News Paris’ Pompidou Centre to be given a €186m facelift The Pompidou Centre in central Paris is due to close for five years from the summer of 2025 while renovation works take place. These will include upgrades to the 1977…
News David Kohn Architects to expand Belgium contemporary art museum UK studio David Kohn Architects, Belgium’s noAarchitecten and Turkey’s Asli Çiçek have won an international design competition for a €90m renovation for the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent,…
News OMA-designed art space opens in former Detroit warehouse The mixed-use Lantern space, designed by Rotterdam-based Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has opened to the public in Detroit’s east village. The 22,300 sq ft structure was built in the…
News Six teams shortlisted for Antwerp’s museum of contemporary art Six international design teams have been made it to the final stage of a competition to design an extension to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp. About 50 practices…
News Henning Larsen designs waterside opera house for Jeddah Ground has been broken on the Jeddah Opera House, designed by Danish architect Henning Larsen for a site on the shores of the Red Sea. As well as the 1,500-seat…
News Renzo Piano selected to design Florida arts centre Renzo Piano Building Workshop has been chosen to design the three-storey Centre for Arts & Innovation in Boca Raton, southeast Florida. The centre’s main hall will be used for events,…
News Comprehensive music museum coming to New Orleans Architecture firm EskewDumezRipple has produced a concept design for the planned Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience Museum in New Orleans. The 120,000-sq-ft The Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience will be…
News Henning Larsen wins competition for Norwegian music hall Danish architecture practise Henning Larsen has won a design competition for a 17,500-sq-m music and conference hall in Bergen, Norway. It will work with Rambøll Norge as project consultant. Henning…
News Marina Bay Sands to build fourth tower and ‘Asia’s leading live venue’ Singapore’s iconic Marina Bay Sands is seeking planning permission to build a fourth tower and a 15,000-seat entertainment arena. The company has been planning the expansion since 2019, but the…
News Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveils extension to The Broad art museum in Los Angeles New York architect Diller Scofidio + Renfro has revealed its expansion of The Broad contemporary art museum in downtown Los Angeles, which it designed in 2015. The plan includes a…
News World’s biggest collection of Scandinavian art to open in grain silo The southern Norwegian coastal town of Kristiansand is about to open a gallery in a converted grain silo. Kunstsilo Nordica, designed by Barcelona firms Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, Mendoza Partida and…
Projects Bobcat helps commemorate Bronze Age grave find Heavy equipment-maker Bobcat notes the use of one of its machines on a striking, archeology-themed art project in Czechia. Local artists recreated a Bronze Age grave in the village of…
News Haworth Tompkins and ARCO win Finnish theatre expansion UK architect Haworth Tompkins and Finnish studio ARCO have won a competition to rebuild a theatre in the town of Kouvola in southeastern Finland. The plan is to retain the…
News Chinese wave: MAD unveils watery design for Guangdong cultural complex Beijing-based architect MAD has unveiled its design for the Nanhai Arts Centre in the City of Foshan in the greater Guangdong area of southeast China. The 120,000-sq-m complex will include…
News Desert inspires Norwegian architect for new Saudi opera house Norwegian architect Snøhetta has unveiled its design for the Royal Diriyah Opera House, incorporating traditional Najdi building techniques inspired by the desert. Sited in the ancient Diriyah district on Riyadh’s…
News ZHA-designed art centre is inaugurated in Guangdong Zaha Hadid Architects’ 100,000 sq m art centre has been completed in Guangdong’s Aviation New City in southeast China. The Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Arts Centre includes a 1,200-seat theatre, a…
News Studio Gang designs Shakespearian theatre for New York’s Hudson Valley American architect Studio Gang has revealed its design for a theatre campus in the town of Garrison, in New York State. The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival project is anchored by…
News Performing arts facility opens at NY World Trade Centre site The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) has opened, the final public segment of the rebuilt World Trade Center site following the 9/11 attacks. The 138ft-tall, cube shaped PAC NYC…