Oxford Street pedestrianisation: East's first designs, 26 October
Oxford Street pedestrianisation starts on 26 October 2026. East's first images show trees in planters and new paving on the 1km stretch around Oxford Circus.
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Van Gogh Museum renovation cleared to start in 2028
The Van Gogh Museum renovation is back on: a deal with the Dutch culture ministry funds a €104m overhaul of Rietveld's 1973 building, starting in autumn 2028.
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Mel's Drive-In Santa Monica: a Googie diner vs 138 new homes
Mel's Drive-In Santa Monica, a 1959 Googie coffee shop by Armet & Davis, faces an eight-story, 138-unit housing plan as two conservancies seek landmark status.
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Burbank airport new terminal opens 13 October after $1.3bn build
The Burbank airport new terminal, an all-electric 355,000 sq ft hall by Corgan, opened to passengers on 13 October 2026, with a first departure at about 7 a.m.
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Cinerama Dome reopening: Sony brings Hollywood's dome back
The Cinerama Dome reopening is set for early 2028: Sony and Alamo Drafthouse are restoring the 1963 concrete dome on Sunset Boulevard and its 86-foot screen.
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Design Museum Gent reopens with a wing built from city waste
Design Museum Gent reopens after a four-year, €20m expansion: Carmody Groarke and ATAMA add a timber wing faced in 82,000 bricks made from Ghent's own waste.
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Zaha Hadid Foundation to open Hadid's London studio to the public
The Zaha Hadid Foundation opens Hadid's former studio, a listed 1870s school in Clerkenwell refurbished by Studio KA, to the public on 3 November 2026.
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Bilbao Fine Arts Museum extension by Foster + Partners opens
The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum extension by Foster + Partners and Luis María Uriarte opens: a 55-metre steel gallery lifted over the museum's 1945 and 1970 wings.
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Colburn Center by Frank Gehry will open in September 2027
Frank Gehry's Colburn Center in downtown Los Angeles opens on 25 September 2027, with a 1,000-seat in-the-round concert hall and a dance centre in pink metal.
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Fondation Beyeler expansion by Peter Zumthor opens near Basel
Peter Zumthor's Fondation Beyeler expansion opens in Riehen: three buildings, a hand-built concrete gallery and a private park made public, beside Renzo Piano.
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: a case study of MAD's LA museum
A case study of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles: MAD's lifted, panel-clad form, its seismic base, a park built over parking, and what works.
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Malba expansion: Frida Escobedo takes the museum under Plaza Perú
The Malba expansion by Frida Escobedo Studio puts new galleries beneath Plaza Perú, doubling exhibition space in Buenos Aires while the park above stays public.
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