"Innovative, original and very distinct – it's also an eyesore" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a museum in China with a peaked form clad in handmade ceramic tiles by Kengo Kuma and Associates. More
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Kengo Kuma and Associates cloaks Chinese clay museum in handmade tiles
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has completed UCCA Clay Museum in China, creating a peaked form clad in handmade ceramic tiles to celebrate the "warmth of craftsmanship". More
MAD reveals construction progress on Hainan Science Museum in China
Architecture studio MAD has unveiled construction photos of its Hainan Science Museum, as cladding is added to the facade of the "biomorphic" building. More
Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine
Chengdu studio Muda Architects has completed Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine in Pengzhou, China, which is based on the shape of the yin-yang symbol. More
Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils design for Museum of Technology in Xi'an
An undulating form topped with terraces will distinguish this technology museum, which the Shanghai office of architecture studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has designed for Xi'an, China. More
Zaha Hadid Architects references migratory birds for Zhuhai art centre
Four angular wings with steel canopies form Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre, which British studio Zaha Hadid Architects has completed on an artificial lake in China. More
Wutopia Lab tops underground museum in China with sweeping concrete roof
Shanghai-based studio Wutopia Lab has created Deep Time Palace, an underground museum in Changchun featuring a wavy concrete roof with eye-shaped openings. More
Mountain landscapes inform perforated-granite-clad Chengdu Natural History Museum
Faceted, rock-like forms clad with panels of perforated granite define the Chengdu Natural History Museum in China, which was designed by US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners and local studio CSWADI. More
Sculptural roof helps Taihang Xinyu Art Museum blend into mountainside
Chinese practice Wang Chong Studio used rustic stone walls and a sloping roof to help this art museum blend into its rocky site in China's Henan Province. More
Ennead Architects designs Wuxi Art Museum to emulate "natural erosion of spirit stones"
New York studio Ennead Architects has revealed its design for a museum that is set to be built within Shangxianhe Wetland Park in the city of Wuxi, China. More
Wutopia Lab completes museum and dance studio influenced by Chinese ink drawings
The inky brushstrokes of traditional Chinese paintings influenced the fluid forms of this museum complex that architecture firm Wutopia Lab has designed for a property developer in Qinhuangdao. More
Muda Architects models Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine on yin-yang symbol
Chinese studio Muda Architects has revealed its design of a museum in Chengdu that will be dedicated to the history of Chinese medicine and arranged in the shape of the yin-yang symbol. More
UAD arranges riverside Shunchang Museum around "urban living room"
The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed a museum in Shunchang, China, featuring a central void that contains a landscaped public plaza. More
MAD designs cluster of wooden museum buildings to evoke bronze age masks
Chinese architecture studio MAD has released visuals of The Eyes of Sanxingdui, a scatter of wooden buildings it has designed for the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, China. More
Foster + Partners shelters subterranean art gallery with pyramidal roofscape
Four peaks clad in weathering steel cover the underground galleries at the Datong Art Museum, which British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed in northern China. More
MAD designs white cloud-like science museum on Haikou coast
Chinese architecture studio MAD has released visuals of the top-heavy Hainan Science and Technology Museum that it has designed for the coast of Haikou in China. More
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The world's largest astronomy museum features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the world's largest museum dedicated to astronomy, which Ennead Architects has completed in Shanghai. More
Ennead Architects designs Shanghai Astronomy Museum to "echo the essence of the Universe"
New York studio Ennead Architects has completed the world's largest museum dedicated to astronomy in Shanghai, China. More
MAD tops Jiaxing Civic Center with roof shaped like a "tarp blown by the wind"
Architecture studio MAD has designed a three-venue civic centre in the city of Jiaxing, China, that will be topped with a continuous roof that has the form of a tarpaulin being blown in the wind, according to the studio. More
SANAA designs cloud-like structure for Shenzhen Maritime Museum
Japanese architecture studio SANAA has revealed its design for a museum in Shenzhen, which will be enclosed by a collection of hemispherical forms blanketed by a mesh louvred roof. More