Museum design
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about museum design
Project • By WY-TO Group • Masterplans
Museum: Royal Kingdoms of India & Gujarat
Our design creates a world-class cultural destination that celebrates India's rich history and evolution while accenting the Gujarat region's importance in that story. The museum complex will be an enriching experience that will delight, educate and inspire visitors, instilling a sense of pride for generations to come.
Perkins Eastman
The Museum Complex is located on a commanding site overlooking the Narmada River. The river is central to a developing tourist district whose focus is the Statue of Unity, the largest statue in the world and a significant landmark for visitors. The new complex acts as a cultural gateway for the pilgrimage to the statue. It is visible from the Ekta entry to the district, from across the river, thereby att... More
Project • By CAA architects • Urban Green Spaces
Wandering in the Clouds
It is the renovation design of Yisabu Dokdo Memorial Park located in Samcheok City, the capital of Kangwon-Do, South Korea. Liu Haowei described the concept of the project as "a cloud lingering in the mountains". This symbol with oriental charm and symbolic significance has become the source of design inspiration.
CAA architects
CAA takes the most historic Yisabu Dokdo Memorial Museum as the starting point of "wandering in the clouds", extends towards both ends, surrounds the whole park, forms a strip continuous air corridor in the air, and connects the museum, art and Culture Village, residence and hotel into a whole. The four functional buildings are independent and interrelated. A complete organic architectural form integrates the... More
News • News • 6 Oct 2023
Wuxi Meili Site Museum embraces an ancient archeological site and the public realm
The Wuxi Meili Site Museum was built on the archeological site of the Chinese Shang and Zhou dynasties. Located in Meili Ancient Town, part of the Xinwu District of Wuxi, a city in Jiangsu province, the museum was designed by the Institute of Architectural History, CADG and Atelier Diameter, ZSA. The Wuxi Meili Site Museum is situated in a built-up urban area, close to the ancient Taibo Temple (on its west side) and Bodu River (on its north side). Sitting amidst commercial buildings given the appearance of those from the Ming and Qing dynasties, the museum’s focus is on telling the founding story of Wu culture.
Yang Chen
Yang Chen
Yang Chen
Built on a site measuring approximately 2,000-square-meters (21,528... More
News • News • 16 Aug 2023
Polish Army Museum by WXCA architects and engineers Buro Happold opens in Warsaw
The Polish Army Museum, by WXCA architects and with engineering by Buro Happold, is now open in Warsaw. Situated at the historic Warsaw Citadel, the museum project combines historic buildings and new construction for a contemporary public.
The museum site occupies 32 hectares of the Warsaw Citadel, a hilltop fortress built in the 1830s by the army of the Russian Empire. The Polish military has used the Citadel and as such, it has been a restricted area, until now……
Marcin Czechowicz
WXCA’s design for the Polish Army Museum includes the now-completed South Building, a second building that will be constructed later on the northern side of Gwardii Pieszej Koronnej Square, and several listed building... More
News • News • 11 Aug 2023
Powerhouse set to complete one of the world’s most significant museum projects in 2025
On the south bank of the Parramatta River in Western Sydney, Powerhouse's new cultural flagship, which is to be one of the world's most significant new museum projects, is set to open in 2025. Designed by Paris-based architect Moreau Kusunoki, founded by Nicolas Moreau and Hiroko Kusunoki, in collaboration with the Australian office in Genton, the museum results from an international competition. Powerhouse is Australia’s largest museum group and with this AUD $1.4 billion transformation, the new museum will become the largest infrastructure project realized in the city since the completion of the Sydney Opera House.
Moreau Kusonoki
Today, Parramatta is a rapidly developing urban hub, with new towers under construction... More
News • News • 2 Aug 2023
Oppenheim Architecture win the contract for the new Besa Museum in Tirana, Albania
In Tirana, Albania, Oppenheim Architecture has won the contract for Besa Museum, the capital city's newest cultural institution. Besa Museum will include exhibition spaces, archives, an auditorium, educational spaces, and a newly constructed wing under the exterior courtyard mirroring the original organization of the Ottoman structure. This winning scheme emerged from a two-phase competition with over 40 entries.
Courtesy Novità Communications
The Ministry of Culture of Albania selected the historic Toptani Residence as the museum's site because of its place in Albanian history and connection to one of the country's most historic families. In approaching the site's significance, Oppenheim Architecture worked closely... More
News • News • 5 Jul 2023
Vincentre by Diederendirrix pays a spatial tribute to Van Gogh
In the historic village of Nuenen, Diederendirrix designed an extension to the Van Gogh Village Museum called the Vincentre. The design layers architectural allusions to the works of the peasant painter Vincent Van Gogh from his time in the village.
Ossip van Duivenbode
Context:
Van Gogh returned to his hometown in 1883 to live with his parents at the vicarage on de Berg. The then 31-year-old, honed his skills as an artist by drawing inspiration from the rural life of farmers, workers and weavers. The place stands as a testimony to a quarter of his life’s work, including the notable Potato Eaters.
The museum offers a captivating journey into the later years of Vincent Van Gogh's life. Previously housed in the town hall, th... More
News • News • 24 Apr 2023
Five visions for new US Navy Museum unveiled
Conceptual renderings from 5 architectural firms for a new National Museum of the United States Navy (NMUSN) campus have been unveiled. Responding to an artistic competition from the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) seeking concepts and ideas for the planned project, the 5 shortlisted firms (from a total of 37 submissions) are: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), DLR Group, Frank Gehry Partners, Perkins&Will, and Quinn Evans. The finalists’ designs are inspired by the Navy’s core values and attributes: strength, commitment, integrity, courage, honor, and initiative.
