Project: Elk Grove Civic Center Location: Elk Grove, California, United States Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects Website: www.zaha-hadid.com Out of twenty-three projects London Based Zaha Hadid architects proposal took the first place for a massive new Civic Center in Elk Grove, to be created in collaboration with local practice Stantec set to work as executive architects. This […] More
Project: Broad Museum Location: Los Angeles, United States Designed by Diller Scofidio + Refro Architects Website: www.dillerscofidio.com Recently presented design for Eli Broad's new Los Angeles museum is set to be the first door neighbor to the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall with an estimated construction cost of $130m, project is work of New York based […] More
Project: Museum of the Second World War Location: Gdansk, Poland Designed by Dizarh Website: www.dizarh.com Design for Museum of the Second World War in Poland by Bulgarian practice Dizarh, for more images continue after the jump: More
Project: China Wood Sculpture Museum Designed by MAD Location: Harbin, China Website: www.i-mad.com In the main city of Northern China, Harbin, the famed architecture practice MAD delivers an astonishing project for the building of China Wood Sculpture Museum. China Wood Sculpture Museum building is set to become an internationally recognized landmark of this rapidly expanding city. More
Project: Museum of Environmental Science Location: Guadalajara, Mexico Designed by Snohetta Website: www.snoarc.no University of Guadalajara has selected Snohetta as the winner of the competition to design the new Museum of Environmental Science. For more images and architects description continue after the jump. More
Project: Zayed National Museum Designed by Foster + Partners Location: Abu Dhabi Website: www.fosterandpartners.com Designs for the Zayed National Museum have been officially unveiled by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Conceived as […] More
Project: The Sprengel Museum Extension Program: Exhibition spaces, offices, workshops, storerooms Client: City of Hannover Location: Kurt-Schwitters-Platz, 30169 Hannover Surface: 4 200 m² Competition: 2010 Design Team: LAN Architecture Structure: Bollinger-Grohmann HEQ Consultant: Agence Franck Boutté Website: www.lan-paris.com LAN has been invited to the competition for the design of the Sprengel Museum Extension in Hanover. The […] More
Project: Queensland Gallery of Modern Art Location: Brisbane, Australia Designed by Yazdani Studio Website: www.yazdanistudio.com The design of Queensland Gallery of Modern Art suggest that the experience of urban life and viewing art can exist in a continuous relationship. Contrary to the tendency to set museums apart and seal them off from the city, the […] More
Project: National Museum of Archaeology and Earth Sciences Designed by archi5 & OKA Location: Rabat, Morocco Client: Kingdom of Morocco, Ministry of Culture Surface: 24,730 sqm of new construction, 4,380 sqm for the rehabilitation Cost: 90,237,000 Euros without taxes Website: www.archi5.fr Task to construct National Museum of Archaeology and Earth Sciences in Rabat after an organized competition […] More
Project: MAXXI Designed by Zaha Hadid Location: Rome, Italy Website: www.zaha-hadid.com Zaha Hadid's project for MAXXI Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome is as expected already picking up the awards, it has been awarded with the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010, in association with The Architects Journal and Benchmark. Zaha Hadid architects released additional images […] More
Project: The National Museum of Norway Location: Vestbanen, Oslo,c Size: 46500m2 + offices buildings 32.500m2 Client: Statsbygg; Norwegian Public Construction and Property Management Website: www.reiulframstadarkitekter.no A mixed-type use development designed by RRA besides the New National Museum which will house art, design, industrial design, architecture and contemporary arts programs, the complex also contains Offices for […] More
Project: The Gardiner Museum Designed by KPMB Architects Location: Toronto, Ontario Size: 46,276 s.f. (renovation 31,958; new 14,318) Website: www.kpmbarchitects.com The Gardiner Museum is one of the world's preeminent institutions devoted to ceramic art, and the only museum of its kind in Canada. It is also designated as one Toronto’s cultural renaissance projects. The renewal […] More