Museum Buildings Designs: Architecture News
Major architecture projects designs from around the world
post updated 19 October 2026
We’ve selected key examples of Museum Buildings. We try to include buildings and new building designs that have a strong design intent. The focus is on contemporary buildings from across the world.
We have 3 pages of Museum Buildings selections.
Museum Buildings : news + key projects (this page)
Museum Architecture : A-Z
Contemporary Museum Buildings : Archive posts
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Latest Museum Building Designs
Museum Buildings in 2026
9 January 2026
Sunner Museum, Fujian Province
Design: Atelier Alter Architects
photo © Highlite Images
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Museum Architecture Designs in 2025
5 August 2025
Science and Technology Museum, Shenzhen, China
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects
photo © Xue Liang
August 1, 2025
The Woodson African American Museum of Florida, St. Petersburg, USA
Design: STORYN Studio for Architecture
image : STORYN Studio for Architecture
7 July 2025
FW JI The Rural Memory Museum, Huangshan, China
Architects: IARA
photo © Yi Huang
2 July 2025
Urban Nomad Art Museum, Haikou, Hainan, China
Architecture: ALSO Architects
photo : INSPACE
24 June 2025
Yellow River National Museum, Zhengzhou, China
Architecture: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects
photo : Marcus Bredt
June 20, 2025
National Medal of Honor Museum Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
Design: Rafael Viñoly Architects
photo : Halkin Mason
1 May 2025
Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum, Guangdong Province, China
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
photo : Virgile Simon Bertrand
April 24, 2025
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art design competition winner news, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
photo © Malcolm Reading Consultants
3 January 2025
Yohoo Museum, Yuhang, Hangzhou, China
Architecture: Aedas
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Museum Buildings
Museum Architectural Designs in 2024
11 November 2024
Lianzhou Museum of Photography, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Architects: O-office Architects
photo : Chao Zhang
22 October 2024
Simple Art Museum, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Design: HAS design and research
photography : W Workspace, Fangfang Tian
July 17, 2024
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, USA
Architects: Snøhetta
photo : Casey Dunn
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin
30 May 2024
Hainan Science Museum construction, Haikou, China
Architecture: Ma Yansong/MAD Architects
aerial photos : China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd ; renders: MAD
21 May 2024
Sanxingdui Museum Public Area and Reception, Sichuan, China
Architects: CSD.DESIGN
photo : Ting Wang
May 9, 2024
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Design: EskewDumezRipple
photo : Tim Hursley
Bruce Museum Building
8 May 2024
British Museum international architectural competition, London, England, UK
image © Trustees British Museum
British Museum Western Range Architecture Competition
18 April 2024
Red Dot Design Museum, Xiamen, China
Design: STEPS Architecture, Network Party
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Museum Building Designs in 2023
25 October 2023
Science Fiction Museum, Chengdu, China
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects
image : Arch-Exist
October 25, 2023
Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience Museum, New Orleans
16 October 2023
Museum of London in West Smithfield, London, England, UK
photo © Luke Hayes
New London Museum Smithfield Market
International African American Museum Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Common Sky, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, NY, USA
Common Sky, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, NY
31 May 2023
V&A East Storehouse, Stratford, London, England, UK
image © Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Image courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, Londonn
V&A East Storehouse Building, Stratford
24 May 2023
Leighton House Museum, London, England, UK
Design: Purcell Miller Tritton
photograph © Will Pryce
Leighton House Museum
Apr 27, 2023
Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition Shortlist, Texas, USA
photo courtesy of Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art Design Competition Shortlist
Apr 21, 2023
Little Rock Art Museum, Arkansas, USA
Architects: Studio Gang
photo © Iwan Baan
February 20, 2023
Reimagining The Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition, Dallas, Texas, USA
