The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA), organised by the European Museum Forum (EMF), was presented at the 2015 Award Ceremony hosted by the Riverside Museum in Glasgow. The award scheme celebrates 38 year. The 2015 Awards were announced on 16…
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Main building, Rijksmuseum by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos. Photograph © Erik Smits
For nearly 250 years, the RA has been a place to make, exhibit and debate art. For their anniversary in 2018 they are opening up the RA as never before, transforming their historic buildings. Burlington House on Piccadilly and Burlington Gardens,…
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The link bridge, connecting Burlington House and Gardens, viewed from a public courtyard. Image © David Chipperfield Architects
The new Fine Arts Museum of Asturias began with a competition in 2007, and it hasn't been until 2014 when its construction has finished. During this time Francisco Mangado's team has developed a proposal which is in constant dialogue with the old…
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Outside façade. Fine Arts Museum of Asturias by Francisco Mangado. Photograph © Pedro Pegenaute
The new Milan venue of the Fondazione Prada, seven years in the making and designed by OMA, opened to the press and on May 9 to the public. The project, led by Rem Koolhaas, Chris van Duijn and Federico Pompignoli, is a milestone in OMA's long-term…
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Photograph @ Bas Princen. Courtesy of Fondazione Prada
All Milan is turned upside down these days. The Milanese are torn between the typical comments, Italian style, ranging from "this is a disaster", or about their always reviled political class and "the impact their actions will have on the Expo" to "…
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Nueva Sede de la Fundación Prada, Milán. Fotografía © José Juan BarbaNew Prada Foundation complex, Milan. Photograph © José Juan Barba
The new building for Whitney Museum of American Art is set to open on May 1st. It will house the extensive collection of the institution, which is now moving from its last home in Madison Avenue designed by Marcel Breuer. , full_html
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Outside view of the rooftop. Whitney Museum by Renzo Piano. Photography © Nic Lehoux
The Met will launch its first season of programming in the landmark building by Marcel Breuer on Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York, when The Met Breuer opens to the public on Thursday, March 10, 2016. , full_html
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Whitney Museum of American Art by Marcel Breuer, 1966. Photograph by Ed Lederman
David Chipperfield has renounced his Città delle Culture museum and gallery complex in Milan after a "pathetic dispute" over the quality of flooring material used. , full_html
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City of Culture by David Chipperfield Architects. Photograph © Oskar Da Riz.
Really interesting rehabilitation realized by O-office Architects in a former factory of packing which speaks indirectly, on the one hand, about the importance that receives the landscape in Shenzen's region (China) and on the other, about the…
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Access to the factory. MAG Museum by O-office Architects. Photograph © Chaos.Z
THREAD arts center is a site for artists from around the world to live and work in Sinthian, a rural village in Tambacounda, the southeastern region of Senegal. The new artists' residency and cultural community space set to open this March. The idea…
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THREAD arts center by Toshiko Mori Architect. Photograph © Iwan Baan, courtesy of Toshiko Mori