Dutch studio Merk X has renovated the 19th-century Groote Museum at Amsterdam Zoo, combining the reinstatement of its original features with the addition of a new basement and contemporary accents informed by natural forms. More
Mexican studio Taller Mauricio Rocha has expanded the Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City, which was originally designed by artist Diego Rivera and architect Juan O'Gorman. More
Architecture studio Snøhetta has announced its plans to restore and modernise The Natural History Museum of Lille by adding a public-oriented extension that references the city's traditional architecture. More
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Mexican architecture firm Estudio MMX's recently completed Progreso Museum of Geology and other top architecture and design stories. More
Dutch design agency Thonik has created a visual identity for the M+ museum in Hong Kong featuring a range of vibrant colours influenced by the city's architecture and neon signage. More
Architect Victoria Yakusha has revealed plans for a cultural complex in the village of Bolotnya, Ukraine, to house artworks by folk painter Maria Prymachenko that were recently saved from a building destroyed in the Ukraine war. More
Mexican architecture firm Estudio MMX has unveiled the Progreso Museum of Geology, which is made of multiple structures clad in a finish called chukum that dates back to the Mayans. More
American architecture studio Morphosis has completed a terracotta-clad art museum in Costa Mesa, California, that features expansive gallery space and a multi-storey atrium. More
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has released images of its MAD-designed home under construction in Los Angeles and announced an opening date of 2025. More
Circular openings sliced into an existing brick wall provide views through to exhibition spaces inside this shoe museum, which Amsterdam-based Civic Architects designed in Waalwijk, the Netherlands. More
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
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
New York studio Ennead Architects has unveiled its design for the Milwaukee Public Museum building in Wisconsin, which will consist of a series of rounded structures informed by the area's geological formations. More
Design studio Space Available has worked with Indonesian architects Sidarta and Sandjaja to turn a Bali building into an institution dedicated to circular design, with a facade made of 200,000 recycled plastic bottles. More
British architect Sam Jacob has used ribbed glass to create a contemporary entrance for London's historic V&A museum and updated its bathrooms with a broken-ceramic cladding that feels "a little perverse". More
Copenhagen-based OEO Studio has created a cafe and shop interior for Denmark's Designmuseum using stone, steel and wood to honour architect Kaare Klint's original design. More
Australian practice Kerstin Thompson Architects (KTA) has completed a cluster of buildings for the Bundanon Art Museum in New South Wales, including an inhabitable flood bridge containing residences and educational spaces. More
The Brooklyn Museum has unveiled Figures of Speech, an exhibition of works by the late designer Virgil Abloh that includes Social Sculpture, a full-sized home placed inside the museum. More
British studio Adjaye Associates has been appointed to create the architectural design for the redevelopment of Liverpool's International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum, with Ralph Appelbaum Associates chosen to lead the exhibition design. More
Architecture studio BIG has connected two former hospital buildings with a curved Corten steel extension to create a museum dedicated to refugees in Oksbøl, Denmark. More