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United States / 1935
A Chicago-founded practice with an international institutional portfolio.
France
Place-specific architecture shaped by light, material and narrative.
United States / 2001
A Los Angeles practice with an expressive cultural portfolio.
Japan / 1995
Lightness and openness explored through buildings and landscapes.
Italy / 1981
A workshop approach to light, structure and public buildings.
United States / 1977
Light and spatial experience guide buildings across several scales.
United Kingdom / 1985
Cultural buildings and careful transformations of existing fabric.
Netherlands / 1984
Architecture, interiors and landscape organised around people.
Japan
Concrete, daylight and carefully staged routes through buildings.
Japan / 1985
Material experiments spanning museums, workplaces and disaster response.
New Zealand
Pearson & Associates Architects Ltd is listed in the NZIA practice directory, with an office address in Auckland, New Zealand.
China
DnA_Design and Architecture: an architectural practice based in Beijing, China. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Japan
Fumihiko Maki: an architectural practice based in Tokyo, Japan. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
South Korea
Jegong Architects: an architectural practice based in Seoul, Korea, Republic of. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Hong Kong
Rocco Design Architects: an architectural practice based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Mexico
Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos: an architectural practice based in Mexico City, Mexico. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Canada
Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects: an architectural practice based in Ottawa, Canada. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Angola
COSTALOPES: an architectural practice based in Luanda, Angola. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Brazil
Jacobsen Arquitetura: an architectural practice based in São Paulo, Brazil. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
United States
Pei Cobb Freed And Partners: an architectural practice based in New York, United States. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Australia
Wood Marsh Architecture: an architectural practice based in Melbourne, Australia. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Netherlands
KAAN Architecten: an architectural practice based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Austria
Coop Himmelb(l)au - Wolf D. Prix & Partner: an architectural practice based in Vienna, Austria. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
Finland
JKMM Architects: an architectural practice based in Helsinki, Finland. Explore credited works and public business contact routes.
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Dundee · United Kingdom
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Boston · United States
New York · United States
Helsinki · Finland
Kansas City · United States
Berlin · Germany
Wakefield · United Kingdom
Margate · United Kingdom
Berlin · Germany
Washington, DC · United States
San Antonio · United States
Aarhus · Denmark
Cork · Ireland
Naoshima · Japan
St. Louis · United States
Fort Worth · United States
Naoshima · Japan
Metz · France
Aspen · United States
Imabari · Japan
Qinhuangdao · China
Stuttgart · Germany
Cape Town · South Africa
Teshima, Kagawa · Japan
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Shigeru Ban's Pompidou-Metz account connects its roof and opening glass shutters with a transition between inside and outside. Read those elements as a relationship. The exercise studies the architectural intention without claiming that openability alone proves successful public use or environmental performance.
The 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH. Chipperfield founded his London practice in 1985 after working with Douglas Stephen, Norman Foster and Richard Rogers. Museum projects, renovations and new civic buildings developed alongside a wider concern for the quality of the public realm.
The 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Arata Isozaki. Arata Isozaki studied architecture at the University of Tokyo and worked under Kenzo Tange before establishing his own practice in 1963. His early projects included the Ōita Prefectural Library and the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma. The devastation he witnessed in wartime shaped his interest in how cities could be rebuilt.
The 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Shigeru Ban. Ban studied at SCI-Arc and Cooper Union before building a practice spanning museums, workplaces and emergency shelter. His work with displaced communities brought architectural attention to the dignity and practical needs of temporary accommodation.
The 2011 RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient record names Sir David Chipperfield, UK. Chipperfield founded his London practice in 1985 after working with Douglas Stephen, Norman Foster and Richard Rogers. Museum projects, renovations and new civic buildings developed alongside a wider concern for the quality of the public realm.
The 2007 RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient record names Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, Switzerland. Pierre de Meuron established Herzog & de Meuron with Jacques Herzog in Basel in 1978 after studying at ETH Zürich. Their shared career encompasses architecture, teaching and collaboration with artists. The Pritzker biography connects the practice's early buildings and storage projects with later work including Tate Modern and museums.
The 2002 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Tadao Ando, Hon. FAIA. Ando developed his practice in Osaka through independent study and close observation of buildings. Houses, museums and places of worship became settings for his investigation of enclosed space and the natural world. He received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995.
The 2001 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. Pierre de Meuron established Herzog & de Meuron with Jacques Herzog in Basel in 1978 after studying at ETH Zürich. Their shared career encompasses architecture, teaching and collaboration with artists. The Pritzker biography connects the practice's early buildings and storage projects with later work including Tate Modern and museums.
