“The very first artwork we encounter in life is a toy.” Maum Studio has created a play space filled entirely with wooden toys: Tokyo Toy Museum Seoul. Since its opening in 1984, the Tokyo Toy Museum has operated 14 branches across Japan, and now its story continues here in Seoul.
This community art museum is a transformative renovation based on an unfinished project, originally consisting of a completed underground parking garage and a planned three-story above-ground structure. To meet the museum’s functional requirements, part of the underground space was converted into exhibition halls and seamlessly connected to the levels above. This project represents an “inside-out” …
Zayed National Museum, the national museum of the United Arab Emirates and a major anchor of Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Cultural District, has opened to the public. The project was awarded to Foster + Partners following a 2007 design competition, with construction commencing the following year. Its inauguration marks a significant moment in the UAE’s cultural …
A senior living community reflects the dynamics of a microcity. It is crucial to understand the additional yearnings of senior citizens, apart from their fundamental needs pertaining to medical and nursing assistance and various lifestyle needs that can ensure their overall well-being. The “Taikang Community Yan Garden” strives towards facilitating a living space for the …
It’s a workspace, concept shop, café and gallery rolled into one that has given Ljubljana a promising new creative hub. We’re talking .raw, an initiative of Rob Svenšek and Tamir Potokar, two designers based in the Slovenian capital. The duo have secured a spacious unit on the premises of a modern nine-storey office building, and …
This is a renovation of a 130-year-old traditional house in the historical streetscape of a regional city. The client uses it as a store and art gallery. The site is located within Kiryu City’s Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. Due to the ordinance for preserving the streetscape, the exterior of the building …
In the early 21st century, China witnessed a remarkable surge in museum construction. Cities blossomed under the banner of cultural revival, historical reimagination, and social care, shaping a new international vision for the nation’s urban landscape. Over the past two decades—marked by monumental events like the Beijing Olympics, the Shanghai World Expo, the Hangzhou Asian …
