Architecture and design news:
museums & heritage

Coventry's former IKEA building slated to become arts and cultural centre of international importance
by Tom Walker | 18 Feb 2021

Meow Wolf creates mind-blowing Las Vegas attraction – Omega Mart
by Tom Walker | 02 Feb 2021

BRC selected to design new World Food Center – will explore sustainability and global food supply
by Tom Walker | 19 Jan 2021

Scott Brownrigg-designed Museum of Military Medicine in Cardiff given planning approval
by Tom Walker | 12 Jan 2021

FIFA files criminal complaint over funding of €459m world football museum
by Tom Walker | 28 Dec 2020

Flaxmill Maltings – the world's first cast-iron framed building – is to be redeveloped as a visitor attraction by Mather & Co
by Tom Walker | 15 Dec 2020

AZPML and UKST win competition to design Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture
by Tom Walker | 09 Dec 2020

Perth's Boola Bardip museum opens in new AU$400m building designed by Hassell and OMA
by Tom Walker | 24 Nov 2020

Museum devoted to the history of the US Army opens its doors
by Tom Walker | 16 Nov 2020

BRC Imagination Arts completes new Glenkinchie Distillery brand home for Diageo as part of cycle of Scottish whisky attractions
by Liz Terry | 29 Oct 2020

Warner Bros. to open Harry Potter studio attraction in Japan
by Tom Walker | 25 Aug 2020

Bjarke Ingels, Jean Nouvel and Kengo Kuma named as three finalist for Shenzhen Opera House project
by Tom Walker | 19 Aug 2020

Eureka! reveals new designs for Eureka! Mersey – construction to begin in 2021
by Tom Walker | 30 Jun 2020

BIG creates spiral museum for Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet
by Tom Walker | 07 May 2020

Expo 2020 Dubai likely to be postponed until 2021
by Lauren Heath-Jones | 31 Mar 2020

Feilden Fowles to create National Railway Museum's Central Hall
by Stu Robarts | 26 Mar 2020

Google Arts & Culture offers virtual tours of museums and galleries during closures
by Lauren Heath-Jones | 25 Mar 2020

Kengo Kuma and K2LD to create Singapore Founders Memorial
by Stu Robarts | 24 Mar 2020

Musée d'Orsay announces major expansion plans following €20m donation
by Lauren Heath-Jones | 12 Mar 2020

Therme Group gets go-ahead for £250m wellbeing resort
by Tom Anstey & Megan Whitby | 04 Mar 2020

V&A Museum of Childhood to close for two-year AOC redevelopment
by Andy Knaggs | 21 Feb 2020

Carles Enrich Studio's timber scaffolding reactivates 13th-century lookout tower
by Stu Robarts | 18 Feb 2020

Shortlist revealed for National Railway Museum's Central Hall
by Stu Robarts | 14 Feb 2020

Hollywood's Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to open in December
by Andy Knaggs | 10 Feb 2020

Tadao Ando-designed HE Art Museum delays opening due to coronavirus
by Andy Knaggs | 03 Feb 2020

Seattle Asian Art Museum to reopen after LMN Architects revamp
by Stu Robarts | 03 Feb 2020

Contemporary Calgary opens doors following CA$25m transformation
by Lauren Heath-Jones | 30 Jan 2020

Denver Art Museum to unveil new OMA-designed galleries
by Stu Robarts | 28 Jan 2020

Sea urchins inspire pod designs for new Buhais Geology Park
by Stu Robarts | 27 Jan 2020

Studio Roosegaarde create glowing stone Holocaust memorial
by Stu Robarts | 22 Jan 2020

Construction of the International African American Museum is underway at Gadsden’s Wharf
by Stu Robarts | 20 Jan 2020

Plans submitted for one Europe's "biggest cultural projects"
by Stu Robarts | 14 Jan 2020

Heneghan Peng Architects-designed Grand Egyptian Museum to open at end of 2020
by Andy Knaggs | 13 Jan 2020

Olson Kundig's new Burke Museum provides space, flexibility and transparency
by Stu Robarts | 02 Jan 2020

teamLab bring a world of immersive artworks to Macau
by Stu Robarts | 02 Jan 2020

Hassell and OMA combine heritage buildings with new volume for New Museum for Western Australia
by Stu Robarts | 20 Dec 2019