image courtesy of Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition
19 Jan 2023
Chengdu Science Fiction Museum, China
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects
render : Atchain
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Museum Designs in 2022
5 Nov 2022
Wuxi Art Museum Building, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Design: Ennead Architects
images courtesy of architects practice
20 Oct 2022
Freedom Museum, Groesbeek, The Netherlands
Design: architectural studio ZJA
photograph © ZJA
Freedom Museum Groesbeek
6 Oct 2022
Guoshen Museum, Shenzhen Building, China
Design: Rocco Design Architects
image courtesy of architects practice
17 July 2022
Dutch Mining Museum, Heerlen, Limburg, The Netherlands
Design: Tinker imagineers
photo : Mike Bink
Dutch Mining Museum, Heerlen Limburg
30 June 2022
Floating Museum Pavilion, Almere, The Netherlands
Design: Studio Ossidiana
photo : Riccardo de Vecchi for M
Floating Museum Pavilion, Almere
17 Feb 2022
Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan City, Sichuan, China
Design: MAD Architects
image courtesy of architects practice
5 Jan 2022
Datong Art Museum Building, Shanxi Province, China
Design: Foster + Partners
photo : Yang Chaoying
3 Jan 2022
The Newt, Somerset, England, UK
Architect: benjamin + beauchamp architects
photo courtesy of the Brick Awards
The Newt in Somerset Buildings and Landscape
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Museum Designs in 2021
December 15, 2021
North Carolina Museum of Art Phil Freelon Exhibition, North Carolina, USA
photo © Mark Herboth Photography. Courtesy of Perkins & Will
10 Dec 2021
Xu Wei Art Museum Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, China
Architects: ACRC, The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University
photo : Lei Tantan
Oct 26, 2021
Puller Gallery National Museum of Military Vehicles, Dubois, Wyoming, USA
Design: Roto
photo : Jay Rosenblatt Photography
16 Sep 2021
CollectionCentre Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Architect: cepezed, NL
photo : Lucas van der Wee
CollectionCentre, CC NL Amersfoort Building
13 Aug 2021
Hainan Science and Technology Museum, Haikou, Hainan, China
Design: MAD Architects
image courtesy of architecture office
29 July 2021
Wetland Museum in Huailai, Hebei Province, Northern China
Architects: Tenio Architecture and Engineering Co.,Ltd.
photo : AWESOME-ZHOU XINRAN
Feb 17, 2021
The Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
Design: Wheeler Kearns Architects
photograph : Tom Harris Architectural Photography
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Museum Designs in 2020
10 Dec 2020
Zhuhai Museum, Guangdong Province, China
Design: gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
photo © CreatAR Images
2 Dec 2020
Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum, China
29 Nov 2020
Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum, Fujian, China
Design: Atelier Alter Architects
photograph : Atelier Alter Architects
16 Oct 2020
Loop of Wisdom Museum, Chengdu, China
Architects: Powerhouse Company
photo : Jonathan Leijonhufvud Architectural Photography
14 Oct 2020
Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum, Jiangxi, China
Architects: Studio Zhu-Pei
photography : schranimage, Tian Fangfang, Zhang Qinquan, courtesy of Studio Zhu-Pei
13 Aug 2020
Yunshan Art Museum, Zhongshan, China
11 Aug 2020
Imperial War Museum London Atrium with Ai Weiwei Artwork, London, England, UK
photo courtesy of Imperial War Museum, Lambeth
Imperial War Museum London Atrium
26 June 2020
Carmen Würth Forum, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
photography © Simon Menges
Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau
9 Mar 2020
National Maritime Museum of China in Tianjin, China
Design: Cox Architecture
photograph : Terrence Zhang
20 Jan 2020
Tadao Ando Designed He Art Museum in Guangdong, China
Design: Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
image © HEM
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Museum Designs in 2018
17 December 2018
James Simon Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Design: David Chipperfield Architects
photo © Ute Zscharnt for David Chipperfield Architects
James Simon Galerie Berlin
14 Nov 2018
Dune Art Museum in Qinhuangdao, China
Design: OPEN
photograph © WU Qingshan
25 Sep 2018
The new Ferrari Centro Stile, Maranello, Italy
Architects: Design International and Planning
image Courtesy architecture office
New Ferrari Centro Stile Building
Sep 7, 2018
Topaz Museum in Delta, Utah, USA
Design: Sparano + Mooney Architecture
photography : Brian Buroker and Sparano + Mooney Architecture
Jul 23, 2018
Glenstone Museum Pavilions, Potomac, Maryland, USA
