Museums & Art Centers

At MAD Architects’ Shenzhen Bay Culture Square, Enigmatic Forms Dot a Waterfront Landscape

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:09:10 -0400

Hidden beneath the park's pale monumental stones is a warren of subterranean cultural spaces, including the Shenzhen Design Museum.

Young & Ayata Revamp a Library’s Study Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:01:45 -0400

The Met’s Nolen Study Room, located within the Watson Library, repurposes wood shelving as CNC-milled wall paneling.

The Obama Presidential Center Opens on Chicago’s South Side

jim@jamesgauer.com (James Gauer) — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:53:09 -0400

The critically received project by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien improves a large section of Jackson Park and harks back to an era of heroic form-making.

The CookFox-designed Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music Opens in New Jersey

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400

The museum and archives, clad in weathered steel, is located on Monmouth University’s campus in New Jersey.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Ben van Berkel and Frans van Vuure

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:06 -0400

Ben van Berkel and Frans van Vuure of Dutch firm UNS discuss the just-completed renovation of the Jewish Museum of New York and the opening of the studio's first U.S. office in Austin.

Safdie Architects Returns to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art for Major Expansion

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:04:36 -0400

Opening this weekend is a host of new exhibition and education spaces that double the footprint of Alice Walton’s Bentonville, Arkansas, museum.

The O’Donnell + Tuomey–Designed V&A East Museum Engages London with a Couturier-Inspired Facade

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400

High design, inventive and ambitious, has arrived in East London with the new outpost of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Controversial Costumes at the Met’s Newest Galleries

Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Suzanne Stephens visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's new Condé M. Nast Galleries, designed by Peterson Rich Office.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Moshe Safdie and Rod Bigelow

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:06 -0400

Architect Moshe Safdie and Rod Bigelow, executive director of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, join the podcast to discuss the Bentonville, Arkansas, museum's upcoming expansion.

Lake Flato Architects Designs an Art Gallery in a Small Texas Town

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:48:50 -0400

A combination of office and exhibition space, Arthouse in Marble Falls opened to the public on April 25.

May 2026 Editor’s Letter

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0400

Everyone’s a critic when it comes to two just-opened museums.

Manhattan’s Latest Power Couple: OMA Extends the New Museum’s Original SANAA Building with an Addition

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0400

Shohei Shigematsu's new wing nearly doubles the size of Manhattan’s consummate contemporary-art museum.

Peter Zumthor’s Bold Behemoth for LACMA Finally Opens

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

After decades of controversy, the ambitious, serpentine concrete structure housing the new David Geffen Galleries makes its public debut.

Mithun Reimagines the Café and Lounge at the Frank Gehry–Designed Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:35:12 -0400

The hospitality-focused renovation strengthens the museum’s public appeal within the Seattle Center civic campus.

Humayun’s Tomb Museum Introduces Visitors to One of India’s Most Cherished Mughal Landmarks

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:04:00 -0500

Designed by Vir.Mueller Architects, the mostly subterranean curatorial center comes more than 450 years after the completion of the domed mausoleum.

A Museum in Chile Celebrates a Desert Region’s History

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:08:00 -0500

Max Núñez Arquitectos’ Museo Regional de Atacama serves as both cultural anchor and oasis, offering shelter from the harsh sun.

From the RECORD Archives: 'House of the Tranquil Mind'

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:01:24 -0500

Bruce Goff's Pavilion for Japanese Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was featured on RECORD's September 1988 cover.

SANAA Creates a Cluster of Volumes Housing a Museum and Library to Anchor a New District in Taichung

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

A new cultural complex in Taiwan's second-largest city comprises an array of eight boxy, steel-framed volumes wrapped in aluminum mesh.

WHY Converts a Bangkok Warehouse Into an Art Museum

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:08:00 -0500

Architect Kulapat Yantrasast envisions Dib Bangkok, Thailand's first international contemporary art museum, as more of an events-hosting playground than a temple for viewing static art.

On Naoshima Island, Tadao Ando Digs into the Earth to Explore the Ways Time and Light Shape Architecture

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:03:04 -0500

The Naoshima New Museum of Art, dedicated to works from across Japan and Asia, is the tenth project by Ando on the Japanese island.

Foster + Partners’ Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi Meets the Sky with a Series of Splayed Solar Chimneys

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

The latest high-profile cultural institution on Saadiyat Island, where Frank Gehry's Guggenheim is under construction, commemorates the United Arab Emirates’ founder, an avid falconer.

An Intervention at Oregon’s Portland Art Museum Spans Two Landmarks and Mends Old Wounds

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

The Rothko Pavilion—designed by Vinci Hamp Architects with Hennebery Eddy Architects—positions the museum as a crossroads between art and the urban context.

The Fondation Cartier Moves Into its New Jean Nouvel–Designed Home in Paris

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:42:45 -0500

In its move to the Right Bank, the contemporary art museum has leased the basement and first two floors of a sprawling former hotel opposite the Louvre.

New York’s Jewish Museum Opens Transformed Galleries for its Permanent Collection

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:25:41 -0500

RECORD talks to New Affiliates cofounders Jaffer Kolb and Ivi Diamantopoulou about their transformation of the museum’s third- and fourth–floor galleries.

After a Prolonged Closure, the Studio Museum in Harlem Moves Into Its New Home

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:13:20 -0500

The institution’s new purpose-built digs on 125th Street, designed by Adjaye Associates with Cooper Robertson, has double the exhibition space than its predecessor.

2025 Architectural Record Awards Winner: Stockholm Wisdome

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Learn more about the awardee in the Museums category by Elding Oscarson.

Louisville’s Speed Art Museum Debuts Reed Hilderbrand–Designed Park

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:21:21 -0500

The opening of the 3-acre landscape comes at a turbulent time for Kentucky’s largest and oldest art museum.

November 2025 Editor’s Letter

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

As this issue highlights the inaugural Architectural Record Awards, as well as extraordinary examples of recently completed buildings, we are reminded of the potential of design.

National WWII Museum in New Orleans, After 20 Years, Completes Final Phase

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:10:18 -0400

Designed by Voorsanger Architects with local firm Mathes Brierre, the phased project features sharp and angular forms, evoking the very battleships and matériel integral to the war effort.

Chicago’s Storied Shedd Aquarium Unveils Latest Phase of Ambitious Revamp Led by Valerio Dewalt Train

goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:59:57 -0400

Ahead of its centennial, the historic complex on Lake Michigan debuts a reimagined entry sequence, new exhibits, and more.