Large Île Seguin: RCR's art centre opens on Renault's old island
Large Île Seguin, a 5,000 m² art centre by Pritzker laureates RCR Arquitectes, opens on 17 October 2026 on the Seine island that held Renault's first factory.
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Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center: Endeavour bookings open
The Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, ZGF's 200,000 sq ft home for Endeavour in Exposition Park, opens 13 November 2026; free reservations start 19 October.
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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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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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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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National Museum of Ecuador competition: SANAA wins the rerun
The National Museum of Ecuador competition was annulled after a public backlash. In the rerun, SANAA's terracotta Living Strata won by 0.1 point. What happened.
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