The 1999 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Frank Gehry, FAIA. Gehry’s body of work ranges from the transformation of everyday buildings in Los Angeles to major museums and concert venues. His 1989 Pritzker record documents an experimental practice rooted in making and the expressive possibilities of ordinary materials.
The 1998 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Renzo Piano. Born into a family of builders in Genoa, Piano studied in Milan. Collaboration with Richard Rogers produced the Centre Pompidou; later work through Renzo Piano Building Workshop developed a varied language for museums and civic buildings.
The 1995 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Tadao Ando. Ando developed his practice in Osaka through independent study and close observation of buildings. Houses, museums and places of worship became settings for his investigation of enclosed space and the natural world. He received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995.
The 1981 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names James Stirling. James Stirling studied at Liverpool and established a London partnership with James Gowan in 1956. Their work included Leicester University's Engineering Building. From 1971 he collaborated with Michael Wilford on a widening range of museums, galleries, libraries and theatres.
The 1979 Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient record names Philip Johnson. Philip Johnson worked as a client, critic, author, historian and museum director before entering architectural practice. His Glass House in New Canaan was designed as his master's thesis and completed in 1949. He later collaborated with Mies van der Rohe on New York's Seagram Building and worked with John Burgee.
The 1978 AIA Gold Medal recipient record names Philip Cortelyou Johnson, FAIA. Philip Johnson worked as a client, critic, author, historian and museum director before entering architectural practice. His Glass House in New Canaan was designed as his master's thesis and completed in 1949. He later collaborated with Mies van der Rohe on New York's Seagram Building and worked with John Burgee.
YOKOHAMA DOLL MUSEUM received the 1987 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Sakakura Associates, Architects and Engineers.
Fukuda Art Museum received the 2021 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Yasuda Atelier.
Nezu Museum received the 2011 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kengo Kuma and Associates.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, KYOTO received the 1988 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kinki Regional Construction Bureaus Goverment Building Divisions, Fumihiko Maki + Maki and Associates, Kimura Structural Engineers, Toshihiko Kimura.
KAGOSHIMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART received the 1986 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Sato Architects and Engineers, Kawamoto Architect and Associates.
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum received the 1997 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kume Sekkei Co., Ltd..
Saitama Prefectural Museum received the 1973 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kunio Maekawa, Architect and Associates.
Suntory Museum / Mermaid Plaza received the 1997 BCS Special Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Tadao Ando Architect & Associates.
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa received the 2006 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa, SANAASasaki Structural Consultants.
Hyogo Prefecture Museum of Art・Nagisa Park received the 2005 BCS Special Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Tadao Ando Architect & Associates.
National Museum of Japanese History received the 1983 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Yoshinobu Ashihara, Architect and Associates.
SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM received the 1987 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Shozo Uchii, Architect adn Associates.
Chichu Art Museum received the 2007 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Tadao Ando Architect & Associates.
Osaka Pref. Chikatsu Asuka Museum received the 1996 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Osaka Prefectural Goverment, Tadao Ando Architect & Associates.
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum received the 2009 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Ishimoto Architectural & Engineering Firm,Inc., Niki & Architects Engineers Associates.
Okayama Municipal Museum of Oriental Antiquities received the 1981 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Shin'ichi Okada, Architect and Associates.
Kochi Prefectural Kochi Castle Museum of History received the 2018 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nihon Sekkei, Inc., Wakatake Town Planning Research Institute Inc..
Fukui Prefectural Varve Museum received the 2020 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Naito Architect & Associates, Kanebako Structural Engineers, P.T.Morimura & Associates, Ltd..
HOKI MUSEUM received the 2012 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Art Museum & Library, Ota received the 2018 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office.
MARUGAME GENICHIRO- INOKUMA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART & MARUGAME CITY LIBRARY received the 1993 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Taniguchi and Associates.
Hiroshima Art Museum received the 1979 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovetion received the 2003 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nikken Sekkei Ltd., Kume Sekkei Co., Ltd..
The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama received the 1982 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as NIppon Sogo Architects and Engineers' Office.
MITO CITY MUSEUM OF ART received the 1991 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Arata Isozaki & Associates.
Sagawa Art Museum received the 2000 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Takenaka Corporation.
Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology received the 2007 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Takenaka Corporation.
Yamaguchi prefectural Museum of Art received the 1980 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Azusa Kito, Architect and Associates.
MOA Museum of Art and Circular Hall received the 1983 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Takenaka Corporation, Kajima Corporation.
Mori Ogai Memorial Museum received the 2014 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Fumio Toki Associates, Ove Arup & Partners Japan Limited.
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum received the 1976 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kunio Maekawa, Architect and Associates, Yokoyama Consulting Engineers.
Miho Museum received the 1999 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as I. M. Pei, Architect, Kibowkan International, Inc + Miho Consortium.