Design: Thomas Phifer of Thomas Phifer and Partners
photo: Iwan Baan ; Courtesy: Glenstone Museum
6 Jul 2018
Museum in Wangwu Mountain Geopark of China
Architects: The Architectural and Urban Planning Design & Research Institute Co.Ltd. of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
photograph ：Yi Li
5 Jul 2018
Museum in Yuntai Mountain Geopark of China
Architects: The Architectural and Urban Planning Design & Research Institute Co.Ltd. of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
photograph ：Feng Wei
5 Jul 2018
Dongting Lake Museum in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China
Design: Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University Co Ltd
site photo : Li Yan, Zhu Bing
3 Jul 2018
Dinosaur Egg Museum in Qinglong Mountain National Geo-Park, Hubei Province, China
Design: The Architectural and Urban Planning Design & Research Institute Co.Ltd. of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
photo : Su Shengliang
Jun 30, 2018
Miami Museum of Science Building, Florida, USA
Design: Grimshaw
photo courtesy of architects
Jun 16, 2018
Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, North Carolina, USA
Design: Civitas, Inc. Architects
photographer : Art Howard, courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art and Civitas, Inc.
May 19, 2018
Museum of Westward Expansion in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Design: James Carpenter Design Associates (JCDA) with Trivers Associates
photo © Earthcam/Gateway Arch Park Foundation
10 May 2018
Museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar, The Netherlands
photo © Ronald Tilleman
Museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar Building
Apr 22, 2018
Grand Rapids Art Museum Building, Michigan, USA
Architect: WHY Architecture
photograph © Steve Hall (at) Hedrich Blessing
31 Mar 2018
National Museum of Ceramics Princessehof, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Design: i29 interior architects
photography : Ewout Huibers
National Museum of Ceramics Princessehof
Feb 19, 2018
SPYSCAPE Museum Building New York, NYC, USA
Architects: Adjaye Associates
photograph © Scott Frances for SPYSCAPE
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Museum Building Designs in 2017
Dec 6, 2017
Statue of Liberty Museum Building, New York City, USA
Design: FXFOWLE Architects ; Exhibition Designer: ESI Design
image courtesy of FXFOWLE Architects
9 Nov 2017
Sanbaopeng Art Museum in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
Architects: DL Atelier
photograph : Haiting Sun
22 Oct 2017
Anhui Provincial Art Museum Building, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Design: RTA-Office
photograph © Dr. S. Welch
Sep 28, 2017
Studio Museum Harlem Building, NYC, USA
Design: David Adjaye Architect
image from architects office
26 Aug 2017
Gateway Buildings, Weald & Downland Living Museum, Sussex, England, UK
Design: ABIR architects
photo : Jim Stephenson
Weald & Downland Living Museum Building
Aug 10, 2017
Louis Armstrong House Museum Visitor Center Building, New York, USA
Design: Caples Jefferson Architects
image courtesy of Caples Jefferson Architects
12 Jul 2017
DongZhuang-Building Museum of Western Regions, Urumqi City, China
Design: Xinjiang Wind Architectural Design & Research Institute Co.,Ltd.
photograph : Yao Li
8 Jun 2017
Northeast Asian Cultural and Art Museum, Jilin Province, China
Design: Architectural Design and Research Institute of South China University of Technology
image © Architectural Design and Research Institute of South China University of Technology
23 Mar 2017
Jingdezhen Historical Museum of Imperial Kiln in Jiangxi, China
Architects: Studio Zhu-Pei
image Courtesy architecture office
21 Feb 2017
Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Architectural Design: Coop Himmelblau with HSArchitects ; Architectural Lighting Design: GD-Lighting Design
image Courtesy architecture office
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15 Sep 2016
Guangzhou Museum Building, Guangdong, China
Design: gmp
image Courtesy architecture office
30 Aug 2016
Iran Historical Car Museum, Iran
Design: RMJM Arta-Tehran
image Courtesy architectural studio
26 Aug 2016
Grey. Container LP Auto Gallery, Guangdong, China
Architects: C.DD
photograph : OUYANG Yun
Auto Gallery Guangdong
22 Jul 2016
Musée d’art de Joliette, southwest Quebec, Canada
Design: Les architectes FABG
photograph : Steve Montpetit
Art Museum in Joliette
The Musée d’art de Joliette is recognized as Quebec’s most important regional art museum. While pursuing the objectives of conservation, dissemination and research established over half a century ago by its founders, the Musée continues to expand its permanent collection, which currently comprises some 8,500 works held in four collections.
17 Jul 2016
Marubi National Museum of Photography, Shkodër, Albania
Design: casanova+hernandez architecten
photograph : Christian Richters
Marubi National Museum of Photography Building in Shkodër
The new building and its museographic project open a new generation of contemporary museums in Albania, which not only aims to restore and protect the Albanian cultural heritage.
4 July 2016
Arnhem Museum, The Netherlands
Design: Benthem Crouwel Architects
image from architect
Arnhem Museum Building
28 May 2015
Museum for Realistic Art Gorssel, The Netherlands
Design: Hans van Heeswijk Architects
photo : Luuk Kramer
Museum for Realistic Art Gorssel
27 May 2016
Natural History Museum London Transformation, England, UK
Design: Níall McLaughlin Architects
image courtesy of architects office
Natural History Museum
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2 Dec 2015
German Hat Museum, Lindenberg, Bavaria, Germany
Design: ATELIER BRÜCKNER
image Courtesy architecture office
German Hat Museum in Lindenberg
18 Nov 2015
The German Football Museum, Dortmund, Germany
Design: HPP Architects
photography : HG-Esch
German Football Museum in Dortmund
15 Oct 2015
Grimmwelt, Kassel – A Place of Contrasts, Germany
Design: Kadawittfeld Architektur
photography © Jan Bitter
Grimmwelt Museum in Kassel
10 Sep 2015
Bauhaus Museum Dessau Competition, Germany
image © Gordon Watkinson
Bauhaus Museum Dessau Competition
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Museum Architecture News in 2013
10 Oct 2013
Museum de Lakenhal Competition, Leiden, The Netherlands
Design: Julian Harrap Architects LLP and Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven
Museum De Lakenhal
8 Oct 2013
Museum of the History of the Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland
Design: Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects
Museum of the History of the Polish Jews
The origins of the Museum of the History of the Polish Jews go back to the mid-1990s, when the founding director of Tel Aviv’s Diaspora Museum and the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, Yeshayahu Weinberg, convened an international working group to plan a new museum dedicated to the history of the Polish Jews.
15 Jul 2013
Pingtan Art Museum, Fujian province, southeast China
Design: MAD architects
image from architect studio
Pingtan Art Museum
Pingtan is the largest island in the Fujian province. It is expected to become the primary location for trade and cultural communication between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland in the foreseeable future.
14 Jun 2013
Sorø Art Museum, Sjælland, east Denmark
Design: Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects
Sorø Kunstmuseum
22 May 2013
Bavarian Museum Design, Regensburg, Germany
Design: OODA with Guedes + DeCampos
image from architect
Bavarian Museum Design
17 May 2013
German Steam Locomotive Museum, Germany
Design: Atelier Brueckner
photo : Michael Jungblut, Berlin
13 May 2013
Yad Va’Shem Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem, Israel – new photos
Design: Safdie Architects
Yad Va’Shem Holocaust Museum
The rebuilding of this museum includes a new visitors’ center, a new history museum replacing the existing museum constructed in 1953, a Hall of Names, a synagogue, galleries for Holocaust art, an exhibitions pavilion and a learning and visual center. The program quadruples the permanent exhibition space.
12 May 2013
Museum of Bavarian History, Regensburg, Germany
Design: Mauro Turin Architectes
Museum of Bavarian History
1 May 2013
Museum of Handcraft Paper, Gaoligong, China
Design: Trace Architecture Office
photo : AKAA
Museum of Handcraft Paper
The museum building is located close to a village at the foot of Gaoligong Mountain, in the province of Yunnan, an area of significant Muslim presence. It provides exhibition space for ancient paper craft and artefacts produced locally.
