Tag Museums

14-01-2021

Imperial Kiln Museum di Studio Zhu-Pei, history and materials

The Imperial Kiln Museum, designed by Studio Zhu-Pei is located in Jingdezhen, renowned for its Chinese porcelain, stands out for its handmade brick vaults. The architecture is reminiscent of the shape of the kilns and even incorporates archaeological relics in the museum project.

12-01-2021

Helsinki City Museum, making people fall in love with Helsinki

The Helsinki City Museum is on a mission to get people to fall in love with Helsinki. The campus consists of five historical buildings in the oldest part of Finland’s capital, very close to Senate Square. It’s not easy to tell the story of a city and its people, but they’ve made a success of it in Helsinki!

08-01-2021

A micro-museum of Russian Impressionists made of concrete and perforated aluminium

The courtyard of a former chocolate factory in Moscow is now home to a museum about the Russian Impressionists

28-12-2020

Zaha Hadid Architects Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum

Zaha Hadid Architects’ new Science & Technology Museum is under construction in the new Guangming Science City in Shenzhen, China. When completed, the museum will be connected with universities and centres of research and innovation all over the country, strengthening Shenzhen’s position as a leading centre of innovation and technology.

25-12-2020

Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin visible in its revamped charm

Berliners have been gifted a lovely end-of-year surprise. The Neue Nationalgalerie, first designed by Mies van der Rohe, is slated to reopen to the general public in August 2021 after years of restoration work by David Chipperfield Architects, and the swathes of fabric protecting this icon of modern architecture have finally been removed.

24-12-2020

atelier-r completes reconstruction and renovation of Helfštýn Castle Palace, Czech Republic

The precious cultural heritage of the Helfštýn Castle Palace lives again thanks to the reconstruction and renovation project recently completed by the atelier-r architecture studio.

18-12-2020

gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner complete Zhuhai Museum in China

In 2009 gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner won an international design contest for a new museum in the Chinese city of Zhuhai. The project was recently completed, and the city, which has already risen to popularity as one of China’s top tourist destinations over the past forty years, can now boast a new cultural attraction.

11-12-2020

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Museum’s façade of glass and multi-layered acrylic

A museum with a façade of glass and multi-layered acrylic that captures light for diffusion inside the building

10-12-2020

BIG Bjarke Ingels Group Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet Le Brassus

Iwan Baan’s photographs beautifully represent Le Brassus’s Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet in the heart of the snow-covered Vallée de Joux. The museum opened in June 2020, built to plans by architect Bjarke Ingels and his studio, BIG, as an expansion on the historic premises of famous Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet.