LA officials unanimously approve George Lucas museum in "slam dunk" decision
The museum proposed by filmmaker George Lucas could finally come to fruition now Los Angeles city officials have given it the go-ahead. More
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Stanton Williams completes renovation of Beaux-Arts museum in Nantes with stone and marble extension
London firm Stanton Williams has renovated and extended the Musée d'arts de Nantes, adding a series of extensions including a monolithic structure wrapped in stone and translucent marble to the Beaux-Arts building. More
AL_A completes tile-covered entrance and subterranean gallery for London's V&A museum
Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete and her firm AL_A have completed a new porcelain-tiled entrance and underground exhibition hall at the Victoria and Albert Museum. More
Diller Scofidio + Renfro's US Olympic Museum breaks ground
New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has released new images of its spiralling US Olympic Museum in Colorado Springs, as construction on the project officially starts. More
Sloping black volumes penetrate public square at Harbin's Exhibition Hall of Crime Evidences
A tilted and fractured black box that emerges from a public square in the Chinese city of Harbin contains display areas dedicated to telling the story of war crimes committed during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. More
Pitched roofs and wooden slats characterise Audain Art Museum by Patkau Architects
This angular museum in the forest was completed by Canadian firm Patkau Architects to house a private collector's artwork, and creates an elevated promenade through the trees that leads to various gallery spaces. More
Frank Lloyd Wright subverted typical art-gallery layouts with spiral Guggenheim museum
Our week of celebrating the 150th anniversary of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright's birth by examining his most important projects ends with the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York, which he designed as a spiral ramp for viewing avant-garde artwork. More
Steven Holl's curvy-roofed addition to Houston arts museum breaks ground
Construction has begun on a wedge-shaped building by American architect Steven Holl for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which will provide a new entry point to the campus. More
Construction starts on David Adjaye's crimson concrete art museum in Texas
The red concrete art museum that British architect David Adjaye designed for the Linda Pace Foundation is now under construction in San Antonio, Texas. More
Peter Zumthor's stilted Zinc Mine Museum captured in photography by Aldo Amoretti
These new images of the Peter Zumthor-designed Zinc Mine Museum were taken by Barcelona-based photographer Aldo Amoretti during a winter trip to southern Norway. More
Museum in China designed to look like a "stone rolled down from the mountain"
This museum near the Chinese city of Ürümqi features curved and textured walls and roofs, incorporating skylights and wonky windows that offer views of the nearby mountains. More
Heneghan Peng sets limestone-clad Palestinian Museum among angular landscaped terraces
Irish studio Heneghan Peng has completed a museum dedicated to Palestinian culture in the city of Birzeit, featuring a faceted stone exterior and terraced landscaping that references the region's rural landscape. More
Five of Mexico's best new museum buildings
Mexico and the US celebrate Cinco de Mayo today, commemorating the Mexican Army's victory over the French in 1862. To mark the occasion, we've pulled together five of the country's best contemporary museum buildings, including projects by Toyo Ito and David Chipperfield. More
Peter Zumthor unveils extension plans for Renzo Piano's Fondation Beyeler in Basel
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed designs for a trio of new buildings at the Renzo Piano-designed Fondation Beyeler art gallery in Riehen, Basel. More
IM Pei's Grand Louvre receives AIA 25-year award
The American Institute of Architects has honoured IM Pei's renovation of the Musée du Louvre in Paris with an award during the organisation's national convention, the same week that the Chinese-American architect is celebrating his 100th birthday. More
BBGK Architekci uses stained concrete walls to create Katyn Museum inside Warsaw barbican
Red concrete walls frame a chasm leading to a memorial inside Warsaw's barbican, which commemorates the thousands of Polish citizens murdered by the Soviet secret police during the second world war. More
Kengo Kuma unveils stacked wooden box design for Turkish art museum
Kengo Kuma & Associates has revealed plans to create a modern art museum in a former wood market in Turkey, which will be made up of cluster of slatted timber blocks. More
Peter Zumthor ditches the black for his LACMA expansion plans
Peter Zumthor has released new images of his proposals for Los Angeles County Museum of Art revealing that, in contrast to his early designs, the Swiss architect has opted for light tones for the building's exterior. More
Copenhagen's Experimentarium features a helical staircase and cladding based on fluid dynamics
Danish studio CEBRA has redesigned a science centre in Copenhagen, adding a shimmering copper-clad staircase that represents the structure of a DNA strand. More
Frank Gehry's Philadelphia Museum of Art renovation breaks ground
Work has officially started on Frank Gehry's plans to "unclog the arteries" of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a major renovation that will transform the layout of the historic building. More