13 May 2013
Design Museum Holon, Tel Aviv, Israel – review + photos by e-architect editor Adrian Welch
Design: Ron Arad
Design Museum Holon
The building shows exhibitions about Israeli design, and on our visit was showing bathing suits and related designs. The structure is located on the edge of the traditional city centre, in a cultural quarter which is yet to complete.
13 May 2013
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Design: various architects
Israel Museum
The Israel Museum opened in 1965, in a Modernist complex nestled on the Judean Hills near The Knesset – the national parliament building – and the Hebrew University. Since that time, it has become the most eminent cultural institution in the region and one of the leading art and archaeology museums in the world, with collections growing exponentially over the past four decades.
2 May 2013
UC Davis Art Museum, California, USA
Design: SO – IL
image from architect
UC Davis Art Museum
The new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, will be created by a team intent on redefining the university museum and fostering a new conversation in the arts.
19 Apr 2013
National Maritime Museum Tianjin, northeast China
Design: HAO + AI
image from architect
National Maritime Museum Tianjin
The proposal for the new National Maritime Museum is situated in Northern China, outside the city of Tianjin. The museum is designed to house both new and old maritime items with a focus on celebrating the historical achievements of Chinese naval exploration through out time.
10 Apr 2013
China Wood Sculpture Museum, Harbin, China
Design: MAD Architects
photo : Iwan Baan
China Wood Sculpture Museum Building
MAD Architects unveiled the completed China Wood Sculpture Museum located in Harbin, China. The 200-meter long building, sheathed in metal, sits nestled in a densely residential area, adding a cultural and surreal essence to the surrounding urban context.
4 Apr 2013
Churchill War Rooms, Imperial War Museum, London, England, UK
Design: Clash Associates
photo : Richard Davies
Churchill War Rooms
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Museum Architecture Design News in 2012
19 Sep 2012
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum, Førde, Norway
C. F. Møller
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
The small Norwegian town of Førde draws its qualities from its interaction with the surrounding mountains, which are visible everywhere, and from Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier on the European mainland, which lies in close proximity to the town. The town’s new museum, Sogn & Fjordane Kunstmuseum also draws upon the distinctive landscape for its architectural expression.
13 Aug 2012
Žanis Lipke Memorial Museum, Latvia
Design: ZAIGAS GAILES BIROJS
Žanis Lipke Memorial Museum
During the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany (1941–1945) more than 60 000 Jews were murdered in concentration camps. Despite some odious figures of Latvian antisemites, other Latvians stood against the Nazi antisemitic policies and tried to save local Jews from execution.
13 Aug 2012
Samaranch Memorial Museum, Tianjin, China
Architect: HAO – Holm Architecture Office
Samaranch Memorial Museum Building
The HAO / Holm Architecture Office + Archiland Beijing design for the Samaranch Memorial Museum in Tianjin, China is under construction. After adjusting the design of the competition scheme, the building construction is well under way.
10 Jul 2012
Maritime Xperiential Museum, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore
Michael Graves & Associates
Maritime Xperiential Museum
International architects and designers, Michael Graves & Associates (MGA) announce the completion of the Maritime Xperiential Museum (MXM) at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) in Singapore. The project, lead by MGA Studio head Patrick Burke, marks another phase in RWS’s development.
29 Apr 2012
Easter Sculpture Museum, Albacete, Spain
Exit Architects
Easter Sculpture Museum
This building project was the result of an ideas competition organized by the Hellín Municipality. The architecture competition rules considered the refurbishment of the Casa del Conde as well as the construction of an extension on the plot area former occupied by some small service buildings of the house.
14 Mar 2012
Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari, Modena, Italy
Design: Future Systems
photograph © Studio cento29
Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari
27 Jan 2012
Museum of Concrete Art & Design, Ingolstadt, Germany
Design: Stanton Williams
Museum of Concrete Art & Design, Ingolstadt
12 Jan 2012
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, USA
Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston
The New Wing and restored Historic Galleries are designed by Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect Renzo Piano.
