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Studio Pei-Zhu - Xixi Wetland Art Museum - Hangzhou, China

Mon, 29 jun 2009 00:00:02 +0200

The smooth and organic form will blend into the landscape and reflect the surrounding nature.

Renzo Piano Building Workshop - The Modern Wing - The Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois

Mon, 29 jun 2009 00:00:01 +0200

The Modern Wing already has a significant presence in a city defined by its rich architectural heritage.

Exhibition - Green Architecture for the Future - Louisiana Museum - Humlebæk, Denmark

Mon, 22 jun 2009 00:00:02 +0200

The exhibition focuses on some of the initiatives that are mushrooming up on a global scale.

Nearing completion - Eric Owen Moss Architects - Art Tower - Los Angeles, California

Mon, 22 jun 2009 00:00:01 +0200

The tower will provide a changing art display and offer a variety of graphic content and data on its five screens.

Allied Works Architecture - UMMA - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Mon, 15 jun 2009 00:00:02 +0200

Rising above the surrounding walks and lawn, the building is formed by three cantilevered walls of concrete and limestone.

Competition winner - BIG and Michel Rojkind - Museo Tamayo - Atizapan, Mexico

Mon, 15 jun 2009 00:00:01 +0200

The main concept is an “Opened Box,” a box that unfolds, opens, and invites the visitors inside.

Alvaro Siza - Iberê Camargo Museum (ICM) - Porto Alegre, Brazil

Mon, 08 jun 2009 00:00:02 +0200

"Because of the steepness of the slope, the museum had to be developed as a vertical construction."
Alvaro Siza

Zaha Hadid - Lacoste Footwear - Capsule Collection

Mon, 08 jun 2009 00:00:01 +0200

The Zaha Hadid for Lacoste footwear collaboration began with a digitized interpretation of surfaces with repeated patterns.

Morphosis - NOAA Satellite Operations Facility - Suitland, Maryland

Mon, 01 jun 2009 00:00:01 +0200

An iconic antennae comprise the dominant visual register of the project.

Pugh + Scarpa - Step Up on Fifth - Santa Monica, California

Mon, 01 jun 2009 00:00:01 +0200

A striking yet light-hearted exterior makes the new building a welcome landmark in downtown Santa Monica.

Nearing completion - Asymptote Architecture - The Yas Hotel - Abu Dhabi, UAE

Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:01 +0200

The architecture as a whole “performs” as both an environmentally responsive solution and as an architecture of spectacle and event.

Exhibition - Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - New York, NY

Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum celebrates the golden anniversary of its landmark building.

Architects Collective and at.103 - Ozuluama Residence - Mexico City, Mexico

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:01 +0200

The new roof top appears like a nomadic structure floating above the diverse urban topography of Mexico City.

GRAFT - Gleimstrasse Loft - Berlin, Germany

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200

"Living and Working, Openness and Intimacy; Flexibility has become the keyword in contemporary Loft Design."
GRAFT

Michael Maltzan Architecture - Inner-City Arts - Los Angeles, California

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200

An oasis in an otherwise challenging urban environment.

Building in a Virtual World - Scope Cleaver - MaxMoney Building - Second Life

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Cleaver is the first virtual world architect to be included in the Tashen ArchitectureNOW books.

Design Hotel - Augartenhotel - Graz, Austria

Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200

An elegant eclecticism bonds art and design.

KK Letter - From Graz, Austria to - Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:01 +0200

Two cities influenced by their geographic position at the crossroads of Germanic, Latin and Slavic culture.

Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas - Parish Church and Complex - Foligno, Italy

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:01 +0200

"The suspension of a volume within another. Seeing through concrete heaven, from outside, to inside, to outside."
Massimiliano Fuksa

Under construction - Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Assoc. - Convention Centre - Dublin, Ireland

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200

A tilted glass cylinder intersects the granite wall of the south facade, creating a partial parabola.

Herzog & de Meuron - TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes - Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Canary Islands, Spain

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:01 +0200

A public path cuts diagonally through the building complex.

Herzog & de Meuron - Plaza de España - Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Canary Islands, Spain

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200

The graphic motif on the bottom of the pool reproduces the foundations of the old castle.

Competition winner - Herreros - Munch Area/Lambda - The Munch Museum - Oslo, Norway

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:01 +0200

"Lambda, being the symbol for wavelength, became our image, reflected by the facades’ surface and transparency…"
Herreros

Under construction - TEN Arquitectos - Chopo Museum - Mexico City, Mexico

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:01 +0200

The arched cast iron trusses of the nineteenth-century pavilion are subtly reinterpreted in the glass facades and truss system of the bridges and ramps in the new volume.

