{"id":36070,"date":"2017-04-06T09:53:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T09:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/?p=36070"},"modified":"2017-04-06T09:53:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T09:53:55","slug":"architecturally-stunning-museums-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/2017\/04\/06\/architecturally-stunning-museums-world\/","title":{"rendered":"13 of the Most Architecturally Stunning Museums Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Although usually we go to museums to admire the art, sculptures, designs that are actually inside them, we must not forget that sometimes the museum\u2019s structure itself might just be very worth admiring on its own. And these 13 museums around the world<\/strong><\/em> are probably some of the most jaw-dropping and amazing architectural pieces you will be seeing in a while.<\/p>\n

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THE BIESBOSCH\u00a0MUSEUM<\/a><\/h5>\n

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This unique museum in\u00a0Werkendam, the Netherlands, is covered in grass and features a walkway on the roof that\u2019s surrounded by small grassy mounds and leads to a lookout at one end, which you can see in the picture below.<\/p>\n

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Photos \u00a9\u00a0Ronald Tilleman<\/a><\/p>\n

THE ROSE MUSEUM<\/a><\/h5>\n

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The Rose Museum<\/strong> is located in Beijing, China, and it\u00a0is essentially a large structure covered in a thick layer of stainless steel with a rose-shaped pattern stamped all over the exterior. It doesn\u2019t get much more unique than this\u2026<\/p>\n

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Photos \u00a9\u00a0Xiao Kaixiong<\/p>\n

THE MESSNER MOUNTAIN MUSEUM\u00a0CORONES<\/a><\/h5>\n

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Located in South Tyrol, Italy, this contemporary museum exterior was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects<\/a> and it is made from thick concrete. Embedded into the mountain, the museum projects out to provide incredible views of the valley below and the mountains surrounding it.<\/p>\n

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Photos \u00a9 Zaha Hadid Architects<\/p>\n

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LEN LYE CENTRE<\/a><\/h5>\n

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A curved and reflective stainless steel surrounds the exterior of the Len Lye Centre<\/a>. Even before going inside, the audience is already mesmerized by this unique visual experience.<\/p>\n

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Photos \u00a9\u00a0Patrick Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\n

THE BROAD<\/a><\/h5>\n

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Probably best known for its Infinity Mirrored Room<\/a> exhibition, The Broad Museum in Los Angeles\u00a0is covered in a perforated \u2018veil\u2019 that provides filtered light to the museum throughout the day and creates a skeletal system that protects the vault of storage and archives located inside the museum.<\/p>\n

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Photos \u00a9\u00a0Iwan Baan for The Broad<\/p>\n

Baroque Museum<\/h5>\n

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The curved concrete surrounding the exterior of the Baroque Museum in Mexico, was in part meant to represent the exaggerated movements often associated with traditional baroque art while creating a modern-looking structure.<\/p>\n

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Photos \u00a9\u00a0Patrick Lopez Jaimes \/ Danstek<\/a><\/p>\n

MUSEUM OF FIRE<\/h5>\n

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Located in Zory, Poland, this museum was built\u00a0as a tribute to the fire that took out an entire forest and made way for the development of the Polish city.<\/p>\n

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Photos \u00a9\u00a0Tomasz Zakrzewski \/ archifolio<\/a><\/p>\n

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SUMIDA HOKUSAI\u00a0MUSEUM<\/h5>\n

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Photo \u00a9\u00a0Vincent Hecht<\/a><\/p>\n

The geometric cutouts around the large museum in Tokyo, Japan, allow for diffused natural light to enter the museum and give the structure a clean, modern design. The mirrored structure also\u00a0enables a more natural and intertwined connection to the building\u2019s surroundings.<\/p>\n

MUSEUM OF ROCK<\/h5>\n

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Photo \u00a9\u00a0Ossip van Duivenbode<\/a><\/p>\n

Golden anodized aluminum studs cover the exterior of the Museum of Rock in Roskilde, Denmark, as a tribute to the rock stars who often decked out their outfits in studs, while a red carpet entrance represents the red velvet inside a guitar case.<\/p>\n

SHANGHAI NATURAL HISTORY\u00a0MUSEUM<\/h4>\n

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Photo \u00a9\u00a0James and Connor Steinkamp<\/a><\/p>\n

The museum\u2019s structure incorporates various natural elements in the exterior design of the museum including a\u00a0cellular wall<\/em>, inspired by the cells making up all humans and plants, a green wall and grass roof that represents the vegetation found all over the planet, and a stone wall surrounded by water to represent the moving tectonic plates and the erosion that occurs over time from water and plants.<\/p>\n

LA GOTA CULTURAL CENTER<\/h5>\n

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Photo \u00a9\u00a0Miguel de Guzman<\/a><\/p>\n

To represent the brick facades of the traditional brick builds<\/strong> that were used to dry tobacco, the exterior of the La Gota Cultural Center and Tobacco Museum in Navalmoral de la Mata, Spain<\/strong>, has been covered in a flexible ceramic that allows natural light into the building.<\/p>\n

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Photo\u00a0\u00a9 XTU\/ANAKA\/La Cit\u00e9 du Vin<\/p>\n

The wine museum in Bordeaux, France, was given a swirl-like design on the bottom part to symbolize the swirling of wine in a glass, while the tower is meant to represent grapes growing on a vine.<\/p>\n

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART |\u00a0THE PLANNING EXHIBITION<\/h5>\n
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The two massive structures that put together the museum and the exhibition in Shenzhen, China, have been surrounded by a geometric facade made of natural stone louvers and insulated glass to create the look of a single modern building.<\/p>\n

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Photos \u00a9\u00a0Duccio Malagamba<\/a><\/p>\n

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