Museum Style: Top 10 Museums

‘Smooth, crystalline surfaces reflect the incoming light in varied ways, thus creating permanent optical changes throughout the day’ EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam, Delugan Meissl Associated Architects / Text by Lydia Parafianowicz

‘Its architectural form cuts a skyline silhouette that has been inspired by the very ships that were built on this hallowed ground’ Titanic Belfast by Todd Architects & CivicArts/Eric R Kuhne & Associates / Text by Lydia Parafianowicz

Spaceship Form 'Fulfills Need for Surreal Space' OCT Design Museum by Studio Pei-Zhu / Text by Silvie Schaefer

'The facade is the only visual souvenir of the former Casa del Conde' -Easter Sculpture Museum by Exit Architects / Text by Silvie Schaefer

‘My inspiration came from origami, the Japanese paper folding technique, which I united with the nature found in the surrounding Yatsugatake mountains near Nagano’ Hiroshi Senju Museum Annex by Yasui Hideo Atelier / Text by Lydia Parafianowicz

‘The design aims to protect the natural beauty of the site while emphasizing a strong sense of place,’ Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art by Safdie Architects / Text by Lydia Parafianowicz

'The entire concept is designed to lead people silently around the museum as if peacefully strolling around garden' Xinjin Zhi Museum by Kengo Kuma & Associates / Text by Lydia Parafianowicz

‘[The space] offers a high degree of flexibility, making an entirely new spatial structure possible for every new presentation’ Städel Museum Extension by Schneider+Schumacher Architekten / Text by Silvie Schaefer

'Long walkways bring visitors to the building' Musee de la Grande Guerre by Christophe Lab / Text by Lydia Parafianowicz