Space Museum
Museum design and spatial experiences that explore collections, memory, and architectural innovation.
HYP-ARCH Wraps a Spiral Museum Around the Memory of a Vanished Zhengzhou Village
A 3,100 m² museum in Zhengzhou's Jinshui District preserves the story of Liuzhuang, an urban village that once sheltered 300,000 migrant workers.
Rocco Design Architects Stack the Forbidden City Vertically on Hong Kong's Waterfront
A 30,000-square-meter museum in West Kowloon translates Beijing's courtyard sequence into a tower of three rotating atria facing harbor and sea.
SANAA Steps a Cluster of Glass and Limestone Pavilions Down a Sydney Hillside Toward the Harbour
The Sydney Modern Museum transforms the Art Gallery of New South Wales with 40,000 square metres of galleries, tanks, and terraces above wartime ruins.
MAD Architects Spirals a Science Museum Around Three Cores on the Edge of a Hainan Wetland
A biomorphic tower of 843 FRP panels rises six stories above reflecting pools in Haikou's Free-Trade Port district, turning science education inside out.
CSADI Carves a Jade Blade into the Qinling Mountains for China's First Ecology Museum
A 43,788 square meter terraced museum in Shangluo draws its form from a Xia Dynasty artifact and steps down toward the valley below.
gmp Architects Plants a Metal-Clad Science Museum on the Edge of Jiaozhou Bay
A 40,000 square meter cultural cube on Hong Island channels Qingdao's marine identity through architecture oriented entirely toward the sea.
Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Build a Shtetl from Memory in the Lithuanian Countryside
A cluster of 40,000 aluminum-shingled roofs in Šeduva reimagines a Jewish village erased overnight in 1941.
Nola Arquitetura Builds Brazil's Largest Laminated Wood Arch to Shelter Vintage Aircraft
A 50-meter free-span hangar in southern Brazil channels the spirit of early aviation with eucalyptus arches and galvanized steel.
Maumstudio Carves an Undulating Wooden Playground for Seoul's Tokyo Toy Museum
A 413-square-meter play space in Gangdong-gu translates the warmth of handmade wooden toys into plywood topography.
Morphism Converts a Midcentury Quito Textile Factory into a Hands-On Children's Science Museum
Awawa transforms an industrial sawtooth-roofed building in Ecuador's capital into a timber-framed playground for interactive learning.
Dabbagh Architects Builds a Museum in Al Ain That Wraps Around the Archaeology Beneath It
An 8,000-square-meter cultural institution in the UAE oasis city treats its own excavated ground as the primary exhibit.
Wood Marsh Expands the Potter Museum with Civic Grace
A mirrored glass pavilion and vaulted galleries extend the University of Melbourne's art museum into a new era of public engagement.
