Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts // Neri&Hu
Location: Xi’an, China. Architect: Neri&Hu. The Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts is located in Xi’an’s Datang Everbright City and the client asked for a new architectural icon at the East Entry. Neri&Hu’s proposal takes the idea of a monolithic urban monument as the guiding concept to satisfy the museum’s newly expanded cultural and commercial functions […]
La Trobe Institute of Molecular Science // Lyons architects
Location: Beechworth, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. Architect: Lyons architects. La Trobe University’s $94 million Institute of Molecular Science (LIMS) began construction in 2013 with an official sod turning presided over by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr. LIMS is a facility for molecular science, biotechnology and nanotechnology research and training. The […]
Tåkern Visitor Centre // Wingårdh Arkitektkontor
Location: Östergötland, Sweden. Architect: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor. The visitor centre at Tåkern is a quiet architecture, using traditional local materials to break new ground with its crystalline geometry. It is clad in thatch and is connected to a bird-watching tower by boardwalks and a 140-meter-long ramp. An aquarium joins the interior of the visitor centre with […]
The Blue Planet // 3XN
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark. Architect: 3XN. The Blue Planet – North Europe’s largest and most modern aquarium. The aquarium’s distinctive design attempts to tell the story of aquatic life. The architects pictured the building as a whirlpool that entices guests into the depths, where fascinating encounters with fish and other marine life from throughout the globe […]
Kansas City International Airport // SOM
Location: Kansas City, USA. Architect: SOM. The new terminal at Kansas City International Airport will open with assistance from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the Kansas City Aviation Department, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, developer Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate, and design-builder Clark | Weitz | Clarkson (CWC) (KCI). The 1.1 million square foot […]
Busan Cinema Center // COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
Location: Busan, Korea. Architect: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Architects. The concept of the cinema envisions an urban plaza of overlapping zones including an Urban Valley, a Red Carpet Zone, a Walk of Fame and the PIFF Canal Park. The urban plaza is formed by building and plaza elements sheltered by two large roofs that are enabled with […]
Gardens by the Bay Conservatories // Wilkinson Eyre, Grant Associates, Atelier One + Atelier Ten
Location: Singapore. Architect: Wilkinson Eyre, Grant Associates, Atelier One and Atelier Ten. Gardens by the Bay is a key project in delivering the Singapore Government’s vision of transforming Singapore into a ‘City in a Garden’. It comprises three distinct waterfront gardens – Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central. The Cooled Conservatory Complex provides a […]
Soumaya Museum // Fernando Romero EnterprisE Architects
Location: Mexico City, Mexico. Architect: Fernando Romero EnterprisE Architects. Museo Soumaya opened to the public on March 29, 2011, after four years of development. It houses one of the most important art collections in Latin America with over 6,200 artworks and 60,000 square feet of exhibition space. Its avant-garde morphology and typology attempt to define […]
Guangzhou Opera House // Zaha Hadid Architects
Location: Guangzhou, China. Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects. This significant Chinese music hall structure, which overlooks the Pearl River, is at the centre of the growth of Guangzhou’s cultural sites. Guangzhou will be confirmed as one of Asia’s cultural hubs thanks to the use of cutting-edge technology in its design and construction, which will serve as […]
Harpa Reykjavik Building // Henning Larsen Architects + Batteriið Architects
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland. Architect: Henning Larsen Architects + Batteriið Architects. The 2013 European Union Prize for Modern Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award was given to the Harpa – Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Center, which was created by Henning Larsen Architects in association with Batterii Architects and Studio Olafur Eliasson. The jury’s chair, […]
MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art // Odile Decq Benoît Cornette Architects + Urban Planners
Location: Rome, Italy. Architect: Odile Decq Benoît Cornette Architects + Urban Planners. The city-run museum of modern art, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, underwent significant extension in 2011. The museum is spread out over two different locations: a former brewery in the Salario quartiere of the city’s via Nizza, and a former slaughterhouse in the […]
Hoki Museum // Nikken Sekkei
Location: Chiba, Japan. Architect: Nikken Sekkei. The Hoki Museum is a private museum to exhibit and preserves paintings and wines that Mr Hoki has collected. The main theme of Hoki’s collection is realistic oil paintings miraculously painted in detail with meticulous technique, so the “gallery” is most suited for these works and should be selected […]
Tripoli Congress Center // Tabanlıoğlu Architects
Location: Tripoli, Libya. Architect: Tabanlıoğlu Architects. The Congress Center in Tripoli is located in the northwest of the country on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay. The climate is typical Mediterranean, with hot, dry summers, cool winters and some modest rainfall. […]
Bayside Police Station // fjmt
Location: Sandringham, Victoria, Australia. Architect: fjmt. The police station is designed to be a truly public community building, inviting, accessible and part of the civic fabric of the neighbourhood. It is composed of an overarching formal frame, addressing the primary street and lifting the scale of the building to the adjacent Masonic Hall. The workspaces, […]
Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion // Snøhetta
Location: Dovrefjell, Norway. Architect: Snøhetta. For the Norwegian Wild Reindeer Foundation Snøhetta has designed an observation and information pavilion at Hjerkinn in Dovre, Norway to provide shelter for school groups and visitors as mountain guides lecture about the unique wildlife and history of the Dovre Mountain plateau. The building design is based on a contrast […]
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse // molo + d/dt Arch + Frank la Rivière Architects inc
Location: Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Architect: molo + d/dt Arch + Frank la Rivière Architects inc. The Nebuta-no-ie Warasse is dedicated to the ancient Nebuta Festival in Aomori, Japan. It was opened on January 5th 201 and features a screen of twelve-meter-tall steel ribbons wrapping the whole building and enclosing an outdoor walkway. Visitors enter the […]
Sunset Chapel // Bunker Arquitectura
Location: Acapulco, Mexico. Architect: Bunker Arquitectura. The client brief for this project was simple: the chapel had to take full advantage of the spectacular views, the sun had to set exactly behind the altar cross, and a section with the first phase of crypts had to be included outside and around the chapel. Two elements […]
Media-TIC // Cloud 9
Location: Barcelona, Spain. Architect: Cloud 9. Media-TIC, Barcelona, Spain, designed by Cloud 9, won the ‘World Building of the Year 2011’ award at the prestigious World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards in Barcelona. The building was selected from 16 finalists by a ‘super-jury’ of the world’s most influential architectural and urban designers, led by Michael Sorkin. […]
Sainsbury Laboratory // Stanton Williams
Location: Cambridge, England. Architect: Stanton Williams. The Sainsbury Laboratory, a major new plant science research centre in Cambridge by Stanton Williams, won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2012 for the best building of the year. The architects have created a stimulating work environment, reinterpreting the tradition of the monastic cloister and collegiate court, and designed a […]
MAXXI – National Centre of Contemporary Arts Rome // Zaha Hadid Architects
Location: Rome, Italy. Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects. The MAXXI_Museum is the first national museum dedicated to contemporary creativity, designed by architect Zaha Hadid. It houses two institutions: MAXXI Arte (Director Anna Mattirolo) and MAXXI Architecture (Director Margherita Guccione). Over 300 works are part of the MAXXI Art collection, including those of Boetti, Clemente, Kapoor, Kentridge, […]