Museum design connects art, architecture, and nature
Three recent examples show how landscape views enhance exhibit space.
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Three recent examples show how landscape views enhance exhibit space.
On July 4, 2026, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is scheduled to open on 93 acres in Medora, a town in North Dakota with under 130 permanent residents, but which nonetheless has become synonymous with the 26th President of the United States, who lived there for several years in the 1880s.
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.
Adaptive reuse project turns 1929 cinema into a live performance venue, adds a brewery and a taproom, and revives the Ramova Grill in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood.
Austin Central Library and the Tulsa City-County Central Library are among the top projects for 2018.
SPF:architects designed the complex.
The original proposal was first unveiled in 2014.
Walkability and recreation will be key features of West Farm.
The Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza unanimously selected the Perkins Eastman entry as the winner.
The 12,000-sm building is part of Billund, Denmark’s goal to become the ‘Capital for Children.’
The museum is conceived as a series of abstracted forms made up of two main structures, one administrative and one exhibit.
BIG’s design of this cultural center is the “antithesis” of the fortress.
The redesign of the 28,000-sf building is prioritizing flexibility, openness, and connectivity.