This New Museum in China Packs 12 Pavilions, a Theater, & a Restaurant Under One Rippling Roof
Suzhou has always known how to make you slow down. The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art, completed in 2026 on the edge of Jinji Lake,…
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A Natural History Museum That Actually Looks Like Nature
Museums have a reputation problem. For decades, they’ve been temples of quiet reverence: boxy, imposing, slightly intimidating buildings that seem to announce, before you’ve even…
This New Museum in Shenzhen Looks Like a Piece of Landscape That Was Always There
It took six years from competition win to opening day, but the Shenzhen Natural History Museum was always going to be worth the wait. Designed…
San Diego Is Getting One of the Most Ambitious Military Museums in America
San Diego has always had a deep, unspoken bond with the U.S. Navy. The city is home to one of the largest military concentrations in…
The Robots That Built Seoul’s Robot Museum
The Seoul Robot & AI Museum is the definitive parametric architecture reference of 2026, and it’s easy to understand why the design world keeps returning…
MAD Just Opened a 46,000 sqm Silver Cloud Museum in China
When we covered the Hainan Science Museum back in 2024, it was still a promise on renderings. The images showed a billowing silver form rising…
When Zoo Design Tells the Story of Life Itself
Forget everything you think you know about zoo buildings. Bangkok-based VMA Design Studio just won first prize for a zoological pavilion that reads less like…
An Abandoned Building Just Became China’s Most Reflective Museum
Sometimes the best architecture happens when designers refuse to accept what’s been left behind. The Hangzhou Empathy Museum, completed in 2025 by TAOA, is one…
This Museum Was Designed for 25,000 Birds, Not Humans
Nestled within the lush landscape of Yunlu Wetland Park in China’s Pearl River Delta, Studio Link-Arc’s latest project redefines what it means to design for…
This Japanese Architect Just Designed Dubai’s Most Poetic Museum
Dubai has never been shy about big statements. We’ve seen the tallest building, the largest mall, and artificial islands shaped like palm trees. But something…
When TVs Were Furniture and Screens Were Tiny: 90 Years of Getting It Backwards
Walking through Samsung’s Innovation Museum in Seoul, I stopped at this timeline wall that tracks television design from 1925 to 2018. And honestly, the proportions…
Historic Danish Farm Transformed Into Museum Celebrating Furniture Legend Hans J. Wegner
Danish architecture studio COBE has revealed its thoughtful design for Museum Wegner, a new cultural institution that will celebrate the life and legacy of Hans…