The Manchester Jewish Museum Celebrates Identity and Commonality
With a focus on guest experience, Citizens Design Bureau's addition and renovation elevates the museum’s ethos.
Cultural Architecture
In Athens, a Former Tobacco Factory Is Revived for a Contemporary Art Show
Launched in celebration of 200 years of Greek independence, the exhibition and the renovation shed light on an uncertain future for architecture in Athens.
Wright & Wright Expands London's Museum of the Home, Set in a Historic Complex of Almshouses
Dedicated to the history of domestic life, the expanded museum makes the most of its centuries-old digs and includes two small new volumes.
Site-Specific "Art Environments" Find a Home at Wisconsin's Art Preserve
To design the Art Preserve at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, artist-run firm Trés Birds explored its natural setting and offbeat art collection.
Cromwell Place Serves as a Coworking Complex for the Art World
London’s new operation offers different membership programs for local and international art galleries to exhibit within a global network and a Victorian setting.
The Baker Museum Receives a Climate Resilient Renovation by Weiss/Manfredi
In its expansion of a revered museum, Weiss/Manfredi followed precepts dictated by context, climate, and the artworks located inside and out.
A Library in Japan Takes Design Cues from the Forest
Mari Ito’s Nasushiobara City Library connects to the community through the building’s facade and light-filled atria.
Aiming to Engage the Public, DS+R's New Tianjin Juilliard School Pays Tribute to Its New York Counterpart
The conservatory's transparent and open design includes space for performance, practice, research, and interactive exhibitions.
Future100: Soundscapes Combat the "Tyranny of the Visual"
Two speculative projects examine how small-scale materials and objects can influence acoustic transmission and the experience of space.
Herzog & de Meuron Completes the Colossal M+ Museum in Hong Kong
The building’s T-shaped profile is made up of intersecting vertical and horizontal volumes that will hold a mix of public galleries and private offices.
A Tilted Music Academy in Italy Responds to Its Geographic and Seismic Contexts
Nestled within a bowl of hills and agricultural fields, the Camerino Academy of Music replaces an earlier building destroyed by an earthquake.
Comment: Architects Didn't Invent Redlining, But We Helped Reinforce It—On Two Continents
Activist and architectural designer Wandile Mthiyane examines the twin legacies of American redlining and Apartheid.
At Dallas's Hall of State, a Return to Majesty
The Texas Art Deco gem was fastidiously restored by Gensler, which preserved ample Lone Star symbolism and winks from the original architect.
A Noah’s Ark–Themed Children’s Museum Lands at the Jewish Museum Berlin
At ANOHA, the new permanent children’s installation designed by Olson Kundig, a 1960s flower market shelters an ark where 150 animal sculptures roam.
After Three Decades, Turkey’s Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall Finally Opens
The complex has recently been completed after Ankara-based architecture firm Uygur Mimarlık was selected to design the government-funded project in 1992.
Baltic Coastal Inspiration Defines This Library in Rural Finland
The Helsinki studio JKMM—no stranger to library design—conceived Fyyri, an airy, cool building that does more than a traditional library.
Memorials Are for the Living
Eddie Blake and Gian Luca Amadei question how architecture can help us contemplate loss and memory in the age of COVID-19.
SOM Designs a Citadel for the National Museum of the US Army
A steel-armored set of glistening pavilions combines to form a unified museum for the nation’s oldest military branch.
A New Building Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Designed by Steven Holl Architects, the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building completes a decade-long campus redevelopment project.
A Floating Church in East London Prepares to Set Sail
Designed by Denizen Works, Genesis is intended to connect to a new generation of Londoners.
