At Oslo’s Deichman Library, the Journey Through Is Half the Fun
Delayed by more than a year and a half due to foundation challenges and COVID-19, Oslo’s new waterfront library opens its doors.
Cultural Architecture
Lighting Adds to the Graphic Quality of New York's Poster House
At the city's newest museum—next in our series on lighting schemes around the world—LTL Architects and Lumen Architecture use LEDs to heighten the atmosphere of a sensitive adaptive reuse project.
Out of a Former Cheese Factory, The Momentary Fuels a Modernist Turn in Bentonville
Crystal Bridges’ new contemporary art space, courtesy of Chicago firm Wheeler Kearns, is the latest example of Northwest Arkansas’ cultural renaissance.
Glenn Howells Architects Designs a New Facility for the English National Ballet
Located in East London, the new building is a pearl in City Island, a site ensnared by old and new infrastructure.
For the New Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, Light is a Recurring Motif
Designed by Rand Elliott Architects, Oklahoma's newest cultural landmark opens on March 12.
As Gottfried Böhm Turns 100, an Exhibition Foregrounds His Concrete Religious Architecture
Kicking off the nationwide celebrations, Böhm100 in Frankfurt presents the Pritzker Prize–winner's 1968 Neviges Cathedral in western Germany.
Hopkins Architects’ Geology Park Outside Sharjah Finds Inspiration in the Region’s Archeology
Composed of five variously sized pods, the steel and concrete structure is a dramatic medley of function and aesthetic, inspired by the region’s sea urchin fossils.
The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Strives For Openness
Designed by John Wardle Architects, the new home of Australia's oldest music school breaks way from the monastic model of the conservatory.
With the Opening of the West Bund Museum, Reflecting on Shanghai’s Cultural Mega-Developments
The Chipperfield-designed, Pompidou-affiliated arts space fits into a unique but precarious spatial and development context, our correspondent writes.
CetraRuddy Restores Church Missions House for Fotografiska Museum in New York
The local firm, which has worked on several reuse projects, converted the 1890s-era building into a photography gallery.
A Poetic Respite in Abu Dhabi Blends Cultural Tradition With Contemporary Design
The Al Musallah Prayer Hall draws on Abu Dhabi’s rich history and desert landscape.
Switzerland’s Venerable Tanzhaus Zurich Now Straddles a Sloped Riverside Site
The dance and performance center, designed by Barcelona architects Barozzi/Veiga, emphasizes public space, with no less than three terraces.
Year in Review: Did We Reach Peak-Biennial in 2019?
The proliferation of these events begs the question: Who is the targeted audience of a biennial, and whom does its staging benefit?
A Post-Idealistic Iceberg Clad in Steel: Switzerland’s National Film Archive Finally Completes
Over 12 years in the making, the structure conceals most of its program in a subterranean storage area.
Junya Ishigami’s New Park Turns Moscow’s Polytechnic Museum into a Public Offering
Designed with local firm Wowhaus, the park contains an amphitheater, circulation routes, and new entry points into the museum’s porous new basement.
What Does It Mean to Build Bauhaus “On Brand”?
The Bauhaus turned 100 this year, and a crop of museum buildings sprang up for the celebration.
At MoMA’s New Expansion, “There’s No Perfect Circulation Route”
The museum’s revamp includes a transformed lobby, a black-box theater, and thematically-driven galleries.
Pacific Rim Calling: Seattle’s Asian Art Museum Gets a Revamp
The renovation, undertaken by local firm LMN Architects, had to reconcile contemporary requirements with the museum’s landmarked features.
BIG’s Kistefos Museum Puts a “Twist” on Conventional Art Galleries
Opened last month, the unusual structure reconciles the features of a challenging site.
Let There Be Shade: A PoMo Church Looks to Gothic Architecture and Algorithms to Solve its Solar Problem
A renovation of the Phillip Johnson and John Burgee–designed Crystal Cathedral adds algorithmically-modeled shades to protect the congregation from the sun.
