New Weekly arcspace Feature

Moving. Norman Foster on Art

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:23:41 GMT

British architect and Pritzker Prize laureater Norman Foster celebrates the completion of the Carré d’Art in NÎme, France, 20 years ago by curating the special exhibition Moving. The exhibition displays 138 works by 66 artists from 14 countries and covers almost a 200 year period from British master landscape painter William Turner’s early 19th century watercolors to contemporary video pieces.

The Małopolska Garden of Arts

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:08:58 GMT

The Małopolska Garden of Arts (MGA) is the work of Polish studio Ingarden & Ewý, and is currently one of the most celebrated building in Kraków, Poland. With the help of structural remnants of a former horse-riding arena, the MGA merges a theatre and library, bringing a contemporary aura adjacent to Kraków's historic center.

Museo Amparo

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:06:28 GMT

The MUSEO AMPARO by neo-modernist TEN Arquitectos is the very delicate phase one of a much-needed update to one of the most important cultural centres in Mexico, the MUSEO AMPARO in Puebla. The renovation finished in January 2013.

Frank Gehry: At Work

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:52:28 GMT

‘Frank Gehry: At work’ features a fine selection of the multi-award winning architect Frank Gehry’s process models at the Leslie Feely Fine Art gallery in New York.

Hotels: Tree Hotel

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:00:07 GMT

Now, this is a hotel, worth traveling for! Not just for the fun of sleeping in the trees, but because it is also great architecture. Tree Hotel is a bundle of rooms literally up in the trees situated in the far northen forrests of Sweden.

BIBLIOTEKET / THE LIBRARY

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:10:48 GMT

With the extension of an existing culture house combined with a brand new library and concert hall, the otherwise anonymous and worn-down Northwestern part of Copenhagen has gotten a highly distinguishable icon.

Photo blog: Springtime in New York

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:43:19 GMT

We have very itchy feet here at arcspace. Most recently, we visited the great city of New York, where we are happy to report that spring has finally sprung.

Tietgen Dormitory

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:52:15 GMT

Danish architects Lundgaard & Tranberg’s circle-round, award-winning dormitory is a gentle and refined addition to the newest borough in the Danish capital Copenhagen, Orestad. An area largely dominated by square-shaped, glass and steel structures.

Travel blog: Visiting Portugal

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:42:49 GMT

Portuguese cities are abound with characteristically narrow and colorful tiled buildings, and having skimmed through the mandatory guidebooks before my visit, I was expecting this. But on my architectural sightseeing, it struck me as odd how relatively few modern buildings I encountered.

Glass Farm

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:43:06 GMT

MVRDV has printed a full farmhouse in Schijndel, a medieval village in the southern Netherlands and the hometown of MVRDV co-founder Winy Mass. Or at least left the skin of the town centres' glass façade in the hands of a well-equipped fritting machine before wrapping the whole body in printed glass with motives from the best of the average from local history.

Hotels: Hôtel Americano

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:22:53 GMT

Hôtel Americano is a sleek boutique hotel with a cleverly designed facade facade that creates an interesting interplay with the surroundings while challenging the notions of in and out.

Hôtel Americano

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:18:32 GMT

Hôtel Americano is a sleek boutique hotel with a cleverly designed facade facade that creates an interesting interplay with the surroundings while challenging the notions of in and out.

Rokkō Shidare Observatory

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:06:05 GMT

The Rokkō Shidare Observatory in Kobe, Japan, is an unusual observatory. It is perched on the top of Mount Rokkō almost a thousand yards above sea level, but here, rather than to observe the surrounding landscape, visitors are meant to witness nature and its shifting states.

Richard Meier. Architecture and Design

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:01:54 GMT

The Pritzker winning architect Richard Meier celebrates his 50th anniversary with a retrospective exhibition at the Fondazione Bisazza in Northern Italy. The exhibition includes iconic buildings as Getty Center in Los Angeles; the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art; and the Jubilee Church in Rome.

Italcementi i.lab

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:14:16 GMT

True to the core product of Italcementi, the new headquarter is a powerful showcasing of various possibilities of concrete. The refined roughness of the concrete, the strong and yet transparent expression and the overall simple aesthetic of the building is an elegant architectural stroke.

Tietgen Dormitory / An imaginary journey around a real building

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:34:15 GMT

This highly ambitious, much debated book aims to explain the philosophy behind the Tietgen Dormitory in Copenhagen, using a wide range of images revolving loosely around the term circularity. Publisher: Edition Bløndal.

Musée de Préhistoire des Gorges du Verdon

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:02:58 GMT

Download images of the Musée de Préhistoire des Gorges du Verdon by Norman Foster & Partners. The Musée de Préhistoire is Europe's largest museum of prehistory located on an exceptional archaeological site, rich in traces of the life of Stone Age man, to which this new museum is devoted. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Museum of Contemporary Art

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:53:37 GMT

Download images of the Museum of Contemporary Art by Richard Meier & Partners. Located in an area that was a previously a monastic enclave, this museum establishes a rigorous dialogue between the area's historic urban fabric and the contemporary art within. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Regen Projects

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:41:25 GMT

An artistic anchor in a burgeoning section of Hollywood while signaling an eastward shift in the cultural center of Los Angeles.

Buck House

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:12:40 GMT

Download images of the Buck House by R.M. Schindler. Built in 1934 the plan is L-shaped with changes in ceiling height which allow for diagonal views and clerestory windows. Like in most of Schindler's work great attention is paid to the details. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Sinclair Garden Pavilion

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:47:08 GMT

Download images of the Sinclair Garden Pavilion by Hodgetts + Fung. The Sinclair Garden Pavilion is the first finished building of the Master Plan, a collaboration between Frank Gehry and Alvaro Siza, to expand the Pasadena campus. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Langen Foundation

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:16:49 GMT

Download images of the Langen Foundation by Tadao Ando. The Langen Foundation is located at the Raketenstation Hombroich, a former NATO base. Visitors enter through a cut-out in the semicircular concrete wall, opening up the view to the glass, steel and concrete building. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Cesar Pelli: Connections

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:30:06 GMT

The exhibition, Cesar Pelli: Connections, is the most comprehensive exhibition on this architect's work to date.

Gemini Residence

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:17:23 GMT

Download images of the Gemini Residence by MVRDV. The old twin Seed Silos on Copenhagen's waterfront are transformed into exciting new residences in a new urban district in Copenhagen. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

BMW Expedition Center

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:11:28 GMT

The Parkorman master plan, designed by GAD architects, proposes to rent out plots to different Istanbul businesses. Borusan Automotive was one of the first companies to rent a plot for the BMW Expedition Center.

The Zollverein School

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:01:58 GMT

Download images of The Zollverein School by SANAA. The Zollverein School is the first new building on the historical coal-mining Zollverein site, Essen, Germany; declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001. Photographed by Kirtsen Kiser and Thomas Mayer.

Blog: Basel through Lyon, to Clermont Ferrand and Sarlat

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:33:34 GMT

Continuing "site seeing" and collecting future features: Gehry, Botta, Corbusier, Nouvel, Calatrava, Piano, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Hollein...

Meteorology Center

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:14:15 GMT

Download images of Meteorology Center by Álvaro Siza, located in Barcelona on the waterfront promenade which begins at the old harbor and continues through the 1992 Olympic Village and up the coast to the Northeast. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Neugebauer House

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:11:23 GMT

The Neugebauer House spans the full width of its wedge-shaped plot to face across Doubloon Bay in the prestigious residential community in Naples, Florida.

Santiago Calatrava

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:41:41 GMT

The Malmö exhibition makes it very clear that Calatrava's constructions are inspired by natural forms like plants, bird wings, and the human body.

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:22:55 GMT

Download images of the Walt Disney Concert Hall by Gehry Partners, LLP. Located on a historically and culturally prominent downtown site, the Walt Disney Concert Hall is the permanent home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Newseum

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:30:00 GMT

The new interactive museum of news situated between the White House and the U.S. Capitol.

Miramar Resort Hotel

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:07:04 GMT

Download images of the Miramar Resort Hotel by Michael Graves. Dramatically sited and built on a jewel-like cluster of nine islands, the building of the Miramar Resort Hotel reflects its desert and waterfront context in an elegant and often surprising manner. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Buck House

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:59:25 GMT

One of R.M. Schindler's finest houses is the rarely published Buck House.

Henry Dunker Culture Centre

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:45:17 GMT

Download images of the Henry Dunker Culture Centre by Utzon Architects. Henry Dunker Culture Centre, one of the largest cultural centers in Scandinavia, houses a new international art museum, a concert hall, and the Helsingborg's School of Music with a panoramic view of the Øresund strait. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Diamond Ranch High School

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:18:18 GMT

Fusing landscape and building into a single organic unity, the Diamond Ranch High School concerns building as topography, with a majority of the architectural program contained within the reshaped site.

The Desert Fortress

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:14:58 GMT

Download images of The Desert Fortress by Utzon Architects. The Desert Fortress, planned after Utzon's design from 1989, is a collaboration between Jørn Utzon and his son and partner Jan Utzon and appears as an enclosed fortress surrounded by a four meter tall brick wall. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Frank Gehry: Architect

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:50:26 GMT

The exhibition presents Frank Gehry's most significant works and follow the significant evolution of his visual language and working process.

UFA Cinema Center

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:49:26 GMT

Download images of UFA Cinema Center by Coop Himmelb(l)au in Dresden, Germany. The design is characterized by two intricately interconnected building units: The Cinema Block, with eight cinemas and seating for 2600, and the Crystal, a glass shell which serves simultaneously as foyer and public square. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

The SuitCase House

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:48:08 GMT

EDGE casts a question mark upon the proverbial image of the house.

Copenhagen Metro

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:12:00 GMT

Designed to transport people effectively and "in style" the new Copenhagen Metro was inaugurated in 2002.

Guangzhou Gymnasium

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:48:23 GMT

The Guangzhou Gymnasium is one of the main facilities being used for the 9th National Games of the Republic of China.

The Brasserie

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:28:26 GMT

After a fire ravaged Philip Johnson's Brasserie in 1995 the owners selected Diller + Scofidio to redesign the space.

Korkeasaari Lookout Tower

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:51:23 GMT

Situated on a site eighteen meters above sea, with spectacular views of the sea and the city of Helsinki, the tower is a delicately transparent landmark of Korkeasaari Island.

Torpedo Hall Apartments

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:22:10 GMT

Download images of the Torpedo Hall Apartments by Tegnestuen Vandkunsten in Copenhagen. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Carl Icahn Laboratory

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:12:41 GMT

Download images of Carl Icahn Laboratory by Rafael Viñoly in Princeton, New Jersey. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Tokyo International Forum

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:46:27 GMT

Download images of Tokyo International Forum by Rafael Vinoly in Tokyo Japan. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

American Folk Art Museum

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:27:49 GMT

Download images of the American Folk Art Museum by Tod Williams Billie Tsien in New York. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Blog: Visiting the Shard

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:58:31 GMT

Honestly. I love the Shard. I don't care that it's paid for by a rich Sheik from Qatar, or that its exclusive office space will be used solely by the corporate sector.

Antwerp Port Authority Headquarters

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:54:21 GMT

The new Port Authority Headquarters - the future Port House - is located on the boundary between the city of Antwerp and its harbor.

Vander Urbani Resort

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:36:18 GMT

Located on a narrow medieval street in the historic center of Ljubljana the Hotel Vander is constructed within the interior space of four adjacent historic buildings.

Bank of China Headquarters

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:19:29 GMT

The Bank of China Head Office occupies a key site at the intersection of two of the most important thoroughfares Beijing.

Huangshan Mountain Village

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:10:39 GMT

The low-rise residences echo the contours of the surrounding topography and offer unequalled access to one of China’s most famous landscapes.

Absolute Towers

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:57:41 GMT

Fondly dubbed the Marilyn Monroe towers by local residents, the Absolute Towers parallel the twisting fluidity or natural lines found in life.

Même Experimental House

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:36:01 GMT

Located on the 185,000 m2 site of a former ranch in Taikicho, Hokkaido, Même Meadows is a unique research facility for studying design responses to the region’s harsh climate.

Biomuseum

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:22:44 GMT

The Biomuseum, nearing completion, is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, on the Amador Causeway. The purpose of the Biomuseo is to change the way we see, understand and preserve our environment.

House on the Cliff

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:04:40 GMT

The house, located on a cliff site overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, is adapting to the plot's topography, thus minimizing the earthwork.

CCTV Headquarters

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:50:51 GMT

CCTV Headquarters, designed by OMA as a reinvention of the skyscraper as a loop, defies the skyscraper’s typical quest for ultimate height.

Claire & Marc Bourgie Pavilion

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:03:49 GMT

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts project involved the conversion of a church, for cultural purposes, to house one of the largest collections of Canadian art in the country.

The Grove at Grand Bay

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:42:36 GMT

The interactive movement of the two towers creates a new dancing silhouette on the Grove’s skyline.

Ice Sports Center

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:23:28 GMT

The Ice Sports Center in Vienna appears as a state-of-the-art ice arena with three skating rinks, providing seats for 7,000 spectators in the big arena, and up to 3,000 in the smaller one.

B5 Building

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:49:15 GMT

The B5 Building, located in the north-eastern outskirts of Milan, is part of the restructuring of the former industrial core that houses the RCS Mediagroup.

Invisible Cities

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:31:40 GMT

Titled after Italo Calvino's beloved book - which imagines Marco Polo's vivid descriptions of numerous cities of a fading empire to Kublai Khan - the exhibition features the work of ten diverse artists who re-imagine urban landscapes both familiar and fantastical.

Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:19:13 GMT

Torre David, a 45-story skyscraper in Caracas designed by Venezuelan architect Enrique Gómez, was almost complete when it was abandoned following the collapse of the Venezuelan economy in 1994. Publisher: Lars Müller Publisher.

Le Corbusier Redrawn  - The Houses

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:09:52 GMT

Le Corbusier (1887-1965) was the most significant architect of the twentieth century. "Le Corbusier Redrawn" features all of the self-sufficient and detached single and double-family houses designed by Le Corbusier since 1920. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press.

ARCHIGRAM - A Guide to Archigram

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:39:35 GMT

In the decade of the Beatles and the moon landing, cybernetics, and megacities, Archigram invented new artifacts and situations and threatened the discipline of architecture itself: Walking Cities, Plug-in-Universities, and Inflatable Dwellings. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press.

Galaxy SOHO

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:36:49 GMT

The Galaxy SOHO, inspired by the grand scale of Beijing, will become an integral part of the living city.

Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:23:05 GMT

Rejecting the notion of museum architecture as neutral background for exhibits, the new building itself becomes an active tool for science education.

Three Little Pigs - An Architectural Tale

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:56:07 GMT

"Three Little Pigs - An Architectural Tale" is inspired by the architecture of Frank Gehry, Philip Johnson, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Publisher: Abrams Books.

Coop Himmelb(l)au: 7+ Projects

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:10:06 GMT

The Aedes exhibition of 7+ Projects by Coop Himmelb(l)au celebrates Prof. Wolf D. Prix's 70th birthday. The magical number 7 has been integrated into the exhibition concept in a variety of ways.

Academy of the Jewish Museum

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:45:26 GMT

Daniel Libeskind’s design for the Academy of the Jewish Museum Berlin links the building to the museum’s other structures and open spaces, both thematically and structurally.

Blog: Riding the Los Angeles Metro

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:22:51 GMT

Architects and artists have collaborated on turning the new LA Metro Stations into exciting, colorful spaces that reflect a community of culturally diverse people. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief, arcspace.com

Ryerson Image Centre

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:33:50 GMT

The Ryerson Image Centre (RIC) completes the transformation of Ryerson University’s School of Image Arts to accommodate gallery space, curatorial and graduate study centers, state-of-the-art storage vaults and student galleries.

Parrish Art Museum

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:37:13 GMT

Parrish Art Museum references the vernacular architecture of the East End, to emphasize the relationship of art to nature, and to be flexible and welcoming.

Hans, His Chairs and The World

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:04:33 GMT

Danish Design Icon, Hans J. Wegner, comes alive in new children’s book. Publisher: Museum Sønderjylland.

Imagining the House

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:55:27 GMT

Buildings by Chinese architect Wang Shu, the 2012 Pritzker Prize Laureate, feature clear and simple contemporary designs that make use of traditional methods and materials. Characteristic of his buildings is the reuse of materials. Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers.

Sketchbook

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:47:15 GMT

The works of Sou Fujimoto resist any form of conventional categorization. This young Japanese architect stands for unconventional buildings that cannot be described by standard criteria and definitions such as inside/outside or public/private. Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers.

Conversations with Students

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:38:12 GMT

The newest volume in the popular Conversations series features Japanese architect Tadao Ando, best known for crafting serenely austere structures that fuse Japanese building traditions with Western modernism.  Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press.

Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:38:47 GMT

The design of the Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum, located at the northern edge of the Michigan State University campus, is influenced by a set of movement paths that traverse and border the site.

Garden of Fine Arts

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:19:00 GMT

Download images of Garden of Fine Arts by Tadao Ando in Kyoto, Japan. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:14:46 GMT

Download images of Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum in Osaka, Japan by Tadao Ando. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Serralves Foundation  Museum of Contemporary Art

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:07:35 GMT

Download images of Serralves Foundation  Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Porugal by Álvaro Siza. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Faculty of Information Studies

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:01:10 GMT

Download images of the Faculty of Information Studies in Santiago de Compostela, Spain by Álvaro Siza. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Rectory Building

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:55:34 GMT

Download images Rectory Building in Alicante Spain by Álvaro Siza. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

City of Arts and Sciences

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:42:21 GMT

Quartier Schützenstrasse

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:35:12 GMT

Download images of the Quartier Schützenstrasse by Aldo Rossi. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:28:48 GMT

Download images of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Rose Center for Earth and Space

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:22:57 GMT

Download images of the Rose Center for Earth and Space by Ennead Architects. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

The Goldstein House

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:06:50 GMT

Download images The Goldstein House by John Lautner. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Kyoto Concert Hall

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:55:25 GMT

Download images of the Kyoto Concert Hall by Arata Isozaki Kapoor. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Sarphatistraat Offices

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:47:22 GMT

Download images of the Sarphatistraat Offices by Steven Holl Architects. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Bellevue Art Museum

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:30:36 GMT

Download images of the Bellevue Art Museum by Steven Holl Architects. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Playa Vista Park

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:10:20 GMT

The Park is not a mimetic representation of nature, but is instead defined by activity, utility, and performance.

Ceramic Museum and Garden

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:01:52 GMT

Using old ceramic tiles and recycled materials the Ceramic Museum and Mosaic Garden will not only be an example of a sustainable project but also link the museum's identity to the local culture.

Blog: Mercury City Tower in Moscow

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:41:46 GMT

Five out of Europe’s ten tallest buildings are now located in Moscow. Though still under construction, the Mercury City Tower in Moscow has already overtaken The Shard in London as the tallest building in Europe. We visited Moscow to see the latest addition to the Moscow skyline.

Vulcania

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:42:28 GMT

Download images of the Vulcania in St. Ours-les-Roches, France by Hans Hollein. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Scottish Parliament

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:31:23 GMT

Download images of the Scottish Parliament by EMBT. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

International Library of Children's Literature

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:19:20 GMT

Download images of the International Library of Children's Literature by Tadao Ando. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Caltrans District 7 Headquarters

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:11:44 GMT

Download images of the Caltrans District 7 Headquarters by Morphosis. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Guggenheim Hermitage Museum

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:09:55 GMT

The new museum and cultural center will house pieces from collections of both the New York based Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the St. Petersburg based State Hermitage Museum.

Experience Music Project

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:33:14 GMT

Download images of the Experience Music Project by Gehry Partners. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Sainte Mari de La Tourette

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:20:00 GMT

Download images of the Sainte Mari de La Tourette by Le Corbusier. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Blog: Richmond Olympic Oval in Vancouver

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:13:58 GMT

This September we visited Vancouver and the impressive Richmond Olympic Oval. It was originally built for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2010, and designed by Cannon Design. But it was planned with an eye to the future, so it would be used regularly after the Winter Games. It offers a broad variations of sports facilities, events - and architectural experiences.

Travel guide to Beijing

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:34:12 GMT

Beijing is on the move. Constantly. You can't turn your back on this 20 million-some metropolis without new buildings shooting up, old sites being demolished, neighborhoods transformed or new subway-lines extended.

Interview: Jeff Risom on his favorite city

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:10:41 GMT

From an urbanists perspective, no place beats New York. For anyone who loves cities and urban culture, New York is still the best 'people zoo' in the world, says Jeff Risom from Gehl Architects.

White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:34:15 GMT

This exhibition examines emerging trends in museum design through six new art sites that share the common thread of moving beyond the traditional “white cube” gallery space.

Living Tomorrow Pavilion

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:11:50 GMT

Download images of the Living Tomorrow Pavilion by UNStudio. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

ARoS (Aarhus Art Museum)

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:43:09 GMT

Download images of the ARoS (Aarhus Art Museum) by schmidt hammer lassen architects. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Silodam (housing silo)

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:02:07 GMT

Download images of the Silodam (housing silo) by MVRDV. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

The Carl Icahn Laboratory

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:01:47 GMT

Download images of the Carl Icahn Laboratory by Rafael Viñoly. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Yokohama International Port Terminal

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:01:25 GMT

Download images of the Yokohama International Port Terminal by Foreign Office Architects. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:01:11 GMT

Download images of the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures by Yoshio Taniguchi and Associates. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Maggie's Centre, Ninewells NHS hospital

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:00:49 GMT

Download images of the Maggie's Centre, Ninewells NHS Hospital, by Gehry Partners. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

La Rioja, Bodegas Ysios

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:00:33 GMT

Download images of the La Rioja, Bodegas Ysios, by Santiago Calatrava. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

The Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum and Annex

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:00:19 GMT

Download images of the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum and Annex by Tadao Ando. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Seattle Public Library

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Download images of the Seattle Public Library by OMA. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Imperial War Museum

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:59:38 GMT

Download images of the Imperial War Museum by Daniel Libeskind. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Laban Dance Centre

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:59:20 GMT

Download images of the Laban Dance Centre by Herzog & de Meuron. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

The Condé Nast Cafeteria

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:58:09 GMT

Download images of the Condé Nast Cafeteria by Gehry Partners. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Museum of Scotland

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:47:25 GMT

Download images of the Museum of Scotland by Benson & Forsyth. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Blog: Singapore Supertrees in the Marina South Gardens

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:50:37 GMT

Marina South Gardens represent Singapore’s latest, and possibly most ambitious economic and political investment, designed to promote Singapore’s green profile and its extensive investment in clean-tech.

