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Vadnagar Museum

SIDDHARTH BATHLA Museum Cultural Heritage

Vadnagar

Vadnagar is an archaeological experiential museum in Vadnagar, India. The museum stands beside an excavation site and presents more than 2,500 years of local history. Nine galleries, among them City, Belief and Lifestyle, use scenography, installations, audiovisual shows and interactive stations to make archaeology accessible. Rammed earth, mud and stone recall the excavation layers and shape walls, furniture and displays. Locally sourced materials and local artisans were used. The design presents the city itself as living heritage.

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Deji Cultural Complex Museum

Masato Kure Museum Interior

Deji Cultural Complex

Deji Cultural Complex provides a fusion of cultural arts and commercial facilities. It has six extensive facilities including an art museum, a museum, a bookstore, shops, and a café on its top 7300 m2 floor. The coexistence of these facilities allows customers to stop by at one they would not have otherwise visited. What makes The Triangle. JP's design innovation is that they entirely got rid of walls between spaces. By eliminating partitions, it freed the space from having boundaries between inside and outside giving customers a little "preview" before entering the space.

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Zhenbaoguan Museum

Zhao Yunhai Museum Interior

Zhenbaoguan

Zhenbaoguan is a private museum interior covering 750 square meters. The space displays a collection of artworks and wine inside a residence that also serves as an office and a place to receive guests. Cabinets, ceilings and floors are finished in black wood and stone, so attention stays on the exhibits. The cabinet lighting illuminates each artwork rather than the cabinet surfaces. Wine walls are arranged symmetrically along both sides of the main corridor, following Oriental symmetry aesthetics. Turns and level changes create a varied route through the rooms.

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National Gallery Athens Museum

Parmenidis-Longuepee-Mari Museum Interior

National Gallery Athens

In the 1960's modern building of the National Gallery in Athens, the exhibition rooms are designed like a promenade in open space. The interior is designed as a sequence of wooden lined transitional areas for information, and of white exhibition rooms with specially designed suspended ceilings for each exhibition function. Controlling the directions of gaze, the depth of view in the rooms and towards the city, the general lighting in relevance with the exterior light, and subduing the materials and the technical details to highlight the works of art, the space gives an affect of free choice.

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Pingyuan Mysterious Stone Art Museum

Tengyuan Design Museum Architecture

Pingyuan Mysterious Stone Art

Pingyuan Mysterious Stone Art is a museum for the exhibition and trade of rare stones. The building stands on a quiet site, with the eastern side facing a stone garden and open plains along the rest of the perimeter. The museum is shaped as one large stone divided into four parts, each holding a separate exhibition. A central atrium with skylights links the four halls and forms a circular visitor route. The main facade is made of stone panels, while large glass areas and an overhanging structure open the southern and eastern sides. A public terrace offers views toward the stone garden.

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Near Figure Museum

Meng Zhao Museum Architecture

Near Figure

Near Figure is a museum designed for Helsinki, Finland. The building explores the state between identifiable and unidentifiable forms. Shapes convey a sense of purpose but remain unresolved, so legibility appears gradually as visitors move through the spaces. Two separate circulation paths are interwoven through changes in the architectural form. The museum holds open galleries, exhibition halls, a cafe, exterior platforms and activity areas. Green concrete and recycled wood improve insulation and reduce carbon emissions. The gross floor area is 6400 square meters.

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Tibetan Thangka Art Museum

and Studio Museum Architecture

Tibetan Thangka Art

Lhasa Thangka Museum is a museum for Thangka art set at the foothills of the mountains in Lhasa. The building is organized in the manner of a Tibetan monastery and creates a dialogue with the mountain and the sky. An external path climbs between the volumes and leads to a high square, while an interior path arranges the exhibition spaces. Traditional stone walls are reinterpreted as double ventilated concrete walls, which improve insulation and reduce energy use. Local materials and local labor were used. The museum promotes Thangka art and Tibetan culture.

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Jinglan Bay Art Museum

Nic Lee Museum Interior

Jinglan Bay Art

Jinglan Bay Art is a sales center interior located in Liuzhou, a mountainous area with winding waters. The interior covers 1705 square meters and includes reception, sales, display, digital media and VIP areas. Rather than copying the landscape through shapes, light and shadow are used to suggest high mountains and deep water. Black terrazzo is polished to a mirror finish, so the outdoor scenery and the movement of visitors are reflected. Raw stone at the entrance creates the depth of a valley. Other materials include chiseled marble, mineral paint, black wood and oak.

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The Evoluon Museum

Hans Maréchal Museum Interior

The Evoluon

Commissioned by Next Nature, taking the challenge of revitalizing the entrance, lounge, restaurant, and meeting rooms of the Evoluon with limited resources. The goal: to restore the monument's original essence while eliminating clutter. The circular design approach, by utilizing existing furnishings with a fresh blue "skin" to maintain the building's integrity. This blue symbolizes purity and the future, aligning with Next Nature's branding and Philips' legacy. The interior is made of environmentally friendly materials and furniture of local designers.

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Iceland Volcano Museum

Yuting Zhang Museum Architecture

Iceland Volcano

Iceland Volcano is a museum located in the Myvatn region of Iceland. The circular form is inspired by the volcanic craters, hot springs and lakes of the area. An elliptical volume and two intersecting slopes create a continuous space that links indoor and outdoor areas. Three ring paths are offered: an interior gallery, a walkable roof used as an observation deck, and an outdoor park loop trail with large-scale sculptures. A reflecting pool sits at the centre. The facade is formed by louvers whose orientation varies to control sunlight.

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Samaranch Memorial Museum

Archiland Museum Architecture

Samaranch Memorial

Samaranch Memorial is a museum built to commemorate Samaranch and to present the Olympic spirit. The design is derived from the five Olympic rings. Two intersecting circles form the main building, while three further circles become sunken courtyards that hold additional sporting spaces. The infinity shaped form contains a ramping loop that links the entrance, exhibition areas, roof gardens and service functions in one sequence. The memorial also includes a lecture hall, a temporary exhibition hall and a winter garden. Daylight was studied in detail to reduce energy use.

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Pugongshan Geology Museum

Baofeng Li Museum Architecture

Pugongshan Geology

The Pugong Mountain Geological Museum integrates the old and new gypsum kilns, and uses the old kiln group as the landmark gate of the overall site park. The kiln head is transformed into a viewing platform, and one of the old kilns is used as the main entrance of the museum. Key mining areas are set as ecological education points, and viewing windows and viewing platforms are set up at the corresponding positions of the museum building, so that the museum building is tightly anchored in this special place.

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