Museums
Sazerac House, home of the official cocktail of the city of New Orleans. Photo: Katie Hartenstein, Ryan Gootee General Contractors LLC
The 51,987-sf Sazerac House is an interactive cocktail museum, active distillery, corporate hea...
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Pictured: Arlington (Va.) Public Schools Heights Building Photo by Jim Tetro, courtesy Gilbane
This 70-page PDF features AEC firm rankings across 51 building sectors, disciplines, and specia...
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Renderings: Design Distill for Reed Hilderbrand/Trahan Architects
Reed Hilderbrand and Trahan Architects designed the project.
All photos: Dave Burk | SOM
SOM designed the building.
BD+C editors speak with experts from Cooper Robertson, Life of an Architect, and MJ12 Design St...
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Lady Liberty's original lamp was restored over a two-year period and moved into a glass vitrine in the new Statue of Liberty Museum. PHOTO: © IWAN BAAN
The design for a new art museum on the main campus of Princeton University would open up the building, and display its permanent collection in a unique way. Image: Adjaye Associates
The building would double the size of the existing museum.
The Elephant Museum in Thailand sits on 5,400 sm in Surin Province. Images: Spaceshift Studio
The complex, in Surin Province, was built with 480,000 clay bricks.
Rafael Viñoly Architects designed the project.
The new Innovation Center at Port San Antonio is seen locally as a critical addtion to this tech campus. Renderings: Port of San Antonio/RVK Architects
The facility will include a 2,500-seat arena and serve as new home for the city’s S&T museu...
Semans-Griswold Environmental Hall, designed by Ayers Saint Gross, is home to Washington College’s Center for Environment and Society and commands a picturesque site on the Chester River. The river is a living laboratory that provides students with an immersive experience in support of the building’s programs in environmental science and sustainability. Photo courtesy Ayers Saint Gross
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This new environment may herald innovative economic models and change the way we think about mu...
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All renderings courtesy PGAV Destinations
PGAV Destinations designed the project.
All renderings courtesy Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron designed the project.
All renderings courtesy Weiss/Manfredi
The firm was selected by The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County after an international...
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Milwaukee Public Library Mitchell Street Branch, designed by HGA. The library was created from the former Hills Department Store originally built in 1919. Photo courtesy HGA
Whiting-Turner, Turner, PCL, Clark Group, and Gilbane top the rankings of the nation's largest cu...
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The Sunset Park Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning, comprises eight stories and 21,000 sf. The library encompasses the first two and a half floors of the building, while the remaining five and a half floors house 50 affordable residences for qualified low-income occupants. Rendering courtesy Magnusson Architecture and Planning
Jacobs, Arup, EXP, BRPH, and Thornton Tomasetti head the rankings of the nation's largest cultura...
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The HGA-designed Mitchell Street Branch of the Milwaukee Public Library was created from the former Hills Department Store originally built in 1919. Photo: Courtesy HGA
Gensler, Populous, DLR Group, Stantec, and Perkins and Will top the rankings of the nation's larg...
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Macalester College’s new Theater, Dance, and Classroom building in St. Paul, Minn., designed by HGA, includes a flexible performance space that allows for different seating and performance configurations. Photo: Courtesy HGA
The future of libraries is less about being quiet and more about hands-on learning and face-to-fa...
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All images courtesy BIG
BIG designed the project.
All photos: Studio Thirteen
FRCH NELSON designed the project.
Courtesy UNStudio and Plompmozes
UNStudio is designing the project.
All renderings courtesy Foster + Partners
The design looks to reorient the museums towards the city.
What museum about the Empire State Building would be complete without a reference to King Kong? Visitors can walk into an office setting from the 1930s that’s pierced by the famous ape’s fingers. Kong himself is seen peering menacingly through the office’s windows. All images: Evan Joseph, Empire State Building Observatory
A $165 million, 10,000-sf museum opened on the second floor of the Empire State Building in New Y...
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Image: Ute Zscharnt for David Chipperfield Architects
David Chipperfield Architects designed the building.
All renderings courtesy COBE
COBE designed the building.
Courtesy OMA
The building is being designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture/Shohei Shigematsu in colla...
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All Images courtesy John Ronan Architects
Architect John Ronan will design the building.
The 26,000-sf Statue of Liberty Museum replaces a much smaller facility that could only accommodate about one-fifth of the island's daily visitors. Image: David Sundberg/Esto
This LEED-Gold building features three exhibit spaces that give visitors more access to and engag...
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Renderings courtesy Lincoln Park Zoo
Construction will begin in fall 2019.
