Snøhetta was recently selected by the University of Guadalajara as the winner of the competition to design the new Museum of Environmental Science. Other firms shortlisted for this project were Shigeru Ban (Japan), Diller Scofidio + Renfro (United States), Smiljan Radic (Chile),…

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has announced that seven architectural practices have been invited to submit proposals for the Museum’s Exhibition Road development. The shortlisted companies are: Amanda Levete Architects (London) Heneghan.peng.architects (Dublin) Jamie…

The design team led by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma was announced today winner of the international competition for a new landmark building to house the V&A at Dundee on Scotland's East Coast. Kuma beats five other proposals that were shortlisted in late September this year,…

The Lightcatcher at the Whatcom Museum and the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, two museum projects by Seattle-based Olson Kundig Architects, are among the recipients of the American Architecture Awards for 2010, given by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and…

MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts| in Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010, in association with The Architects Journal and Benchmark. The presentation of the UK's premier architectural award took place at a special awards…

Earlier in September, we published the winning entries of the new Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, Poland. Here is the project by Polish firm Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat that took out the first place in detail.

Tonic Design, a Raleigh, North Carolina based firm, defines a moment in the landscape of a museum's sculpture park. The pavillion, which is situated in an idlyllic setting, not only creates a comfortable space for people congregate, ideas to be exhanged, and visitors to enjoy of bit…

Architects Jose Herrasti and Maria Fernanda Oppermann Bento have shared with us their design proposal for the MUMA Museum of the Environment expansion in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. The exciting concept draws its main inspiration from the shape of the roots of the Botanical Garden 'Walking' Tree. …

Critically acclaimed architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design firm Snøhetta is the final choice for the 160,000 square foot extension at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. After a shortlist of four firms was announced…

The Lyon Housemuseum, a private house in Kew, Victoria, Australia designed as an art museum by Melbourne architectural practice Lyons has been awarded the Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award for Residential Architecture 2010 in the Australian Institute of Architects, Victorian Awards.