Tag Museums

26-02-2011

Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Madinat al-Zahra Museum

Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos’ plan for Madinat al-Zahra Museum is one of the five winners of the 2010 Aga Khan Architecture Award.

12-02-2011

New contemporary art museum in Los Angeles

Philanthropists Eli and Edyth Broad and architect Elizabeth Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro have unveiled the general plan for the Broad Art Foundation in Los Angeles.

10-02-2011

A museum of Buddhist temples in Thailand

A museum of Buddhist temples in Thailand’s Chonburi province reinterprets traditional architecture in terms of geometric forms, in a contemporary homage to superior spirituality and the art of meditation. The young Buddhist architect who designed it specialises in building places of worship.

28-01-2011

Boris Podrecca in Padua

Boris Podrecca’s urban plan for Padua includes a glass tower more than a hundred metres high that will be lit up with light in changing colours at night.

26-01-2011

Discords: Norwegian Architecture 1945–65

The National Museum of Norway’s architecture collections are on display for the first time in new premises expanded and renovated by Sverre Fehn in 2008.

25-01-2011

Exhibition of the works of Kristin Jarmund

An exhibition of selected works by architect Kristin Jarmund, a representative of the new generation of the Norwegian school, is coming to Italy, accompanied by a catalogue including an essay by critic Kenneth Frampton.

19-01-2011

The Lightcatcher at Whatcom Museum

Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Washington, has won Olson Kundig Architects the 2010 American Architecture Award.

14-01-2011

Sverre Fehn on exhibit in Brussels

The Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels hosts an exhibition celebrating the work of Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn until January 20, as part of a series of initiatives focusing on Norwegian culture.