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The Museum After Spectacle

December 10, 2024

Thirty years after the ‘Bilbao Effect,’ museums are shunning exuberant form-making in favor of thoughtful programming that engages new audiences.

On the Boards

Ambitious Museum Projects in Memphis and Richmond Confront the Past

Memphis & Richmond

Pansy Schulman

Matthew Marani

December 9, 2024

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The Memphis Art Museum and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts reckon with their history by prioritizing community-focused design.

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Commons

Arts & Culture 2024

Frederick Fisher and Partners Reinvigorates L.A.’s Natural History Museum with a Transparent Gateway

Los Angeles

Sarah Amelar

December 5, 2024

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A glassy addition and inviting garden create a living room for the community—shared with a colossal dinosaur skeleton.

Arts & Culture 2024

Saunders Architecture’s Trailblazing Park Facility Straddles a Remote Ridge in Northern Maine

Maine

Leopoldo Villardi

December 3, 2024

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The Tekαkαpimək Contact Station orients visitors to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, and the overlooked Indigenous culture around them.

Josephine Minutillo, Editor in Chief of Architectural Record

December 2024 Editor’s Letter

Museum Piece

Josephine Minutillo

December 3, 2024

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As museums strive to be more accessible, the architectural response does not need to be an expected or formulaic one.

Arts & Culture Projects 2024

December 2, 2024

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These tricky commissions tackle deep-rooted histories, cultural divides, and complex sites.

Arts & Culture 2024

Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art is a Lesson in Contrast

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

December 2, 2024

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The Thomas Phifer and Partners–designed new home for the young and previously nomadic institution holds its own on a site with a fraught past.

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ARO’s Mass-Timber Visitors Center at Olana Brings a 150-Year-Old Artistic Vision Into the Present

Pansy Schulman

November 29, 2024

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The brightly hued building acts as a gateway to painter Frederic Church’s historic Hudson Valley home and his masterwork of 19th century landscape design.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kaufmann Office, designed 1935-1937, is installed at V&A East Storehouse © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.jpg

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ in East London Will Open in May

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

November 27, 2024

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Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the V&A East Storehouse is a publicly accessible museum storage facility set within Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.