Dates & Events: June 2026

RECORD’s monthly list of upcoming and ongoing exhibitions, events, and competitions.

Ongoing Exhibitions

Liz Glynn, Open House (detail), 2026. Installation view at Storm King Art Center,.. Photo by Jeffrey Jenkins

Liz Glynn: Open House
New Windsor, New York
Through November 9, 2026
Using concrete, artist Liz Glynn reconstructed the couches, footstools, armchairs, and arched-window forms based on historic photographs of the New York City mansion of the politician and financier William C. Whitney that had been designed by Stanford White. At the Storm King Art Center, Open House—which was originally presented by the Public Art Fund in New York City—is placed in the natural landscape for the first time, allowing it to function as a ruin or an anachronistic architectural folly. Learn more at stormking.org.

Vitalità dell’architettura italiana 1946–2026
Rome
Through November 15, 2026
In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic, MAXXI presents an exhibition showcasing Italian architecture from 1946 to the present. It brings together the most influential figures of the turn of the millennium, highlighting the major themes that have distinguished Italian architecture, before reaching a selection of exemplary projects carried out in recent years by Italian architects, at home and around the world. See more at maxxi.art.

The Century of Gehry
Porto, Portugal
Through December, 2026
Showing at the Serralves Foundation, The Century of Gehry examines 19 of the late architect’s most impressive and innovative buildings and projects, exploring his radical approach to form, material, and structure. Curated by António Choupina, together with Gehry Partners and in collaboration with the Getty, the retrospective unfolds across eight thematic chapters, following the combination of instinct and intellect in Gehry’s creative process, from the rebellious intimacy of his Santa Monica house to the titanium tides of the Guggenheim Bilbao. Through sketches and models of ongoing or unbuilt projects, his architecture comes to life as something both dynamic and human. See serralves.pt.

The DZ Bank in Berlin. Photo courtesy of Frank O. Gehry & Gehry Partners, LLP

Aalto Design—Shapes of Wellbeing
Helsinki
Through January 3, 2027
Presented by the Architecture & Design Museum, this multidisciplinary exhibition explores Alvar, Aino, and Elissa Aalto’s architecture and design from the perspective of well-being. Drawing on the museum’s collections, as well as loans from the Alvar Aalto Foundation and the Paimio Sanatorium Foundation, Shapes of Wellbeing brings together drawings, models, furniture, glass, material experiments, and artworks. The show, featuring exhibition design by Linda Bergroth, also features artist Ilona Sagar’s film installation Other Actors (2025), which explores relations between the body, architecture, and health. See admuseo.fi.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Design Across Time: Exploring the Smithsonian’s Design Collection
New York City
June 26, 2026 through 2028
Cooper Hewitt, the Smithsonian Design Museum marks the nation’s 250th anniversary with a multiyear installation of its permanent collection, including significant works newly retrieved from storage for expanded public access. On view through the entire first floor of the museum’s historic home at the Andrew Carnegie Mansion, the exhibition explores design’s impact across eras, geography, and disciplines. By bringing together works of product, graphic, and even digital design, fashion, textiles, and wallcoverings, as well as architecture, the exhibition highlights the breadth of the national collection and underscores design’s role as a key tool for improving the world around us. See cooperhewitt.org..

The Playground
Washington, D.C.
July 3–August 30, 2026
The National Building Museum has once again partnered with New York–based design studio Snarkitecture for its annual interactive summer installation, this time transforming the museum’s Great Hall into a sculptural landscape that reimagines the familiar experience of parks and playgrounds. Through nine activation areas, The Playground encourages open-ended exploration and play while also highlighting construction materials essential to our built environment but often overlooked. From plywood to scaffolding, the installation invites visitors to experience these everyday resources anew. Whether climbing, digging, building, or relaxing, visitors of all ages and abilities can enjoy interactive experiences throughout the space. See nbm.org.

Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal
Williamsburg, Virginia
June 26, 2026–January 3, 2027
On view at the College of William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art, this exhibition surveys the history of the World Trade Center through an architectural perspective. Unfolding across four galleries, it begins with Minoru Yamasaki’s Twin Towers, once emblematic of New York City’s energy and ambition, and acknowledges the profound loss and impact of the events of 2001. From there, it considers the site’s rebuilding. Visitors follow the its transformation through Daniel Libeskind’s visionary plan, Michael Arad’s Reflecting Absence, David Childs’s One World Trade Center, Santiago Calatrava’s Oculus, REX’s Perelman Performing Arts Center, and more. See more at muscarelle.wm.edu.

Architect Minoru Yamasaki with model of the World Trade Center. Photo by Balthazar Korab, c. 1971, Library of Congress; courtesy the Muscarelle Museum of Art

Herzog & de Meuron: In Focus
Hong Kong
Opening September 12, 2026
M+ celebrates its fifth anniversary with a significant donation to its collections from Herzog & de Meuron, the Swiss firm that designed the museum building. Showcasing newly donated models, drawings, and material samples, this exhibition focuses on built and unbuilt projects in China, including landmark buildings such Tai Kwun in Hong Kong (2006–18) and the National Stadium in Beijing (2002–08). Also featured are urban planning projects that demonstrate how territory and landscape fundamentally shape the form of cities. See more at mplus.org.hk.

Events

AnA Barcelona 2026
Barcelona
July 2, 2026
Architects, not Architecture (AnA) and VELUX are joining forces for this special event Auditorium of La Pedrera, Casa Milà in Barcelona focusing on the reuse and transformation of buildings. Barcelona is the UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture 2026 and the UIA World Congress of Architects runs in Barcelona from June 28 to July 2, under the theme “Becoming. Architectures for a Planet in Transition”. AnA Barcelona 2026 takes place on the final night of the Congress, offering the international architecture community an intimate evening of personal stories, reflection, and inspiration. Winy Maas of MVRDV, Xu Tiantian of Beijing-based DnA_Design and Architecture in Beijing, and Arno Brandlhuber of HouseEurope! are the featured speakers. For more information, see architectsnotarchitecture.com.

Pan-African Biennale
Nairobi, Kenya
September 7–11, 2026
Led by founder and artistic director Omar Degan, the Pan-African Biennale is the first continental platform dedicated to the built environment, architecture, and spatial practice to be conceived in and led from Africa. It brings together voices from across the continent and its diasporas to reclaim authorship, visibility, and agency in shaping cities, landscapes, and futures. Rooted in lived realities, memory, and material knowledge, the event challenges inherited narratives and imposed centers of architectural discourse. It positions Africa not as a case study but as a generator of ideas, methods, and critical thinking. Confirmed participants include Ramos Castellano Arquitectos, Raas Architects, MASS, and others. Learn more at panafricanbiennale.org.

Competitions

Picasso 2030
Apply by July 6, 2026
The Musée national Picasso Paris has launched an international landscape and architecture competition to design a new sculpture garden and wing to house temporary exhibitions. Jointly supported by the museum, the Picasso family, the State and the City of Paris, the project is slated to open at end of 2030. The submission deadline is July 6, 2026, and the winner will be announced in January or February of 2027. For more details, see museepicassoparis.fr.