Public Buildings
Public Buildings
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BIG’s Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art is now open, ribbon-like roofs and allStep inside Bjarke Ingels Group’s first completed art museum – the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China
By Tianna Williams Published
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MAD’s Shenzhen Bay Culture Square encourages you not to look up, but to wander throughThe Chinese city’s newest open public space, designed by architecture studio MAD, blends the ancient and the futuristic
By Warren Singh-Bartlett Published
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New White House ballroom renderings reveal gilded hall, droneportThe images were included in an emergency request sent to the Supreme Court Friday by the Trump administration to allow construction to move forward
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Bruce Springsteen’s New Jersey museum is worth a Garden State pilgrimage. Here’s a closer look insideDesigned by CookFox Architects, the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music is about storytelling inside and out
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Heatherwick Studio gives this Kentucky civic space a refreshFirst opened in 1973, the Belvedere public space in Louisville, Kentucky, will now undergo a vibrant restoration, set to open in 2030
By Tianna Williams Published
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Construction on the White House ballroom must stop, a federal appeals court rulesAccording to a decision handed down Friday, Congress must approve alterations to the White House: ‘Each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner’
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Three modernist icons have been added to Unesco’s World Heritage ListUnesco’s World Heritage Committee has added 25 new sites to its prestigious list – among them, modernist landmarks in Finland, Poland and Uzbekistan mark a growing shift towards recognising 20th-century architecture
By Anna Solomon Published
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Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi finally has an opening dateFollowing years of delays and controversies, the building is (almost) ready for its big reveal. Here's what to know
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Crystal Palace Park’s dinosaur sculptures have been restored to their former gloryMore than 170 years after they first thrilled Victorian visitors, Crystal Palace Park's prehistoric residents have been brought back from the brink – part of a sweeping restoration that has revived the park's lakes, lawns and landmarks
By Anna Solomon Published
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The artist-led Fonds Bustamante is Arles’ newest creative gemThe brainchild of Jean-Marc Bustamante, and designed by Charles Zana, the new art foundation has opened its doors in an old church building in the south of France
By Amy Serafin Published
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The Faro Santander launch will bring a northern Spanish grande dame back to lifeSpain's new cultural destination, Faro Santander, gears up to open its doors on 8 September 2026 – in anticipation, we tour its historic building, redesigned by Chipperfield Architects
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Surrounded by larch trees, a new Evian concert hall makes music ‘warm and silky’Titled La Source Vive, the new venue by Patrick Bouchain and Philippe Chiambaretta is an organic building set within the forest in rural France
By Amy Serafin Published
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The amazing story of Three Chimneys, the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 venueThree Chimneys, a brutalist Barcelona venue used during the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026, is a modernist landmark awaiting to be reborn
By Suzanne Wales Published
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Born of the Badlands, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is ‘a call to adventure’The Snøhetta-designed library and museum, its architecture inspired by its North Dakota Badlands surroundings, builds on the legacy of a larger-than-life leader – and opens 4 July 2026
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Inside the National Museum of Finland’s once-in-a-generation refresh in HelsinkiThe museum has been refreshed and expanded by local architecture studio JKMM; we toured the building as it prepares to open to the public in 2027
By Giovanna Dunmall Published
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Chicago’s new Obama Presidential Center isn’t a monument – it’s a momentThe 19-acre museum campus, conceptualised by architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien for Barack and Michelle Obama, provides a series of inspiring spaces that foster enlightenment, engagement and play on Chicago’s South Side
By Rima Suqi Published
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This humble building in small-town Texas houses one of America’s greatest private art collectionsIn its design for Arthouse, a small museum in Marble Falls, Texas, Lake Flato has created a veritable Hill Country kunsthalle
By Sam Lubell Published
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Brusk, a new cultural destination in Bruges, is everything an exhibition hall should be and moreWelcome to the Brusk exhibition hall, designed by Robbrecht en Daem and Olivier Salens architecten, the latest addition to the Bruges Museum Quarter
By Giovanna Dunmall Published
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Tour a breathtaking Napa Valley winery where even the architecture has a sense of 'terroir'San Francisco practice Aidlin Darling Design ushers Robert Mondavi Winery, one of California's most storied wine producers, into a glorious new age.
By Beth Broome Published
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Does this ambitious new civic space have the power to transform downtown Pittsburgh?Arts Landing, a new park and sculpture garden located along the banks of the Allegheny River, offers much-needed green space for humans and birds alike
By Anthony Paletta Published
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Review: LACMA is a true gift to Los Angeles – you just have to see it in the right lightPeter Zumthor’s new David Geffen Galleries are at once grand and banal – just like LA, our critic writes
By Janelle Zara Published
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A new book marks 75 years of the Royal Festival Hall, London's iconic ‘egg in a box’‘Royal Festival Hall: A Living Icon’ tells the story of one of London's best-loved buildings – designed not for the privileged few, but for everyone
By Anna Solomon Published
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Experience LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries – ‘It’s time to experiment’The David Geffen Galleries by Peter Zumthor open at LACMA; we take a tour and explore the relationship between art and architecture
By Michael Webb Published
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Step inside V&A East Museum, a new London cultural hub combining brains and beautyDesigned by O'Donnell+Tuomey in Stratford, the V&A East Museum is ready to show off its sculptural volumes as it gears up for its public opening on 18 April 2026
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Brooklyn's most famous cemetery is for the living as much as it's for the dead. Its gleaming new visitor centre is proofBy combining a historic greenhouse with a brand new building, Architecture Research Office creates a new portal for Green-Wood Cemetery.
By Beth Broome Published
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Kengo Kuma will design the National Gallery’s huge new expansionLondon’s National Gallery has chosen the Tokyo-based architect to design a £350 million new wing
By Anna Solomon Published
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The White House ballroom design just cleared a significant hurdleAt a meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission, officials voted to approve the design of the 90,000 sq ft addition
By Anna Fixsen Published