DoD photo illustration by: Bjarke Ingels Group / Rendering by Negativ
Located in Washington DC, the future state-of-the-art museum is envisioned by the... More
Project • By Bergmeyer • Museums
MAACM
The only museum in the world dedicated to this era, The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement (MAACM) was created by a team of visionaries and designers collaborating to bring this one-of-a-kind experience to life. Supporting the vision of collector, founder, and philanthropist Rudy Ciccarello and the building's architect, Alfonso Architects, Bergmeyer was asked to collaborate on the museum's retail and café environments, signage, and wayfinding design.
Seamus Payne Commercial Photography
Approaching the design of the café and retail store as an extension and enhancement of the visitor experience, our design team created environments that are complementary to the building's architecture and collection. We carri... More
News • News • 22 Jul 2022
Shoe Quarter by CIVIC Architects brings the cultural history of shoemaking back to its roots
The new Shoe Quarter by CIVIC Architects brings a new and innovative knowledge centre for shoe design, fashion, and production back to the Dutch leather and shoe city of Waalwijk. Situated in a listed building complex originally designed by Alexander Kropholler in the 1930s, the partially renovated, transformed, and expanded building displays a collection of 12,000 shoes alongside exhibitions, a knowledge centre, library, workshop space, laboratories for design and prototyping, as well as a museum café.
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Initially becoming a hub of production through the industrial development of the local craft of shoe craftsmanship, Waalwijk has in recent times seen shoe production disappear as an industry. A key aim of the Shoe Quar... More
News • News • 1 Apr 2022
H.C. Andersen Hus Museum by Kengo Kuma and Associates celebrates a fairy tale world through architecture
In the heart of the city where H.C. Andersen was born, the new H.C. Andersen Hus Museum by Kengo Kuma and Associates celebrates his stories and fairy tales not only in their written form but also through the physical spaces of the museum, cultural centre and garden.
Rasmus Hjortshøj
The project site is located between a residential area with small traditional wooden houses from the middle age and the newly developed urban area of Odense. In response to its context, the architectural built form is diminished with the main exhibition spaces located underground. Above ground is an enchanting garden featuring a curving linear hedge that traces the outline of the exhibition spaces beneath the ground.
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Project • By ATELIER BRÜCKNER • Exhibitions
Deutsches Museum Nürnberg
The Deutsches Museum Nuremberg is showcasing current research projects that may already influence our lives tomorrow. They concern the direct living environment of the individual: 'Work & Everyday Life' and 'Body & Mind'.
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Courtesy of ATELIER BRÜCKNER
Furthermore, it is about 'Urban Life' and the 'System Earth'. One exhibition area is also dedicated to mankind's dream of travelling through 'space & time'. Here the conquest of space is thematized and an understanding of the universe is conveyed. Participation laboratories and a virtual arena complete the permanent exhibition.
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The exhibition space is characterized by a grid, which is used as a basis that forms a changeable basic structure... More
News • News • 28 Aug 2021
Snøhetta’s new extension and landscape for the Ordrupgaard Museum in Denmark inspired by the Impressionist masterpieces it houses
North of Copenhagen in Charlottenlund, Denmark, the Ordrupgaard Museum houses a comprehensive collection of French and Danish art from the 19th and early 20th-century. The original museum building is a three-winged, neoclassical style mansion dating back to World War I.
Laura Stamer
In 2005, a modern 1,150m2 black and lava concrete extension designed by Zaha Hadid was added. Largely subterranean and partly excavated from the landscape, Snøhetta’s latest addition of a new extension and landscape offers additional exhibition space while forming a critical link between Hadid’s extension for special exhibitions and the museum’s original building and permanent collection.
Laura Stamer
Taking on the exterior a... More
News • News • 4 Aug 2021
Pilecki Family Museum balances a historic house, new pavilion, and garden with a compelling museum design narrative
Balancing three elements – a historic house, a new pavilion, and a garden – the Pilecki Family Museum by BDR Architekci is dedicated to famous World War II hero Witold Pilecki and his family. It is one of the last places to commemorate him, as the family home near Lida was demolished after the war.
Konrad Basan
The house component of the museum is the former family home of Pilecki’s wife. A central element of the museum, the house was thoroughly restored and reconstructed from archival photos. Cellars were deepened and the attic rebuilt while original details, cornices and window frames were reconstructed. So as not to interfere with the external structure, wall insulation was added from the inside. The house i... More
News • News • 28 Jul 2021
Ascending tower form of the Munch Museum brings a contemporary vision of the museum to Oslo’s waterfront
Located on Oslo’s waterfront, the new Munch Museum by estudio Herreros offers a contemporary concept of a museum with a transcendental urban role and historic responsibility as a cohesive element of the community, not only of Oslo but of the entire country. Towering above the skyline at 60-meters in height, the exterior is clad in recycled, perforated aluminium panels with varying degrees of translucency.
Adrià Goula
At lower level, connected to a covered public space, the museum hosts recreational, commercial, cultural and restoration uses. Terraces, the observatory and a club are located at roof level. During the ascending journey from base to top of the tower, the works of Edvard Munch and different historical st... More