Architecture & Design — Museums drive major civic commissions globally as OMA debuts in Japan, ZGF lands Navy SEAL Museum in San Diego, and Albania reimagines its National Historical Museum

Architecture & Design · 2026-05-07

TODAY'S SIGNAL — May 7, 2026 is dominated by a global wave of museum and cultural-infrastructure commissions that signal where public capital and institutional ambition are flowing. OMA's completion of its first public project in Japan — scenographic interventions at the Edo-Tokyo Museum inside Kiyonori Kikutake's iconic Metabolist shell — marks a significant milestone: a top-tier Western firm…