POLA Museum of Art received the 2004 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo received the 1996 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as TAK Associated Architects Inc..
Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum received the 2000 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Tadanaga Miyamoto Architect & Associates.
The Sumida Hokusai Museum received the 2018 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kazuyo Sejima & Associates, Sasaki Structural Consultants, P.T.Morimura & Associates,Ltd..
Goto Art Museum received the 1961 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Isoya Yoshida.
Teshima Art Museum received the 2013 BCS Special Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Office of Ryue Nishizawa, SASAKI STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS.
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum received the 2017 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Takenaka Corporation.
Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design received the 2019 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Naito Architect & Associates.
YANMAR MUSEUM received the 2014 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nihon Sekkei, Inc..
Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo received the 2004 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Naito Architect & Associates.
Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum received the 1998 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Tadao Ando Architect & Associates.
HOKKAIDO KOTARO MIGISHI ART MUSEUM received the 1985 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Shin'ichi Okada, Architect and Associates.
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art received the 1978 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Minoru Ota and a Cooperative Organization for the design of the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art.
Historical Museum of Hokkaido received the 1972 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Takeo Sato, Architect and Associates.
MIZKAN MUSEUM received the 2017 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Ntt Facilities.
THE FIELD MUSEUM- KOKINDENJU NO SATO received the 1994 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Mitsuo Taki Architect Associates.
Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art Kuboso Hall, Izumi received the 1999 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Takenaka Corporation.
Oita Art Museum received the 2000 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Shozo Uchii + S. Uchii Architects.
Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka received the 1984 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Osaka City, Nikken Sekkei Ltd..
Miyagi Prefectural Art Museum received the 1983 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kunio Maekawa, Architect and Associates.
KAWASAKI CITY MUSEUM received the 1990 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Keikaku-Rengo.
Byodoin Museum Hosyokan received the 2002 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as A. KURYU ARCHITECT & ASSOCIATES Co.,Ltd., PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects, Collaborative.,.
HIKONE CASTLE MUSEUM received the 1988 BCS Special Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Masao Hayakawa. Architect and Associates.
NIGATA CITY MUSEUM received the 1986 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kunio Mayekawa, Architect and Associates, Yoshiaki Takahashi (Member of MID).
The University Art Museum, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music received the 2001 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kijo Rokkaku, Nihon Sekkei, Inc..
Matsumoto City Museum of Art received the 2003 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Tadanaga Miyamoto Architect & Associates.
Yokosuka Museum of Art received the 2008 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop.
Hakushika Memorial Museum of Sake received the 1983 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Ohbayashi Corporation.
Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukui received the 1980 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Satoh, Architects and Engineers.
Akita Prefectural Museum received the 1976 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Yasui Architects' Office.
Hosomi Museum received the 1999 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Plantec Architects.
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, IBARAKI received the 1989 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Junko Yosimura, Architect and Associates.
Hagi Museum received the 2007 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Archivision Architect and Associates.
KORIYAMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART received the 1994 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as TAK Associated Architects Inc.,.
D. T. Suzuki Museum received the 2015 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Taniguchi and Associates.
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum received the 2006 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nihon Sekkei, Inc., Kengo Kuma & Associates.
KAWAMURA MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF ART received the 1991 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Ebihara Associates.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo received the 1971 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Yoshiro Taniguchi.
Tottori Prefectural Museum received the 1974 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
The Kyushu Ceramic Museum received the 1981 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Yositika Utida and ALSED.
THe Museum of Modern Art, Saitama received the 1983 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates.
INAZAWA OGUISS MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM received the 1985 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Masakatsu Tokuoka, Architect and Associates.
FUKUSHIMA MUSEUM OF ART received the 1986 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Masato Otaka, Architect and Associates.
KAZUMASA NAKAGAWA ART MUSEUM, MANAZURU received the 1992 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as TAK Associated Architects Inc..
NARA CITY MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY received the 1993 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates,.
YATSUSHIRO MUNICIPAL MUSEUM received the 1993 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects.
Toyoda Municipal Museum of Art received the 1997 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Taniguchi and Associates.
Utsunomiya Museum of Art received the 1998 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Okada & Associates.
Sakata City Museum of Art received the 1998 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Y. Ikehara Architect & Associates.
Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi received the 2002 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Daiichi-Kobo Associates.
Miyamoto Saburo Museum received the 2002 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as THT Architects Inc..
Fukushima Marine Museum "Aquamarine Fukushima" received the 2002 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nihon Sekkei, Inc..
Takahashi Setsuro Art Museum of Azumino received the 2005 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Plants Associates Inc..
Museum Tower Kyobashi received the 2021 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Nagano Prefectural Art Museum received the 2022 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Plants Associates Inc..
