894 by Frederick John Horniman as a place to tend his rare plants.
Architecture practice Friend & Company has led the new design of the store. With their signature total architecture approach the new shop embraces craftsmanship, and is set to be an inspirational space for the 21st century museum-goer. The first V&A shop, from 1863, was a showcase for new crafts too.
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.
Design: TengYuan Design Institute Co. In this project, we hope to establish a linkage between architecture and nature as well as architecture and culture in a simple and plain way. Just as art and literature both have sketches, this project is a construction sketch to some extent.
Design: Architectural Design and Research Institute of South China University of Technology. Northeast Asian Culture and Art Museum Complex, with the land used for its construction in Changchun Airport Economic Development Zone.
Design: RMJM Arta Tehran. Appointment by the Cultural Institute of Bonyad Museum as architectural consultant for this building. It will be the first project in Iran for this global architecture office.
Design: Architectural Design & Research Institute of South China University of Technology. The Black Box is conceived by the architect specifically for the building. It represents a truth-recording container, which will disclose all the truth once being opened.
London’s status as the global capital of museums has been confirmed by a new study. With four museums in the global top 20 by visitor numbers in 2016, the capital has achieved first place in the global list jointly with Washington DC, which also has four entries in the top 20.
Design: David Kohn Architects. The first phase will more than double the display space dedicated to photography. It forms part of an ambitious two-phased FuturePlan development project to dramatically reimagine the display of the photographic collection at the V&A.
Design: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes. The focus of the Cafe is set in the center of the dome hall. To emphasize the outstanding center of the place and its characteristic setting, the whole design is oriented on the centerpiece.
Architects: Projectiles. The Grand Musée du Parfum is a world of sensory experience, emotion, and enjoyment, offering an original, educational, entertaining, and immersive experience to help visitors understand the world of perfume and unravel its many mysteries.
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
Design: Form4 Architecture, architects. The objective was to design a public library and fine arts museum to distinguish itself as a city with arts and culture at its core.
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.
Design: MAXWAN architects + urbanists. Exhibition design for the international exhibition Mad About Surrealism at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, with over 300 surrealistic works from Dalí, Ernst, Magritte, Miró and others.
