The International African American Museum, being built in Charleston, S.C., highlights history where it happened.

New site for the Louisiana Children’s Museum presents multiple challenges.

The International Spy Museum's sleek new building above existing structures on L'Enfant Plaza required an innovative structural design.

Transforming a workhorse into a show horse is difficult.

Last December, auto enthusiasts saw the made-over Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles for the first time after a $125-million renovation made the once-boxy building as striking as the hot rods and vintage cars it houses.

Complex shoring and underpinning helped crews safely renovate the 1939 Art Deco-style University of California printing plant and build a 30,000-sq-ft addition encased in a sweeping metal skin.