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Global design and production agency BRC Imagination Arts has appointed Christian Lachel as chief creative officer, taking over the role from BRC founder Bob Rogers. ... More

The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, has closed to allow a year-long renovation, which it is hoped will see the ... More

Former US president Barack Obama has provided an update on his Presidential Center, promising to “create a campus for active citizenship in the heart of ... More

Barack and Michelle Obama, the former president and first lady of the United States, have today (4 May) unveiled the design of the planned Obama ... More

US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have reportedly chosen Chicago's historic Jackson Park as the site for their Obama Presidential Center. Media ... More

Renovations of some of the world’s most famous hotels dominated the CLAD headlines this week. The Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia has unveiled a multi-million dollar renewal ... More

Barack and Michelle Obama have chosen the architectural team of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects and Partners (TWBTA) and Interactive Design Architects (IDEA) to design ... More

David Adjaye, Renzo Piano and Snøhetta are among the big names in contention to design the Barack Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side. The ... More

The Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has closed its doors ahead of a major revamp of the ageing facility. The museum, first ... More

Having recently chosen Chicago, Illinois, as the host location for Barack Obama’s presidential library, The Barack Obama Foundation is now launching a competition to find ... More

US President Barack Obama has announced that the presidential library – a monument to his legacy as the nation’s first black President – will be ... More

A bill has been passed in Illinois by state lawmakers aimed at improving Chicago’s efforts to build both the George Lucas’ Museum of Narrative Art ... More

Four US universities are currently battling it out to host Barack Obama’s US$500m (€419.5m, £329m) presidential library – a repository for preserving and making available ... More

A pressure group that was headed by Margaret Thatcher until her death has said it intends to create a library, museum and education centre as ... More

Virginia's planned presidential library for George Washington has achieved its US$100m (76.9m euro, £66.5m) capital campaign goal ahead of schedule with a gift from one ... More

The new US$30m (20m euro, £18m) wing of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, US has been opened to the ... More

Will Koch, Bob Rogers, Don Clayton and Daniel Burnham have been inducted into the IAAPA Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Orlando, Florida. Koch, ... More

Detailed plans have been revealed for the George W. Presidential Center, to be built in Dallas, Texas, US. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, The ... More