The design of museums goes beyond its function of housing artefacts and exhibits; their architecture embodies the essence of a place, its culture, and its identity. In museum architecture, the façade system is one of the most significant features of the building. It can provide a visual representation of the museum's goals, convey the history of the place, narrate a unique story, or make a bold statement.
Additionally, it also contributes to the building's functionality and sustainability. For instance, some museum buildings use innovative façade systems to control the amount of natural light, thereby reducing the need for artificial lighting and lowering energy consumption. While some help in protecting the collections from environmental factors such as humidity and temperature fluctuations.
From the futuristic curves of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to the soaring white curves of the MAXXI National Museum, museum buildings with distinctive façade systems have become iconic landmarks that attract people from across the world.
The following list is a collection of ten museum buildings with a façade system that is as impressive as the exhibits inside.
Zaha Hadid, english-iraki architect, first female recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004 (Nobel Prize of architecture), just ended in Rome the creation of the MAXXI: National Museum of the 21st Century A...
With the ‘Kubus/Titan’ project, the Swiss architecture bureau ‘:mlzd’ has succeeded in solving the long-running space problem at the Historisches Museum Bern and at the same time has made a contribution to urban devel...
TwentseWelle is a new style museum, where nature, history and culture are woven into one concept. Twente was traditionally an area where textileand metal industry ruled in the past cencury. This history inspired the d...
In December of 2019, The Sarasota Museum of Art opened its doors after having been transformed from a dilapidated old 1920s building, originally built as Sarasota High School. Through a partnership between the R...
The National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan is located in Astana. The museum building is an eye catcher with its unusual external form. The largest unique museum complex has an area of 74,000 sq.m. and consist...
The long and colorful history of Haapsalu Castle began in the 13th century, when it was built. Since the 17th century the main castle has been in ruins. The conservation and renovation design ha...
Mississippi, America’s birthplace of music, is the home of the only Grammy Museum outside of Los Angeles. Our joint venture team was selected to provide services for the new one-story, 27,500 SF museum located o...
Our project envisions the regeneration of the Battersea Power Station in London, in creating a popular spot dedicated to architecture. The site has the strength of evoking the dimension and scale of man in the contemp...
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture is a bold new initiative on the part of the Saudi Aramco Oil Company to promote cultural development within the Kingdom. Following an invited architectural design competitio...
The Golinelli Foundation is a centre dedicated to knowledge, innovation and culture covering a surface of 14.000 m2 in the city of Bologna. In 2015, the works for th...
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