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Recent Museum Building Designs
1 Oct 2011
Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Brooks + Scarpa
Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh
The Depot District contains Raleigh’s only significant collection of buildings related to the heyday of railroad transportation and shipping in the Capital City. By recycling this important building, CAM preserves an important part of Raleigh’s history and demonstrates its commitment to sustainability and leadership in historic preservation.
14 Sep 2011
Museo de al Memoria de Andalucía, Granada, southern Spain
Alberto Campo Baeza
Andalucía Museum of Memory
11 Aug 2011
German Film Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Design: ATELIER BRÜCKNER
German Film Museum Building
19 May 2011
Creswell Crags Museum and Education Centre, Worksop, England, UK
Design: OMI Architects
image : Daniel Hopkinson
Creswell Crags Museum and Education Centre
10 May 2011
Felix Nussbaum Haus Extension, Osnabrück, Germany
Design: Studio Daniel Libeskind
Felix Nussbaum Haus Extension
2 May 2011
Augustinermuseum, Freiburg, Germany
Design: Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architekten
Augustinermuseum
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Museum Architecture – Major Buildings
Modern Museum Building Designs Selection, alphabetical:
Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum, UAE
Jean Nouvel
Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum
Ara Pacis Museum, Rome, Italy
Richard Meier Architects
Ara Pacis Augustae
Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, Spain
Frank Gehry
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
BMW Welt building, Munich, Germany
Design: Coop Himmelb(l)au
British Museum, London, England, UK
Design: Sir Robert Smirke
British Museum Building
Chengdu Museum, China
Sutherland Hussey
Chengdu Museum building
The Getty Center, Los Angeles, USA
Richard Meier & Partners
Getty Center Building
Glasgow Transport Museum, Scotland
Zaha Hadid Architects
Glasgow Transport Museum Building
GRAM – Art Museum, USA
Design: wHY architecture
GRAM Michigan
Imperial War Museum North, England
Studio Daniel Libeskind Architects
Imperial War Museum Manchester
Jeongok Prehistory Museum, Korea
X-TU
Jeongok Prehistory Museum
Jewish Museum building, Berlin, Germany
Daniel Libeskind Architect
Jewish Museum Berlin
Liangzhu Culture Museum, China
David Chipperfield Architects
Liangzhu Culture Museum
Literaturmuseum der Moderne, Germany
David Chipperfield Architects
Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach
Mercedes-Benz Museum, Germany
UN Studio Architects
Mercedes Museum Stuttgart
Museo Soumaya, Mexico
FREE | Fernando Romero EnterprisE
Museo Soumaya
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Germany
Architect: Richard Meier
Frankfurt Museum Building
Museum of Contemporary Art, China
Coop Himmelb(l)au
Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art Planning
Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
I M Pei
Museum of Islamic Art Building
Museum of Modern Art – MoMA, NY, USA
Yoshio Taniguchi with KPF Architecture
MoMA New York + MoMA Extension
Nanjing Museum, China
Design: Steven Holl Architects
Nanjing Museum of Art & Architecture
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, USA
Design: Steven Holl Architects
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Building Extension
Neues Museum Redevelopment, Germany
David Chipperfield Architects
Neues Museum Building, Berlin
Acropolis Museum Athens, Athens, Greece
Design: Bernard Tschumi Architect
New Museum of Contemporary Art, USA
SANAA architects
New Museum of Contemporary Art, N.Y.
Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
Delugan Meissl
Porsche Museum Stuttgart Building
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, US
Mario Botta / HOK
Smithsonian Museum – Courtyard, USA
Foster & Partners
Smithsonian Institute Building
More Contemporary Museum Architecture Designs projects online soon.
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Building Designs
Museum property designs by type:
Museum property designs by country:
Museum property designs by cityy:
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World’s Spectacular Museum Buildings
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Contemporary Buildings – recent architectural selection on e-architect below:
Museums in the 21st Century Exhibition Munich – museum designs by key architects
Whitney Museum Building
Comments / photos for the Contemporary Museum Architecture Designs page welcome.