Making a Museum – Design Museum Gent

This book documents the transformation and architecture of Design Museum Gent.

Published to mark the reopening of Design Museum Gent in October 2026, the book traces the transformation of the museum through the restoration and adaptation of its historic buildings by RE-ST and the addition of a new wing by Carmody Groarke and ATAMA, bringing together buildings from different periods into a coherent contemporary museum.

Alongside the architecture, the book explores the innovative processes and collaborations that shaped the project, from the development of the circular Gent Waste Brick to collaborations with Bureau Bas Smets and Unfold. Essays by leading voices in architecture and design consider the museum as a contemporary space for production, encounter and public exchange.

Featuring texts by the architects and designers, alongside essays by Beatrice Leanza, Nadine Botha and Marc Dubois.