Claim that MoMA will abolish architecture and design galleries "absolutely not true" says curator
New York's Museum of Modern Art has issued a letter to quell speculation over the closure of its architecture and design galleries. More
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Kengo Kuma reveals plans for Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has unveiled plans for a new Hans Christian Andersen Museum in the Danish city of Odense, which will revolve around the writer's popular fairy tales (+ slideshow). More
Major art museum extension by OMA underway in Quebec
OMA's New York office is almost doubling the size of Quebec's Musée National des Beaux-Arts with a new building in the city's Parc des Champs-de-Bataille (+ slideshow). More
Future uncertain for MoMA's architecture and design galleries
New York's Museum of Modern Art is closing its architecture and design galleries for refurbishment, but the institution is unable to confirm that they will reopen in the same format. More
New location proposed for MAD's Lucas Museum in Chicago
Chicago's mayor has suggested moving the proposed location for the controversial museum dedicated to film director George Lucas in order for the project to go ahead. More
Christ & Gantenbein completes new monochrome building for Kunstmuseum Basel
Swiss firm Christ & Gantenbein has added a new gallery building to the Kunstmuseum Basel, featuring a graduated grey-brick facade and a monumental marble staircase (+ slideshow). More
AART to add looping extension to Oslo Viking museum
Nordic firm AART has won a competition to extend the Viking Age Museum building in Oslo, with plans to add a new curving wing to the cruciform plan (+ slideshow). More
Daniel Libeskind unveils design for museum of Kurdish culture in Iraq
New York architect Daniel Libeskind has released plans for a Kurdish museum in Iraq, featuring his signature sharp angles and interlocking volumes (+ slideshow). More
Collective Architecture extends sandstone building to create Glasgow Women's Library
The titles of important works of literature are engraved into the walls of this extension to a sandstone library in Glasgow, which has been refurbished to create a centre for women's history (+ slideshow). More
Perforations create dappled lighting inside Coffey Architects' Science Museum research centre
Coffey Architects has added a library with a perforated facade to London's Science Museum, as part of a major redevelopment that will also include galleries by Muf, Wilkinson Eyre and the late Zaha Hadid. More
Klaus Pichler goes behind the scenes of Vienna's Natural History Museum
Photo essay: a shark in a corridor and a toad seated on a filing cabinet are among the scenes found by Austrian photographer Klaus Pichler when he went backstage at the Natural History Museum Vienna (+ slideshow). More
WHY expands Louisville's Speed Art Museum with a corrugated metal facade
Los Angeles architecture firm wHY has completed an expansion of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, featuring facades of fritted glass and corrugated metal panels. More
Design Museum announces November opening for new John Pawson-designed home
London's Design Museum has announced that its new John Pawson-designed home in the former Commonwealth Institute will open on 24 November 2016 – two years later than originally planned. More
"New York should give Breuer's building lasting protection"
Opinion: the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art's temporary move in to the Whitney's old unprotected Breuer building is the result of behind-the-scenes machinations of a major donor. Thank goodness, says Alan G Brake. More
Official photos revealed of The Met Breuer ahead of public opening this month
New York-based Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners sought to preserve the "authentic patina of aging materials" in its subtle refurbishment of the former Whitney Museum, which will reopen this month as The Met Breuer. More
Kengo Kuma's V&A Dundee receives extra £20 million from Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has pledged an extra £20 million of funding to the V&A museum outpost in Dundee, a year after costs for the Kengo Kuma-designed building doubled to £80 million. More
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter creates spiky roofline for Romsdal Folk Museum in Norway
Oslo studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has completed a pine-clad cultural museum in western Norway, featuring a spiky roofline designed to help break up the scale of the building (+ slideshow). More
"Floating" extension to be built over roof of Vienna's Wien Museum
Austrian architects Winkler + Ruck Architekten and Ferdinand Certov have been selected to create a "floating" roof extension for Vienna's Wien Museum. More
Herzog & de Meuron creates subterranean gallery for Musée Unterlinden in Colmar
Herzog & de Meuron has completed an extension to the Musée Unterlinden in Colmar, France, creating a new underground gallery accessed via a monumental cast-concrete staircase (+ slideshow). More
Construction of Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi yet to start
The Guggenheim Foundation has admitted that work has still not started on its new Abu Dhabi museum by architect Frank Gehry. More