Taichung’s new ‘Museumbrary’ expands Taiwan’s culture credentials – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
A new art museum fused with a library is scheduled to open tomorrow in Taichung, the biggest city in inland Taiwan, in a building designed by the prize-winning Japanese architecture practice SANAA.Known as the Taichung Green Museumbrary, the pairing is an ensemble of airy white boxes of varying… Continue reading
Taiwan’s Groundbreaking New Cultural Landmark, Taichung Green Museumbrary opens, with Major Exhibition with over 70 Artists from 20 Nations. – FAD Magazine
Considered Taiwan’s most important cultural development of 2025, Taichung Green Museumbrary, located in Taiwan’s second largest city, Taichung, will officially open to the public tomorrow, Saturday 13th December 2025. The new international cultural destination is Taiwan’s first venue to integrate a metropolitan art museum with the city’s central library… Continue reading
Taichung Art Museum opens a landmark “museumbrary” and a visionary exhibition for a changing world – hube magazine
The long-awaited Taichung Art Museum opens on December 13th, 2025, unveiling Taiwan’s first-ever hybrid museum-and-library complex—a bold cultural gesture shaped by SANAA architecture and conceived as a fluid meeting point between art, knowledge, and nature. Its debut exhibition, A Call of All Beings: See you tomorrow, same time,… Continue reading
Who are Max Rocha, Cig Harvey, Franco Pepe, and Iwan Baan giftng their – Phaidon
As final shipping dates loom, here is our final author gifting story, which we hope will lend you a guiding hand when it comes to buying the loved ones in your life that special gift. And, if you’re reading this, you know that books are special. Whether it be… Continue reading
Houston’s New Ismaili Center Is a Stunning Cultural Wonder That’s Open To All — Inside a United States First
stunning new addition to Houston’s cultural landscape is set to open to the public this Saturday, December 13 — the double-decades-in-the-making Ismaili Center, a grand architectural project led by the late Prince Karim Aga Khan IV (1936 to 2025). The center is coming to life under the leadership… Continue reading
Legendary Architect Frank Gehry Dies at 96
Frank Gehry, the Canadian-American architect, passed away at the age of 96 in Santa Monica, California, on Friday, after a brief respiratory illness. Source: Legendary Architect Frank Gehry Dies at 96 – ArchiSHOTS – ArchitectureLive!… Continue reading
Five Art and Design Books for Your Winter Reading List
Vitra: The Anatomy of a Design Company, by Deyan Sudjic, with contributions from Karen Stein and Iwan BaanThere are several design companies with an enduring impact on the industry, but we rarely hear all of their origin stories. This volume provides readers with just that by telling the tale of… Continue reading
Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu for 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale | Wallpaper*
Chinese architecture duo Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, founders of Hangzhou-based Amateur Architecture Studio, have just been appointed the curators of the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale. Running their joint practice since 1997, as well as teaching, the two architects are no strangers to the biennale, having taken part… Continue reading
Houston’s Ismaili Centre is America’s most dazzling new building | Wallpaper*
When Aga Khan IV, Karim al-Husseini, died in February, he left behind a legacy that centred around faith, charity, his beloved Thoroughbred horses and a passion for architecture. He established the Aga Khan Architecture Award in 1977 to honour exemplary architecture around the world.Aga Khan IV also served… Continue reading
A year of art and film in Philadelphia
In 2026, Philly’s vibrant artists, exhibitions, and festivals are taking center stage, proving that the city’s cultural legacy is as alive and ambitious as evers Source: A year of art and film in Philadelphia… Continue reading
Designing for Endless Fire – Harvard Design Magazine
Wildfires are nothing new in Los Angeles. Nor is the overlap between fire and the cultural imagination in Southern California. Literary, artistic, and cinematic depictions of the city and its architectural landmarks in flames go back more than a century, an apocalyptic canon that includes work by the… Continue reading
‘A tapestry of stone’: the first Ismaili Centre in the US rises in the heart of Texas | Architecture | The Guardian
Architect Farshid Moussavi is behind a tranquil and timeless new building where Houston’s 40,000-strong Ismaili Muslim community can come together. But how has she created something that looks so delicate out of stone?Catherine SlessorThu 20 Nov 2025 12.46 CETShareOn a hot autumn day in southern Texas, monarch butterflies… Continue reading