Coop Himmelb(l)au designed the The Museum of Contemporary Art & Planning Exhibition (MOCAPE) in Shenzhen, China, with a silver floating “Cloud” that houses a cafe, museum store, and book shop within its massive open plaza.
Photo by Rafael Gamo
Museo Soumaya was designed by FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise and it houses a massive art collection of 15th to mid-20th century works, as well as the most number of Rodin sculptures in a private collection. Located in Mexico City, the museum’s exterior may be clad in a busy skin of hexagonal tiles, but the interior boasts a calm, soothing presence.
Photo by Darren Bradley
Freelon Adjaye Bond and SmithGroup are behind the design of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., with David Adjaye as the lead designer and Philip Freelon as the lead architect. Its incredible exterior features a bronze filigree shell that projects a bold and unforgettable statement. Photo by Boegly + Grazia photographers
Located in Montignac, France, the Lascaux IV: The International Centre for Cave Art is an educational museum where visitors get to check out 20,000-year-old Lascaux cave paintings. It was co-designed by Snøhetta and Duncan Lewis Scape Architecture who created an interior that helps evoke a cave-like feel.
Photo by Shigeo Ogawa
The Fukushima, Japan located Miyahata Ruins Museum holds everything related to the Jomon Period around the 10th Century BC. Located on Jomon ru...