Tag Museums

03-10-2022

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022: Here are the winners

The six winning projects of the 2022 edition of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, one of the most prestigious architectural awards, were announced on 22 September in Geneva. This accolade rewards both the designers as well as the clients and communities for whom the work was created; the six winners will share a million-dollar prize.

30-09-2022

MAB Anachar Basbous in Rachana, Lebanon: a site for beauty

Lebanese artist Anachar Basbous and architect Jawdat Arnouk created „Mohtaraf Anachar Basbous“, MAB, a site full of beauty, love and hope in Rachana, in northern Lebanon, as a container for the sculptor’s artworks, built of raw concrete on the basis of local architectural traditions.

27-09-2022

Monologue Art Museum, multifunctional space by Wutopia Lab

The Chinese architecture studio Wutopia Lab, commissioned by the Sino-Ocean Group, has created the Monologue Art Museum, a multifunctional space dedicated to different artistic disciplines and a sequence of spaces where visitors can enjoy art undisturbed in its various forms, from performances to exhibitions.

05-09-2022

Music4Life, video mapping and music for the Schlosslichtspiele 2022 in Karlsruhe

At Karlsruhe Castle, Germany, the light festival Schlosslichtspiele was created as a cooperation between Karlsruhe Marketing und Event GmbH and the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe. Curated by Peter Weibel, artistic and scientific director of the ZKM, Schlosslichtspiele 2022 celebrates its eighth edition under the title Music4Life.

30-08-2022

The FLUGT museum experience by Tinker Imagineers

The Danish refugee museum FLUGT, designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group architects and Dutch experience design agency Tinker Imagineers, was officially opened at the end of June. We discover the innovative immersive project in which the stories of refugees from all times are told in a way never experienced before.

22-08-2022

VOLstudio Espai Cràter Volcanoes Museum in Olot

The Espai Cràter, a volcano museum designed by VOLstudio, owned by the architects Toni Casamor and Anna Codina, was recently opened in Olot, Catalonia. This new building was built underground inside an inactive volcano, and the area directly above it is set to become a park with a natural beech forest.

15-08-2022

Learning from the past at Al Naseej Factory

Leopold Banchini Architects was commissioned by the Bahrain Culture and Antiquities Authority to design the Al Naseej Textile Factory as part of a programme to support the country's traditional crafts and industries. This new textile factory, located in Bani Jamra, combines palm leaf weaving, as a construction technique, with tapestry and cloth weaving.

08-08-2022

BIG has inaugurated FLUGT the museum that collects the stories of refugees

In Oksbøl, south-western Denmark, the “FLUGT” refugee museum designed by the BIG architecture studio was recently inaugurated. The name of the museum in Danish means “escape”.

18-07-2022

Touring the Iris Ceramica Group Historical Museum

Starting on May 18, International Museum Day, the Iris Ceramica Group Historical Museum will be available for touring on Google Arts & Culture, the Google platform permitting virtual exploration of more than 2000 museums, archives and galleries from all over the world. A wide range of content and images permit construction of an interactive itinerary for discovering the Iris Ceramica Group’s history. The prominent Italian ceramics company builds on its past to work toward a sustainable, innovative future.