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1 week agoSerpentine Pavilion 2026 and Lina Ghotmeh's House of Performing Arts: This Week's Review
Architecture increasingly functions as public platform and civic infrastructure, addressing cultural, environmental, and social challenges through material, programmatic, and institutional design.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 weeks agosnhetta plans spiraling galleries with curved glass facades for beijing art museum
A radiating, vision-driven Beijing Art Museum by Snøhetta and BIAD organizes galleries radially above a metro, linking interior exhibitions with surrounding public space.
fromArchDaily
3 weeks agoRecasting Cultural Infrastructure: On AAU Anastas's Aga Khan Award-Winning Wonder Cabinet
Among the 2025 Aga Khan Award winners is AAU Anastas and their project, Wonder Cabinet in Palestine, whose central aim is to serve as a haven for culture and creativity and a bridge between design and production. Beyond this meaningful project, AAU Anastas-working from offices in Bethlehem, Palestine, and Paris, France-has built a broad portfolio since 2015. Notable works include Dar Al Majous, a restoration in Bethlehem that challenges
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Remodel
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3 weeks agoCultural Venues, Fresh Perspectives on Public Space and One Month until the Winter Olympics: This Week's Review
Shared management models and adaptive reuse redefine public spaces and cultural infrastructure, emphasizing governance, community stewardship, and event-driven urban transformation.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
3 weeks agoMore US artists forced to pay for their own shows as museum and culture budgets shrink
Artists increasingly must subsidize production costs for museum commissions and exhibitions, while support funds like Fountainhead fall far short of pervasive financial need.
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1 month ago'Art in Scarborough is art in Toronto': Artists and supporters say community needs more gallery space | CBC News
Scarborough needs a permanent, large-scale art gallery to showcase local talent, preserve collections, and support donations from local curators and artists.
fromArchDaily
1 month agoLondon's National Gallery Expansion and Lina Ghotmeh's Mathaf Campus Project: This Week's Review
This week's architectural news reflects a broad engagement with how institutions, practitioners, and cultural platforms are positioning themselves in relation to both legacy and long-term change. Across museums, galleries, and major cultural events, architecture is being framed as an evolving public infrastructure, one that must respond to expanding collections, shifting curatorial models, and growing expectations around accessibility, sustainability, and civic presence.
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Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month agoTaichung's new 'Museumbrary' expands Taiwan's culture credentials
Taichung's new Taichung Green Museumbrary fuses a SANAA-designed art museum and public library to create integrated cultural, educational, and civic spaces within Central Park.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months agonational black theatre shapes its harlem home within frida escobedo-designed complex
National Black Theatre's new 2,508-square-meter Harlem facility will become a mixed-use, sanctuary-like performing arts hub supporting Black art, community, and economic development by 2027.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 months agoiF DESIGN and AIA new york discuss designing culture and community for urban life
Design creates inclusive, welcoming public spaces that serve diverse users and strengthen communities through cultural infrastructure, third spaces, and design-led placemaking.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
3 months agoA Floating $395M Opera House Inspired By Oyster Pearls Opens In 2027 - Yanko Design
Construction has kicked off on what might be Southeast Asia's most jaw-dropping cultural project-the Isola della Musica, a striking opera house designed by the legendary Renzo Piano that will literally float on Hanoi's West Lake when it opens in 2027. You'd be hard-pressed to find a more dramatic setting for world-class performances. The name means "Island of Music" in Italian, which feels fitting given Piano's heritage and the venue's extraordinary location on the Quang An Peninsula,
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Renovation
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8 months agoCRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Howeler + Yoon Design Floating Plaza to be Transported from Venice Biennale to COP30 in Brazil
AquaPraça is a floating cultural plaza designed for climate dialogue, adapting to water levels and intended to be a permanent landmark in the Amazon.
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