AOC Architecture’s transformation of the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford introduces new Sound and Vision galleries, reimagines the main foyer, and enhances public access across the building, all part of a masterplan designed to improve visitor experience, environmental performance and cultural relevance in the lead-up to Bradford being the 2025 City of Culture.
From a section of Robin Hood Gardens, to the only Frank Lloyd Wright interior found outside of the US and a pair of Zaha Hadid-designed shoes: the new V&A East Storehouse by Diller Scofidio + Renfro offers gallery-goers a new museum experience.
Chatillon Architectes’ reinvention of Beauvais’ 1970s tapestry gallery reimagines the cultural site as a layered, flexible destination that connects the Gallo-Roman past with a new civic future.
Roz Barr Architects has replaced a 1960s house in Long Ditton, Surrey with two homes for three generations living under one roof. Nelly Greig enjoys an elegant reinterpretation of suburban family life.
London’s National Gallery has opened its doors to a newly refurbished education centre designed by Lawson Ward Studio with heritage support from Purcell.
In the Scottish city of Perth, Dutch studio Mecanoo has given its former city hall a new lease of life as a museum that hosts the Stone of Destiny.
A one-kilometre-long art museum in Rizhao, China, by Junya Ishigami forms an inseparable bond with its lake-based site.
De Matos Ryan's design for Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery at the National Railway Museum adopts the design language associated with locomotion and aims to inspire the next generation of engineers.
SANAA's design of 'Sydney Modern', an extension to The Art Gallery of New South Wales, is unveiled as a collection of pavilions that overlook Sydney Harbour.
BDP’s skilful reworking of Leighton House has breathed new life into one of London’s forgotten museums, the former home of artist Frederic Leighton.
As KAAN Architecten rounds off its two-decade transformation of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Louis Mayes gives his verdict on the complex insertion of contemporary exhibition and back-of-house spaces with the neo-classical building.
