The Museum of Fine Arts Houston has selected three architecture firms—Morphosis, Snøhetta and Steven Holl Architects—to submit conceptual design proposals for an expanded MFAH. The project entails the construction of a building intended primarily for post-1900 art, a parking garage and…

Mecanoo architecten has been selected by the district government of Shenzhen to design a new cultural complex in this Southern Chinese city. The design comprises a public art museum, science museum, youth center and a mega bookstore, totaling 90,000 m². The museum complex is located between the…

Brooklyn/Copenhagen-based HAO / Holm Architecture Office in collaboration with Archiland Beijing, Kragh & Berglund landscape architects, and engineering consultants Cowi Beijing, has won first prize in a competition to design the Samaranch Memorial Museum in Tianjin, China.

Hangzhou urban planning bureau has announced Dutch firm MVRDV winner of the international design competition for the China Comic and Animation Museum (CCAM) in Hangzhou, China. MVRDV's winning design refers to the speech balloon: a series of eight balloon shaped volumes create an internally complex museum experience…

If you happen to be in Bucharest, Romania these days, don't miss to check out the latest exhibition piece of Swiss sound and installation artist Zimoun, "200 prepared dc-motors, 2000 cardboard elements 70x70cm". The 15x9x4.5m (49.2 x 29.5 x 14.7 ft) installation is a collaboration with…

Amanda Levete Architects has won the V&A’s Exhibition Road competition and will go on to develop their team’s concept design as part of the FuturePlan strategy for the museum. The ALA scheme will transform the remaining undeveloped quadrant of the V&A’s London headquarters and create an exciting…

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London released images of the seven design proposals put forward by the teams shortlisted in the Exhibition Road Design Competition. The extension project will provide a purpose-built new gallery in which to present the V&A’s high-profile program of temporary exhibitions, a courtyard…

Atlanta-based Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects have shared with us their entry for the Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural & Pop Music Center competition. The entry was shortlisted in stage 1 and received one of the two Honorable Mentions given in the final stage 2.

Swiss/French practice Kubota & Bachmann Architects have sent us their entry for the Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural & Pop Music Center competition. The colorful proposal made it on the stage 1 shortlist and received an Honorable Mention in the final statge 2 of this highly popular international competition.

Three winning entries, as well as three Honorable Mentions have been announced for the suckerPUNCH-curated competition for a new, larger home for the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) in New York City. The museum was established in 2001 and is currently based in…