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Photos of Thailand's first international contemporary art museum revealed

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International studio WHY Architecture has released images of the Dib Bangkok museum , which it claims will be "Thailand's first museum dedicated to international contemporary art". Dib Bangkok is Thailands first major museum dedicated to international contemporary art," the studio said. The renders are courtesy of WHY Architecture.

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Art deco muralist Hildreth Meière was "forgotten in plain sight"

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Our final Art Deco Centenary designer profile spotlights Hildreth Meire, a pioneering muralist who left her indelible mark on buildings including New York's Radio City Music Hall, but whose legacy was eclipsed by her better-known male contemporaries. Mural painting has a history of being undervalued," wrote academic Lydia Hamlett in 2020.

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IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art was the most significant building of 2008

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Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha , Qatar, by IM Pei , the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". Such references led the New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ourousoff to describe the museum as a "temple of high art, placing culture on the same pedestal as religion".

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Yoshio Taniguchi, Architect Behind MoMA Redesign, Passes Away at 87

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wikimedia | MoMa Extension Yoshio Taniguchi , the renowned architect behind the redesign of New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and other celebrated cultural landmarks , has passed away, at the age of 87 due to pneumonia. Read more

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Anderton Court Shops on Rodeo Drive now home to Givenchy LA flagship

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Valerie Leon, Givenchy’s president of the Americas, said at its opening: "Given Hubert de Givenchy’s love of art and architecture, the Frank Lloyd Wright building felt like the right choice, and the opportunity to bring Givenchy to life there was inspiring."

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Ten notable projects by 2025 Royal Gold Medal-winner SANAA

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Among the studio's key projects are the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, which is composed of a low-lying circular structure wrapped with glass, and the stepped Sydney Modern gallery in Australia. Alongside its central art galleries, it hosts public spaces including a library, lecture hall and children's workshop.

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Japanese architect Hiroshi Hara dies aged 88

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Read: Japan's biennale pavilion celebrates radical 1970s architecture Hara's other notable projects in his native country include the Sapporo Dome stadium in Hokkaido , the Tasaki Museum of Art in Nagano Prefecture and the Yamato International Building in Tokyo.

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