Travel guide: Singapore

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:32:22 GMT

Singapore is branding itself as the “Capital of Vertical Green” – an expression, which reflects its ambition to project an emerging green profile, in harmony with an intense urban experience.

Bagsværd Community Church

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:41:54 GMT

Download images of the Bagsværd Community Church by Utzon Architects. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Museum of Glass

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:10:24 GMT

Download images of the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, USA. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Architecture - Landscape - Interior (Snøhetta)

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:46:50 GMT

Snøhetta fosters a strong connection between the architecture and landscape, each site providing a unique opportunity and point of departure for the overall design.

Pop Art Design

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:25:08 GMT

A central characteristic of Pop Art was the dialogue between design and art, which is explored in this comprehensive exhibition on the topic.

Between (global) modernity and (local) tradition

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:52:20 GMT

MAD architects was founded in 2004 by young Chinese architect Ma Yansong, one of the most influential voices of a new generation of architects whose work is already shaping the 21st century city.

The Grand Tour - Travelling the World with an Architect's Eye

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:37:14 GMT

This book offers the opportunity to browse the buildings of the world through one man’s photographs - the fruits of a passionate, half-century endeavor. Publisher: Taschen

Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:13:01 GMT

Kiasma is located in the heart of Helsinki at the foot of the Parliament building to the west, with Eliel Saarinen's Helsinki Station to the east, and Alvar Aalto's Finlandia Hall to the north.

New Library, University of Aberdeen

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:08:48 GMT

The New Library functions as a meeting place and a cultural center for the students of the University as well as the Aberdeen community.

Boekenberg Park

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:25:40 GMT

Working in a historical context in Europe, where the architecture of the past is still very present, architects are often faced with the question of whether they should restore the physical or rehabilitate the conceptual.

Sayamaike Historical Museum

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:11:30 GMT

Download images of the Sayamaike Historical Museum by Tadao Ando. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Temporary Guggenheim Museum

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:16:37 GMT

The 116 m2 structure will be a ten-year intervention into a dynamic area of Odasiba Island. The temporary Guggenheim will be a trend setter in terms of the architectural identity of the area.

Wadsworth Atheneum of Art

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:59:59 GMT

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art recently unveiled the schematic design for a major expansion and renovation led by architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, Amsterdam with Sylvia Smith, of Fox & Fowle Architects, as executive architect.

Harlem Park

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:49:12 GMT

Dramatically illuminated at night Harlem Park will strike a prominent profile on the northern Manhattan skyline.

Saadiyat Island

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:23:48 GMT

Four renowned architects have been commissioned by Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) for iconic museums and a performing arts centre.

IVAM Extension

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:05:34 GMT

IVAM, inaugurated in 1989, was the first modern art museum to open in Spain. Designed by Valencian architects Emilio Giménez and Carlos Salvadores the museum was remodelled in 2000 by Emilio Giménez and Julián Esteban.

Kunsthaus Graz

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:20:14 GMT

"Our proposal for Kunsthaus Graz is driven by the tensions within two fundamental ideas; one urban and the other programmatic..."

Venice School of Architecture

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:55:42 GMT

Miralles/Tagliabue felt it was necessary to return the characteristic Venetian freedom and density to the area of the future Venice School of Architecture.

Kidspace Children's Museum

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:40:12 GMT

The new Kidspace Museum is located in Brookside Park on three acres of gently sloping, forested land.

Fobe House

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:08:21 GMT

Stark white buildings against the bare brown earth, flowing and open spaces - the house spans the landscape.

MOCA Cleveland

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:04:18 GMT

Clad primarily in mirror-finish black stainless steel, the building envelope reflects its urban surroundings, changing in appearance with differences in light and weather.

Kimball Art Center

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:28:05 GMT

The Kimball Art Center, home to Sundance House during the Annual Sundance Film Festival, invited an international group of architects to submit designs for an interior renovation of the existing Kimball Art Center and the construction of a new building directly adjacent to the original, located centrally in Park City, Utah.

Blog: Exploring Alicante and Valencia, Spain

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:57:15 GMT

Alicante and Valencia on Spain’s Eastern coast, a two hours drive apart, have plenty to offer architecture aficionados. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief.

Blog: The Wånas Foundation

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:42:42 GMT

Since 1987 Wanås has presented contemporary international art with a focus on sculpture and site-specific installations... By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief.

Blog: Back in of the keyboard and ready to go...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:27:26 GMT

Before my longer than expected work/vacation trip I told you we are going to start weekly features about the work of the younger generation of architects. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief.

Blog: Architecture, Art and Design

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:04:02 GMT

Went to Berlin to visit the Graft Berlin office and see the “Klee Universe” exhibition at Mies van der Rohe’s New National Gallery. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief.

Blog: Bo01 City of Tomorrow...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:56:56 GMT

At this moment the Bo01site in Malmö, Sweden looks like a miniature Potsdamer Platz.... By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief

Blog: Wrapping up New York trip

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:42:41 GMT

Our first visit to the new MoMA QNS, designed by Michael Maltzan, was a lucky double bill of architecture and art. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief.

Blog: The "Houses at Sagaponack"...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:27:21 GMT

The "Houses at Sagaponack" is a new development on 100 acres in Sagaponack, New York, at the midpoint of the Hamptons beach communities on Long Island. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief.

Blog: From Pessac through San Sebastian and Bilbao to Coruña...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:14:05 GMT

Another Frank Gehry building is on the way not far from Bilbao. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief

Blog: From Venice to London

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:45:14 GMT

The first night in Venice I went to the Peggy Guggenheim Museum for the unveiling of a Vanessa Beecroft tableau with several naked women in masks. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief

Blog: A visit to Hamburg Hafencity

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:06:52 GMT

An architectural smorgasbord with few equals. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief

Blog: "Shopping" in Tokyo - part two

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:46:38 GMT

Ginza, Roppongi, and Daikanyama: Architectural as well as fashion destinations. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief.

Blog: "Shopping" in Tokyo - Omotesando area

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:13:14 GMT

A city of dreams for anyone interested in architecture and design. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief.

Blog: From Santiago de Compostela to Porto, Murcia, Alicante and Valencia...

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:46:10 GMT

With our car full of books and our iBooks full of future features we are on the way from a Porto sunset towards a Barcelona sunrise. By Kirsten Kiser, Editor-In-Chief.

Blog: No time for words we are busy site seeing!

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:57:22 GMT

Breaking up our very long drive to Southern Europe we made a "Full Stop" in Basel collecting future features and revelling in great architecture... No time for words we are busy site seeing!

Åke E:son Lindman

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:50:54 GMT

Åke E:son Lindman is always moving around Europe photographing great buildings for a variety of architecture and design magazines as well as for photographic exhibitions of his work.

Paul Raftery

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:32:51 GMT

Paul Raftery lives in London after 10 years of working in France where he lived in Paris and also at Corbusier’s Unité in Marseille.

Michael Wolf

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:12:01 GMT

Michael Wolf has been intensively concerned with the topic of vernacular culture for many years. His most recent work, deals with the issue of the cultural identity of the city of Hong Kong.

Michael Moran

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:36:19 GMT

Photographer Michael Moran has been documenting Philip Johnson's spread in New Canaan, Connecticut over a period of several years

Kerun Ip

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:04:24 GMT

Kreun Ip - Photos of stadiums in Japan.

Ken Konchel

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:39:33 GMT

Ken Konchel, architectonic: St. Louis

Katsuhisa Kida

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:51:07 GMT

Katsuhisa Kida - Vision works

John Boak

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:37:02 GMT

John Boak is an artist living in Denver, Colorado. He began photographing the Libeskind-designed addition to the Denver Art Museum in March of 2004, after the structural steel began to be emerge from the foundation.

Iwan Baan

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:17:26 GMT

Photographer Iwan Baan, ICA Boston by Diller + Scofidio

Gerald Zugmann

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:02:08 GMT

A Photo Essay by Gerald Zugmann, The Brion Tomb by Carlo Scarpa.

Fernando Alda

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:38:15 GMT

“The poetry of the skeleton” by Fernando Alda - a metaphor of our every day lives.

Duccio Malagamba -  Brasilia

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:08:45 GMT

When the city of Brasilia turned 50, photographer Duccio Malagamba travelled to the Brazilian capital to capture the everyday life of this super-scaled utopia with its grand avenues laid out by Lucio Costa and dramatic modernist buildings by Oscar Niemeyer.

Dennis Gilbert - selected buildings

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:29:07 GMT

Dennis Gilbert has been photographing buildings since 1980. In the recent past, he has worked on projects such as Kansai Airport in Japan and Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong.

American University of Beirut, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:40:27 GMT

This winning competition proposal for American University of Beirut's new Suliman S. Olayan School of Business building has received the Progressive Architecture Citation Award (2004).

Ørestaden

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:25:33 GMT

The area designed by Libeskind is located at a major junction between the motorway and the railroad, with access to Copenhagen Airport and Sweden, and the new Metro that connects Ørestaden with the center of Copenhagen.

Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Temples, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:54:31 GMT

Two special membrane roof structures now cover and protect the archaeological excavation of temple ruins Hagar Qim and Mnajdra.

Austin Museum of Art

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:31:01 GMT

The site for the museum is located in the center of downtown Austin, bordering the southern edge of Republic Park. The building has been held back, extending the spatial reading of the Park into the Museum Plaza, creating a “Front Porch” for the Museum.

Le Clos Jordan Winery

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:59:41 GMT

Last week, at a special presentation, the principals of Canadian-based, Vincor International and Boisset, La Famille des Grands Vins, of Nuits-St-Georges, France, revealed the design for Le Clos Jordan Winery in Canada’s Niagara Peninsula.

Travel guide: Copenhagen

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:42:04 GMT

We walked the streets of Copenhagen to select what we consider must-see examples of the Danish capital’s recent architecture focusing on the iconic buildings by the waterfront, innovative housing residencies in the new urban area Ørestad – and a few small extras for swimmers, skateboarders and animal lovers.

Queens Museum of Art

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:32:26 GMT

In January 2002 Eric Owen Moss Architects of Culver City, California won first place in a design competition for the expansion of the Queens Museum of Art.

Opera House Mariinsky II

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:07:18 GMT

Dominique Perrault and his team won the international competition to design the new building for the Mariinsky Theater; the first major work of modern architecture to be built in the imperial capital.

Eyebeam

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:14:12 GMT

The Eyebeam facility in Chelsea will be the city's first institution dedicated exclusively to new media art and the largest institution of its kind in the United States.

Quadrant House

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:55:22 GMT

The Quadrant House is conceived in direct response to its site, a small plateau on the side of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix. From this vantage point the house is able to engage two contrasting aspects of the landscape; the flat city grid below and the immense rugged mass of Camelback above.

Ordrupgaard Museum Extension

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:12:01 GMT

Download images of the Ordrupgaard Museum Extension by Zaha Hadid Architects. Photographed by Kirsten Kiser.

Pierresvives

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:29:53 GMT

The Pierresvives building unifies an archive, a library and a sports department within a single envelope.

Pousada de Cascais

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:38:48 GMT

The Pousada de Cascais is set within the walls of the historical 16th century Citadel of Cascais fortress, one of the military forts built to defend the coast and entrance of the Tagus river. The fortress was acquired by the Cascais municipality for cultural and tourism purposes in 2003 and has now been fully converted to a luxury hotel.

Paradise Genetically Altered

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:26:34 GMT

The figures by sculptor Bjørn Nørgaard, installed on the waterfront in Copenhagen, pick up the thread of one of the most complex issues of our times, genetic technology.

Limited edition: Prototypes, one offs and Design Art Furniture

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:01:56 GMT

Sophie Lovell has catalogued and compiled a unique and timely overview of one of the most exciting creative fields of our age. Publisher: Birkhäuser

Verner Panton: Vision & Play

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:02:21 GMT

This retrospective shows outstanding highlights from the extensive oeuvre of the "enfant terrible" of Danish design history.

Robert Wilson: Chairs

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:42:19 GMT

Robert Wilson's furniture and sculptural pieces are exhibited and collected in galleries, museums and private collections worldwide.

Robert Wilson: Voom Portraits

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:24:02 GMT

The VOOM PORTRAITS were produced in a working collaboration between Robert Wilson and the television company VOOM HD Networks.

W Barcelona Hotel

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:56:11 GMT

The building, known as "The Sail" appears as a modern icon rising above the Mediterranean sea.

The Morgan

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:37:47 GMT

The Morgan is located in Temple Bar, the most vibrant and cosmopolitan area of Dublin. The beige Portland stone exterior aptly sets the tone and pace for the Morgan's complete dedication to minimalism throughout the interior.

Palladio Virtuel

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:17:55 GMT

This exhibition presents a radically new analysis of the work of Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio by Peter Eisenman, renowned New York architect and Charles Gwathmey Professor in Practice at Yale.

Hotel Habita

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:15:06 GMT

The architects TEN Arquitectos has converted a five-story 1950's apartment building into a thirty-six room boutique hotel.

Park Hotel Tokyo

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:56:31 GMT

The Park Hotel Tokyo places itself at the core of Japan's new networking generation. It is located downtown Tokyo in a futuristic area of skyscrapers and elevated pedestrian walkways that connect buildings and train stations.

Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:38:48 GMT

Price's work commands a unique position somewhere between sculpture and painting. This sculptural retrospective honors the late artist's creativity, originality, and revolutionary art practice.

Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:37:04 GMT

The new Radisson SAS Hotel is located on the banks of the River Spree, across from Museum Island and the Berliner Dom, in the historical center of the new Berlin.

Yoo Adelgade Hotel

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:20:18 GMT

The Yoo building, an entirely new apartment concept for Copenhagen, is located on a quiet street in the center of the city.

Tunica River Park

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:00:29 GMT

The master plan by Williamson Pounders Architects will accommodate a harbor, visitors center and nature experience.

International Center for the Arts

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:22:04 GMT

Pitágoras Architects's brief was to turn the Guimarães marketplace into a multifunctional space dedicated to artistic, economic, cultural and social activities.

Garage Gorky Park

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:45:54 GMT

Relocating to one of Moscow's best known public spaces, Garage Contemporary Center will be exposed to a much larger and diversified audience.

Church of Seed

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:06:29 GMT

Church of Seed is located at Luofu Mountain Scenery District - one of the seven famous Taoist Mountains in China.

The Mandala

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:16:45 GMT

Located on Berlin's exhilarating Potsdamer Platz, amid a sea of futuristic skyscrapers, The Mandala Hotel is an oasis with a great sense of style.

The Novium

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:58:46 GMT

Located on Tower Street in the center of Chichester, The Novium has been purposely built above the remains of a Roman bath house, which are now uncovered for visitors to see for the first time.

European Central Bank

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:24:01 GMT

Coop Himmelb(l)au was selected as the competition winners for the design of The European Central Bank's new premises in the eastern part of Frankfurt am Main.

Palau de la Mar

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:49:02 GMT

The Hotel Palau de la Mar (Palace of the Sea) is housed in a converted 19th century palace in the center of the old city, now with an elegant and modern environment, combining art and design.

Omm Hotel

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:47:52 GMT

The Hotel Omm is an example of all the characteristics that have made Barcelona a city renowned worldwide as a center for architecture and design, open to innovation while respecting tradition.

Lux 11

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:43:45 GMT

Lux 11 is located in Berlin's pulsating and hip central district of Mitte, only steps away from Alexanderplatz and the landmark Television Tower (Fernsehturm).

Sheraton Abandoibarra Hotel

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:42:00 GMT

The Sheraton Abandoibarra Hotel is part of the Ria 2000 master plan designed for the City of Bilbao by Cesar Pelli. Located in the Abandoibarra area, next to the Guggenheim, it is the last property on Victoria Maria Boulevard before approaching the river.

Hotel Skt. Petri

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:40:57 GMT

Located in the heart of city the Hotel Skt. Petri by Erik Møller Arkitekter takes its name from the neighboring church, Skt. Petri, the oldest preserved church in Copenhagen.

The Opposite House

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:39:24 GMT

The Opposite House is situated within the large commercial development along the Sanlitun Street in the center of Beijing. The name refers to the guest house which sits on the opposite side of a traditional Chinese courtyard house. It is also a name that suggests a place of contrast.

Hotel Q

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:38:31 GMT

GRAFT has with Hotel Q laid out a hotel landscape that changes the classic spacial canon through the topographical folding of the program.

Hospes Ámerigo

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:25:26 GMT

The Hospes Ámerigo is housed in a former Dominican convent in the middle of Alicante's historical centre. The buildings have been carefully converted. The result is an elegant modern environment.

Hope Street Hotel

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:57:58 GMT

The design of Hope Street Hotel combines the modern use of traditional materials with original iron columns, heavy beams and exposed brickwork.

Hotel Greulich

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:37:58 GMT

The Greulich hotel, housed in a renovated industrial building, is an intimate town hotel. 160 birch trees from an Expo in Murten create a calm atmosphere.

The Great Eastern Hotel

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:02:03 GMT

The Great Eastern Hotel is a design hotel with Victorian splendor of the original and a striking modern interpretation.

House for Music

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:15:30 GMT

This 20 acre former NATO missile base is now a nature area and country park for artists, poets, composers and scientists who live and work on the site.

East Hotel

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:11:21 GMT

The spirit of the old foundry lives on in this chic design hotel, East Hotel, in the red-light district of Hamburg.

Charlottehaven Hotel

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:09:42 GMT

If you need a place to stay in Copenhagen where you can feel at home without having to think about domestic chores, Charlottehaven Hotel's serviced apartments offer great design and comfort after a busy day.

Chambers Design Hotel

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:24:58 GMT

The Chambers Design Hotel combines a rough, industrial downtown aesthetic with an uptown classic "townhouse" polish.

Hotel Burnham - Reliance Building

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:24:05 GMT

The Reliance Building was reborn as the Hotel Burnham in October 1999 in the heart of Chigaco.

Design Hotel - Augartenhotel

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:35:14 GMT

Located only minutes from the Historical Graz City Center, the structure of Design Hotel - Augartenhotel, dominated by glass planes and external stairs, appear as a sculptural solidity in the urban situation.

Spira Performing Arts Center

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:55:09 GMT

Spira Performing Arts Center contains four different performing arts venues; a main concert hall, a theater, a black box, and a café stage. The building is situated on an artificial peninsula jutting out into Lake Munksjön, in the center of downtown Jönköping.

Department of Islamic Arts

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:07:33 GMT

The architects Rudy Ricciotti & Mario Bellini have designed the new wing dedicated to Islamic art at the Louvre Museum.

OCT Clubhouse

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:44:12 GMT

The OCT Clubhouse is sited on a prominent island in the middle of the OCT harbor lake.

Mobile Architecture - Construction and Design Manual

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:10:31 GMT

Authors Kim Seonwook and Pyo Miyoung have assembled a rich array of extraordinary experiments and practical solutions. Publisher: DOM.

Oseana - Art & Culture Center

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:38:46 GMT

The Oseana - Art and Culture Center is located on Bjørnefjorden (the Bearfiord) with magnificent views of the Hardanger Mountains. The building houses a Gallery, an Auditorium, and a restaurant.

New Stedelijk Museum

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:44:45 GMT

Against the backdrop of the old building, the white synthetic volume is the new image of the Stedelijk Museum.

The Arch

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:56:29 GMT

The Cultural Center, "The Arch", located in the Southern Norwegian village of Mandal, is shaped like a green blanket that elevates and integrates the building in the surrounding landscape.

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:49:50 GMT

Massive planar walls of architectural concrete boldly express the Modern's basic structure while protecting the collection within.

Eli & Edythe Broad Art Center

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:18:04 GMT

The Dickson Art Center, located on the UCLA campus, was originally constructed in 1964. Housing the Departments of Art and Design, the building incorporates additional space allocated to the Center for the Digital Arts and General Classroom use.

Green-Wood Columbarium

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:55:36 GMT

Following the form of an existing hemicycle of urn burials and integrated with the circulation between Green-Wood's great Gate and its renovated Chapel.

Neighborhood Center

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:03:32 GMT

The renovation and expansion of the Neighborhood Center was part of a larger neighborhood renewal plan. The main objective was to connect the building's many different activities and, at the same time, ensure an openness and accessibility for the public.

Busan Cinema Center

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:38:17 GMT

The design for the Busan Cinema Center provides a new intersection between public space, cultural programs, entertainment, technology and architecture.

China Academy of Art

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:56:18 GMT

The China Academy of Art campus is located on the outskirts of Hangzhou. Completed in two phases the new campus is built around the 50 meter high knoll Xiangshan, and is surrounded by two streams originating from a river to the west of Xiangshan, which converge in the eastern end of the knoll.

Studio Olafur Eliasson An Encyclopedia

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:59:01 GMT

The majority of Eliasson's thought-provoking installations, photographs, sculptures, and architectural projects to date is included, with additional material focusing on the research processes at Studio Olafur Eliasson. Publisher: Tashen

Giovanni Giaconi: The architecture of Palladio

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:41:47 GMT

Giovanni Giaconi's extraordinary drawings, suffused with color, beautifully depict the beauty of Palladian architectures.

