Multipurpose sports facility will be first completed building at Obama Presidential Center

When it opens in late 2025, the Home Court will be the first completed space on the Obama Presidential Center campus in Chicago. Located on the southwest corner of the 19.3-acre Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, the Home Court will be the largest gathering space on the campus. Renderings recently have been released of the 45,000-sf multipurpose sports facility and events space designed by Moody Nolan.

Cultural Facilities

Kansas City’s new Sobela Ocean Aquarium home to nearly 8,000 animals in 34 habitats

Kansas City’s new Sobela Ocean Aquarium is a world-class facility home to nearly 8,000 animals in 34 habitats ranging from small tanks to a giant 400,000-gallon shark tank.

Museums

Chrysler Museum of Art’s newly expanded Perry Glass Studio will display the art of glassmaking

In Norfolk, Va., the Chrysler Museum of Art’s Perry Glass Studio, an educational facility for glassmaking, will open a new addition in May. That will be followed by a renovation of the existing building scheduled for completion in December.

Museums

Nebraska’s Joslyn Art Museum to reopen this summer with new Snøhetta-designed pavilion

In Omaha, Neb., the Joslyn Art Museum, which displays art from ancient times to the present, has announced it will reopen on September 10, following the completion of its new 42,000-sf Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion. Designed in collaboration with Snøhetta and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, the Hawks Pavilion is part of a museum overhaul that will expand the gallery space by more than 40%.

Museums

Museums | Sep 14, 2016

Architectural model museum opens in Japan

The museum includes models from Japanese architects including Shingeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, and Riken Yamamoto.

Museums | Sep 14, 2016

Finnish government halts plans for Guggenheim Helsinki

Construction of the museum relied heavily on state funding, which has officially been denied.

Museums | Jun 17, 2016

Construction begins on new and expanded International Spy Museum in Washington D.C.

The building will have a glass veil that surrounds an enclosed black box, a setup that the museum hopes will add vibrancy to its new L’Enfant Plaza location.

Education Facilities | Jun 1, 2016

Gensler reveals designs for 35-acre AltaSea Campus at the Port of Los Angeles

New and renovated facilities will help researchers, educators, and visitors better understand the ocean.

Museums | May 26, 2016

Napur Architect wins design contest for Budapest’s Museum of Ethnography

The Museum of Ethnography’s new home will be part of a large museum complex in Budapest’s City Park

Rippled façade defines Snøhetta’s San Francisco Museum of Modern Art expansion design

Museums | May 2, 2016

Rippled facade defines Snøhetta’s San Francisco Museum of Modern Art expansion design

The museum will have three times as much gallery space as before, along with a new theater, atrium, and living wall.

Cultural Facilities | Apr 12, 2016

Studio Libeskind designs angular Kurdish museum rich with symbolism

The museum consists of four geometric volumes separated by somber and uplifting divisions.

Museums | Mar 24, 2016

Aquarium of the Pacific unveils whale of a project

Designed by EHDD, the 18,000-sf, whale-shaped Pacific Visions will have gathering spots, galleries, and a theater with a large, curved screen.

Museums | Gensler | Mar 3, 2016

How museums engage visitors in a digital age

Digital technologies are opening up new dimensions of the museum experience and turning passive audiences into active content generators, as Gensler's Marina Bianchi examines.