Dundee V&A

The V&A Dundee, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, at a cost of £80 millionm is Scotland's first design museum. Located on the on the banks of the River Tay, it opened to the public on 15 September. Kuma designed the building to evoke the dramatic cliffs of Scotland's coastline. Built on reclaimed land, the museum stands at the centre of a £1 billion transformation of Dundee's former docks. The museum extends over the River Tay with a pointed corner that protrudes like the bow of a boat. This prow-shaped space contains the museum's large entrance space, cafe and shop, with timber walls the reference the building's concrete exterior cladding.