Steven Holl: Watercolors

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:26:41 GMT

"With the watercolor, in the quickest way, I can shape a volume, cast a shadow, indicate the direction of the sun in a very small format." - Steven Holl

schmidt hammer lassen: Sketches

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:11:55 GMT

"The sketch is the most simplified way to tell a building, in its simplicity far better than words" - schmidt hammer lassen architects. Sketches, Aarhus Art Museum.

SANAA: Competition Sketches

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:03:12 GMT

SANAA, Competition Sketches. The sketches were made by Ryue Nishizawa during the competition phase of the De Kunstliné Theatre and Cultural Centre, Almere, The Netherlands.

Santiago Calatrava: Sketches

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:15:28 GMT

Calatrava's drawings of varying type, format, and technique afford us a key to understanding the ensemble of his work.

Richard Meier: Collages

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:59:57 GMT

Richard Meier's collages complement his architecture. Unlike his architectural drawings, they are nonrepresentational.

Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue: Sketches & Drawings

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:40:32 GMT

Sketches & Drawings by Enric Miralles - Benedetta Tagliabue. Mollet del Valles Park and Civic Center, Spain.

Michael Maltzan Sketches

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:18:15 GMT

I can't say that I design in one way or another it is a lot more back and forwards.....It is like casting a broad net and seeing what comes up - Michael Maltzan. Sketches, UCLA Hammer Museum.

Michael Jantzen Virtual Reality Interface

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:03:44 GMT

As part of his ongoing personal design research that has explored alternative ways of thinking about the built environment, Michael Jantzen has created the project called “Virtual Reality Interface”.

Kisho Kurokawa Sketches

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:37:12 GMT

"Even if the theme is about architecture, architects' sketches have the same quality with the World of Image as paintings have" - Kisho Kurokawa, Woodcut Print Works.

Jørn Utzon: Sketches

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:11:26 GMT

"On the road from the first idea - the first sketch - to the final building, a host of possibilities arise for the architect." - Jørn Utzon

I.M. Pei Concept Sketches

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:53:33 GMT

The action of the architect's hand, exploring and resisting the imposed geometry of the site and his own design principles.

Henning Larsen Sketches

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:33:01 GMT

"Suddenly it's all so obvious. That's how to do it. That's how it will look. There are all sorts of problems I can't sort out. When that happens I sketch it all out on a piece of paper, solely in order to remind myself of the essentials." - Henning Larsen

Glenn Murcutt: Sketches

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:19:32 GMT

In the book "Glenn Murcutt: A Singular Architectural Practice" the selection of the sketches Murcutt makes to reveal architectural ideas to his clients are complemented by his own notes, and the insightful commentary by the editors, Professor Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper.

Frank O. Gehry: Sketches

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:43:07 GMT

The key to Frank O. Gehry's architecture is in his drawings.

Coop Himmelb(l)au: Sketches

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:22:24 GMT

Our concept of the design describes an approach to the explosive nucleus of the tension-charged area of complexity.

C.F. Hansen 1756 - 1845: Renderings

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:56:41 GMT

The exhibition features a selection of exquisite renderings by Danish Master Architect C.F. Hansen (1756 - 1845); a prominent figure in Northern European Classicism.

Álvaro Siza: Sketches

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:30:07 GMT

"Drawings - landscapes, portraits, and trip sketches - have always kept me busy." - Álvaro Siza

Álvaro Siza: Sculptures

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:15:29 GMT

"The sculptures were created from scraps with a great team of collaborators who willingly sacrificed their free Saturdays and Sundays for the pleasure of creating." - Álvaro Siza

The Shard

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:16:35 GMT

London Bridge Tower, which is also known as the Shard, is a 72 storey mixed use tower located besides London Bridge Station on the south bank of the river Thames.

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:58:12 GMT

The Kimmel Center, home to the Philadelphia Orchestra and five other performing arts companies, occupies a full city block in downtown Philadelphia in the transitional zone between the high-rise towers of Center City to the north and the residential neighborhoods of South Philadelphia.

Bazaltbor Winery

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:37:55 GMT

The Bazaltbor Winery is located at the foot of Badacsony, the highest southern Witness Hill in the Tapolca-basin.

Hangzhou South Railway Station

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:16:45 GMT

This new project involves the conversion and extension of the station in the Xiao Shan district to the south of the Qiantang river.

Tianjin West Railway Station

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:13:47 GMT

This new station, located about 130 kilometers south-west of Beijing, serves as a stop on the high-speed line between the Chinese capital and Shanghai, as well as connecting the various regional lines and linking these to the underground network.

House in Juso

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:41:21 GMT

A small house, on the tiniest area of flat land.

Seattle Art Museum

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:17:41 GMT

Allied Works has made a major expansion and renovation of the Seattle Art Museum. The museum currently occupies a 150,000 ft2 building designed in the late 1980's by Robert Venturi.

West Kowloon Terminus

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:07:31 GMT

Located centrally within the city's urban realm, the West Kowloon Terminus functions as an indicator of how relations have improved between Hong Kong and Mainland China.

DJ House

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:46:45 GMT

From the outside, the privately owned three-story DJ House in Carcavelos, Portugal appears as a simple white cube. However, the simplicity of the facade contrasts with the complexity on the inside.

Vision and Legend - Bang and Olufsen Exhibition

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:35:59 GMT

'Vision and Legend' is the first exhibition to show an entire range of the most significant products during Bang and Olufsen's first 75 years.

The Undiscovered Richard Meier The Architect as Designer and Artist

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:25:16 GMT

Products Richard Meier has designed for a number of companies in the United States and Europe, including furniture, lighting fixtures, clocks and a significant amount of designs of tableware, stemware and silverware.

The Real. Unnaturalism

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:14:44 GMT

The exhibition by danish artist Erik A. Frandsen deals with three forms of expression: mosaic, steel, and painted wood.

Racing Cars The Art Dimension

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:36:38 GMT

The Art Dimension exhibition presents 19 Formula 1 and Le Mans-racers in a unique installation by Danish artist Ingvar Cronhammar.

Poul Kjærholm

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:08:06 GMT

One of the most important figures in twentieth-century design.

Meant To Be Lived In (Olafur Eliasson)

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:53:41 GMT

Through the obliteration of the dramatic views of the surrounding landscape, Olafur Eliasson invites the viewer to a more intimate, solitary sensorial experience within the domestic spaces.

Massive Change: The Future of Global Design

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:42:57 GMT

Massive Change is a groundbreaking exhibition, which investigates the capacity, power, and promise of design.

Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:24:53 GMT

Billed as a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity, the superb exhibition surveys Leonardo da Vinci's staggering contribution as artist, scientist, engineer, theorist, and teacher.

Let’s Get Lost

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:12:25 GMT

A series of photographs of Los Angeles captured on Polaroid film by Jim McHugh.

Iwan Baan: Contemporary Architectural Photographs

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:27:37 GMT

The exhibition showcases recent architectural photography by the young and increasingly influential Dutch photographer Iwan Baan.

Honey I’m Home

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:15:34 GMT

An exhibition about modern "homeliness".

Home of Finn Juhl

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:46:06 GMT

The exhibition about the architect and furniture designer marks the opening of Finn Juhl's house as part of the museum complex.

Greg Lynn: Fountain of Toys

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:37:50 GMT

Fountain of Toys, the new sculptural work by Los Angeles-based architect Greg Lynn, is sited in the Museum's outdoor courtyard.

Donald Judd: Furniture

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:25:54 GMT

Important early examples of Donald Judd's furniture in a variety of woods, colored-plywood, enameled aluminum and copper, alongside his original drawings.

Re-loved

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:15:18 GMT

The project retro-digitizes the chair design, although it was the chair that preceded the digital design revolution.

Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:21:49 GMT

Zaha Hadid has advanced the language of contemporary architecture and design,exploring complex fluid geometries and using cutting-edge digital design and fabrication technologies.

Yoshio Taniguchi: Nine Museums

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:10:51 GMT

The exhibition addresses four integral themes in Taniguchi's work: materials, proportion, natural light, and movement.

Thomas Demand Model Studies

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:00:08 GMT

Based on 12 architectural models discovered in the archive of the celebrated architect John Lautner (1911-1994). This is the first time that Thomas Demand has photographed models that are not his own.

Luis Barragán: The Quiet Revolution

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:47:23 GMT

Solitude. Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or shun it. - Luis Barragán.

The New York Times Building

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:35:11 GMT

The Center for Architecture presents a preview of the new 52-story New York Times Building under construction on Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets.

Rewarding Lives - The Moderns Exhibition installation

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:16:02 GMT

The exhibition "Rewarding Lives" features portraits by Annie Leibovitz of popular American Express Cardmembers who have defined achievement around the world.

Situ Studio reOrder: An Architectural Environment

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:06:13 GMT

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.

Renzo Piano: The Architect's Studio

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:48:32 GMT

The exhibition is the last in a series of four focusing on some of the most innovative and influential architects practising today.

Out of the Ordinary: The Architecture and Design of Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Associates

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:06:52 GMT

A wide variety of objects, including architectural drawings, models, and photographs, as well as furniture, textiles, and decorative arts, documents more than four decades of the firm's eye-catching, iconoclastic work.

Olafur Eliasson: Your Rainbow Panorama

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:55:46 GMT

A circular, panoramic walkway, in all the colors of the rainbow, constructed on the roof of the cubic museum building, ARoS.

Norman Foster: The Architect’s Studio

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:22:16 GMT

Norman Foster is the third in a series of exhibitions at the Louisiana Museum that offers an insight into the architect's work processes, methods, and sources of inspiration.

Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts Projects Buildings

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:04:14 GMT

The projects represented highlights the diverse personalities and handwritings of the architects.

Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:50:13 GMT

By altering scale and materials, Maya Lin creates works that connect the ideal and the real.

Massimo Scolari

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:31:09 GMT

The first retrospective of Massimo Scolari in the United States since 1986, explores the arc of Scolari's career from 1967 to 2012.

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:21:14 GMT

Inspired by Mies van der Rohe's uncompleted 50x50 House (1951), Manglano-Ovalle has constructed a half-scale version of this iconic Modernist glass-walled house and inverted it so that its ceiling becomes its floor.

MAD in China

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:07:16 GMT

They combine art, design and architecture, creating their own agenda. They are China's wild young architects - and they call themselves MAD.

LIVING

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:50:31 GMT

LIVING investigates the concept of home and new modes of life through architectural and sociocultural looks at the world today.

Le Corbusier: Art and Architecture - A Life of Creativity

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:36:54 GMT

The exhibition examines Le Corbusier the man, revealing the individual behind the facade in a comprehensive presentation of about 250 paintings, furniture and architectural artifacts.

Jørn Utzon: The Architect's Universe

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:16:10 GMT

The essence of Danish architect Jørn Utzon's architecture is a fusion of form and structure inspired by nature and the visual universe of other cultures.

Image. Architecture. Now

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:44:50 GMT

In celebration of Julius Shulman's 100th birthday, the Julius Shulman Institute presented a symposium and exhibition exploring intersections between photography and the built environment.

John Pawson Plain Space

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:32:26 GMT

Plain Space celebrates Pawson's career from the early 1980s to date and includes a selection of landmark commissions, as well as current and future projects.

Jean Prouvé: Tropical House

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:13:59 GMT

The prefabricated metal house, known as the Tropical House, installed in the Hammer Museum courtyard.

Jean Prouvé: Three Nomadic Structures

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:57:33 GMT

The exhibition installation presents Jean Prouvé's commitment to cutting-edge technology and his contributions to modular systems for mass production through a unique displayscape membrane.

Louisiana Manifest

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:45:20 GMT

The exhibition challenges our sensory responses in order to understand how the fundamental architectural principle of a strong dialogue with the spirit and specific character of a place forms the point of departure for all his project.

James Turrell Skyscape

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:30:32 GMT

To celebrate the installation of the new Skyscape, the Pomona College Museum of Art presented an exhibition uniting the various threads of Turrell's artistic practice.

Blobwall Pavilion

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:10:25 GMT

An innovative redefinition of the brick - architecture's most basic building unit - into a lightweight object made of colorful plastic and reinterpreted into modular elements.

Green Architecture for the Future

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:53:51 GMT

The exhibition shows some of the complex initiatives and future scenarios that are mushrooming up on a global scale.

Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:27:06 GMT

Fifty years after the realization of Frank Lloyd Wright's renowned design the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum celebrates the golden anniversary of its landmark building.

Florian Idenburg & Jing Liu Pole Dance

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:12:53 GMT

"Pole Dance" consists of a 16×16 foot grid of 30 foot high poles connected by bungee cords. The grid accommodates a number of activators, such as hammocks, pulls and mister-rings.

Feelings are facts

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:02:28 GMT

In the space installation Feelings are facts, Olafur Eliasson and Ma Yansong challenge our everyday patterns of spatial orientation.

Dream of Tower

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:47:00 GMT

A historic overview of the dreams and visions, an emotional experience of the global city skyline, and the physical experience of being inside a skyscraper.

DIGITAL PROJECT Frank Gehry’s Vision

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:54:22 GMT

Digital Project, a new 3D modelling and fabrication software, was developed by Gehry Technologies to disseminate Gehry's Catia enabled design and construction methodologies to the rest of the world.

Detour DK

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:31:41 GMT

An architectural detour through the dramatic Norwegian nature - from the lofty peaks of Sognefjellet in the south, to the northern lights and the midnight sun at Havøysund in the north.

CO-EVOLUTION

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:07:03 GMT

The exhibition illustrates the value of sharing knowledge, ideas and experiences across borders.

Bits‘n Pieces

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:22:25 GMT

A dialogue between the analog world and digital technologies within design in a post - digital era.

Bjarke Ingels Group Copenhagen Experiments

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:09:46 GMT

The exhibition presents projects that are all specific urban experiments conducted in Copenhagen since January 2001 by Bjarke Ingels Group.

Gregory Colbert Ashes and Snow Shigeru Ban

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:49:16 GMT

The exhibition is an ongoing project by Gregory Colbert who, over the course of 14 years, has photographed unscripted interactions between man and nature's living masterpieces in their natural state.

The Art of the Motorcycle Exhibition design: Frank Gehry Museum design: Rem Koolhaas

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:29:05 GMT

"The Art of the Motorcycle" explores the motorcycle as both cultural icon and design achievement.

Arne Jacobsen Centennial Celebration

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:57:41 GMT

Arne Jacobsen's architecture and design is admired world wide and Denmark is celebrating the centennial of his birth with exhibitions, publications, symposiums and many other events.

ArchiSculpture

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:38:16 GMT

Dialogues between Architecture and Sculpture from the 18th Century to the Present Day.

Álvaro Siza Architect

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:24:13 GMT

This is the first museum exhibition in the US showing the eloquent body of work of Álvaro Siza.

Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:40:08 GMT

The exhibition journeys through John Lautner's (1911-94) world of ideas: their genesis, growth, and complex interactions.

Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:29:07 GMT

The retrospective focuses on new work by Diller + Scofidio as well as a sampling of their output from the past 20 years.

Tall Buildings

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:04:02 GMT

The exhibition investigates new horizons in architecture and engineering, focusing on skyscrapers and their place in the twenty-first century.

Sophie Calle: Exquisite Pain (Douleur Exquise)

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:12:49 GMT

The installation is a mix of architectural design and visual art, introspective and intimate, designed by Frank Gehry and Edwin Chan for Rotonde1.

Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:57:34 GMT

Skin + Bones explores the parallels between the "skin" - or exterior surface - and the "bones" - or structural framework - of both clothing and buildings of the past 25 years.

Santiago Calatrava: World Architecture

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:41:41 GMT

The exhibition goes behind the works to explore how Santiago Calatrava creates his buildings by refining thousands of drawings.

Santiago Calatrava: The Architect's Studio

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:03:28 GMT

The exhibition affords a first-hand view of Calatrava's renowned and groundbreaking designs, his creative working process, as well as an experiential perspective on his built projects.

Writing and Seeing Architecture

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:35:06 GMT

A small book, with no images, that caught our attention. We highly recommend keeping it in your pocket. Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press

Work Life

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:02:43 GMT

Publisher: Monacelli Press

Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:47:51 GMT

Publisher: The MIT Press

Verb Natures

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:24:31 GMT

Because everything grows, especially cities, the fifth volume of Actar's Verb series looks for a new definition of the organic through architecture, graphics, and photography as well as visual and digital art. Publisher: Actar

UTZON

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:51:27 GMT

Richard Weston's book, subtitled "Inspiration - Vision - Architecture", finally opens the door to Utzon's techniques and creative processes. Publisher: Edition Bløndal

Towards a New Museum

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:55:21 GMT

This book takes a critical look at innovative architecture that interacts with art and the public. Publisher: Monacelli Press

Frank Lloyd Wright & Lewis Mumford: Thirty Years of Correspondence

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:47:22 GMT

What began as a simple letter, a mid-career architect's comments to a young writer, turned into a 32-year correspondence, by turns amusing, inflamed, and conciliatory. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

The Villas of Palladio

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:35:06 GMT

The perfect book for architects, travelers, and lovers of Italy and Palladio's architecture. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

The Singular Objects of Architecture

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:29:53 GMT

A wide-ranging conversation builds a bridge between the fields of architecture and philosophy. Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:17:32 GMT

An essential addition to the libraries of architects and all those who appreciate the importance of our built heritage, past, present and future. Publisher: Phaidon

The Architecture of Fumihiko Maki

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:07:32 GMT

This book is the first comprehensive critical history of Maki's work. Publisher: Birkhäuser

Tadao Ando

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:53:18 GMT

The book examines over one hundred buildings and projects designed between 1969 - 94, illustrated by photographs, plans and exquisite sketches. Publisher: Phaidon

Alturas de Macchu Picchu

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:47:42 GMT

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

Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals Zodiac Heads

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:34:36 GMT

The Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is the first major public sculpture by Chinese contemporary artist and architectural designer Ai Weiwei.

Aerospace Design: The Art of Engineering

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:21:56 GMT

The exhibition features objects from NASA's collection, on view for the first time, and document progress made in aviation architecture and design during the last 100 years.

Tadao Ando: Regeneration - Surroundings and Architecture

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:55:19 GMT

Tadao Ando's recent work in the form of models, drawings, photographic panels, and video images and also foresees his future visions.

Steven Holl Parallax

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:11:54 GMT

Parallax provides a personal tour of the work of one of the world's most esteemed architects. Publisher: Birkhäuser/ Princeton Architectural Press

Steel and Beyond: New Strategies for Metals in Architecture

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:02:50 GMT

Metal opens up a vast range of fascinating possibilities in today's building industry. Publisher: Birkhäuser

Starck by Starck

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:51:16 GMT

Philippe Starck wants to bring love and happiness into your life by designing objects, environments, and appliances that will brighten your days. Publisher: Taschen

Shigeru Ban

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:51:30 GMT

This comprehensive publication includes 12 new projects Ban has designed since 2000. Publisher: Phaidon Press

Santiago Calatrava Artworks

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:39:13 GMT

The book contains a selection of 200 drawings, water colors and depictions of sculptures, chosen by the architect and the author. Publisher: Birkhäuser

Modernism Rediscovered

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:33:53 GMT

Modernism Rediscovered pays tribute to these lesser known yet outstanding contributions to the modern architectural movement. Publisher: Taschen. Photographs: Julius Shulman

Studios by the Sea

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:29:43 GMT

Vanity Fair correspondent Bob Colacello and photographer Jonathan Becker go inside the renovated barns, split-shingled cottages, and minimalist mansions of the modern-day artist colony. Photographs by Jonathan Becker. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc.

Richard Neutra: Complete Works

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:29:21 GMT

Very expensive but, we agree with the reviews, it is a truly beautiful book...worth its weight in wood! Publisher: Taschen

Richard Rogers Complete Works - Volume 1 & 2

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:19:01 GMT

Richard Rogers is an internationally respected architect, responsible for many landmark buildings around the world, and a passionate advocate of architectural quality in the built environment. Publisher: Phaidon

Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:09:12 GMT

This 10 pound, XXL-format comprehensive survey is the most complete book ever made on the subject of this Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist and all-around genius. Publisher: Taschen

Rafael Viñoly

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:01:11 GMT

This is the first monograph on the extensive list of projects by Rafael Viñoly. Publisher: Birkhäuser

Le Corbusier in his own words - An introduction for children

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:01:02 GMT

A book full of discoveries and surprises about one of the best known yet most enigmatic figures in the history of architecture. Illustrations: Betty Bone. Publisher: Papadakis

Project Vitra

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:49:10 GMT

The book offers an inside look at the firms collaboration with architects and designers. Publisher: Birkhäuser

Project Japan: Metabolism Talks

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:39:48 GMT

Between 2005 and 2011, architect Rem Koolhaas and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist interviewed the surviving members of Metabolism - the first non-western avant-garde, launched in Tokyo in 1960, in the midst of Japan's postwar miracle. Publisher: Taschen

Programmable Architecture

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:34:03 GMT

What possibilities would be opened up if not only people but whole environments could be linked together in networks? Publisher: L'Arcaedizioni

Prefab

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:31:45 GMT

New ideas in prefabricated housing. Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Atmosphere

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:28:07 GMT

Atmospheres is a poetics of architecture and a window onto Peter Zumthor's personal sources of inspiration. Publisher: Birkhäuser

Thinking Architecture

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:20:12 GMT

In Thinking Architecture Peter Zumthor expresses his motivation in designing buildings that speak to our feelings and that possess a powerful and unmistakable presence and personality. Publisher: Birkhäuser.

