Contemporary Art Galleries : Key Buildings

Art Gallery Buildings

This page contains a selection of major art gallery designs from around the globe, with links to individual project pages. We've selected what we feel is the key Art Gallery Architecture around the world, but additions are always welcome.

Art Gallery Buildings : A-K (this page)

Art Gallery Designs : L-Z

Art Gallery - Latest Building

KPF London Gallery

photograph : Kohn Pedersen Fox
KPF London Gallery - 3 Feb 2012
International architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is pleased to announce the inaugural exhibition at its new gallery space in central London, a celebration of the work of German artist and architectural photographer HG Esch. The exhibition presents a selection of photographs taken from Esch’s ‘Cities Unknown’ series.

Art Gallery - Recent Building

White Cube, London
Casper Mueller Kneer

photograph : Ben Westoby Courtesy White Cube
New London Art Gallery : White Cube - 12 Oct 2011

White Cube is pleased to announce the opening of a third major space in London. The building, located on Bermondsey Street in south London opens. It is the largest of the gallery’s three London sites. The building dates from the 1970s and was primarily used as a warehouse before the current refurbishment.

Art Galleries - Selection

Designs, alphabetical:

21st Century MoCA, Kanazawa, Japan SANAA photo © 2008 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art	176 Prince of Wales Road, London, UK Allford Hall Monaghan Morris photograph © Tim Soar London Art Gallery
Am Kupfergraben 10, Berlin, Germany David Chipperfield Architects photo © Ioana Marinescu Am Kupfergraben 10 gallery building	ARoS - Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark Schmidt Hammer Lassen photo © Adrian Welch ARoS
Art Gallery of Alberta Building, Canada Randall Stout Architects photo : Robert Lemermeyer Art Gallery of Alberta Building	Baltic Mills project, Gateshead, England Ellis Williams Architects image © Adrian Welch Baltic Mills Building
Barcelona MoCA, Spain Richard Meier & Partners / F.J. Ramos photo © Adrian Welch Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art	Caixia Galacia Art Gallery, Spain Architect: Grimshaw photo : Edmund Sumner Caixia Galacia Art Gallery
CCCB, Spain Pinon, Viaplana, Mercade, Architects photo © Adrian Welch Barcelona Centre of Contemporary Culture	Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France Foster + Partners image : Nigel Young, Foster & Partners Carre d’Art Nimes
Clore Gallery, Tate, London JSMW&AL / B+BAL photograph © Adrian Welch Clore Gallery	EMPAC, Troy, New York State, USA Grimshaw image : Grimshaw EMPAC Troy : Arts Center
Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong OMA photograph courtesy OMA Edouard Malingue Gallery	Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Denmark Tony Fretton Architects photo © Helene Binet Fuglsang Kunstmuseum : Design Contest
Gallery Borzo, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Wiel Arets Architects picture : Jan Bitter Gallery Borzo	George Segal Art Gallery, New Jersey, USA ikon.5 architects picture from architect American Gallery
Glass Pavilion, Museum of Art, Ohio, USA SANAA image © 2008 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa Glass Pavilion, Toledo	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, England Pringle Richards Sharratt photo from CABE Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
Jamia Art Gallery, New Delhi, India Romi Khosla Design Studios picture : Saurabh Pandey Jamia Art Gallery	Kiasma Contemporary Art, Finland Steven Holl Architects image Courtesy Steven Holl Finnish Modern Art Gallery, Helsinki