The National Museum of Qatar in Doha is a museum presenting the history of Qatar housed in an iconic building, nicknamed “The Desert Rose”, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. Above: the new ...

The necropolis “Banditaccia” in Cerveteri, near Rome, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the world’s largest Etruscan archaeological site. History and general description The necropolis is located ...

The Cathedral of San Martino, also known simply as Lucca Cathedral, is an imposing Romanesque-Gothic church in the historic center of the Tuscan city of Lucca, central Italy. The church was originally ...

CityLife is a large (and controversial) urban redevelopment project on the grounds of the former Trade Fair of Milan, whose new buildings were designed by three of the world’s most recognized ...

The Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents) is a former orphanage whose nucleus was built between 1419 and 1427 after a design by Filippo Brunelleschi. Brunelleschi’s building comprises ...

The Broad is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Downtown Los Angeles; opened on September 20, 2015, the museum is housed in an iconic building designed by New York-based design studio Diller ...

For an architect, visiting Villa Savoye is a bit like a pilgrimage. Of course, you have read about it, seen it in photographs hundreds of times, drawn it at the University, and maybe you have even ...

The plan of Villa Savoye is based on a square grid, marked by 25 columns, while the elevations are based on a rectangular pattern. In late 1928, the square grid, and consequently the whole building, ...

The Clark Art Institute, also known simply as The Clark, is a leading cultural institution and art museum, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The Clark was founded in 1950 by Sterling and ...

Opened in 2006, the museum was founded by American businessman Mitchell Rales “to assemble post-World War II artworks of the highest quality that trace the greatest historical shifts in the way we ...

The Tate Liverpool is an art museum, part of the Tate network, housed in a former warehouse in the Albert Dock historical site on Liverpool’s waterfront. Opened to the public in May 1988, with over ...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles was established by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to celebrate the history of cinema and the art of filmmaking. The museum is ...