Architecture Goes Wild

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:18:51 GMT

In his writings Kas Oosterhuis bridges the gap between theory and practice. His observations are based on the intriguing principle of concrete science fiction. Publisher: 010

Why Architecture Matters

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:17:44 GMT

Witty and compassionate, Why Architecture Matters is a wonderful read. Publisher: Yale University Press

Building Up and Tearing Down

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:08:50 GMT

This collection of fifty-seven essays is a comprehensive and intelligent account of the best - and worst - of contemporary architecture around the globe. Publisher: The Monacelli Press

Oscar Niemeyer: A Legend of Modernism

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:56:01 GMT

A concise, exciting and beautifully illustrated portrayal - a new encounter with the Grand Old Man of Brazilian architecture. Publisher: Birkhäuser

Humble Masterpieces: Everyday Marvels of Design

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:50:32 GMT

An insightful collection of design marvels from everyday life. Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Secret Knowledge - The Book & The Movie

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:37:51 GMT

The book, "Secret Knowledge" - rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters, is fascinating. Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Olympic Architecture 2008

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:36:30 GMT

The book provides insights into the specialized stadium architecture with an abundance of photos, drawings and illustrations of details. Publisher: Birkhäuser with CABP

NOX: Machining Architecture

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:30:11 GMT

This is the first publication that looks comprehensively at the methods and techniques of Spuybroek's hugely inventive architecture. Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Nanoarchitecture

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:22:27 GMT

An apartment building that sprouts from the earth and grows on its own, a floating conference center, and other visions... Photos: Michael Moran. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Glenn Murcutt: A Singular architectural practice

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:21:54 GMT

This is the first monograph in almost ten years of the Pritzker Prize 2002 laureate and recipient of the highly coveted Aalto Medal for architecture. Publisher: The Images Publishing Group

Morphosis

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:12:36 GMT

This monograph is the first to document all of the built work by Morphosis. Publisher: Phaidon

Gehry Draws

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:11:13 GMT

Everyone knows what the distinctive curves and lines of Frank Gehry's buildings look like. But where do they come from? Publisher: The MIT Press.

Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an architecture of Decency

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:59:31 GMT

The buildings of the Rural Studio, along with the incredible story of the Rural Studio, the people who live there are detailed in this colorful book, the first on the subject. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Minimalist Architecture

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:50:04 GMT

This important book ams to highlight the most original contributions to the idea of simplicity. ublisher: Birkhäuser

Futuro - Tomorrow's House from Yesterday

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:49:54 GMT

This plastic, ellipsoid, portable holiday hideaway is among the most striking samples of Utopian space-age design. Publisher: Desura

Architect for Art: Max Gordon

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:40:41 GMT

Gordon is a key figure in the history of late-twentieth-century art and architecture. Publisher: Marquand Books

Fornasetti - Conversation with Philippe Starck

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:37:44 GMT

One of the most prolific decorative artists of the twentieth century... Publisher: Assouline

Malaparte: A House Like Me

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:27:58 GMT

An extraordinary look at Malaparte, the man and the house. Publisher: Clarkson/Potter

MAD Dinner

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:21:25 GMT

The first book by Beijing-based MAD, acclaimed for designs that embrace a new era in Chinese cities and lifestyle. Publisher: Actar

DINKA: Legendary Cattle Keepers of Sudan

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:09:23 GMT

This book is a bit out of the ordinary for an arcspace review but we love it and wanted to share our enthusiasm with you......and Christmas is coming up! Publisher: Rizzoli

Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:58:03 GMT

Joseph Eichler was a pioneering developer of residential suburbs whose socially conscious ethic and elegant modern design still serves as a standard for housing developments today. Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:24:36 GMT

The first book to examine the sustainable skyscraper, its history, the technologies that make it possible, and its role in the future of urban development. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

ECODESIGN - A Manual for Ecological Design

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:21:56 GMT

Ken Yeang reconstructs and revisions how and why our current design approach and perception of architecture must radically change if we are to ensure a sustainable future. Publisher: Wiley-Academy

Eating Architecture

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:12:14 GMT

A smorgasbord of a book....promising not to give you indigestion Publisher: The MIT Press

Bent Ply The Art of Plywood Furniture

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:08:29 GMT

Bent Ply is the first book devoted to plywood in modern design. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Digital Hadid - Landscapes in Motion

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:59:24 GMT

The book describes the transition from drawing to computing in the work of Zaha Hadid. Publisher: Birkhauser

Below Ground Level

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:58:10 GMT

This book explores the character, use and design of underground space as a space of its own. Publisher: Birkhäuser

Bauhaus: 1919-1933

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:50:59 GMT

Over seventy years after its foundation in Weimar, the Bauhaus has become a concept all over the world.. Publisher: Taschen

Barragán Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:44:34 GMT

Barragán's architecture is infused with the multiple influences of his travels, encounters and readings.

Daylight Noir: Raymond Chandler's Imagined City

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:43:43 GMT

"Daylight Noir: Raymond Chandler's Imagined City," comprises photographs of all the ominous, forbidding locations in Los Angeles Chandler wrote about in his novels. Publisher: Charta Art Books

Asymptote: FLUX

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:37:25 GMT

Asymptote is the Manhattan-based architectural design and research practice established by Lise Anne Couture and Hani Rashid in 1989. Publisher: Phaidon

Craig Ellwood

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:29:57 GMT

This wonderful book examines the architecture and the colourful life of an extraordinary man who reinvented himself to become the Cary Grant of his profession. Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Architecture Tours L.A

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:29:50 GMT

The best way to see an eclectic mix of architectural styles in the area. Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Content

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:14:45 GMT

Content is a product of the moment; a catalog of ideas on 546 pages organized in geographical order. Publisher: Taschen

Architecture of the Air

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:10:58 GMT

Christopher Janney is a musician who designs buildings, an architect who makes music, an artist whose works invite interaction and engagement as opposed to passive appreciation. Publisher: Sideshow Media, LLP

Colours

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:03:57 GMT

Three great contemporary architects and designers talk about the use of colours in their work. Publisher: Birkhäuser

Architecture Now! 5

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:42:59 GMT

Now in its fifth installment, the Architecture Now! series is an ongoing project documenting the work of the most innovative and influential architects across the globe. Publisher: Taschen.

Architecture Now! 4

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:29:41 GMT

Architecture has broken out of the box, literally and figuratively. Publisher: Taschen

Case Study Houses

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:16:36 GMT

A monumental retrospective of the entire Case Study House program. Editor: Peter Gössel. Publisher: Taschen

Architecture Now! 3

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:16:02 GMT

Architecture at the beginning of the 21st century is changing and evolving at lightning speed. Publisher: Taschen

Architecture Now! 2

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:03:20 GMT

The fine line between art and architecture is rapidly becoming harder to perceive. Publisher: Taschen

Architectural Theory

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:43:21 GMT

Publisher: Taschen

A. Quincy Jones

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:18:07 GMT

The book documents Archibald Quincy Jones's full career, from his post-war planning projects to his long association with Palo Alto building magnate Joseph Eichler. Publisher: Phaidon.

Show Me Your Model

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:02:51 GMT

Digital models do not replace physical models, today you need both to understand and communicate a project...

A Tribute to Jørn Utzon

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:03:05 GMT

In celebration of Jørn Utzon's 90th birthday the Danish Architectural Press have published a tribute to the man whose building became a symbol for a city. Publisher: The Danish Architectural Press.

10 x 10

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:42:13 GMT

10 x10 is an invaluable resource and introduction to contemporary architecture. Publisher: Phaidon Press.

Summer House

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:54:36 GMT

The Summer House is situated in a pine forest on Åland, a Finish Island group in the Baltic Sea, close to Stockholm. Placed just 40 meters from the waters edge, the 42 square meter house was completed in the summer of 2002.

Atlanta Symphony Center

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:45:35 GMT

The new Atlanta Symphony Center will provide the first dedicated concert hall and educational facility in the 60-year history of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble that enjoys international prominence under Music Director Robert Spano and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles.

Daimler Chrysler

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:25:36 GMT

Richard Rogers Partnership has designed three of the buildings for Daimler Chrysler in Berlin within the Potsdamer Platz Master Plan by the Renzo Piano Workshop.

Rickmers Reederei Headquarters

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:31:13 GMT

Recalling Hamburg's Hanseatic mercantile history, the Rickmers Reederei building is a sleek, new headquarters for an international shipping company.

Jesolo Lido Village

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:16:55 GMT

The Jesolo Lido Complex, located on the Adriatic Sea in Jesolo Lido, is comprised of Jesolo Lido Village, set inland at the scale of the adjacent residential fabric, and three towers: Jesolo Lido Condominium Tower, Jesolo Lido Residence Hotel Tower, and Jesolo Lido Hotel Tower set on the ocean front.

Carl Icahn Laboratory

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:20:54 GMT

The atrium has clear uninterrupted panoramic views into the playing field through a lattice-like screen of louvers.

Field of Stelae

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:59:12 GMT

The Field of Stalae Holocaust Memorial is located on a 19,000 m2 stretch on the edge of Tiergarten, a few yards from the Brandenburg Gate.

The Cube

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:39:08 GMT

Situated on top of the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre The Cube is a nomadic, stateless and cosmopolitan piece of architecture, a pavilion designed to host a small, temporary restaurant.

The Icelandic Embassy

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:29:25 GMT

The Icelandic Embassy is situated in the western part of the embassies' premises and borders on the copper band, which surrounds all of the Nordic Embassies.

SHR Perceptual Management

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:14:47 GMT

Morphosis has designed a unique interior, in a three story generic office building, that communicated the identity of the client, an advertising/design and marketing firm, as creative problem solvers in contrast to the homogenous context of the existing Scottsdale environment.

Biblioteca degli Alberi

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:04:58 GMT

The Inside Outside Team have been selected as the winners of the international competition for the planning of the "Giardini di Porta Nuova", a 100,000 square meter park, the first step in a wider-ranging project for construction of a City of Fashion and an Institutional Campus.

M-vironments M-House

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:50:24 GMT

Relocatable M-vironments are made of a wide variety of manipulatable components that can be connected in many different ways to a matrix of modular support frames. The frames can be assembled and disassembled in different ways to accommodate a wide range of changing needs.

Spiral Apartment House

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:08:06 GMT

The Spiral House is situated on a hillside in Ramat Gan, one of the towns in the Dan metropolitan region that includes the city of Tel Aviv. The building is designed like an enlarged set of steps that begin on the ground and spiral upwards.

The Heinz Galinski School

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:53:08 GMT

The design unfolds its petals to form "a village for children".

EuskoTren Headquarters

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:42:14 GMT

Zaha Hadid Architects won the International Competition for the Design of the New EuskoTren Headquarters in Durango, Spain.

Royal Swedish Embassy

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:34:36 GMT

The Swedish Embassy is located in the northeastern part of the embassy ensemble. The design refers to the aesthetics of classical Swedish Modernism, for example in the window band and the wall strip of the western facade.

The Universeum

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:11:43 GMT

The Universeum is located on a steep slope adjacent to an amusement park on the fringe of Göteborg City Center.

Copenhagen Business School

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:52:21 GMT

Vilhelm Lauritzen A/S, architects has created an exciting environment for the Copenhagen Business School.

Finnish Embassy

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:40:11 GMT

The Finnish Embassy is located on the southern part of the embassy ensemble. The design refers to Kannel (a traditional five-stringed Finnish harp).

Torpedo Hall Apartments

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:22:29 GMT

Located in the old Torpedo (boat) Hall the 67 apartments designed by Tegnestuen Vandkunsten are the first loft-style residences made available in Copenhagen.

Nanshan Marriage Registration Center

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:51:55 GMT

In China, the marriage registration office's image is closely linked to the Government.

Te Papa Museum

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:40:44 GMT

The new extension to the national museum, "Te Papa", meaning "Our Place" in Maori, is part of a major revival of the waterfront of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.

Ken Iwata Mother and Child Museum

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:20:29 GMT

The Ken Iwata Mother and Child Museum is a semi-open museum designed to house 44 pieces of sculptures created by the sculptor Ken Iwata.

Netbureau Araneum Headquarters

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:03:21 GMT

With its distinct architecture and location Building 90, a former U-boat assembly-plant, contributes to the preservation of the unique atmosphere on Holmen.

The Historic Corner

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:24:30 GMT

Reykjavík was a farm before being established as a trading place in the late 18th century. In 1786 a trading monopoly was abolished creating conditions for the village of Reykjavík to grow.

Daeyang Gallery and House

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:03:09 GMT

The private gallery and house is sited in the hills of the Kangbuk section of Seoul, Korea.

Wolfe Center for the Arts

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:44:14 GMT

Punctuating the expansive horizons of northwestern Ohio, the new Wolfe Center for the Arts at Bowling Green State University rises from the fertile plains to alter the local landscape - both literally and culturally.

Museum and Hotel

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:32:56 GMT

A museum dedicated to represent this interesting region... fusing nature, art and technology.

Stone Hill Center

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:14:30 GMT

The Stone Hill Center fulfills the Clark's dual role as a public art museum and a major academic and research center.

The New York Times Building

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:50:09 GMT

The 52-story Times Company Headquarters, Renzo Piano's first major project in New York City, occupies one of the last sites in the 42nd Street Development Are; a 13-acre district adjoining Times Square designated for redevelopment in the mid-1980s by New York State and City government.

Nasher Sculpture Center

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:34:20 GMT

The Nasher Sculpture Center is one of the few institutions in the world devoted to the exhibition, study, and preservation of modern sculpture.

Charles & Dee Wyly Theater

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:17:09 GMT

In the typical theater, the proliferation of front-of-house and back-of-house spaces threatens to strangle the auditorium itself, buffering the performance from the outside world.

Braga Stadium

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:57:55 GMT

For Portugal winning the competition to host the UEFA 2004 international European soccer meant the construction or remodeling of ten stadiums in different parts of the country. For the Braga Municipal Stadium the brief called for covered seating sections for 30,000 on either side of the football field.

Peabody Essex Museum

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:33:17 GMT

From the exterior the new wing reads as five separate buildings, each building evoking the scale and different forms of traditional New England architecture.

Yas Hotel

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:27:11 GMT

The Yas Hotel is built over an F1 race circuit. The hotel is made up of two twelve story towers, one being set within the race circuit, and another placed in the Marina itself, physically linked by a sculpted steel monocoque bridge construction that passes above the Formula 1 track.

Miramar Resort Hotel

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:24:30 GMT

The Sheraton Miramar, built on a jewel-like cluster of nine islands, surrounded by lagoons and sandy beaches, is a 5-star resort hotel consisting of over 400 guest rooms and various public spaces.

Ferrari S.p.A

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:17:42 GMT

The design for the new Management Headquarters by Massimiliano Fuksas, for Ferrari S.p.A, was the winning project in an International Competition.

Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:54:12 GMT

The project evolved into a continuous succession of stepping prismatic volumes that wrap around as they ascend and culminate in the tall central space. This organization creates a spiral-like crescendo of discrete volumes, each one associated with specific and distinct programmatic elements.

Soho Shang Du

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:38:18 GMT

The SOHO Shang Du project, located within Beijing's CBD (central business district) special development area, has a large frontage on Dongdaqiao Lu, an important north-south arterial street, which defines the western edge of the central business district zone as well as the eastern boundary of the central diplomatic zone. A bridge connects the two sides of the development.

Louis Vuitton

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:12:59 GMT

Jun Aoki designed the LV building in the image of a pile of trunks stacked at random. The trunks, each representing a unique space, are connected with a labyrinth of corridors - offering a small journey between trunks.

Restaurant Georges

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:48:19 GMT

Restaurant Georges is located on the fifth floor of the Centre Georges Pompidou with a magnificent view of Paris. The building, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers in the late 1970's, was recently renovated by Renzo Piano. Jacob + MacFarlane won the competition to design the restaurant in 1998.

Sinclair Garden Pavilion

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:34:15 GMT

The Sinclair Garden Pavilion is the first finished building of the Master Plan, a collaboration between Frank Gehry and Alvaro Siza, to expand the Pasadena campus.

Museum der Kulturen

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:16:09 GMT

The Museum der Kulturen Basel dates back to the middle of the nineteenth century. Replacing the Augustinian monastery on the Münsterhügel the classicist building by architect Melchior Berri opened in 1849.

Nordea Headquarters

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:48:41 GMT

The General Site Plan for the development of the former B&W Shipyard in the historical Christiansbro area of Copenhagen includes 40% Housing and 60% rental Commercial space.

Museum of Science

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:24:18 GMT

The new Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science recently broke ground in Downtown Miami's Museum Park. The ceremony took place at the museum's new site overlooking Biscayne Bay.

Helmut Lang Parfums

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:08:38 GMT

This retail space in Soho marks the launch of a fashion designer's new fragrance line. The concept is a modern interpretation of old-world apothecaries and traditional European perfumeries. The store provides a laboratory setting that complements and suits commercial aspects of selling perfume.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:45:48 GMT

The Corcoran Gallery of Art is located in Washington, DC, adjacent to the White House and the National Mall. Founded in 1869, the Corcoran Gallery of Art is Washington's oldest art museum and its only college of art and design.

Shelter ByGG

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:13:15 GMT

Sleep inside a sustainable and Itinerant sculpture installed in a public space.

Enzo Ferrari Museum

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:46:15 GMT

Dedicated to motor racing legend and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari (1898 - 1988), the museum comprises exhibition spaces within the early nineteenth century house, where the motor racing giant was born and raised and its adjoining workshop, as well as in a new exhibition building.

Galef Center for Fine Arts and Ben Maltz Gallery

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:28:48 GMT

An open site, adjacent to the original building on Lincoln Boulevard, was selected by the College to accommodate the new 40,000-square-feet studio/gallery building.

Winspear Opera House

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:15:53 GMT

Located on the north side of Flora Street, in the heart of the Dallas Arts District, the Winspear Opera House will be one of the six venues that will comprise the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts.

Seaplane Hangar H53

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:57:23 GMT

The H53 Seaplane Hangar is located at the former Holmen naval base, on the last landfill project, Magretheholmen, that was established in 1916. The hangar, built in 1921 from a design by architect Chr. Olrich, is one of the first pre-stressed concrete structures of its size in Denmark.

The Music Box BBC

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:36:43 GMT

The Music Box, the new Music Centre, will become home to the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Chorus, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Singers, bringing them together in one place for the first time.

Olympic Velodrome and Swimmingpool

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:21:40 GMT

This project is bound up with the reunification of the two Germanies. It is related to the wish of a city, Berlin, about to become the capital, to be nominated for the Olympic Games of the year 2000.

MÉCA

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:07:44 GMT

MÉCA, located on the historical riverfront of Bordeaux, will house three regional visual and performing arts agencies FRAC, the ECLA and the OARA in one single institution.

Nordic Embassy Complex

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:46:56 GMT

Berger + Parkkinen Architekten have designed the common building and the master plan of the Nordic Embassy Complex in Berlin.

Hydra Pier

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:12:31 GMT

The Hydra Pier, a municipal pavilion acknowledging and celebrating the fast growing city of Haarlemmermeer, was the winning entry in an International competition.

Südwestmetall Reutlingen

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:59:15 GMT

The building, planned as a training center and regional office for Südwestmetall, the metalworking and electrical manufacturing organization in the state of Baden-Württemberg, is located in Oststadt in an area with a mixture of domestic housing, offices and small industry.

Royal Danish Embassy

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:37:11 GMT

With the Royal Danish Embassy in Berlin, 3XN has created a building capable of exuding embassadorial dignity, and at the same time a place filled with light and life, reflecting the Danish spirit.

Matthew Marks Gallery

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:58:25 GMT

Located in West Hollywood, the Matthew Marks Gallery is a freestanding building of naturally lit exhibition galleries. The building's facade features a monumental sculpture by Ellsworth Kelly.

Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:39:44 GMT

The building's envelope plays an essential role in defining its relation to the surrounding environment and atmospheric variations.

Rocca London Gallery

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:31:00 GMT

The design of the Rocca London Gallery brings about 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

Riverside Museum

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:13:37 GMT

The museum positions itself symbolically and functionally as open and fluid, engaging its context and content to ensure it is profoundly interlinked with not only Glasgow's history, but also its future.

Port House

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:57:59 GMT

The new Port House design consists of two entities: the existing Fire Station and a new crystalline volume lifted above the retained building.

Lacoste Footwear Capsule Collection

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:49:26 GMT

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

King Abdullah II: House of Culture & Art

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:41:58 GMT

The architectural expression for the new performing arts centre by Zaha Hadid Architects was inspired by the uniquely beautiful monument of Petra.

Kartal – Pendik Masterplan

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:27:52 GMT

The Kartal - Pendik Masterplan is a winning competition proposal for a new city centre on the east bank of Istanbul.

JS Bach / Chamber Music Hall

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:12:22 GMT

The JS Bach Chamber Music Hall was first installed in the Manchester Art Gallery during the Summer 2009 Festival. The same pavilion will be at the Holland Festival in 2010.

Guangzhou Opera House

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:28:12 GMT

Overlooking the Pearl River the Guangzhou Opera House is at the heart of Guangzhou's cultural sites development.

Phaeno Science Center

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:15:28 GMT

Located in the center of Wolfsburg, on the ICE rail line, the Science Center is set both as the endpoint of a chain of important cultural buildings, by Aalto, Scharoun and Schweger, and as a connecting link to the north bank of the Mittelland Kanal - the Volkswagen plant and the Autostadt.

Evelyn Grace Academy

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:12:30 GMT

Zaha Hadid Architects' first completed project in England presents itself as an open, transparent and welcoming addition to the community's local urban regeneration process.

Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:57:05 GMT

With the move to this dynamic new building, the first free-standing home for the Center's pioneering programming, the CAC will become one of the most centrally located contemporary arts institutions in the USA.

Ordrupgaard Museum Extension

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:53:23 GMT

The design is based on Zaha Hadid's personal interpretation of the surrounding landscape and the relationship to the original building.

BMW Plant

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:33:35 GMT

The Central Building is the active nerve-centre or brain of the whole BMW factory complex. All threads of the building's activities gather together and branch out again from here.

Cairo Expo City

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:22:14 GMT

Located between the centre of Cairo and the city's airport the design for Cairo Expo City delivers a unique facility for Cairo - state of the art city for exhibitions and conferences.

