Nizio Design International reveals Museum of the Great Famine designs
The underground Museum of the Great Famine by Nizio Design International in Kyiv, Ukraine, will be topped by two misaligned green roofs. More
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Venturi Scott Brown's postmodern Sainsbury Wing wins AIA 25 Year Award
The American Institute of Architects has bestowed its 25 Year Award upon Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London. More
Balconies will double as exhibition space in WORKac's Beirut Museum of Art
WORKac has unveiled its design for the Beirut Museum of Art in Lebanon, which features a facade of mismatched balconies that will be used to exhibit artwork. More
Elizabeth de Portzamparc completes Musée de la Romanité alongside Roman amphitheatre
Franco-Brazilian architect Elizabeth de Portzamparc has completed a museum of Roman history in the French city of Nîmes featuring glazed facades intended to recall the draped fabric of a toga. More
David Chipperfield completes colonnaded stone gallery at entrance to Berlin's Museum Island
A stone facade with slim columns fronts the David Chipperfield-designed James Simon Galerie, the architect's new building on Museum Island in Berlin. More
Dezeen Awards judges "entranced" by Lascaux International Centre for Cave Art
The Dezeen Awards jury voted unanimously to name Casson Mann's designs for the Lascaux International Centre for Cave Art as Interior Project of the Year 2018. Jury chair Brittney Hart explains why in this Dezeen movie. More
Open Architecture builds cave-like art gallery inside a sand dune
A network of subterranean concrete galleries forms the UCCA Dune Art Museum, which Beijing-based Open Architecture has completed in Qinhuangdao, China. More
Herzog & de Meuron and Purcell transform Hong Kong's colonial buildings into Tai Kwun art centre
New buildings by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and historic buildings conserved by UK studio Purcell form a vast arts complex in Hong Kong, claimed to be the city's largest heritage conservation project to date. More
10 art galleries and museums by Kulapat Yantrasast
Kulapat Yantrasast has become the go-to architect for contemporary art galleries and museums in the US. Here are 10 of his major projects that differ from typical white-box exhibition spaces, with warm materials, unusual layouts and custom furniture. More
"I'm a matchmaker between art and people" says Kulapat Yantrasast
Thai architect Kulapat Yantrasast was recently chosen to oversee a major renovation of galleries at The Met in New York. In this exclusive interview, he explains why he designs art spaces to be more than white boxes, and credits mentor Tadao Ando for providing a "true education". More
Dezeen's top 10 museums and galleries of 2018
Kicking off our annual review of architecture and design, editorial assistant Bridget Cogley looks back at the most important museums and galleries that opened in 2018. They include the V&A Dundee by Kengo Kuma and a treehouse-like art institution in Tulum. More
The Met announces $70 million renovation of Africa, Oceania and Americas galleries
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has selected Thai architect Kulapat Yantrasast of wHY to design a major overhaul of its wing for arts produced in Africa, Oceania and the Americas. More
Stockholm's renovated Nationalmuseum furnished with 82 contemporary products to promote Nordic design
Stockholm's Nationalmuseum has reopened its doors after a five-year restoration, with a range of furniture, lighting and tableware created by contemporary Nordic designers to complement its interiors. More
Allied Works completes National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Ohio
US studio Allied Works has created a building to honour military veterans in downtown Columbus, which appears as a circular form crisscrossed by large concrete arches. More
Wave-shaped roof of recycled tiles tops Wang Shu's Fuyang Cultural Complex
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Wang Shu's Amateur Architecture Studio has designed a cultural complex clad in recycled tiles near Hangzhou, China. More
Discover museums from around the world via our Pinterest board
We've created a Pinterest board showcasing the best museum design, including Studio Libeskind's MO Museum, which is punctured with skylights and stairways, and the red sandstone Chinese Academy of Art. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
Johnston Marklee's Menil Drawing Institute opens in Houston
American architecture firm Johnston Marklee has completed a cultural building in Texas, with a white linear form punctured by courtyards. More
Skylights and stairways puncture Studio Libeskind's MO Museum in Lithuania
Black and white stairways splice and spiral through the Studio Libeskind-designed MO Museum of modern art in Vilnius, Lithuania. More
i29 revamps interiors of Princessehof ceramics museum in Leeuwarden
Dutch interior architecture firm i29 has completed a contemporary renovation of the 18th-century buildings of the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. More
Snøhetta picked to expand Nebraska's largest art museum
Architecture firm Snøhetta has been selected to extend the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, which comprises a pink marble 1930s building and a pavilion by Norman Foster. More