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Design: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects Inc. – the design of a contemporary art museum can be described by two opposite approaches. One is to be works of art in themselves. The other is to be a jewel box showing of its beautiful treasures.
Film, info + images of Exhibition Road Quarter design by AL_A, opening this Friday. A new entry, gallery and the first porcelain-tiled public courtyard in the world will be accessed through the remodelled Aston Webb screen.
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.