Nordpark Cable Railway

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:10:00 GMT

The 1.8 km long Nordpark Cable Railway, comprised of four new stations and a cable-stayed suspension bridge over the river Inn, takes you from the center of Innsbruck to the top of the mountain in less than half an hour.

Cagliari Contemporary Arts Centre

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:02:19 GMT

The aim of the project was to create a node of cultural exchanges that simultaneously will serve as a landmark announcing the arrival to Cagliari from the sea, and answer the five challenges proposed by the brief.

Neil Barrett Store

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:58:57 GMT

The concept for the Neil Barrett flagship store in Tokyo is based on the minimal cut of the brand's fashion design and parallels its approach in using the same design parameters of fixed points, folding, pleating and cut outs.

Bergisel Ski Jump 2002

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:51:47 GMT

The ski jump is part of a larger refurbishment project for the Olympic Arena and has replaced the old ski jump, which no longer met with International standards.

MAXXI Museum

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:05 GMT

The MAXXI is located in the Flaminio quarter of Rome, in the area of the former Montello military barracks. The complex houses two institutions: MAXXI Arte and MAXXI Architecture, aiming to promote art and architecture through collection, conservation, study and exhibition of contemporary works.

Metapolis II

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:34:55 GMT

As a part of Lincoln Center Festival Zaha Hadid has collaborated with Frédéric Flamand, director of the Ballet National de Marseille, on the creation of the piece "Metapolis II." The third of a series of reflections on the contemporary city.

The Barnes Foundation

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:11:55 GMT

The Barnes Foundation building was conceived as a "Gallery in a Garden, Garden in a Gallery."

Exhibition Pavilion

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:18:21 GMT

The new Architecture Museum is located in one of Norway's first monumental Empire Style buildings, designed by Christian Grosch in 1830, and a four-story building that was added in 1910.

American Folk Art Museum

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:15:31 GMT

The forty foot wide facade of the American Folk Art Museum is designed to make a strong but quiet statement of independence. It is sculptural in form, recalling an abstracted open hand.

Xixi Wetland Art Museum

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:55:25 GMT

Located in a rural nature preserve near Hangzhou, the Xixi Wetland Art Museum will be a destination for both nature and art.

L&M Arts

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:53:25 GMT

L&M Arts is a commercial art gallery conceived as pavilions in the garden. The entire site is a venue for art with sculpture installed throughout the site, both indoors and out.

Grand Rapids Art Museum

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:35:26 GMT

The new Grand Rapids Art Museum occupies one city block in the heart of Grand Rapids; a city well known for its legacy and influence on commerce, craft and modern design.

Putrajaya Waterfront Development

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:34:32 GMT

Putrajaya is located on a stretch of Malaysia between Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It will eventually be the most accessible city in Malaysia, surrounded by expressways, urban highways and railways.

Southport Broadwater Parklands

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:23:20 GMT

The recently completed Southport Broadwater Parklands, a world class civic space, will play host to major sporting and cultural events.

Arezzo Law Court

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:17:20 GMT

The new Arezzo Law Court building, housing the main courtrooms and the Hall of Justice President's headquarters, is linked to a neoclassical building, once a large hospital, that will be restored and used for offices and archives.

Taekwondo Park: Ascending Passages

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:08:29 GMT

Taekwondo Park will establish a dynamic gateway to the physical and philosophical world of Taekwondo, a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea, and become an athletic and cultural destination for 70 million practitioners from around the world.

The Supreme Court of Iceland

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:04:37 GMT

The site of the Supreme Court of Iceland is on a low hill in the center of Reykjavík, framed by the State Ministries building, the former National Library, and the National Theater.

Provincial, Capitol Building

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:44:51 GMT

Venturi, Scott Brown & Ass., in association with Anderson/Schwartz Architects and Hermet-Blanc-Delagausie-Mommens/Atelier A4, won the International Competition to design the Provincial, Capitol Building for the province of the Haute-Garonne in 1992.

Rita Atkinson Residences

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:24:34 GMT

Located on a promontory near the main campus entrance, the Rita Atkinson Residences serve as a distinctive gateway for the medical school mall and provides much needed housing for graduate and professional medical students.

Hof Residence

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:10:38 GMT

Hof is a new country residence in the Skakafjordur fjord, less than 100 kilometers from the Arctic Circle.

Esbjerg Performing Arts Center

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:55:13 GMT

The Esbjerg Performing Arts Center is a close collaboration between Jan Utzon and his father Jørn Utzon.

The Desert Fortress

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:31:24 GMT

The Skagen Odde Nature Center, a museum for the natural elements, is situated in the open dune landscape on the northernmost tip of Denmark where the two oceans, Kattegat and Skagerak, meet.

Henry Dunker Culture Centre

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:57:52 GMT

The design was inspired by the close relationship between the town and Øresund; the strait between Denmark and Sweden.

Tower

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:42:14 GMT

The recently completed 21 story UNStudio Tower forms part of the Mahler 4 urban complex, a cluster of six buildings located in the heart of the South Axis in Amsterdam, connecting Schiphol Airport to the major business areas of Amsterdam South.

Tea House on bunker

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:11:30 GMT

The stainless steel addition appears to have grown out of the still visible concrete facades of the bunker.

T-Houses

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:57:24 GMT

A green folded space with multiple elevations on top of the commercial space is sliced open by the insertion of five rotated dancing towers.

Sliced Porosity Block

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:48:09 GMT

The site is developed to maximize public open space and to stimulate micro-urbanism.

MUMUTH

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:38:41 GMT

"We saw the spiral as the organizing element of the MUMUTH in much the same way as Serialism works in contemporary music."

Shan-Shui Hangzhou

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:36:57 GMT

Steven Holl Architects were awarded first prize in the design competition to redevelop the site of the oxygen and boiler plants in Hangzhou.

Sarphatistraat Offices

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:24:48 GMT

The new addition to the renovated Singel Gracht building, the former Federal Warehouse of Medical Supplies, has replaced one of the outbuildings on the canal side of the four - story brick "U" building.

Mercedes Benz Museum

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:19:59 GMT

The new Mercedes-Benz Museum, located next to highway B14 at the entrance of Stuttgart, contains exhibition space for the historical collection of Mercedes-Benz, which consists of 160 cars, as well as a museum shop, a restaurant, offices and a sky lobby.

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:03:38 GMT

The addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art runs along the eastern edge of the museum campus and provides a counterpoint to the original 1933 Beaux-Arts building.

Living Tomorrow Pavilion

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:03:18 GMT

The layout of the Living Tomorrow Pavilion functions as a basis for the different innovative technologies exhibited.

Nanjing Sifang Art Museum

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:51:06 GMT

The new museum is sited at the gateway to the Contemporary International Practical Exhibition of Architecture in the lush green landscape of the Pearl Spring near Nanjing, China.

Linked Hybrid

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:28:39 GMT

The Linked Hybrid complex in Beijing aims to counter the current privatized urban developments in China by creating a twenty-first century porous urban space - inviting and open to the public from every side.

Knut Hamsun Center

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:07:53 GMT

Knut Hamsun, Norway's most inventive twentieth-century writer, fabricated new forms of expression in his first novel Hunger. He went on to found a truly modern school of fiction with his works Pan, Mysteries, and Growth of the Soil.

Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA)

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:22:25 GMT

Sited at the edge of the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond, Virginia, the new Institute for Contemporary Art will link the University with the surrounding community.

Kutaisi Airport

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:19:57 GMT

Georgia is located on a crossroads of rich cultures, with a history of travellers passing through the Caucasus or arriving from the Black Sea. As a result there is increasing demand from airlines to fly to Georgia.

Galleria Centercity

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:01:13 GMT

Situated some 80 km south of Seoul, Cheonan is well connected to the capital by railway and road, with a new high speed rail link having recently been completed.

HEART

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:54:41 GMT

The landscape of grass mounds and reflecting pools aligns with a geometry of curved roof sections of the new building that houses permanent and temporary exhibition galleries, a 150-seat auditorium, music rehearsal rooms, a restaurant, a media library, and administrative offices all on one level.

Five Franklin Place

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:45:00 GMT

Located in the Tribeca Historic Cast Iron District in Downtown Manhattan, Five Franklin Place will be the first major American building by Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio.

Glasgow School of Art

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:38:07 GMT

The plans for Phase 1 of The Glasgow School of Art re-development were recently released.

Agora Theater

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:28:00 GMT

The Agora Theatre is part of the masterplan for Lelystad by Adriaan Geuze, which aims to revitalize the pragmatic, sober town centre.

Cité de l’Océan et du Surf

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:18:12 GMT

The Cité de l'Océan et du Surf is a museum that explores both surf and sea and their role upon our leisure, science and ecology.

Za-Koenji Public Theatre

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:36:22 GMT

Za-Koenji, located within a residential district, is a public theatre replacing the old Koenji Hall.

Tod’s Omotesando

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:14:31 GMT

The facade of criss-crossed concrete braces reinterprets the silhouettes of the elm trees lining the street.

Bellevue Art Museum

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:26:40 GMT

The Bellevue Art Museum, clad in three basic elements, red-stained concrete, hand-sanded aluminum panels and the glass of its huge windows and skylights, is a bold statement in the midst of sterile towers, downtown shopping and traffic.

Taichung Metropolitan Opera House

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:11:33 GMT

The fluid continuity of the structure reflects the idea that the theatrical arts are spatial arts which combine the body, art, music, and performance.

Robertson Branch Library

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:51:50 GMT

The Robertson Branch library is situated on a busy Los Angeles strip, where apartments and commercial buildings clamor for attention.

Museum of Architecture

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:47:52 GMT

The museum is located on a hilly site overlooking the Seto Inland Sea in the southwest of Omishima, a small island blessed with abundant nature with its orange groves and beautiful sunsets.

Frog Queen

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:36:46 GMT

The building known as "Frog Queen" houses several engineering offices and an attached test facility for an engineering firm based in Graz. The basic geometric shape of the structure is a cuboid.

BAM/PFA

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:34:14 GMT

Plans for a new visual arts facility for the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) were initiated following a 1997 survey that found that the museum's existing concrete structure did not meet current seismic standards.

Visitor Center at Lincoln Center

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:22:14 GMT

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has unveiled the design for the new Visitor Center, a privately owned public space (POPS) adjacent to Lincoln Center that will be transformed into a lively community gathering place and gateway to the performing arts campus.

Vision City

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:15:54 GMT

The original Vision City was intended for completion more than a decade ago but when financial problems halted the construction work it left the site with a massive piece of bare concrete structure.

North Carolina Museum of Art

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:03:10 GMT

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) recently revealed the design for its new building, to house the institution's permanent collection, the renovation of the existing Edward Durrell Stone building, and the nation's largest museum park.

Kunsthaus Graz

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:52:02 GMT

Located on the banks of the Mur, between the red brick roofs of neighboring historic buildings, the new architectural symbol is locally referred to as the "friendly alien".

Palais des Congrès

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:39:51 GMT

The former Palais des Congrès, designed by Victor Prus (1984), was built on top of a submerged autoroute in an area between Old Montreal and the modern downtown core.

Xochimilco Masterplan & Aquarium

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:23:26 GMT

The site, located in the natural preserve of Xochimilco, in the southern part of Mexico City, addresses a unique set of social, urban, and architectural challenges.

Silo Norte Shopping

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:21:51 GMT

The program for the Silo Norte Shopping, located in the industrial Porto suburb of Matosinhos, called for an exhibition gallery and an auditorium inside an external concrete spiral ramp that gives access to terrace-level parking.

Televisa Mixed Use Building

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:04:08 GMT

To mark their presence in the city the Televisa company was looking for a new image and an icon building.

One Ocean

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:53:40 GMT

The Thematic Pavilion is situated along a new promenade in a former industrial harbor that will be transformed into an "urban beach" offering leisure activities to the public after the Expo and the aspired improvement of water quality.

National School of Theater

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:18:53 GMT

The location of the National School of Theater has a unique set of contextual conditions.

SFMOMA

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:10:01 GMT

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) recently unveiled the preliminary design for its expansion that will double the museum's exhibition and education space while enhancing the visitor experience and more deeply weaving the museum into the fabric of the city.

Petter Dass Museum

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:38:21 GMT

Peter Dass is one of Norway's most important and beloved poets. He was also the Vicar at Alstahaug Church from 1689 until his death in 1707.

Educare Sports Facilities

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:52:04 GMT

TEN Arquitectos were commissioned to design a new, multipurpose gymnasium, that could be easily converted for ceremonies and celebrations, a swimming-pool, spaces for exercise, dressing rooms, and restrooms.

Chopo Museum

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:35:03 GMT

The original building of the Chopo Museum is a product of late 19th century technology. The structure was manufactured just before the turn of the century in Oberhausen, Germany, as a pavilion for an exhibition on industry and art in Düsseldorf.

Oslo Opera House

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:30:05 GMT

Oslo's new Opera House is located on the Bjørvika Peninsula overlooking Oslo Fjord. The marble clad roofscape forms a large public space in the landscape of the city and the fjord.

The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:18:54 GMT

The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures, one of the museum buildings in the Tokyo National Museum complex, is surrounded by nature and cultural assets.

Sayamaike Historical Museum

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:00:14 GMT

The Sayamaike Historical Museum is located on the edge of Sayamaike Pond, an artificial lake that dates back to the 7th century.

The Norwegian Embassy

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:54:07 GMT

Clarity and purity of form are important characteristics in the design of the new Norwegian embassy. The form stands without excess decoration and is solid and massive in its expression.

Karmøy Fishing Museum

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:41:46 GMT

The new museum is situated in a picturesque fjord surrounded by small, white houses and work buildings, many of which were, at one time, connected to the fishing industry.

Punta della Dogana

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:33:38 GMT

A dialogue between old and new elements, a link between the history of the building, its present and its future.

Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:13:00 GMT

The Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum is located on the southern edge of Naoshima island between a high hill covered with deep woods and a promontory of rugged rocks and beach.

WTC Pavilion

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:45:20 GMT

Since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, New York State and the City of New York have worked to rebuild the site and return it to a lively and important center in one of the world's most notable cities.

Skyscraper Museum

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:33:58 GMT

The Skyscraper Museum opened the doors to its new permanent home in lower Manhattan on April 2, 2004.

Centre Pompidou-Metz

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:12:27 GMT

The Centre Pompidou-Metz will act as the driving force behind the urban renovation of a 50 hectare area formerly occupied by a freight railway station dating from the German annexation, a fair ground, and a Gallo-Roman amphitheatre seating 25,000.

Concrete Canopy

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:50:34 GMT

The Concrete Canopy building is located in the middle of a park with sycamore, acacia, oak and poplar trees.

Langen Foundation

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:29:10 GMT

Ando's familiar, concrete like silk, long stairs, ramps and light slits, characterize the building.

Shaw Center for the Arts

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:24:59 GMT

A "lantern on the levee" - a symbol of the illuminating power of the arts.

International Library of Children's Literature

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:14:38 GMT

Tadao Ando's addition to the Library creates an interplay between modern architecture and history.

Nykredit Headquarters

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:09:30 GMT

schmidt hammer lassen, who became Internationally known with The Black Diamond extension to the Royal Library, are back on the waterfront in Copenhagen.

Garden of Fine Arts

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:59:48 GMT

The project was conceived as a contemporary, volumetric version of a stroll garden. The open-air Fine Arts Museum is situated below ground level to keep the view from the adjacent Botanical Gardens towards the Higashiyama mountains intact.

The Black Diamond

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:42:26 GMT

The Royal Library represents a break away from the traditional library structure by housing a wide variety of cultural facilities.

Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:41:55 GMT

Chikatsu-Asuka, an area in the southern part of Osaka Prefecture, has one of the best collections of tumuli (kofun) in Japan.

Astana Arena

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:24:06 GMT

Located on the highway connecting the airport to the city the Astana Stadium is principally designed as a venue for soccer but can be adapted for other sports events, including the country's favorite sports - wrestling, judo and boxing.

ARoS Aarhus Art Museum

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:11:31 GMT

The new Museum, situated in an area with several prominent public buildings, appears as a single, massive tile clad cube, partly embedded in the sloping site.

Fogo Island Artist Studios

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:49:05 GMT

Fogo Island, a small secluded island off the coast of Newfoundland, is an elemental place of subtle and abiding beauty - a place where time is not obliterated by the circulation of everything.

Dogan Medya Center

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:42:42 GMT

The Dogan Medya Center on Ankara-Eskisehir road, planned as a distinctive media figure, houses TV channels and the newspapers Hurriyet and Milliyet.

The National Mountain Centre

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:05:20 GMT

In 2002, a group of committed mountain enthusiasts based in the Canadian Rockies came together with a vision to create a national center devoted to celebrating, understanding and better experiencing the mountains.

Woodruff Arts Center

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:54:20 GMT

The new High and Woodruff Arts campus creates a "Village for the Arts" where visitors can experience the finest art, music and theatre in the city.

Perimeter Institute

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:49:28 GMT

The Perimeter Institute, an international center for basic research in foundational issues of theoretical physics, is located on the shore of Silver Lake in Waterloo Park.

The Morgan Library

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:34:56 GMT

The Morgan was founded by Pierpont Morgan in 1906 and made a public institution in 1924, serving as a scholarly research library as well as a full service museum.

Faculty of Music

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:31:49 GMT

The building's east and west facades are patterned to evoke musical figures.

SNFCC

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:27:07 GMT

The concept design for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), housing the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, both set within the Stavros Niarchos Park, was recently revealed.

Scandinave Les Bains

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:12:15 GMT

Located in the heart of historic Old Montreal Scandinave Les Bains Vieux-Montréal is an urban spa whose purpose is to provide a thermal-therapy experience that engages each of the body's senses.

Resnick Pavilion LACMA

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:56:28 GMT

The Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, the cornerstone of Phase II of LACMA's Transformation, complements BCAM architecturally.

Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:39:43 GMT

The newly inaugurated church, will serve the large number of pilgrims visiting the place where Saint Padre Pio used to live.

California Academy of Sciences

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:16:38 GMT

The new California Academy of Sciences houses the Kimball Natural History Museum, Steinhart Aquarium and Morrison Planetarium, along with eight scientific research departments and over 20 million scientific specimens.

La Rocca Winery

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:26:22 GMT

Sited on a hill surrounded by vineyards and woods, La Rocca Winery revisits the traditional forms of Tuscan architecture within a modern, industrially inspired frame.

BCAM

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:01:55 GMT

The new BCAM, the centerpiece of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), is designed specifically for the display of contemporary art.

Teshima Art Museum

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:57:53 GMT

Teshima Art Museum is located on Teshima Island in the Seto Inland Sea. It faces the ocean from a magnificent hillside covered by rice terraces.

Church of Senhora da Boa Nova

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:29:55 GMT

The site, one of the city's last slums, was named the "End of the World." To the east and south the suburban surroundings had no iconic references, to the west there was a steep valley reaching out to distant views.

Design Museum Holon

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:11:43 GMT

Constructed of five sinuous bands of varying shades of weathered steel.

Nestlé Chocolate Museum (Phase 1)

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:46:08 GMT

When Nestlé's Chocolate factory in Mexico City (located in Paseo Tollocan near Toluca) was in need of an inner pathway for visitors to witness the production of chocolates it was decided that the first chocolate museum in Mexico should have a 300 meter long facade along the motorway as the new image of the factory.

casa pR34

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:28:37 GMT

The curving forms, resembling two bodies in motion, were inspired by the occupant who is a ballet dancer.

Tribunal de Grande Instance

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:02:57 GMT

The competition winning entry for the Tribunal de Grande Instance (the complex of law courts) is situated in the heart of the historic core of Bordeaux, near the Cathedral and Town Hall.

The Zollverein School

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:57:41 GMT

The Zollverein School of Management & Design, inaugurated on July 31, 2006, is the first new building on the historical coal-mining Zollverein site; declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001.

W Retreat Kanai

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:17:38 GMT

The architectural material palette complements the dramatic interplay of stark architectural forms, light and shadow.

Serpentine Pavilion 2009

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:13:57 GMT

Sejima and Nishizawa have created a beautiful Pavilion that resembles a reflective cloud or a floating pool of water, sitting atop a series of delicate columns.

Villa Gardone

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:04:28 GMT

Villa Gardone is part of a villa ensemble in Gardone Riviera, approximately 300 meters from Lake Garda.

Rolex Learning Center

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:49:42 GMT

The Rolex Learning Center is above all a library and learning space devoted to the cultivation of knowledge by an array of different methods.

Restaurant 66

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:46:18 GMT

Restaurant 66 offers a new fusion of modern design and haute Chinese cuisine in New York City.

New Museum

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:30:15 GMT

A glimmering metal mesh-clad stack of boxes shifted off axis in a dynamic composition.

Museum of Television & Radio

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:25:56 GMT

The Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills is located prominently at the corner of North Beverly Drive and Little Santa Monica Boulevard.

Mitikah Office Tower

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:12:57 GMT

The design of the Mitikah Office Tower reflects the distinct orientation of the site while addressing requirements of sustainability, maximum efficiency and flexibility.

Musée Louvre-Lens

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:11:20 GMT

The new expansion of the Louvre in Lens is 360 meters of steel and glass unfolding on top of an old coal mine and expected to attract 500.000 visitors each year. It is a museum that aims at educating visitors in how to look at art and on top of that revitalize the post-industrial town Lens in France.

Glass Pavilion

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:51:12 GMT

The Glass Pavilion, an annex across the street from the Toledo Museum of Art, contains an extensive glass art collection, temporary exhibition galleries and glass making facilities.

Museum of Contemporary Art

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:47:38 GMT

Located in an area that was a previously a monastic enclave, this museum establishes a rigorous dialogue between the area's historic urban fabric and the contemporary art within.

Jubilee Church

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:32:22 GMT

The parish church for the year 2000 was conceived as a new center for a somewhat isolated housing quarter on the outskirts of Rome.

21st Century Museum

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:27:54 GMT

Circular in form, the building has no front or back, leaving it free to be explored from all directions.