Ichijodani Asakura Family Site Museum received the 2024 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Naito Architect & Associates, Sembo Architects & Associates, Kanebako Structural Engineers, P.T.Morimura & Associates, Ltd..
Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka received the 2025 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Endo Architect And Associates.
Simose Art Museum received the 2025 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Shigeru Ban Architects KAP Co., Ltd P.T.Morimura & Associates, Ltd. Earthscape Inc. Lumimedia Lab Inc..
Kurayoshi Museum received the 1975 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
FUKUI PREFECTURAL MUSEUM received the 1985 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Sato Architects and Engineers.
Makino Museum of Plants and People received the 2001 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Naito Architect & Associates.
SENGUKAN MUSEUM received the 2013 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as A. KURYU ARCHITECT & ASSOCIATES Co.,Ltd..
The Heisei Chishinkan Wing of the Kyoto National Museum received the 2016 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Taniguchi and Associates.
TOTO Museum received the 2017 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd..
Yoshiro and Yoshio Taniguchi Museum of Architecture, Kanazawa received the 2022 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as Taniguchi and Associates.
Kyoto City Museum of Art (Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art) received the 2023 BCS Prize. The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors records its designer as AS Co.Ltd., Tezzo Nishizawa Architects, Matsumura-Gumi Corporation, Showa Sekkei, Inc.
Argo Contemporary Art Museum & Cultural Centre received the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2020-2022 Cycle). The official recipient archive records ASA North / Ahmadreza Schricker Design and the location Tehran, Iran.
Palestinian Museum received the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2017-2019 Cycle). The official recipient archive records heneghan peng architects, Dublin, Ireland and the location Birzeit, Palestine.
Kolumba – Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums Köln is listed in the official 2010 Kölner Architekturpreis winning-project archive. The credited architect is Peter Zumthor, Haldenstein / Schweiz.
MAXXI Museum received the 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize. The official award record credits Zaha Hadid Architects.
Nelson-Atkins Museum: Bloch Building received the 2008 AIA Institute Honor Awards (Architecture). The linked award record identifies the winning project.
Ruby City received the 2020 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards (Museums & Cultural Buildings). The linked award record identifies the winning project.
Heydar Aliyev Centre received the 2014 Design Museum Designs of the Year (Design of the Year). The linked award record identifies the winning project.
Neues Museum Restoration received the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award (Prize Winner). The linked award record identifies the winning project.
The Guggenheim made Bilbao shorthand for a seductive civic ambition: that an adventurous cultural building could help change how a city is seen. That ambition acquired a name: the Bilbao effect. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, inaugurated on…
The Kimbell makes a powerful case for Louis Kahn’s mastery of light. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, opened on 4 October 1972, is a study in how little a museum needs to do to let art speak. Sixteen parallel vaults — cycloid…
Water is architecture's oldest collaborator and its most honest critic. It reflects what you build, erodes what you neglect, and cools what you overheat. Three recent projects — a museum in the Gulf, an aquarium in Denmark, a public space…
Twice a day, the Milwaukee Art Museum does something no other museum does: it opens its wings. The Quadracci Pavilion, Santiago Calatrava's 2001 addition on the shore of Lake Michigan, is crowned by the Burke brise soleil — a movable…
Every museum is two buildings: the one the city sees, and the one the visitor enters. Between them lies the threshold — the most political space in contemporary architecture, where an institution decides how welcoming, how grand, or how…
Read The Broad and Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen through collection storage, visitor sightlines and the boundaries needed to care for works of art.
Compare Mercedes-Benz Museum and MAXXI through curatorial sequence, branching routes and the architectural choices that guide a visitor through a collection.
AL_A’s architecture can be read through the spaces where a person decides how to enter, linger or withdraw. That interest appears at very different scales: a museum beside the Tagus, a new entrance to the V&A and a support centre in a hospital…
A museum room is sometimes designed to receive changing exhibitions. In other cases, the room and the work develop together so closely that separating them changes the question being asked. Chichu Art Museum and Teshima Art Museum offer a…
At a museum forecourt, a person leaving the entrance may cross a cafe queue, turn towards a bus stop or pause to look for companions. A single arrow on a circulation plan compresses these different possibilities. Trajectron++ offers a research…
Philip Johnson worked as a client, critic, author, historian and museum director before entering architectural practice.
Compare Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Menil Collection and Chichu Art Museum through light, circulation and the relationship between art and public space.
Compare three public roof landscapes through access, building section and operation, from Oslo Opera House to Moesgaard Museum and CopenHill.
Read Neues Museum, Battersea Power Station and the High Line through retained fabric, new uses and the public experience of architectural history.