Museum architecture

Progress gathers pace on Mecanoo’s Wei-Wu-Ying Centre for the Arts

By Sara Sturges • Last updated 31 October 22

The Louvre Abu Dhabi will open this year and curator Jean-Luc Martinez is just a bit terrified

By John Arlidge • Last updated 28 October 22

Pole position: Lausanne prepares for Pôle Muséal, a major new cultural hub

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 28 October 22

Birthday suit: Guggenheim Bilbao is dressed in light to celebrate its 20th anniversary

By Elly Parsons • Last updated 28 October 22

Snap! David Kohn’s V&A Photography Centre opens its doors

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 26 October 22

Back to the future: Helsinki City Museum’s impressive new home

By Clare Dowdy • Last updated 25 October 22

A Swiss art kingpin creates a sharp-edged complex for his uncommon collections

By Sophie Lovell • Last updated 21 October 22

China’s first contemporary photography museum is putting local artists in focus

By Nadja Sayej • Last updated 21 October 22

A new Marrakech museum is bringing Africa’s flourishing art scene home

By Jessica Klingelfuss • Last updated 21 October 22

MVRDV reinvent the museum experience in Rotterdam with Collection Building

By Catarina de Almeida Brito • Last updated 21 October 22

Dubai welcomes the Museum of the Future

Killa Design and the Dubai Future Foundation launch the Museum of the Future in Dubai, which opens its doors to the public today (22 February 2022)

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 21 October 22

New home: Museum of London reveals winning plans for West Smithfield move

By Tom Howells • Last updated 21 October 22

Art and architecture converge at the Saarland Museum’s new extension

By Sophie Lovell • Last updated 21 October 22

Steven Holl expands the Museum of Fine Arts campus in Houston

A composition of irregularly shaped, white and translucent volumes, the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, designed by Steven Holl Architects, throws open its doors in the US

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 21 October 22

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, designed by Farshid Moussavi

By Stephanie Murg • Last updated 21 October 22

Munch Museum completes in Oslo and gears up for autumn opening

Oslo's Munch Museum, designed by Spanish architecture firm Estudio Herreros, has been completed ahead of its official opening on 22 October 2021

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 21 October 22

Whitney Museum extension breaks ground

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 21 October 22

Oslo’s Munchmuseet reinvents the museum experience

Oslo’s Munch Museum, designed by Spanish architecture firm Estudio Herreros, opens to the public, offering a twist to the usual museum experience

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 20 October 22

Bauhaus Museum Dessau opens in Germany

Addenda architects has designed a simple glass box for the second largest collection of Bauhaus objects in the world – bringing much needed climate-controlled and flexible space to the city of Dessau, where the Bauhaus School building designed by Walter Gropius, opened in 1926, is located

By Giovanna Dunmall • Last updated 20 October 22

Dessau’s Bauhaus Museum design reflects philosophy taught by the German school

By Giovanna Dunmall • Last updated 20 October 22

Redesigned Carnavalet Museum celebrates Paris

Chatillon Architectes, in association with Snøhetta and Nathalie Crinière’s Agence NC, have given Paris’ Carnavalet Museum a modern refresh 

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 20 October 22

Interactive floorplan: Porsche Museum

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 20 October 22

Saint Louis Art Museum unveils its David Chipperfield-designed extension

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 20 October 22

Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts reveals minimalist makeover

Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp (KMSKA) has just revealed its renovation, extension and new minimalist rooms by Dutch architecture office KAAN Architecten

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 20 October 22