The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
St Fagans National Museum of History by Purcell
AJ Specification case study: Refurbishment of a 1975 Grade II-listed museum building in Cardiff. Photography by Phil Boorman
Cultural
From museums and galleries to opera houses and theatres
Jamie Fobert’s subterranean gallery at Tate St Ives unveiled
The 500m² gallery will finally open on 14 October, after 12 years, two competitions and a change of site
First look: Heatherwick creates Cape Town art museum in former grain silo
Heatherwick Studio’s Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), a retrofit of an old grain silo on Cape Town’s waterfront, has been unveiled today
A room with a zoo: SimpsonHaugh’s new home for the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Antwerp’s new Queen Elisabeth Hall and congress centre by SimpsonHaugh and Partners reinvigorates a lost connection to the adjacent zoo, writes Jon Astbury. Photography by Jesse Willems
Beaux-Arts cubed: Stanton Williams’ Nantes museum
Stanton Williams’ restrained transformation of Nantes’ 19th-century Musée d’arts is a class act, writes Robert Bevan. Photography by Hufton + Crow and Stefano Graziani
Purcell completes latest phase of St Fagans National Museum of History
The renovation of the Cardiff museum’s existing structure is accompanied by a range of new facilities
Cooke Fawcett and Bold Tendencies reach new heights with the Peckham Observatory
The arts organisation adds another architectural delight to its offerings
The V&A’s long-awaited Exhibition Road Quarter by Amanda Levete Architects opens
First announced 20 years ago, the Exhibition Road Quarter will open to the public this Friday
Stanton Williams completes major transformation of Musée d’arts à Nantes
The €49 million cultural project, opening to the public today, has added 4,000m² of extra space to one of the largest fine art museums in France outside Paris
Dow Jones’ Science Museum lecture hall revamp opens
The new space has been unveiled alongside a public programme of events