Connecticut’s Bruce Museum more than doubles its size with a 42,000-sf, three-floor addition

In Greenwich, Conn., the Bruce Museum, a multidisciplinary institution highlighting art, science, and history, has undergone a campus revitalization and expansion that more than doubles the museum’s size. Designed by EskewDumezRipple and built by Turner Construction, the project includes a 42,000-sf, three-floor addition as well as a comprehensive renovation of the 32,500-sf museum, which was originally built as a private home in the mid-19th century and expanded in the early 1990s.

Libraries

7 ways to change 'business as usual': The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

One hundred forty years ago, Theodore Roosevelt had a vision that is being realized today. The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is a cutting-edge example of what’s possible when all seven ambitions are pursued to the fullest from the beginning and integrated into the design at every phase and scale.

Headquarters

Several new projects are upgrading historic Princeton, N.J.

Multifamily, cultural, and office additions are among the new construction.

Museums

Museum design connects art, architecture, and nature

Three recent examples show how landscape views enhance exhibit space.

Museums

Museums | Apr 27, 2015

Finalists’ designs for Guggenheim Helsinki competition released

A custom-developed App engages an international public in the selection process.

Designs for National Medal of Honor Museum by Safdie Architects unveiled

Museums | Apr 23, 2015

Moshe Safdie unveils pentagonal scheme for National Medal of Honor Museum

The new museum near Charleston, S.C., will archive the history of the nation's highest military honorees.

Museums | Apr 22, 2015

Check out Ralph Johnson's stunning nature-inspired Shanghai museum

The newly opened Shanghai Natural History Museum, designed by Perkins+Will’s Global Design Director Ralph Johnson, mimics the shape of a nautilus shell, and features natural elements throughout.

Museums | Apr 16, 2015

SANAA and Snøhetta tie at first place for Budapest museum bid

The two firms submitted designs for the New National Gallery and Ludwig Museum, one of five planned museums to be constructed in a park just outside the urban center of Hungary’s capital.

Fire-Rated Products | Apr 14, 2015

Fire resistive curtain wall brings maximum light, views and safety to Aspen Art Museum

The curtain wall used for the Shigeru Ban-designed museum provides maximum daylight while protecting the art from fire

Henning Larsen Architects designs a timber museum extension in Sweden

Museums | Apr 10, 2015

Henning Larsen Architects designs timber museum extension in Sweden

The new extension will complement Österund’s wooded surroundings

Building Team Awards | Apr 10, 2015

14 projects that push AEC teaming to the limits

From Lean construction to tri-party IPD to advanced BIM/VDC coordination, these 14 Building Teams demonstrate the power of collaboration in delivering award-winning buildings. These are the 2015 Building Team Award winners.

Building Team Awards | Apr 9, 2015

9/11 museum triumphs over controversy

The Building Team for this highly visible project had much more than design, engineering, and construction problems to deal with.

High-rise Construction | Mar 16, 2015

Mexican Museum tower caught in turmoil to break ground this summer in San Francisco

Millennium Partners said it will break ground on the 53-story residential and museum tower while the lawsuits go through the appeals process.

Architecture based on “astronomical principles” for new planetarium in Shanghai

Museums | Mar 9, 2015

Architecture based on astronomy principles for new planetarium in Shanghai

The ancient Chinese civilization left some of the earliest records of humans studying the stars and skies. To exhibit this long history, a new planetarium and astronomy museum is planned for construction in Shanghai.