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Dutch studio MVRDV have won a design competition to build a Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China, formed of eight giant balloon-shaped forms.
Blog Archive » Comic and Animation Museum by MVRDV
FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE have completed this anvil-shaped museum in Mexico City, with a windowless facade composed of hexagonal aluminium tiles. The museum will house over 6,200 Latin American artworks in a continuous exhibition space spread across six storeys, as well as an auditorium for 350 people, a library, offices, a restaurant, a gift shop and a lounge. Mexico City–Designed by FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE, Museo Soumaya opened to the public on March 29, 2011 after four years of development.
Blog Archive » Museo Soumaya by FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE
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sofia BORGES/fallon JAMES/jei jeeyea KIM: Literally Twisted Library applies a single continuous surface logic interspersed with moments of articulated disruption, creating varied experiences for the user based on programmatic function. From the outside, the building reads as a sinuous and fluid topology, with more subdued moments of articulation providing aperture for the interior spaces. The muted exterior articulation and surfaces transform the spectator into participant, beckoning the user to enter and engage the various surfaces.
Amsterdam architects UNStudio have completed a new headquarters for the Dutch national tax offices and the student loan administration in Groningen, the Netherlands.
Blog Archive » DUO² by UNStudio
서울 한남대교를 건너 남산 1호터널로 향하다 보면 오른편으로 마름모꼴 창 수백개로 온몸을 휘감은 건물 하나가 눈길을 사로잡는다. 행인보다 차량이 많은 곳, 인상에 남는 건물 하나 없는 대로가에서 홀로 오롯이 스스로를 각인시킨다. 지난해 들어선 '한남동 일신빌딩'이다.
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Here’s a selection of projects by architect Peter Zumthor, who was named 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate earlier this week ( see our previous story ).
Blog Archive » Key projects by Peter Zumthor
Ben van Berkel / UNStudio’s Galleria Centercity in Cheonan – “If museums are turning into supermarkets, why then should department stores not turn into museums?”
Blog Archive » Galleria Centercity by UNStudio
The first regional headquarters branches for Moroccan bank, BMCE (Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur) have opened in Rabat and Casablanca, with a further branch in Fez due to complete shortly – they are the first buildings by Foster + Partners to be completed in Africa.
Blog Archive » BMCE headquarters by Foster + Partners
The Greater Amman Municipality announced the awards of the design schemes for the culture and performing arts venue ‘Darat King Abdullah II’. The Greater Amman Municipality as the promoter of the ‘Darat King Abdullah II’ architectural competition credited two design proposals with the first prize. The winning offices are the Austrian architects Delugan Meissl Assossiated Architects and the British architect Zaha Hadid.
