COMPILED BY Lindi Brownell Meiring
There are thousands of museums the world over, and choosing only a handful of stand-out designs was not an easy task. Regardless of what each museum is dedicated to, these 10 caught our attention from the get-go.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Where: Bilbao, Spain
Designed by: Frank Gehry
Date completed: 1997
Image credit: oddcities.com
Nestlé Chocolate Museum
Where: Mexico City, Mexico
Designed by: Rojkind Arquitectos
Date completed: 2007
Image credit: arch20.com
Where: Paris, France
Designed by: Frank Gehry
Date completed: 2014
Image credit: Iwan Baan
Where: Salvokop, Pretoria
Designed by: GAPP Architects and Urban Designers, Mashabane Rose Associates, MMA Architects
Date completed: 2011
Image credit: Adriaan Louw
Museo Soumaya (Plaza Carso)
Where: Mexico City, Mexico
Designed by: Fernando Romero
Date completed: 2011
Image credits: commons.wikimedia.org, orangecode.mx
Salvador Dalí Museum
Where: Florida, USA
Designed by: Yann Weymouth/HOK
Date completed: 2011
Image credits: hok.com, phaidon.com
Royal Ontario Museum (The Crystal)
Where: Toronto, Canada
Designed by: Daniel Libeskind
Date completed: 2007
Image credits: libeskind.com
Stedelijk Museum
Where: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Designed by: Benthem Crouwel Architects
Date completed: 2012
Image credits: amsterdamnow.com, detail-online.com
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
Where: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Designed by: Oscar Niemeyer
Date completed: 1996
Image credits: yellowtrace.com.au, prettyarchitecture.com
Denver Art Museum (Frederic C. Hamilton extension)
Where: Colorado, USA
Designed by: Daniel Libeskind / Davis Partnership Architects joint venture
Date completed: 2006
Image credits: libeskind.com
