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Former World Building of the Year and European Prize winner Mecanoo has revealed plans for a new natural history museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The greenery covered building is designed to take the form of natural rock formations and will h… Continue reading Rock-like museum to wow visitors with archeological wonders
Dubai isn’t exactly lacking in amazing buildings, but the recently completed Museum of the Future is sure to turn heads even in that architecturally innovative part of the world. The building takes the overall form of a big silvery eye and sports an intricate facade that’s covered in Arabic calligraphy.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Dubai, Museum, Building Facades
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Flicking a circuit breaker to power cycle hundreds of desktop computers inside interactive museum exhibits is hardly ideal. Computers tend to get cranky when improperly shutdown, and there’s an non-zero …read more Continue reading Power Cycling Museum Computers On The Cheap
T-rex is hacky. Velociraptors are just exaggerated movie monsters. And Brachiosaurus is pretty much just “kind of a big cow.” No, the most discerning of dinosaur-obsessed kids always knew that Triceratops was the coolest. And now, the coolest specimen … Continue reading Meet Horridus, the world’s best-preserved and most complete Triceratops
Prestigious US firm Gensler has revealed plans for a striking new museum that’s dedicated to the history of test flights and historic aircraft. The building will be defined by a metallic roof that’s inspired by the distinctive angular features of the L… Continue reading Stealth-plane-inspired Flight Test Museum readies for takeoff
MAD Architects has revealed plans for a stunning new museum slated for Guanghan, China. The Eyes of Sanxingdui will consist of a series of six interconnected timber-lined buildings that rise out of the water-laden landscape with an unusual overall form… Continue reading Stunning timber museum designed to resemble ancient eye masks
Looking a bit like a big holey pancake nestled among the trees, the latest work from Sou Fujimoto Architects continues the firm’s practice of producing exciting and eye-catching works with a new museum dedicated to music. The project is named House of … Continue reading House of Music nestles into trees with undulating perforated roof
Having begun construction back in 2011, Foster + Partners’ Datong Art Museum has now finally officially opened to visitors. The ambitious arts building is defined by a complex roofline made up of four overlapping steel pyramids that are designed to res… Continue reading Four overlapping steel pyramids form sunken art museum
With its aluminum facade and leaning form, the new Edvard Munch museum cuts a distinctive figure on the Oslo waterfront. The building is hailed by Spanish designer Estudio Herreros as one of the world’s largest museums dedicated to a single artist and … Continue reading Oslo’s leaning tower celebrates the expressionist artist behind The Scream
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You know, we’re not sure how this escaped our attention for so long. Blame it on the summer heat. Did you know that [Look Mum No Computer] opened a museum …read more Continue reading This (Obsolete Technology) Museum is (Not) Obsolete