(Tim Brown Architects– flickr/creative commons license) Ateliers Jean Nouvel designed the Musée du quai Branly in 2006. A variety of art in the architecture, including a living wall, a wall of cantilevered boxes, and glowing stick exhibit, create a “sanctuary …
Month: July 2015
(jomis– flickr/creative commons license) The Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (MUMOK) is located at Vienna’s Museumsquartier. Mueseumsquartier is one of the largest cultural centers in the world, with historic and modern museums comprising 60,000 m2. This 2001 design by …
The New England Aquarium was designed by Cambridge Seven Associates in 1969 with a recent IMAX addition by E. Verner Johnson and Associates and a new wing designed by Schwartz/Silver Architects in 1989. With a new deconstructivist style and an …
(Bert K– flickr/creative commons license) This photogenic project was designed by & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT, who also did the Scottish parliament. The Torre Mare Nostrumn for the Catalan gas company faces the ocean, with the usual Barcelona architectural discusion of …
(archiwatch– flickr/creative commons license) As a social revitalization of an industrial part of town, this project by Massimiliano Fuksas forms two buildings with two goals: an office workspace and a city landmark. The office space becomes a stacked series of …
(tetedelart1855– flickr/creative commons license) The Museum Malraux Le Havre sits like a lighthouse on the edge of the coast of upper Normandy with the industrial city to one side and the historic downtown on the other side. Industrial-looking on one …
(dbdbrobot– flickr/creative commons license) As part of a commemoration for the Kobe earthquake, this “paper church” aims for the rebuilding of communities and exchange of experiences. Rubble from the earthquake went into this building. This community center is the site …
(roryrory– flickr/creative commons license) This Netherlands Architecture Institute exhibit of Asymptote Architecture’s projects takes on a vast 10,000ft2 space. A structural ceiling grid fluctuates to define spaces and create interior separation walls. Each project can thus be presented in a …
(caramel377– flickr/creative commons license) David Adjaye, who designed the Nobel Peace Centre, converted a furniture factory into this home for artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster. He had just completed a home for artist Chris Ofill. Located in a rough …
(Tim Brown Architects– flickr/creative commons license) The thin 33ft storefront of Toyo Ito’s design somehow displays its full magnificence as the entire body of this show-off store sparkles to catch the eye. While many glitzy stores on Tokyo’s Omotesando boulevard …