Take a look at the Prix Versailles 'World’s Most Beautiful Museums' list for 2024
The Prix Versailles has presented its World’s Most Beautiful Museums List for 2024, celebrating outstanding designs in the culture sector.Among the winners are Shigeru Ban's vibrant new Simose Art Museum in Hiroshima, the impressive Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza by Heneghan Peng, and the landmark ethnographic Oman Across Ages Museum from Australia's Cox Architecture. Winners are said to "simultaneously serve creativity, the reflection of local heritage and ecological efficiency, and [...] extraordinary imprints on their environments." Each will now compete for the three available Prix Versailles 2024 World Titles that are expected to be announced in late November.“Museums provide singular settings conducive to intercultural dialogue," Jérôme Gouadain, the Secretary General of the Prix Versailles, stated. "Bolstered by technology, they now deliver ever more immersive experiences, participate in the dissemination of knowledge and help form the tastes of their visitors. By creating the World’s Most Beautiful Museums List, we also wanted to emphasize the importance of wonder, which elevates the human gaze and allows us to be surprised."Other World Selections winners will be announced through September. The seven Most Beautiful Museums for 2024 are:A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, China, Tektonn ArchitectsRead the full post on Bustler
The Prix Versailles has presented its World’s Most Beautiful Museums List for 2024, celebrating outstanding designs in the culture sector.
Among the winners are Shigeru Ban's vibrant new Simose Art Museum in Hiroshima, the impressive Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza by Heneghan Peng, and the landmark ethnographic Oman Across Ages Museum from Australia's Cox Architecture.
Winners are said to "simultaneously serve creativity, the reflection of local heritage and ecological efficiency, and [...] extraordinary imprints on their environments." Each will now compete for the three available Prix Versailles 2024 World Titles that are expected to be announced in late November.
“Museums provide singular settings conducive to intercultural dialogue," Jérôme Gouadain, the Secretary General of the Prix Versailles, stated. "Bolstered by technology, they now deliver ever more immersive experiences, participate in the dissemination of knowledge and help form the tastes of their visitors. By creating the World’s Most Beautiful Museums List, we also wanted to emphasize the importance of wonder, which elevates the human gaze and allows us to be surprised."
Other World Selections winners will be announced through September. The seven Most Beautiful Museums for 2024 are:
A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, China, Tektonn Architects