Gagosian Gallery

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:16:19 GMT

The glazed public street facade of the Gagosian Gallery blends seamlessly with the existing facade and provides pedestrians a glimpse into the gallery.

ECM City Tower

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:30:35 GMT

As part of the larger ECM City, for which Richard Meier & Partners is serving as master planner, the City Tower presents a striking iconic high-rise for the city of Prague.

Coffee Plaza

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:10:34 GMT

Situated on a podium of prime real-estate overlooking the Sandtorpark, various harbor basins and Hamburg's traditional skyline, the new corporate headquarters for Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG), aptly called Coffee Plaza, acts as an anchor in Hamburg's refurbished harbor.

Burda Collection Museum

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:56:11 GMT

The new museum for the Frieder Burda Collection in Baden-Baden is designed to be in harmony with the surrounding Lichtentaler Allee Park and to compliment the adjacent Kunsthalle.

Ara Pacis Museum

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:37:11 GMT

The Ara Pacis Museum, located along the Tiber River, near the Ponte Cavour, on the western edge of the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, is an integral part of the urban context of the Augustean Area.

Arp Museum

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:08:16 GMT

The translucent tower walls illuminate the shaft and elevators, with added illumination and hints of views provided by transparent glass slots in the tower walls.

Taller de Arquitectura Barcelona Airport Terminal 1

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:43:11 GMT

The mission of the new terminal was to serve as a communications gateway linking Barcelona with the rest of Europe and the world, to promote passenger mobility and to expand connections to the airport by different forms of transport, high-speed train, local trains, and the subway.

The Modern Wing

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:05:02 GMT

With its serene limestone, glass facade and innovative sun-screen canopy, that floats over the roof like a flying carpet, the Modern Wing already has a significant presence in a city defined by its rich architectural heritage.

Art Pavilion

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:51:56 GMT

The Art Pavilion is situated on a narrow peninsula, surrounded by green slopes, at the end of the seven kilometer Verbeelding artroute which runs through the centre of Zeewolde, the De Wetering landscape park, the woods and across the Randmeren dike.

Arcam

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:37:31 GMT

With Arcam, René van Zuuk has demonstrated his talent for designing free standing, object-like buildings.

Almere Bicycle & Pedestrian Bridge

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:14:55 GMT

An urban hammock for an ambitious city center.

Port and Cruise Service Center

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:19:18 GMT

The dynamic 3-dimensional urbanism takes advantage of the site's unique lateral positioning with respect to the city grid.

O-14

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:53:17 GMT

As of June 2008, the first five floors and exterior shell of O-14 have been cast, revealing the beginnings of the perforated concrete shell exoskeleton which, when finished, will surround the building in a lace-like veil.

Taubman Museum of Art

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:22:55 GMT

Located on a prominent corner of Roanoke's downtown, the Taubman Museum of Art creates a gateway to the city for visitors arriving from US I581.

Tokyo International Forum

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:03:21 GMT

The Tokyo International Forum, Japan's largest congress center, is situated on the boundary between Marunouchi, Tokyo's central business area and the Ginza shopping and entertainment district.

Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building (UCSF)

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:56:19 GMT

A beautifully sinuous, serpentine building that makes use of every foot of available space.

Nasher Museum of Art

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:40:18 GMT

The museum is composed as a series of five pavilions, each containing a specific component of the building program.

NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:09:05 GMT

The site UCLA selected for its California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), a narrow, steep lot adjacent to a parking structure on its dense South Campus, tendered a number of physical challenges.

Carrasco International Airport

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:50:22 GMT

The new terminal at Carrasco International Airport, which serves Uruguay's capital city of Montevideo, was created to expand capacity and spur commercial growth and tourism in the surrounding region.

Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:36:48 GMT

With its glittering envelope of 8.1 million yellow ceramic tiles the new building is a landmark attraction in the ethnically diverse residential neighborhood of Crown Heights.

Tenerife Concert Hall

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:30:25 GMT

The auditorium is located on the waterfront in the Los Llanos are of Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife.

Liège Guillemins TGV Station

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:48:36 GMT

Liège is a major node in the European high speed rail network; an indispensable link between London, Paris, Brussels and Germany.

Turning Torso

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:11:47 GMT

The 190 meter tall concrete and steel tower turns 90 degrees from bottom to top.

Tor Vergata University (Roma II)

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:25:51 GMT

Ground has been broken for a new Campus Master Plan, Sports City and Rectorate Tower.

Three Bridges over the Hoofdvaart

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:08:55 GMT

Common elements shared by all three bridges, indicate that these separate structures belong to one family.

Sondika Airport

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:51:53 GMT

With his design, that is both visually striking and structurally daring, Calatrava puts the joy back into contemporary travel.

Puente de la Mujer

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:44:47 GMT

The old harbor of Buenos Aires, Puerto Madero, is currently being transformed into a new commercial and residential center and tourist area.

Museum of Tomorrow

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:32:56 GMT

The sustainably-focused museum is part of the ambitious "Marvelous Port" urban design project, which will transform Rio's historical waterfront into a thriving cultural and residential community.

The Milwaukee Art Museum

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:11:17 GMT

The Milwaukee Art Museum, which overlooks Lake Michigan, was partially housed in a building designed in 1957 by Eero Saarinen as a war memorial.

Lyon-Satolas TGV Station

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:46:00 GMT

The Lyon-Satolas Station is the terminus for the TGV trains connecting the airport to the city of Lyon, 30 kilometers to the south.

Light Rail Train Bridge

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:36:59 GMT

The Light Rail Train Bridge is located near the Eastern Gate to the old City of Jerusalem, considered as the "modern entrance" to the city.

La Rioja, Bodegas Ysios

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:24:07 GMT

The building is conceived as an element completely integrated in the surrounding landscape and, at the same time, as an autonomous site-specific sculpture.

Innovation, Science & Technology Building

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:16:41 GMT

Santiago Calatrava was selected in 2009 to create the master plan for the new Florida Polytechnic campus, and to design the first building to be constructed on the new campus.

City of Arts and Sciences

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:00:55 GMT

The City of Arts and Sciences, developed by Santiago Calatrava, is a large-scale urban recreation center for culture and science.

Athens Olympic Sports Complex

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:59:32 GMT

The new Olympic Sports Complex will provide a permanent center for athletic and cultural events within an ecologically sustainable park-like setting, served by an upgraded transportation system.

National Gallery Extension

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:20:53 GMT

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

Museum Liaunig

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:45:18 GMT

The main body of the Museum Liaunig cuts through a densely wooded, steep-sided embankment, projecting out on both ends, with only a small part of the outstretched building visible. Rather than removing the soil, excavated ground is used to remodel the site.

Make It Right

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:11:52 GMT

Make It Right's goal is to join the history of the Lower 9th Ward with creative new architectural solutions mindful of environmental and personal safety concerns in order to encourage both the evolution of aesthetic distinctiveness and the conscientious awareness of natural surroundings.

Step Up on Fifth

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:14:26 GMT

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

Solar Umbrella

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:47:12 GMT

Nestled in a neighborhood of single story bungalows, on a 41x100 foot through lot, the Solar Umbrella addition transforms the architects' existing 650 square foot bungalow into a 1900 square foot residence equipped for responsible living in the twenty-first century.

Watercube

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:10:52 GMT

The Watercube associates water as a structural and conceptual "Leitmotiv" with the square, the primal shape of the house in Chinese tradition and mythology.

Herta & Paul Amir Building

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:45:41 GMT

The campus of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is located in the heart of Tel Aviv, immediately adjacent to the Golda Meir Cultural & Art Center, with the New Israeli Opera and the Cameri Theater, and the Beit Ariela Municipal Library.

Maritime Youth House

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:11:29 GMT

The Maritime Youth House is shared by two clients, a sail club and a youth house, who had very different programs.

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:51:49 GMT

This year's pavilion is the 11th commission in the Gallery's annual series. It is Zumthor's first completed building in the UK and includes a specially created garden by the influential Dutch designer Piet Oudolf.

Brother Claus Field Chapel

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:20:52 GMT

The recently inaugurated Brother Claus Field Chapel is located in Mechernich near Cologne, Germany.

Musée d’Art Moderne (MUDAM)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:54:28 GMT

Situated among the embankment walls that originally surrounded the arrow-shaped inner fort, thus merging with the rich history of the site.

Seoul National University Museum

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:50:18 GMT

The design for the Seoul National University Museum is driven by the relationship of the campus to the community and serve as a link between them.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:41:57 GMT

The new SSE is planned as a financial center with civic meaning. The external area is designed as a public space for festivals and gathering.

HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:30:06 GMT

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), located in Ashburn, Virginia along the Potomac River, will officially open the doors of its first research campus, the Janelia Farm Research Campus, on October 5, 2006.

National Centre for the Performing Arts

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:29:57 GMT

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is located in the heart of old Beijing, close to the Great Hall of the People, Tian'anmen Square and the ancient Forbidden City.

Prado Museum Extention

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:12:42 GMT

The new site for the extension of the Prado Museum included the Jéronimos Cloister, its surrounding perimeter, and the area between the back of the Museum and the Ruiz de Alarcón Street.

Shenzhen Creative Center

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:06:36 GMT

OMA, in collaboration with Shenzhen based architects Urbanus, were awarded first prize in the design competition for a major new cultural center, transport hub, and public landmark in the heart of the city of Shenzhen, southern China.

Mourning House

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:06:27 GMT

Planned as an isolated structure in a residential area, the Grissal flamed granite building faces inward towards an illuminated courtyard.

Chase Center RISD Museum of Art

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:03:13 GMT

The Rhode Island School of Design has announced the public opening of The Chase Center. The much-anticipated building, the premiere exhibition space for RISD students on campus, will become a major focal point on North Main Street.

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:40:40 GMT

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is the third largest cathedral in the world and the first cathedral to be built in the United States in over a quarter of a century.

Seattle Public Library

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:40:06 GMT

The new Seattle Public Library houses the library's main collection of books, government publications, periodicals, audio visual materials and the technology to access and distribute information from the physical collection online.

Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:34:58 GMT

The Renée and Henry Segerstrom Hall, home for the Pacific Symphony, is an elegant and vibrant sculptural form that glows in the southern California light.

Auditorium and Music Centre

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:25:02 GMT

The Barcelona Auditorium is situated next to the Plaça de les Glòries north-east of the Historic Center of Barcelona.

McCormick Tribune Campus Center

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:21:16 GMT

The complex by Rem Koolhaas forms a new nexus for the academic and residential corridors of IIT's Main Campus.

Paard van Troje (Trojan Horse)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:58:36 GMT

After a renovation and extension by OMA the performance center, Paard van Troje (Trojan Horse) opened to the public at the beginning of the new cultural season in September.

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:37:23 GMT

The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is located on the campus of Johnson County Community College. The museum, home to a significant collection of contemporary artists, will bring an exciting new presence to the campus of Johnson County Community College and will serve as the starting point of a campus-wide art installation program.

Silodam (Housing Silo)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:35:13 GMT

The Housing Silo is situated on the IJ River, at the tip of the pier, next to two former grain warehouses (silos) that have been converted.

Prada Epicenter

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:26:01 GMT

The Beverly Hills Prada Epicenter's most remarkable feature is the absence of a facade; the entire width of 50 feet along Rodeo Drive opens up to the street, without a traditional storefront or glass enclosure, inviting the public to enter the building.

Rotterdam Market Hall

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:19:21 GMT

The arched building is a hybrid of public market and apartment building.

Spertus

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:08:52 GMT

By its transparency the facade announces the accessible and public nature of Spertus. The new Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies fills what was one of the last open spaces on the historic South Michigan Avenue, directly facing Grant Park.

Gwanggyo Power Centre

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:04:32 GMT

MVRDV recently won the concept design competition for a dense city centre for the future new town of Gwanggyo, 35 kilometers south of the Korean capital Seoul. The site is surrounded by a beautiful lake and forested hills.

Netherland's Embassy

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:47:45 GMT

The client demanded a solitary building, integrating requirements of conventional civil service security with Dutch openness.

Gemini Residence

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:18:20 GMT

Two former silos on Copenhagen's waterfront are transformed into exciting new residences.

Toyota Stadium

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:05:50 GMT

The Toyota Stadium was planned adjacent to the Toyota Bridge in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of municipalization of the City of Toyota.

MNBAQ

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:00:35 GMT

OMA's first project in Canada aims to integrate the building with the surrounding park and initiate new links with the city.

China Comic and Animation Museum (CCAM)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:56:21 GMT

By using one of the cartoon's prime characteristics - the speech balloon - the Cartoon Mueum will instantly be recognized as place for cartoons, comics and animations.

Balancing Barn

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:37:35 GMT

The Balancing Barn is situated on a beautiful site by a small lake in the English countryside near Thorington in Suffolk.

Milstein Hall

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:35:39 GMT

Milstein Hall is the first new building in over 100 years for the renowned College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) at Cornell University.

Technopolis

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:34:37 GMT

The 123,000 square meter building, internally referred to as "Technopolis", will be the first major development in the Central Exchange - the cluster for the Infocommunications & Media (ICM) industries in One-North.

Nakagin Capsule Tower

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:24:52 GMT

The Nakagin Capsule Tower was the first capsule architecture design, the capsule as a room inserted into a mega-structure, built for actual use. The Capsule Tower realizes the ideas of metabolism, exchangeability, recycleablity as the prototype of sustainable architecture.

Marina Bay Sands

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:23:38 GMT

The complex, part of the continuous necklace of activities surrounding Marina Bay, forms a gateway to the city.

Fondaco dei Tedeshi

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:16:54 GMT

OMA recently unveiled its design for the major restoration and redefinition of one of Venice's largest and most iconic buildings: the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, adjacent to the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal.

Big Eye Stadium

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:06:47 GMT

The gentle curves of the spherical design resemble the curves of the surrounding landscape. The choice of a sphere, an expression of abstract symbolism, enables the retractable roof to move along its surface.

Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:06:37 GMT

The Khalsa Heritage Memorial is a new museum of the Sikh people located in the holy town of Anandpur. The museum celebrates 500 years of Sikh history and the 300th anniversary of the Khalsa, the scriptures written by the 10th and last Guru, Gobind Singh, founder of the modern Sikh faith.

Coal Washing Plant

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:50:47 GMT

The Coal Washing Plant is part of the Zollverein Mining Complex, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Center in December 2001.

Taipei Performing Arts Centre

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:42:19 GMT

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) was recently recently awarded the first prize in the international competition to build the Taipei Performing Arts Centre.

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:40:26 GMT

Situated on a 5 acre site the Kauffman Center's two performance venues, Muriel Kauffman Theatre and Helzberg Hall, are two distinct structures, each existing in their own acoustical envelope and housed within a dramatic architectural shell.

The National Art Center

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:37:57 GMT

The National Art Center, Japan's largest exhibition facility, connects with the Roppongi downtown as an extension of the street. As the trees surrounding the building grow the atrium will become a forested public space.

The Davidson Center

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:22:08 GMT

The Davidson Center is a museum located in the Old City of Jerusalem, woven into the archaeological excavation site of an Umayyan Palace at the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount.

Holocaust History Museum

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:13:55 GMT

Situated on a hillside overlooking Jerusalem's Ein Kerem Valley, the new Holocaust History Museum is the culmination of a 10-year redevelopment project of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority.

The Brewery Site

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:58:33 GMT

OMA recently presented their concept for a new multi-use building on the harbor front in the historic center of Copenhagen.

Bang & Olufsen Headquarters

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:51:01 GMT

Solitary farmhouses, typical of the local Danish terrain, inspired the design of Bang and Olufsen Headquarters, known as "The Farm". The new main building and courtyard form a sheltered space with an unfettered view of all activities.

United States Federal Building

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:38:18 GMT

The new Federal Building, a slender 65-feet-wide tower rising 18 stories (240 feet), is located along the northern edge of the Mission and Seventh Street site.

Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:12:40 GMT

Discrete object buildings - a reference back to an earlier single room courthouse model.

Phare Tower

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:50:32 GMT

The Phare Tower is part of the redevelopment for the La Défense business district on the outskirts of Paris.

NOAA Satellite Operations Facility

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:12:12 GMT

In light of NOAA's mission to monitor and safeguard the earth, the architects reexamined the traditional relationship between building and landscape - figure and ground.

Madrid Social Housing

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:53:32 GMT

In a suburban Madrid neighborhood of conventional, anonymous housing blocks, Morphosis devised a typology of porosity to suit the social ideals of this project type.

MahaNakhon

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:41:50 GMT

Soaring towers have become increasingly common wherever land is scarce, allowing cities to stack life ever taller, denser and more dynamic.

Chu Hai College

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:29:58 GMT

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture, in collaboration with Leigh & Orange Architects, has won the competition for the new campus for Chu Hai College of Higher Education in the New Territories in Hong Kong.

Hypo-Alpe-Adria Bank HQ

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:24:53 GMT

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.

Casa da Musica

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:46:21 GMT

The Casa da Musica is situated on a travertine plaza, between the city's historic quarter and a working-class neighborhood, adjacent to the Rotunda da Boavista.

Giant Interactive Group

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:44:55 GMT

Situated amid existing canals and a new man made lake, the undulating office building interacts with an augmented ground plane, joining architecture to landscape, and environment to site.

Son-O-House

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:27:41 GMT

Located in a a large industrial park the Son-O-House is a public pavilion where visitors can sit around, eat their lunch and have meetings, surrounded by IT related companies.

41 Cooper Square

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:09:29 GMT

41 Cooper Square, the new academic building for The Cooper Union, aspires to manifest the character, culture and vibrancy of both the 150 year-old institution and of the city in which it was founded.

D-Tower

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:53:18 GMT

The D-Tower is a project where the intensive (feelings, qualia) and the extensive (space, quantities) start exchanging roles, where human action, color, money, value, feelings all become networked entities.

University of Cincinnati

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:44:19 GMT

The Campus Recreation Center at the University of Cincinnati ties together incongruous buildings into a unified expression. Both keystone and connector, the building encourages social exchange and harnesses flows onto the campus green.

Caltrans District 7 Headquarters

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:21:06 GMT

Materials, forms, and exposed structural elements are referential to the work of Caltrans and evoke a feeling of the freeways.

HL23

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:12:58 GMT

Denari's special vision of architecture will finally take full physical form when construction begins in New York City on the first free-standing building of his career.

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:52:33 GMT

The Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics brings together a dozen different groups with vastly different cultures, focuses, and scopes into a single structure designed to facilitate collaboration and spontaneous discourse.

Hollywood Bowl

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:40:47 GMT

Devoted to preserving the rich history of this Los Angeles symbol, the largest natural amphitheater in the United States, Hodgetts + Fung has reinterpreted the Bowl's trademark creamy-white curvilinear shell while infusing advanced technologies to provide the world class acoustics originally envisioned by the founders.

Bailly School Complex

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:34:01 GMT

The shape of the roof and the glazed brick give reference to the lanterns in cathedrals.

Munch Museum

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:21:29 GMT

The competition for the Munch Area in the Bjorvika neighborhood involved an opportunity to develop a complete city fragment, with the Munch Museum as the focus, in an enclave soon due to become essential for Oslo's life and image.

Tom Leader Studio

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:12:15 GMT

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

New Carver Apartments

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:06:44 GMT

As cars pass from east to west, the building's facade transforms itself as its saw tooth facets open to view.

MoMA QNS

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:44:34 GMT

The Museum of Modern Art moved to its temporary quarters in Long Island City, Queens in June 2002, awaiting the completion of a major expansion of its Midtown Manhattan space, by Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi, scheduled for completion by 2005.

Mashouf Performing Arts Center

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:30:19 GMT

A state-of-the-art facility that will transform creative arts education and performing arts at San Fransisco State and throughout the region.

Inner-City Arts

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:04:46 GMT

Inner-City Arts serves over 30,000 at-risk youth from Los Angeles public schools each year, providing a range of art facilities and services, and an oasis in an otherwise challenging urban environment.

Rainbow Apartments

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:50:22 GMT

Five floors of residential units, arranged in a partially open U-shaped configuration, cradle a central courtyard.

St. Mary of the Angels

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:33:34 GMT

The design of the new "St. Mary of the Angels" Chapel in Rotterdam's Catholic "St. Lawrence" cemetery combines historical influences with modern forms.

Palace of Justice

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:01:31 GMT

Can such a large building refer distinctly to the old city of Córdoba, and its unique history, without literally imitating it?

Kaap Skil

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:48:41 GMT

The museum is designed with four playfully linked gabled roofs which are a play on the rhythm of the surrounding roof tops which, seen from the sea, resemble waves rising out above the dyke.

Municipal Offices and Station

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:37:57 GMT

The starting point for Mecanoo's design is an interweaving of the city's history with the future. Travellers arriving at the station will experience Delft as a city not only with a rich history but also as one of technological ingenuity.

La Llotja

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:27:49 GMT

José Montilla, President of Catalunya, placed the first stone of the La Llotja Theatre and Congress Center on March 9th. The building is a new icon for Lleida, the second city of Catalunya after Barcelona.

Copenhagen Opera House

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:29:31 GMT

Danish shipping magnate Mærsk McKinney Møller personally handed over the new Opera House, his gift to the Danish state, on October 1, 2004. The Opera House, used by the Royal Theater, will host large-scale opera and ballet productions.

Harpa

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:29:12 GMT

Situated in a solitary spot, with a clear view of the enormous sea and the mountains surrounding Reykjavik, Harpa stands out like a large, radiant sculpture reflecting both sky and harbor space as well as the vibrant life of the city.

Batumi Aquarium

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:18:15 GMT

Inspired by the characteristic pebbles of the Batumi beach, continually shaped by the wash of the waves through millennia, the building stands out as an iconic rock formation visible from both land and sea.

Leon Levy Visitor Center New York Botanical Garden

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:39:45 GMT

The New York Botanical Garden, 250 acres of unmatched natural beauty in the heart of the New York City metropolitan region, opened its new Leon Levy Visitor Center to the public on may 1, 2004.

