Montréal’s Nature Museums recently announced that Cardin + Ramirez & Associés architectes was chosen on May 21 by the selection jury in the architectural contest for the new Montréal Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium (previously on Bustler). The visual and…

Florida Southern College’s long-hidden treasure trove of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings—the largest single-site collection of the architect’s work in the world—is ready for a new dawn.  Known collectively as “Child of the Sun,” the 12 structures will be featured in the upcoming exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in…

Danish architects BIG, together with Michel Rojkind Arquitectos, have won the competition for the New Tamayo Museum which is to be build right outside of Mexico City. Based on the concept of an “opened box” which unfolds into a cross shape, the Museo Tamayo will occupy a hillside overlooking the…

The National Children’s Museum (NCM) yesterday unveiled plans for its new Pelli Clarke Pelli-designed building, slated to open in 2013 at National Harbor, as a physical demonstration of the Museum’s mission to inspire children to care about and improve the world. NCM’s new 150,000 square-foot, LEED-certified…

David Adjaye (Photo: Dominik Gigler)The architectural team Freelon Adjaye Bond in association with SmithGroup was selected and announced today to design the new black…

The exhibition In Situ: Architecture and Landscape draws from the rich collection of The Museum of Modern Art to examine the diverse attitudes towards landscape over the last 100 years. Featuring approximately 60 drawings, models, and videos, projects include single houses that frame the…

The historic masterpieces of the New Acropolis Museum—from the archaeological remains of ancient Athens left visible beneath the building to the glorious Parthenon frieze installed at the top— will be displayed in total for the first time when the Museum celebrates its much-anticipated official opening on Saturday, June 20, 2009.…

Last week, Bustler reported on the winners of the international competition for the new Munch Area in Oslo’s waterfront neighborhood Bjørvika. The proposal “Yin Yang” by New York-based architecture firm REX won the second prize in this competition (together with the proposal “Girls on the Bridge”…

Just a few minutes ago, Bustler posted the news of Italian architect Alberto Catalano of Teknoarch winning the international competition to design the new House of Arts and Culture in Beirut, Lebanon. Here’s another very…

Italian architect Alberto Catalano of Teknoarch has won the international competition to design Lebanon’s new Arts and Culture House. Winning project for the new Arts and Culture House in Beirut by Alberto Catalano…