The collection, one of the finest in the world, is displayed in a contemporary five-storey building dedicated to the display of toys and childhood memorabilia. The building designed by Singapore architectural firm SCDA Architects. SCDA won several prestigious international awards, including the Royal Institute of British Architects Worldwide Awards. SCDA Architect clinched 3 international architectural awards for its design of Mint Museum of Toys. The awards are the Winner for the Tourism, Travel and Transport Category (2008 Cityscape Dubai Architectural Awards), and Runners Up position for Commercial Building Category (2006 Cityscape Dubai Architectural Review Awards 2008) and Best New Global Design (2007 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Awards).

The building’s façade is unique in that it has been specifically designed to exclude external lighting into the building, in order to minimise, if not prevent the damaging effects of Ultra Violet light.

The façade comprises of twenty-six glass panels, each lit by light coming from a fibre optic cable running along its edge inside the building. Believe that this feature is a first of its kind in the world.

The design of the Building is also influenced by geomancy principles, for example, the number of panels not only correspond to our address but also to an auspicious number, the position of the cashier points, the layout of the kitchen area, the distribution of toys, etc.

The lighting system for the acrylic shelving is unique in that light is allowed to pass through the entire shelving and yet does not cause any shadow to be cast by the toys on display.

Another unique and yet novel feature in the building is its lenticular panel, which lines the wall on one side of the walkway leading in from the entrance. This lenticular panel provides a chronological visual record of comics from the Silver Age to the Platinum Age and also provides an idea of what is being displayed in the Museum.

The glass floor on Level Three provides visitors with another exciting experience. Look through the glass windows on Level Five and one will see the five-foot way at the Entrance to the Building, which is yet another interesting feature of the building.

With its avant garde design, and the various unique and interesting features, the building complements and enhances the unique character of the entire collection. visitors are thus provided with an ‘experience within an experience’, that is a ‘Journey of Re-discovery’.