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ALA Architects - Kilden - Performing Arts Centre - Kristiansand, Norway

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:02 +0200

The undulating facade follows the forms defined by the halls and creates a surface separating the real world from the illusional.

Santiago Calatrava - Innovation, Science and Technology Building - Florida Polytechnic - Lakeland, Florida

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 +0200

The exterior of the building is dominated by two dramatic elements, the pergola and the operable roof.

Steven Holl Architects - Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) - Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, Virginia

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:03 +0200

The galleries radiate out from the forum in forked arms, shaping the space of the garden.

Exhibition - Massimo Scolari: The Representation of Architecture, 1967-2012 - Architecture Gallery - Yale School of Architecture - New Haven, Connecticut

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:03 +0200

The retrospective highlights the diverse contexts in which Scolari's work has unfolded.

Zellnerplus - Matthew Marks Gallery - Los Angeles, California

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:02 +0200

The building’s facade was developed in collaboration with American artist Ellsworth Kelly.

Gehry Partners, LLP - Opus Hong Kong - Hong Kong, China

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:03 +0200

"The building has been designed to enhance and reflect Hong Kong’s distinctive landscape, and is custom-made for the city it overlooks".
Frank Gehry

BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group - Beach and Howe St. - Vancouver, Canada

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0200

The silhouette, changing from every angle, resembles a curtain being drawn aside, welcoming people as they enter the city from the bridge.

Moshe Safdie and Associates - Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex - Anadpur Sahib, Punjab, India

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:03 +0200

Arranged in groups of five, the galleries reference the Five Virtues, a central tenet of the Sikh faith.

Zaha Hadid Architects - Rocca London Gallery - London, UK

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:03 +0200

A connective language between the architecture and the bathroom products, with the movement of water "carving out" the interior and moving through the Gallery as individual drops.

The Camera - Fernando Alda - The poetry of the skeleton - Fernando Alda

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:02 +0200

quot;We evaluate the buildings by their appearance. The skeleton, that carries all the efforts, dreams and wishes, stays hidden and we will never see it again.quot;
Fernando Alda

Coop Himmelb(l)au - Musée des Confluences - Lyon, France

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:03 +0200

The concept of two complexly connected architectural units are a result of the striking interface-like situation of the building site.

Caruso St John - Nottingham Contemporary - Nottingham, UK

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:02 +0200

The facades are developed as a continuous patterned surface of pale green pre-cast concrete elements, the cast pattern taken from a specific example of Nottingham lace.

Exhibition - Thomas Demand - Model Studies - Nottingham Contemporary - Nottingham, UK

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:01 +0200

Thomas Demand looks at the architect as sculptor, paying tribute to Lautner on the centenary of the architect’s birth. ;

Carrilho da Graça arquitectos - School of Music - Polytechnic Institute - Lisbon, Portugal

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:02 +0200

"Using concrete as our main building material was a simple way of obtaining high levels of acoustic stability and insulation."
João Luís Carrilho da Graça

OMA - Milstein Hall - Cornell University - Ithaca, New York

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:02 +0200

"We wanted to provide something currently absent from the college, a space with the scale to facilitate collaboration."
Rem Koolhaas

Book - Project Japan: Metabolism Talks - By Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist - Publisher: Taschen

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:02 +0100

... after 15 years of incubation, they surprised the world with a new architecture - Metabolism - that proposed a radical makeover of the entire land ...

Allied Works Architecture - Clyfford Still Museum - Denver, Colorado

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:02 +0200

"Brad Cloepfil has created a compelling design that reveals a deep understanding of our goals and collection needs as a single-artist institution."
Dean Sobel, Director Clyfford Still Museum.

Exhibition - Alturas de Macchu Picchu - Martín Chambi - Álvaro Siza at work - The Canadian Centre for Architecture - Montréal, Canada

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:02 +0200

Alturas de Macchu Picchu features historic photographs and travel sketches of the ancient Inca ruins.

UNStudio - Kutaisi Airport - Kutaisi, Georgia

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:02 +0200

quot;The airport presents a symbolic infrastructural gateway to Georgia and, from there, to the rest of the world.quot;
Ben van Berkel

FREE Fernando Romero - Soumaya Museum - Mexico City, Mexico

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:02 +0200

The Soumaya Museum was conceived as a rotating sculptural building that is both an object and a part of the city.

Richard Meier and Partners - Villa Gardone - Gardone Riviera, Italy

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:02 +0200

"The Villa Gardone, as in some of our early residential projects, incorporates elements that reflect our design principles."
Richard Meier

Richard Meier and Partners - Mitikah Office Tower - Mexico City, Mexico

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +0200

A modern interpretation of Aztec forms adding visual significance to the skyline.

Ennead Architects - Natural History Museum of Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:02 +0200

The Museum's powerful jagged profile references the mountains beyond.

Winning Design - Michael Maltzan Architecture - Tom Leader Studio - "The Lens" - St. Petersburg Pier, Florida

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:02 +0200

The St. Petersburg Pier, known as "The Lens", was recently selected as the winner of the international competition.

Coop Himmelb(l)au - Martin Luther Church - Hainburg, Austria

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:02 +0200

The sculptural bell tower at the forecourt constitutes the fourth element of the building ensemble.

MAD - Ordos Museum - Kang Ba Shi City - Inner Mongolia, China

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:02 +0200

The museum is enwrapped in reflective metal shutters, such shutters we hope, would transform and reflect the ugliness or whatever appeals of the reality from of the surroundings.

Exhibition - Situ Studio - reOrder: An Architectural Environment - Brooklyn Museum, New York

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:01 +0200

The space-altering, site-specific architectural installation inaugurated the first phase of the Brooklyn Museum’s project for the colonnaded hall on the first floor.

Steven Holl Architects - Cité de l’Océan et du Surf - Biarritz, France

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:01 +0200

A museum that explores both surf and sea and their role upon our leisure, science and ecology.