Curator and historian Maria Nicanor has been announced as the new director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum after a lengthy interim period following the resignation of former director Caroline Baumann in 2020. More
The upset caused by the resignation of Cooper Hewitt director Caroline Baumann is the least of the design museum's problems, says Aaron Betsky. More
The US federal government's partial shutdown has forced the Smithsonian museums, including the Cooper Hewitt design museum in New York and the National African American history museum in Washington DC, to close temporarily. More
The impressive temporary structures built during the annual Burning Man festival are the subject of an exhibition in the US capital. More
Architecture firm BIG has updated its plans for the revitalisation of the Smithsonian Institution campus in the US capital, after the initial designs sparked opposition. More
Trompe l'oeil illusions from the renaissance era influenced the design of this ceiling installation by American studio FreelandBuck, now on view in a Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. More
Nearly 1,400 people have signed a petition in opposition to Bjarke Ingels Group's proposal to demolish a portion of the Smithsonian Institution campus in Washington DC. More
News: Bjarke Ingels' firm has unveiled its plans for a "radical reinterpretation" of the Smithsonian Institution campus in Washington DC, creating new entrances and underground extensions (+ slideshow). More
News: the winners of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's 15th annual National Design Awards have been announced, with Brooks + Scarpa taking the prize for Architecture Design. More
News: Danish studio BIG has been appointed to lead a team of architects and engineers to redesign the campus of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. More
Construction will begin this week on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC designed by architect David Adjaye. More
Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup - a team consisting of architects Adjaye Associates, The Freelon Group and David Brody Bond Aedas - has won a competition to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture on National Mall in Washington DC, USA. More