Vulcania

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:10:08 GMT

Situated within extinct volcanoes on an altitude of 1,000 m this complex serves to inform about and experience the primeval forces of nature and the creation of our planet.

The Austrian Embassy

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:06:18 GMT

Up until the thirties the area surrounding the Austrian Embassy was part of the tradition of the borough of Tiergarten, a fashionable residential suburb and recreation area.

Vitra Haus

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:25:55 GMT

A series of spatial surprises, a "secret world," with a suggestive, almost labyrinthine character.

FiftyTwoDegrees Business Innovation Centre

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:23:05 GMT

FiftyTwoDegrees is the realisation of the first phase of a large-scale master plan surrounding the Neerbosscheweg. The 86 meter tall tower stands on a slope and is fluidly yet excitingly absorbed into surrounding Goffert Park.

Confluence Project

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:05:56 GMT

The ceremonial completion of Cape Disappointment State Park, the first of seven sites, took place on April 22, 2006.

Zenith Music Hall

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:59:12 GMT

The new Zenith Music Hall, with its playful form and character, is an important project for the exhibition area in Strasbourg. It will give new impulse to the future development of the city's infrastructure.

Parish Church and Complex

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:31:55 GMT

The new Parish Church, located in Foligno, Umbria, is a monolith of pure geometry.

Emporio Armani

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:19:12 GMT

The Emporio Armani project in Hong Kong is born with the insight that global culture is an experimental territory of many identities. It is the encounter of diverse modes of sensing the world.

Caixa Forum

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:06:14 GMT

The surprising sculptural aspect of the Caixa Forum's silhouette reflects the roofscape of the surrounding buildings.

Congress Center

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:01:35 GMT

The building is basically large, 30 meters high, translucent container that extends lengthwise. On each side a square opens on to the immediate area and the city.

Ordos Museum

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:35:54 GMT

Located in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, the Ordos Museum is a crossroads for a community working to interpret its local traditions in a new urban context.

Hong Luo Club

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:28:04 GMT

The expansion of Beijing city has intensively accelerated the development of its periphery area for the last few years, which thereby helped develop the first space typology in China. In the meantime, the suburbian areas emerged gradually.

Experimental Urban Vision

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:57:30 GMT

Eleven young architects collaborate to design high-density urban nature in China.

The Wedge

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:30:17 GMT

The two-stage architectural competition, won by Lundgaard & Tranberg, consisted of a new faculty building and an overall plan for the future expansion of the entire CBS campus.

1111 Lincoln Road

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:13:59 GMT

The nature of Lincoln Road was the one source of inspiration for the architecture of the car park, its being connected to the massive, closed Suntrust office building the other.

Stade Bordeaux Atlantique

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:51:29 GMT

The new stadium, with more than 43,000 seats, will offer quality and flexibility to organize major events that will contribute to the cultural influence of Bordeaux, the city and the region. The dimensions of the field will also allow the organization of national and international rugby matches.

Convention Centre

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:45:08 GMT

Conceived as part of the overall Spencer Dock Development, located on a site adjacent to the Royal Canal between North Wall Quay and Mayor Street, the Convention Centre embodies a well considered program of conference facilities designed to attract the international conference and associated exhibitions market to Dublin.

Plaza de Espana

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:32:35 GMT

Much of today's Plaza de España and the cargo docks of the Muelle de Enlace is reclaimed land anchored in the steep drop of the Atlantic Coast. Anything that is constructed there is essentially an additional crust, a new layer superimposed on what is for the most part landfill.

The Royal Theater

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:10:03 GMT

The new Royal Theater is situated on the waterfront in the center of Copenhagen, across from the Opera House.

V&A at Dundee

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:06:11 GMT

The city of Dundee has always had a very close relation with the Tay river, and thus with its waterfront. The historical evolution of Dundee's harbor has developed in parallel with the city's economical and social changes, continuously changing the relation of the city with the river and the perception of it.

The Norwegian Petroleum Museum

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:57:28 GMT

The architectural designs of both the building and exhibitions are primarily scenographic readings of oil installations in the North Sea and the geology of oil.

Miami Art Museum

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:52:19 GMT

Few museum projects anywhere have as much potential for great success as the new Miami Art Museum; already an international arts destination, with a unique role as a crossroads of North and South America.

Visual Arts Center

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:41:42 GMT

The College of Santa Fe has set out to create a program that will make the College one of the leading art schools worldwide, attracting the best students and recruiting the best professors.

Suntory Museum of Art

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:37:22 GMT

"Our idea was to realize within a massive urban architecture an imagery so fragile that it may break if not handled wholeheartedly."

Fashion and Textile Museum

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:26:01 GMT

The Fashion and Textile Museum, located in a former cash-and-carry warehouse in Bermondsey, exhibits contemporary fashion and textile design over the past fifty years.

Michael Schumacher Tower

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:14:19 GMT

The Michael Schumacher Tower is the first in a series of seven towers to be built worldwide.

Giraffe House

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:04:26 GMT

A project that fits the ambitions of the Rotterdam Zoo where sustainability is one of the key issues.

Federation Square

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:25:25 GMT

Federation Square, the new civic precinct in the heart of Melbourne, was the winning project in an international design competition and Lab architecture studio's first realised buildings.

Riyadh Business Center

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:13:17 GMT

The winning design by Lab architecture studio, located on the most important business road in central Riyadh, is a collection of angled and interlocking singular towers which together form a dramatic architectural image.

Guardian Towers

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:03:58 GMT

The Guardian Towers comprises two sites, a residential tower and an office tower, joined by a shared retail and services podium. The dual-tower complex, part of the Danet Abu Dhabi development in Abu Dhabi, is serviced by three levels of underground car parking.

Shiseikan

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:21:40 GMT

"Our principle for the design of art schools was that the architecture must lift up the students' spirits. Nowadays, we see lots of dry, dispiriting school buildings perhaps because there were requests for the buildings that are easy for maintenance."

Hoshakuji Station

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:05:53 GMT

Hoshakuji Station is located in Takanezawa, in the Tochigi Prefecture, 80 miles north of Tokyo. To connect the east and west sides of the town of Takanezawa, which had been divided by the railroad, Kuma opened the east exit of the station giving access to Chokkura Plaza and Shelter, also designed by Kuma, on the eastern side.

Bagsværd Community Church

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:51:56 GMT

The modest church, the color of the Nordic sky, stands tall and proud between birch trees, its back turned towards the noisy street.

Soumaya Museum

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:32:51 GMT

In order to create a new identity for the site, both a strong urban and iconic presence, the Soumaya Museum was conceived as a rotating sculptural building that is both an object and a part of the city.

Human Evolution Museum

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:27:16 GMT

The museum occupies a central position in the building and also in the project's origin, setting the goals in the overall building organization.

Triangle Building

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:04:24 GMT

The Triangle Building is situated in the middle of the complex of buildings in the Friedrichstadt district known as the American Business Center. The site, within the orthogonal order of the Friedrichstadt district which was bisected by the former Check point Charlie customs wall, is triangular in shape.

The Kant Dreieck

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:50:55 GMT

The Kant Dreieck is located near three buildings designed by Bernhard Sehring around the turn of the century: the Theater des Westerns, the Fasanenstrasse Artist Building, and the Delphi Palais de Danse (now a movie theater). The small square is planned to relate to the forecourt of Theater des Westerns.

Stanislavsky Center

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:30:29 GMT

The Stanislavsky Center project consists of the conversion of a series of historic buildings into a mixed-use business and cultural complex, with a significant new residential component.

The Goldstein House

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:06:00 GMT

The house, designed in 1963 for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheats, is a cave-like dwelling with a soaring concrete roof and long frameless glass walls. The unique fittings and furnishings are all designed by Lautner.

Viikki Church

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:40:08 GMT

The Viikki Church forms the core of an area plan, based on JKMM Architect's winning entry, that will be implemented gradually.

Cocteau Museum

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:26:55 GMT

The Séverin Wunderman Collection at the Cocteau Museum showcases the turn-of-the-century seafront architecture of Menton, France.

Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:06:40 GMT

The Vesunna, Gallo-Roman Museum, is located in the heart of the ancient city of Périgueux, founded by the Romans in the first century, near the Tour de Vésone and the late Roman Empire ramparts.

Spaceport America

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:48:31 GMT

The recently completed Spaceport, located in the desert-like landscape of New Mexico, is the first building of its kind in the world.

Torre Agbar

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:47:58 GMT

The building houses the new headquarters for Aguas de Barcelona (Agbar), the municipal water company.

Seguin Island

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:39:06 GMT

Seguin Island, abandoned by the Renault car factory almost 20 years ago, will be transformed into a new center for contemporary culture.

Millau Viaduct

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:35:18 GMT

Bridges are often considered to belong to the engineer's realm rather than the architect's. But the architecture of infrastructure has a powerful impact on the environment.

National Museum of Qatar

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:28:56 GMT

The National Museum of Qatar, like a desert rose, appears to grow out of the ground and be one with it.

Guthrie Theater

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:02:22 GMT

Situated next to the old Washburn-Crosby A Mill, in the heart of what was once the greatest flour-milling complex, the new Guthrie Theater Center pays homage to its industrial neighbors while capturing the magic of the theater.

Bodegas Portia

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:53:22 GMT

The Bodegas Portia is located in the Ribera del Duero, one of Spain's foremost wine-producing regions, approximately 150 kilometers north of Madrid.

Musée de Préhistoire des Gorges du Verdon

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:29:40 GMT

The Gorges du Verdon, in Hautes Provence, is an exceptional archaeological site, rich in traces of the life of Stone Age man, to which this new museum is devoted. The Musée de Préhistoire is Europe's largest museum of prehistory.

Khanty Mansiysk

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:23:14 GMT

A sensitive insertion into the landscape, the design ensures that much of the site remains in its natural condition.

DR Concert Hall

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:22:39 GMT

With DR Concert Hall, Denmark gets a national and international concert venue and a new architectural landmark for the capital. The complex, part of the TV network's new Headquarters in Copenhagen, contains all facilities for Danish Broadcasting Corporation's music production.

Hearst Tower

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:54:51 GMT

When William Randolph Hearst in the 1920s commissioned the six-story Art Deco block to house his publishing empire, he anticipated that the building would eventually form the base for a landmark tower.

100 11th Avenue

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:52:52 GMT

The 23-story tower, described by Nouvel as "a vision machine," at the intersection of 19th Street and the West Side Highway, along the Hudson River in Manhattan.

Cumulus

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:27:24 GMT

Danfoss Universe is a 5.5 hectar science museum park embedded in the agricultural landscape of Nordborg, next to the founder's home and the Danfoss HQ.

Elephant House

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:26:23 GMT

The new Elephant House provides these magnificent animals with a stimulating environment, including easily accessible spaces for the public to enjoy them, and restores the visual relationship between the zoo and the park.

Metropol Parasol

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:04:25 GMT

"Metropol Parasol" explores the potential of the Plaza de la Encarnacion to become the new contemporary urban center.

International Airport

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:59:20 GMT

Designed and completed in only four years, Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital International Airport opened ahead of schedule for the 2008 Olympics.

The Museum of Islamic Art

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:03:00 GMT

The Museum of Islamic Art is located on the south side of Doha's Corniche on a man-made island sixty meters from the shore. A new C-shaped peninsula provides protection from the Arabian Gulf on the north and from unsightly industrial buildings on the east.

Queen Elizabeth ll Great Court

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:00:56 GMT

With the opening of the Great Court, London has gained a public space of international significance, open to all.

Teel Family Pavilion

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:42:02 GMT

The Crocker Art Museum expansion complements the 125 year-old museum's historic structures, which include one of the first purpose-built art museum buildings in the United States.

“Fosteritos” Metro System

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:34:32 GMT

The curved glassy structures - or "Fosteritos" - that announce the Bilbao Metro network at street level are as unique to Bilbao as the Art Nouveau Metro entrances are to Paris.

Coast-Cultural Center

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:24:31 GMT

The Norveg Coast Cultural Center, located in the Municipality of Rørvik, stands as a lighthouse representing the Norwegian coastal culture through the ages.

Bijlmer ArenA Station

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:09:44 GMT

The Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Station is situated southeast of the city on the line that links Amsterdam with Utrecht.

Yokohama International Port Terminal

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:53:57 GMT

The brief of the Yokohama International Port Terminal asked for the articulation of a passenger cruise terminal and a mix of civic facilities for the use of citizens in one building.

Newport Station

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:48:04 GMT

As Newport is the first city reached by passengers between England and Cardiff, the station is a highly visible structure providing a gateway not only to Newport, but to Wales herself.

EMPAC

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:26:00 GMT

The new Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) is located on the edge of the Rensselaer campus overlooking the city of Troy.

Kinderdentist

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:07:53 GMT

A wave, vibrant with patterns in different tones of blue, connects and reveals the upper and lower levels of the clinic. It invites you to the waiting room and reception in the lower level and opens up windows into the treatment rooms upstairs.

Gleimstraße Loft

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:48:33 GMT

With the transformation of the rooftop of a typical 19th century building, in one of the new hip areas in Berlin, the architects created an atypical and very personal space.

18th Fire Station

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:32:21 GMT

The concept of displacement and fluidity is reflected in the circulation, with stairs, ramps and emergency tubes, playing leading roles in the architectonic space.

Mori Art Museum

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:58:59 GMT

The Mori Art Museum occupies the top five floors of the 54-story Mori Tower, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, in the new Tokyo district of Roppongi Hills.

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD)

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:40:38 GMT

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) recently celebrated the completion of its new downtown facility.

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:21:39 GMT

Located on a historically and culturally prominent downtown site, the Walt Disney Concert Hall is the permanent home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Concert Hall is situated on historic Bunker Hill at the intersection of First Street and Grand Avenue, adjacent to the existing Music Center of Los Angeles.

Sønderborg Harbor Masterplan

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:58:04 GMT

Last week Frank Gehry presented his first Masterplan in Northern Europe to the city of Sønderborg.

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:41:22 GMT

The 2008 Serpentine Pavilion is Frank Gehry's first built structure in England, and also the first time he collaborated with his son Samuel Gehry.

Opus Hong Kong

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:27:14 GMT

Located at 53 Stubbs Road on The Peak, a spectacular site that has been in the Swire Group for more than 60 years, Opus Hong Kong is a sculptural 12-story building comprised of two double-level garden apartments and 10 apartments, each unique in design and occupying an entire floor of the building.

New York by Gehry

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:10:32 GMT

At 870 ft tall, New York by Gehry is the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere and a singular addition to the iconic Manhattan skyline.

Novartis Building

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:32:41 GMT

The Novartis Building by Gehry Partners is part of the Masterplan for Novartis, designed by Vittorio Magnano Lampugnani, that will transform the St. Johann site, its headquarters in Basel, from an industrial complex to a campus of innovation, knowledge and encounter.

New World Symphony

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:02:18 GMT

The main entrance of New World Center is set in a soaring, 80-foot-high glass curtain wall on the east facade, providing uninterrupted views of the skylit main atrium and the dramatic, tumbling forms of the interior spaces beyond.

Tatarstan National Library

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:55:16 GMT

Resembling an open book, the library's two main towers give a face to the previously undefined space.

New offices

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:54:14 GMT

Gehry moves into 40,000 square foot warehouse and opens two new divisions, Gehry Design and Gehry Technologies.

Municipal Theatre

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:32:50 GMT

The Municipal Theatre of Haarlem is a cultural landmark in the historical city centre of Haarlem. The original theatre, built during World War II, is a listed monument and ranks among the five most important theatres in the Netherlands.

Marta Herford

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:29:00 GMT

The Marta Herford is one of the first museums in Germany to present the interfaces between art, design, fashion and architecture as a site for reflection and aesthetic articulation.

MIMA

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:06:29 GMT

The new Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art Gallery Building (MIMA) and adjoining Public Square are part of the redevelopment of the town centre in Middlesbrough, a community of approximately 150,000 inhabitants in the North East of England.

Hotel Marques de Riscal

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:00:08 GMT

The winery of Vinos Herederos del Marques de Riscal is located in Elciego, in the Rioja region of Spain, and is one of the oldest wineries in the region. The building is a series of rectilinear elements, clad in sandstone, combined with sweeping panels of gold and pink titanium, and mirror finish stainless steel.

Maggie's Centre Ninewells NHS Hospital

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:40:47 GMT

Maggie Keswick Jencks, who died of breast cancer in 1995, pioneered the setting up of several small cancer caring centres in the UK. The philosophy behind Maggie's Centres is that your immediate environment affects your well-being. These intimate buildings are the first stage in helping sufferers manage their fears.

Metzo College

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:27:02 GMT

A compact building with a strong identity within the landscape. The new Metzo College, replacing three existing school buildings, houses a school for vocational education as well as public sport facilities.

Center for Brain Health

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:16:18 GMT

The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is located on a prominent "gateway" site of the 61 acre Symphony Park development in downtown Las Vegas, at the corner of Grand Central Parkway and Bonneville Avenue.

A.A. Hijmans van den Bergh Medical Faculty

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:58:00 GMT

Winner of the 2007 biannual Dutch Rietveldprize, named after the famous "De Stijl" architect. The new faculty building is located on the University campus "De Uithof" forming the corner to the existing Academic Hospital of Utrecht.

Lewis Science Library

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:46:16 GMT

The Lewis Science Library, located on a two acre site on the main campus, is envisioned as an efficient, easily accessible environment conducive to the research requirements of the Princeton University community in the 21st century.

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:21:11 GMT

Located in Grant Park, along the edge of Lake Michigan, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion is an open-air venue featuring performances by the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, as well as jazz, blues, and other world music performances.

The Stealth

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:12:50 GMT

The design of the Stealth began as a consequence of remediation required for earth removal on what was formerly an industrial site.

William J. Clinton Presidential Center

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:51:42 GMT

The William J. Clinton Presidential Center is located within a new 28-acre public park along the south bank of the Arkansas River, directly east of downtown Little Rock.

Rose Center for Earth and Space

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:21:30 GMT

Within the existing footprint of the Museum of Natural History, the Hayden Planetarium was replaced with the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and facilities along the museum's north side were enhanced for additional exhibitions, educational programs, and visitor amenities.

IAC InterActivecorp Headquarters

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:11:49 GMT

The "white" glass, etched with a white pattern, gives the appearance of a tall ship in full sail.

Hall Winery

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:58:55 GMT

The overall plan for the Hall Winery, acquired by Craig and Kathryn Hall in 2003, consists of three state-of-the-art production warehouses and two "showpiece" structures related to wine tours, tasting, and retail sales.

Natural History Museum of Utah

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:52:23 GMT

The site, located in the foothills of the Wasatch Range, occupies a prominent place at the edge of the City and the University of Utah campus.

Foundation Louis Vuitton

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:44:54 GMT

The Foundation Louis Vuitton will be located at the Jardin d'Acclimatation, adjacent to the Bois de Boulogne on the westside of Paris. The building will serve as a gateway to the Jardin, with an entrance hall located at ground level serving both as the entry to the museum as well as the entry to the Jardin.

Center for Feminist Art

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:32:59 GMT

A vital new venue and focal point within the Brooklyn Museum.

Experience Music Project

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:19:09 GMT

Exhibits and public programs are envisioned as a three-dimensional floating puzzle formed by six elements, with each piece being critical to the shape and the nature of the whole.

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:59:26 GMT

The Museum opened its dramatically redesigned front entrance and new public plaza in 2004. The new entrance pavilion rectifies the architectural imbalance, as well as resolving the practical issues of access, that had remained since the original monumental staircase was removed in 1934.

DZ Bank

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:50:17 GMT

The Pariser Platz 3 is a mixed-use building comprised of the Berlin Headquarters of DZ Bank and a residential component with 39 apartments. The commercial component of the building is oriented towards Pariser Platz and the Brandenburg Gate, and the residential component towards Behrenstrasse.

Der Neue Zollhof

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:37:55 GMT

Der Neue Zollhof is situated at the Eastern edge of the Rhine River harbor front in downtown Düsseldorf, near the administrative complex of the North Rhine Westphalia province.

Scottish Parliament

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:06:44 GMT

The site is located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh's Old Town, opposite the Royal Palace at Holyrood, next to Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags.

Counceling Center Hejmdal

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:52:27 GMT

The new Counceling Center, named Hejmdal, is a renovation of an existing 1908 building, designed by the Danish architect Rudolf Clausen, which served as a gateway to the Aarhus Hospital campus.

Diagonal Mar Park

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:45:22 GMT

"If the park has a scale comparable to the grand gardens of Barcelona its design and situation obliges it to increase in scale."

C.N.A.R.

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:00:37 GMT

Enric Miralles (1955 - 2000) was one of the most closely watched young architects in Spain thanks to a number of promising and unorthodox projects. The National Gymnastics Training Building (C.N.A.R.) was the first major building of this rising star of Spanish regional modernism.

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:59:04 GMT

The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art was a disused flour silo sited on the south bank of the river Tyne in Gateshead.

City of Culture of Galicia

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:43:50 GMT

Located on Monte Gaiás, a small hill overlooking Santiago de Compostela, the City of Culture is a new cultural center for the Province of Galicia in northwestern Spain.

Hong Kong Arts Centre

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:09:08 GMT

The program called for Edge Architects to renovate the 700 square meter of floor area in the Atrium space of the Hong Kong Arts Centre.

The Condé Nast Cafeteria

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:57:21 GMT

The Condé Nast Cafeteria is located on the fourth floor of the Condé Nast Publishing Headquarters designed by Fox & Fowle Architects at Four Times Square in New York City.

Chau Chak Wing Building

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:43:44 GMT

The recently revealed Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, a key component of UTS's City Campus Master Plan, will provide teaching, learning, research and office accommodation for the UTS Business School. There will be extensive public spaces, including student lounges, cafes and outdoor roof terraces.