Foster + Partners - Beijing Capital - International Airport - Beijing, China

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:01 +0200

"A symbol of place, its soaring aerodynamic roof and its dragon-like form celebrate the thrill and poetry of flight."
Lord Foster

The Museum of Islamic Art - Al Corniche - Doha, Qatar

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:01 +0200

Strong enough to be the symbol of the university, yet delicate as if it could naturally fuse into its landscape.

Kengo Kuma & Associates - Shiseikan - Kyoto University of Art and Design - Kyoto, Japan

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:01 +0200

Strong enough to be the symbol of the university, yet delicate as if it could naturally fuse into its landscape.

Kengo Kuma & Associates - Shiseikan - Kyoto University of Art and Design - Kyoto, Japan

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:01 +0200

Strong enough to be the symbol of the university, yet delicate as if it could naturally fuse into its landscape.

Splitterwerk - Frog Queen - Graz, Austria

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0200

The systematic implementation of the pixel theme displays a confident sense of identity and self-awareness

OMA - Taipei Performing Arts Centre - Taipei City, Taiwan

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:01 +0200

A central cube, clad in corrugated glass, combines the stage accommodations of the three theaters in a single whole.

Sadar Vuga Arhitekti - National Gallery Extension - Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0200

The completely glazed extension comes across like a see-through interface between park and city.

GRAFT Architects - Dental clinic KU64 - Berlin, Germany

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0200

An artificial landscape of undulating folded floors reflected by a ceiling of a similar shape.

GRAFT Architects - Kinderdentist - Berlin, Germany

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 00:00:01 +0200

A 12 foot wave welcomes the children from the outside world, carrying them directly to the reception counter.

Saucier + Perrotte Architectes - Scandinave Les Bains - Vieux-Montréal - Montréal, Québec, Canada

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0200

At particular moments, volumes emerge from the ground to sculpt interior zones containing the sauna and steam baths.

UNStudio - MUMUTH - Music Theatre - Graz, Austria

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0200

"We saw the spiral as the organizing element of the MUMUTH in much the same way as Serialism works in contemporary music."
Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos

BIG - Zira Island Master Plan - Baku, Azerbaijan

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:02 +0200

Central Asia’s first Carbon Neutral Master Plan - an architectural landscape based on the natural landscape of Azerbaijan.

Under construction - Gehry Partners, LLP - Counceling Center - Danish Cancer Society - Aarhus, Denmark

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:01 +0200

New and old, massive and transparent.....
Gehry’s first Scandinavian building.

Concept Design - Renzo Piano Building Workshop - SNFCC - Athens, Greece

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:03 +0200

A pivotal design element is the innovative roof - a series of interconnected photovoltaic cell panels.

KK Letter - Architecture, Art and Design - Berlin, Germany

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:02 +0200

The Graft Berlin office, the “Klee Universe” exhibition, Koons, Kapoor, Koolhaas, and a lot more ...

Design Hotel - The Mandala - Berlin, Germany

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:01 +0200

Experience design, light, aesthetics in an alluring ambiance.

Zaha Hadid Architects - Port House - Antwerp, Belgium

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 00:00:02 +0200

The facade of glass and aluminum panels reflects the surroundings during the day and transforms the building into a radiating crystal at night.

Under construction - MAD Architects - The Absolute Towers - Mississauga, Canada

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 00:00:01 +0200

"The towers talk to each other and harmonize with each other. There is a synergy between them, an aura which transcends each of the individual buildings."
Ma Yansong

SMC Alsop - Stratford DLR Station - London, UK

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:02 +0200

The new station provides a distinctive, efficient and attractive replacement for its highly congested and restricted forerunner.

Grimshaw Architects LLP - Arcadis Architecten - Bijlmer ArenA Station - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:02 +0200

The most important decision concerned the roof design in general and its soffit treatment in particular

Jean Nouvel - DR Concert Hall - Copenhagen, Denmark

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:02 +0200

The architecture dematerializes and becomes a matter of light and surface effects.

Morphosis - Hypo-Alpe-Adria Bank HQ - Udine, Italy

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:02 +0200

In this dialectical relationship between the specific architectural language of the project and the local landscape, each element informs, transforms, and adjusts the total composition.

Robert Wilson - VOOM Portraits

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:02 +0200

A pioneer in the art world who has changed the way we look at theater, art and design.

Robert Wilson - Chairs

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:02 +0200

A pioneer in the art world who has changed the way we look at theater, art and design.

Expansion and renovation - Gehry Partners, LLP - Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) - Toronto, Canada

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:01 +0200

The expansion and renovation of the AGO increases the exhibition space by nearly half the original size and reorganizes the internal circulation within the museum.