Miami Art Museum in Florida by Herzog & de Meuron

The royal ride of the office, acting as if it had a patent (perhaps even a monopoly) on museums, is not over. Last Thursday, the Basel office H&deM was selected as the future author of the new Miami Art Museum on Biscayne Bay. Terence Riley, the long-time curator of New York’s MoMA and the current director of MAM, praised the evolution and constant innovation in the projects of H&deM in a phone interview with the New York Times. The commission that decided on the architects for the new $208 million headquarters selected from the works of 75 architects and personally visited 26 buildings in five countries. The museum is expected to be completed by the end of 2010. Info>