Bridge of Life Museum

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:29:30 GMT

Panama is the ideal place to showcase biodiversity. Its wealth of natural life, diversity of environments and climate, and abundance of water combine to produce an unparalleled intensity at every scale of the chain of life.

Laban Dance Centre

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:35:35 GMT

Laban is located in south-east London, on the edge of Deptford Creek, surrounded by decaying blocks of council flats, scrapyards, and derelict industrial warehouses.

Forum

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:12:35 GMT

The triangular blue concrete building, conceived as a sponge saturated with water, blends with the sky and the Mediterranean Sea.

de Young Museum

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:29:01 GMT

Constructed of warm, natural materials, including copper, stone, wood and glass, the new de Young blends into and complement its surroundings.

56 Leonard Street

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:39:34 GMT

The 57-story residential building is located at the intersection of Church Street and Leonard Street in the Tribeca Historic District of downtown Manhattan.

AGO

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:06:24 GMT

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.

Four Boxes Gallery

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:42:43 GMT

Four Boxes Gallery is a building that is quintessentially Japanese, yet also strangely oversized and villa-like, as it extends the built vocabulary of the school with its clear-cut concrete edges.

World Business Center (WBCB)

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:36:57 GMT

Asymptote's design, a single building comprising three distinct towers, effectively questions older notions of singularity and autonomy in tall building design.

Strata Tower

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:18:26 GMT

As a signature architectural statement, the Strata Tower's articulate, striking physical presence seeks to encapsulate meaning through the use of abstract form drawn from both local cultural landscapes and motifs and dynamic forces of global influence.

Penang Global City Center

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:06:15 GMT

Sited on Penang Hill, the Penang Global City Center (PGCC), a key component of the 256 acre development site that was formally the Penang Turf Club, is an expansive, sustainable, mixed-use development with two iconic sixty-story towers.

166 Perry Street

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:05:29 GMT

166 Perry Street is an eight-story condominium building between the historic blocks of Perry Street and Charles Lane in the heart of the West Village, steps from the Hudson River and its verdant waterside park.

Museum of Glass

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:34:44 GMT

The Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art is dedicated to presenting the medium of glass within the context of contemporary art in all media.

Trinity Place

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:19:20 GMT

The new 1,900-unit residential Trinity Place represents one of the largest and most audacious new visions for San Francisco. The architectural concept translates the essence of city living into a powerful new image.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:50:39 GMT

The new museum building marks the beginning of an ambitious plan to expand and eventually replace the existing Bronx Art Museum.The design of the museum emerges from the sidewalk as an irregular folded screen.

CCI Europe A/S

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:25:24 GMT

On April 5, 2002 Architektgruppen Århus were awarded the prestigious Concrete Element Prize for the new domicile for CCI Europe A/S, an International software developer, located in Højbjerg, Denmark.

Chilterns Gateway Centre

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:03:35 GMT

The new Chilterns Gateway Centre is located on an exceptionally windy site at Bedfordshire's highest point, 798 feet above sea level.

Egan’s Coffee Bar & Roof Terrace

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:40:07 GMT

Egan's Coffee Bar and Roof Terrace are located in a protected structure, formerly a barber's shop, with a preserved shop front on Main Street.

Mountain/Opening House

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:34:27 GMT

The building is built on the slope of a hill with an elevation of 330 meters. The level difference of the site is 8 meters. Taking advantage of the slope, one of the characteristics of this site, an architecture which suits the desires of two persons is built.

A House Awaiting Death

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:32:06 GMT

"We are not only designing a house, but are creating the port from which his liberated mind will depart across the ocean. This is what our work must encompass."

Ozuluama Residence

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:31:30 GMT

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

Three Houses

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:27:04 GMT

A key to open "my house", which is standing along a narrow street of a crowded town, is designed as a key itself on the facade of this house. A house can be called a key, which will open up your life happily. Such a small key, this house is a key!

Slit Court

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:17:03 GMT

The building is located in Sumizome, Fushimi, Kyoto, a small town with a distinguished history situated south of the Tofukuji temple.

Kyoto Concert Hall

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:08:29 GMT

The Kyoto Concert Hall, the home of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, was planned as a Memorial for the 1,200 years celebration of the city of Kyoto.

Domus, Museum of Mankind

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:45:11 GMT

La Coruña, a seaport in the Galician region of north western Spain, is known for its fierce ocean wind and the rough waves it creates. Domus, Museum of Mankind, is situated overlooking Orzán Bay near the lighthouse of Hercules; a tower erected by the Romans.

Ewha Woman’s University

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:43:46 GMT

The complexity of the site, through its relationship to the greater campus and the city of Shinchon, demanded a "larger than site" response, an urban response, a global landscaped solution, weaving together the tissue of the EWHA campus with that of the city.

CAFA Art Museum

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:29:57 GMT

The curvilinear exterior walls of the CAFA Art Museum, located at the northeast corner of the CAFA (China Central Academy of Fine Arts) campus, are clad with traditional Chinese slate.

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:26:23 GMT

"The grands projects of President of the Republic, François Mitterrand, are all closely associated with a site and history; in short, a place with a name."

ARK NOVA

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:12:52 GMT

The goal of the ARK NOVA project is to bring new hope and promise to the people in the region through music and art.

Arganzuela footbridge

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:04:22 GMT

Forming a major element in the new urban strategy for the city named "Madrid Rio", the Arganzuela Footbridge is already called "the jewel of the Rio" by the residents.

Community Performing Arts & Learning Center

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:57:58 GMT

Sited at the head of a small arroyo, the Green Valley Community Performing Arts and Learning Center (CPA/LC) is positioned in the landscape to maximize views to the Santa Catalinas, Santa Ritas, San Cayetano Peak and the distant Tumacacori Mountains.

Austin City Hall & Public Plaza

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:14:32 GMT

The new Austin City Hall and Public Plaza is located at the edge of the dynamic Warehouse district on the shores of Downtown Austin's Town Lake. The environmentally intelligent approaches in the project earned it a LEED Gold Certification.

Community Rowing Boathouse

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:54:24 GMT

The Community Rowing Boathouse is located on the banks of the Charles River, at a transition zone between two distinct regions: the rural upper basin, and the suburban middle basin.

Olympic Tennis Center

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:52:30 GMT

The Olympic Tennis Center is located in a former slum housing area in the middle of a busy motorway and train network.

The Broad Museum

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:37:15 GMT

The designs for The Broad, a contemporary art museum located across the street from Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Museum of Contemporary Art, was recently revealed.

Municipal Cemetery of Armea

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:21:40 GMT

The concept for the expansion of the Armea Cemetery was designing a place where oblivion lives with memory, passing gradually from the personal to the collective.

ICA Boston

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:06:50 GMT

The new ICA waterfront museum ha tripled the ICA's exhibition space and provided both a world class exhibition space and a vibrant center for public performances, educational activities and waterfront access.

Blur Building

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:11:14 GMT

The Blur Building is a media pavilion for Swiss EXPO 2002 at the base of Lake Neuchatel in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.

Rectory Building

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:09:12 GMT

The University of Alicante in San Vicente del Raspeig occupies the site of the former military airport of Rabasa.

Serralves Foundation  Museum of Contemporary Art

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:40:06 GMT

Serralves Museum, the first large-scale contemporary art museum in Portugal, is located in the Quinta de Serralves; a large property close to the center of Porto that includes a main house built in the 1930's for the Count of Vizela.

Voestalpine AG

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:51:36 GMT

The Voest steelworks recently completed its new, representative sales and finances head office in Linz.

Santa Maria Church

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:46:53 GMT

The Santa Maria Church in Marco de Canavezes is part of an overall complex that, together with a planned Parish Center, will form a small urban square.

Mimesis Museum

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:21:26 GMT

The Mimesis Museum, housing a book publisher's private art collection, is located in Paju Book City, a new town 30 km from Seoul.

The Ascent

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:19:58 GMT

Curving to maximize the views of both the river and the surrounding hillsides, its windows will reflect the sky and river images.

Meteorology Center

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:08:18 GMT

The Meteorology Center is located on the Paseo Maritimo - the waterfront promenade - which begins at the old harbor and continues through the 1992 Olympic Village and up the coast to the Northeast. The building is set back as a protection from the harshness of the maritime environment.

Michael Lee-Chin Crystal

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:51:07 GMT

The Royal Ontario Museum project set out to renovate ten new galleries in the existing historical building and creating an extension to the museum, now called the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal.

Iberê Camargo Museum (ICM)

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:25:40 GMT

Settled into the lush green hillside like a giant sculpture, the first building in Brazil by Álvaro Siza preserves the collection of more than 4000 works by Iberê Camargo, the master of Brazilian expressionism.

Faculty of Information Studies

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:45:41 GMT

The Faculty of Information Studies building is integrated in the new university occupying a defined lot within the total plan. The main body of the building is placed linearly in the direction east-west respecting the alignment to the south with the Department of Philology.

North Jutland Art Museum

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:16:06 GMT

The North Jutland Art Museum is a prime example of modern Scandinavian architecture. Built from 1968 to 1972, it was designed by Elissa and Alvar Aalto as a showplace for 20th-century Danish and international art.

Imperial War Museum

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:02:17 GMT

The Imperial War Museum is located on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal on the Trafford wharfside of Salford Quays. The design concept is based on the globe, broken into three fragments to depict the shattering effect of war on the history of the world.

Stratford DLR Station

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:01:48 GMT

With its sculpted steel canopy supported by cantilevered columns, considered use of lighting and bold color, the new Stratford DLR Station provides a distinctive, efficient and attractive replacement for its highly congested and restricted forerunner on the same site.

Frederic C. Hamilton Building

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:36:25 GMT

Libeskind's design consists of geometric, titanium-clad angles, which reflect the nearby Rocky Mountain peaks and rock crystals.

Palestra

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:33:01 GMT

Palestra, located on Blackfriars Road at the junction with Union Street directly opposite the new Southwark underground station, is clad by a patchwork of colour, giving scale and texture to the facade.

Fawood Children’s Centre

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:16:02 GMT

The vast shed-like enclosure contains brightly colored classroom units interspersed with protected external play areas.

Danish Jewish Museum

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:06:13 GMT

The intertwining of the old vaulted brick space, and the unexpected connection to the unique exhibition space, creates a dynamic dialogue between architecture of the past and of the future - the newness of the old and the agelessness of the new.

Blizard Building

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:50:56 GMT

With the Blizard Building, the design team aimed at creating an outstanding new building for the College, as well as a significant landmark and educational resource for the local community.

Ben Pimlott Building

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:25:35 GMT

Ben Pimlott Building is already a local landmark by virtue of its iconic scribble sculpture.

Kurilpa Bridge

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:17:48 GMT

The new Kurilpa pedestrian and cycle bridge connects Brisbane's Central Business District with the city's South Bank and its major cultural precinct.

The Public

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:59:50 GMT

Contained within a simple rectilinear form, The Public was conceived as a "Box of Delights" offering a wide variety of spaces, forms, angles, curves, surfaces, vistas and atmospheres.

UFA Cinema Center

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:55:18 GMT

The urban design concept of the UFA Cinema Center confronts the issue of public space, currently endangered in European cities. This situation is caused by the financial insolvency of city governments, which forces the sale of public space to developers, who then propose monofunctional buildings in order to maximize capital return.

Pavilion 21 MINI Opera Space

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:44:22 GMT

The "Pavilion 21 MINI Opera Space" is a temporary mobile performance space for 300 visitors to be located on the Marstallplatz in the City of Munich. It is intended to be used for a wide range of events at the annual Opera Festival 2010 and then to travel to other locations.

Central Los Angeles Area High School #9

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:10:48 GMT

High School #9, LAUSD's new flagship high school project with emphasis in the Visual and Performing Arts, is in direct vicinity of the downtown Los Angeles cultural corridor with Disney Concert Hall, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

House of Music

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:51:56 GMT

The different volumes and surfaces create an architectural expression suited to the multi-functional and synergetic nature of the building.

Musée des Confluences

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:27:39 GMT

The Musée des Confluences is situated directly on the convergence of the river Rhone and the river Saone at the fringe of an industrial area about to be restructured in Lyon.

Martin Luther Church

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:09:36 GMT

In less than a year a protestant church together with a sanctuary, a church hall and supplementary spaces was built in the center of the Lower Austrian town Hainburg, at the site of a predecessor church that has not existed since the 17th century.

BMW Welt

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:27:32 GMT

The most prominent elements of the brand experience and automobile delivery center BMW Welt are the roof and the Double Cone.

Akron Art Museum

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:15:40 GMT

The concept of museums has changed radically since the miracle chamber ("Wunderkammer") of Rudolf II and Ferdinand II in the 16th century.

Kanazawa Umimirai Library

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:51:56 GMT

A single quiet and tranquil room that resembles a forest, filled with soft light and a feeling of openness reminiscent of the outdoors.

Musee Hergé

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:58:34 GMT

An elongated prism floats in the forest while a footbridge connects it to the city. Vast bay windows seem to suggest comic strips spaces, while the prism offers a colorful, fantasy like circulation space. This large reception area accommodates the four exhibition volumes, also linked via footbridges.

Cidade da Musica

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:24:05 GMT

Barra de Tijuca is a new town in Rio de Janeiro's southern outskirts. It is a long plain that lacks strong architectural events and urban marks. The Cidade da Musica, situated in the center of two crossing highways imagined by Lucio Costa, will be the heart of the new town.

The Hepworth Wakefield

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:38:03 GMT

The Hepworth Wakefield, named after English sculptur Barbara Hepworth who was born in Wakefield in 1903, is located in the historic waterfront area on the banks of the River Calder south of Wakefield City Centre.

Neues Museum

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:02:48 GMT

The Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Insel was designed by Friedrich August Stüler and built between 1841 and 1859. Extensive bombing during the Second World War left the building in ruins, with entire sections missing completely and others severely damaged. Few attempts at repair were made after the war, and the structure was left exposed to nature.

James Simon Gallery

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:12:23 GMT

As a continuation of Friedrich August Stüler's forum architecture, the New Entrance Building will complete the Museum Island ensemble between the Kupfergraben canal and the west facade of the Neues Museum.

Anchorage Museum expansion

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:37:13 GMT

The organisation of the new building is based on five linear volumes, of varying length and height, arranged along the western face of the existing building.

National Museum of Art

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:13:27 GMT

Soaring titanium coated steel tubes, resembling the wings of a butterfly, rise from the lobby to become a sculptural icon on the Osaka skyline.

Nottingham Contemporary

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:45:36 GMT

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.

School of Music

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:22:25 GMT

"The clearest statement of this project was the creation of an exterior space - a large patio covered with grass - formed by a volume that gradually increases in height and protects it from the exterior noise."

Siloetten

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:52:19 GMT

The apartments, a steel structure built around the silo, protrude into the light and the landscape like LEGO bricks.

Darwin Centre Phase Two

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:29:02 GMT

A Cocoon for the world's largest collection of plant and insect specimens.

Rossio Station

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:55:33 GMT

Originally designed in the late 1800s by Jose Luis Monteiro, a leading architect of his time, Lisbon's Rossio Station is a Portuguese landmark that had, over the years, been extensively remodeled, resulting in a poorly designed and serviced mainline railway station that had lost much of its historical charm and status.

Sunset Chapel

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:31:24 GMT

"Acapulco's hills are made up of huge granite rocks piled on top of each other. In a purely mimetic endeavor, we worked hard to make the Sunset chapel look like "just another" colossal boulder atop the mountain."

Zira Island Master Plan

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:11:32 GMT

Zira Zero Island is a 1,000,000 m2 master plan for a carbon neutral resort and residential development on Zira Island located along the Caspian Sea.

Waste-to-Energy Plant

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:44:53 GMT

Located in an industrial area near the city center the new Waste-to-Energy plant will be an exemplary model in the field of waste management and energy production, as well as an architectural landmark in the cityscape of Copenhagen.

Superkilen

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:31:31 GMT

The mission of Superkilen is to create a true alternative scene to the remaining urban space of Copenhagen.

New National Gallery

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:11:24 GMT

Located on a steep slope overlooking the most beautiful of Greenland's fjords, the new National Gallery will serve as a cultural and architectural icon for the people of Greenland, combining the country's historical and contemporary art in one dynamic institution.

National Library

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:20:47 GMT

Being one of the future cornerstones of Kazakh nation building, and a leading institution representing the Kazakh national identity, designing the library went beyond a mere architectural challenge.

Koutalaki Ski Village

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:02:40 GMT

Located on a gentle slope, the existing Levi ski center provides the framework for the future Koutalaki Ski Village which is conceived as an extension of the summit and the existing cluster of buildings in Koutalaki.

Sharp Centre for Design

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:02:38 GMT

The elevated "table top" extension to the Ontario College of Art and Design, with its striking black and white pixilated skin and 12 multi-colored legs, stands 26 meters above the mixed Victorian and modern streetscape.

Danish Maritime Museum

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:54:44 GMT

The Danish Maritime Museum in Elsinore, Denmark will be housed within, and surrounding, a decommissioned dry dock that lies within eyesight of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kronborg Castle, the setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Clarke Quay

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:38:25 GMT

Alsop's first major project in Asia, a dramatic redevelopment of the river front district of Clarke Quay in Singapore, gives the area a new identity and repositions Clarke Quay as a vibrant and attractive destination.

Beach and Howe St.

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:42:49 GMT

A welcoming gateway to the city, and another unique structure to the Vancouver skyline. The 49-story tower, named after its location on the corner of Howe & Beach, will become one of the city's fourth tallest buildings.

Chips

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:23:05 GMT

Quirky, bold and robust, "Chips" forms the first major development for Alsop's masterplan for New Islington, Manchester's Millennium Community.

8 House

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:07:47 GMT

Situated on the outer edge of the city as the southern most outpost in the maturing neighborhood of Orestad, the bow-tie shaped mixed-use building contains three different types of residential housing as well as retail and offices.

National Music Centre of Canada

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:55:34 GMT

Part education research centre, part museum, part recording studio, part live music venue, the facility will create a space for innovative and creative programs for people of all ages.

Clyfford Still Museum

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:43:01 GMT

Considered one of the most important painters of the twentieth century, Still was among the first generation of Abstract Expressionist artists who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years following World War II.

Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:27:39 GMT

The expansion of the University of Michigan Museum of Art extends the programs and spaces of the historic Alumni Memorial Hall into the life and energy of the surrounding campus.

Tampa Covenant Church

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:09:07 GMT

A complete site redesign of Tampa Covenant Churchin in Florida includes parking, lighting and landscaping.

VM Houses

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:04:20 GMT

The VM Houses, shaped like a V and an M when seen from above, is the first residential project to be built in Ørestaden; a new quarter of Copenhagen.

Museo Tamayo

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:46:50 GMT

Set upon a steep hillside overlooking Mexico City, the New Tamayo Museum will serve as a nucleus of education and culture, locally, regionally, and internationally.

Quartier Schützenstrasse

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:43:10 GMT

"Quartier Schützenstrasse" consists of a classical Friedrichstadt block defined by the Schützenstrasse, Markgrafenstrasse, Zimmerstrasse, and Charlottenstrasse.

Olnick Spanu House

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:20:27 GMT

Olnick Spanu House in Garrison, New York, a plane is established that underlines the landscape, seeking to enhance it.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:13:08 GMT

The decision to rebuild Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the most famous library of all time, was announced in 1989 with the Norwegian architects Snøhetta winning the open international competition for its design.

Kilden

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:04:43 GMT

The Performing Arts Centre "Kilden" houses three organizations: the "Agder Theater," the "Kristiansand Philharmonic" and the "Opera South."

New Acropolis Museum

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:55:57 GMT

Located in Athens's historic area of Makryianni, the New Acropolis Museum stands less than 1,000 ft southeast of the Parthenon, at the entrance of a network of pedestrian walkways that link the key archaeological sites and monuments of the Acropolis.

MA: Andalucia’s Museum of Memory

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:25:27 GMT

The MA building is in line with the Central Headquarters of the Caja Granada Savings Bank that Campo Baeza completed in 2001.

Museum of Scotland

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:19:56 GMT

The design of the new Museum of Scotland, inspired by national building traditions and the scale and character of its surroundings, reinterprets familiar architectural elements into a contemporary whole.

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:35:09 GMT

The museum emerges from the landscape as a single, curving concrete wall that splits and carves into the ground to form the entry.

Jinhua Architecture Park

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:01:36 GMT

17 pavilions in a park along the Yiwu River, dedicated to the memory of the poet Ai Qing.

The Blue Planet

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:39:52 GMT

Inspired by the whirl streams of the sea, shoals of fish, and swirling starlings turning the sky black, the Blue Planet is shaped like a great whirlpool.

BIMhuis

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:19:39 GMT

Added as an extension to Amsterdam’s music hall on the Ij River in Amsterdam, BIMhuis works as both a landmark building and an exciting new public space.

Museum of Liverpool

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:42:11 GMT

Located at the UNESCO World Heritage Site, between the Albert Dock and the Pier Head, and next to a row of prominent historic buildings dubbed "The Three Graces" the museum building is conceived as inclined or elevated platforms, gradually forming a sculptural structure.

Tivoli Concert Hall

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:15:55 GMT

A new pavilion and addition in keeping with the Tivoli spirit.

Lighthouse

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:55:37 GMT

The winning proposal Lighthouse by 3XN and UNStudio offers an entirely new harbour promenade with evening sun and public access to the unique view of the bay from the top floor of the high-rise.

Alsion

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:05:40 GMT

Alison creates synergy between education, research and commercial activities inspired the choreography of life in the complex.

Austrian Cultural Forum Tower

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Twenty-five feet wide and 81 feet deep, glazed with dramatic glass panels, the 24-story tower soars upward 280 feet, occupying the full width of its footprint from street level to pinnacle.

JingYa Ocean Entertainment Center

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:59:53 GMT

The JingYa project is located on one of the main avenues in the center of Beijing, a few blocks from the Forbidden City.

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