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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
Denmark’s Ordrupgaard Museum hosts northern Europe’s most comprehensive collection of French and Danish art from the 19th and early 20th centuries. So much art in fact, that despite a prior extension by Zaha Hadid, it required more exhibition space on … Continue reading Underground gallery slots between WWI mansion and Zaha Hadid extension
Following an international architecture competition, Finland’s PES-Architects has been commissioned to transform a historic dock in China into a submarine museum. The building will be defined by a striking reflective facade and will be centered around … Continue reading Submarine museum surfaces in historic Chinese dock
It’s fair to say that MAD Architects draws a lot of inspiration from clouds, with notable recent projects including the Aranya Cloud Center and the Cloudscape of Haikou. The firm continues this trend with the Hainan Science and Technology Museum, which… Continue reading MAD Architects has head in the clouds with new science and tech museum
Commissioned to commemorate the atrocities suffered by occupants of rural villages in Poland during Nazi occupation, Nizio Design International had to walk the tightrope of showing due respect and producing a head-turning design. The firm has risen to … Continue reading Evocative museum masterpiece honors Polish WWII victims
Over the last year or so, Sam Battle of YouTube channel Look Mum No Computer has been gathering together interesting tech and gadgetry from the past and musical curiosities of his own design for a collection known as This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete, whic… Continue reading Museum celebrates obsolete tech and oddball synth creations
Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) previously designed a tomato factory that was made out of tomato jars, so it should perhaps come as no surprise that for its planned carbon fiber museum, the firm will be making use of… carbon fiber – on the inside, anyway… Continue reading Museum designed to showcase carbon fiber will be built from it too
Ennead Architects has completed work on a stunning new astronomy museum in Shanghai, China, that also happens to be the world’s largest. The building’s curving design – it contains no straight lines or right angles – is inspired by the cosmos and parts… Continue reading World’s largest astronomy museum inspired by classic three-body problem
UNStudio has unveiled its vision for a new museum in South Korea that, assuming all goes to plan, will combine its exhibits and artworks with ambitious energy efficient design. The firm aims for it to achieve Zero Net Energy (or Net Zero) performance b… Continue reading UNStudio aims to make Chungnam Art Museum a Zero Net Energy building
Some of the most intriguing items from the Natural History Museum in London have made their way to Melbourne Museum in Victoria, Australia. The Treasures of the Natural World exhibition has finally opened, showcasing a selection of important artefacts … Continue reading Treasures of the Natural World tours science’s greatest hits