Museum Architecture

Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as…

The Post stepped into a cavernous atrium in the 230,000-square-foot center designed by architect Jeanne Gang that recalls the canyons of the American southwest.

Demolished sections of the church housing the Medieval Mile Museum have been reconstructed and clad in timber and lead to contrast the original stone.

Every now and then, we hear about funny architectural fails where lack of taste meets poor aesthetics and greets atrocious execution. Check out our previous features with such examples here, here, and here.

Find Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, Massachusetts information, photos, prices, expert advice, traveler reviews, and more from Conde Nast Traveler.

ryue nishizawa has completed 'hiroshi senju museum karuizawa', a single-storey cultural facility on a lush site in karuizawa, japan.

10 Modern Museums You'll Definitely Want to Visit - Design Milk

Image 12 of 26 from gallery of FLUGT Refugee Museum of Denmark / BIG. Photograph by Rasmus Hjortshoj

Here are 13 modern museums with architecture so amazing you'll be drawn to them just to take in their design, regardless of what's on display inside them.