'London's British Museum is a map of the world, and a time machine too' The Great Court at the British Museum, London.
Flashback: Arts Centre – Casa Das Mudas / Paulo David. Flashback: One of Archdaily’s goals is to bring you up to date information about projects that are being designed and constructed around the world.
The Green Cell: Kengo Kuma’s Design for the Taipei City Museum of Art Has an Insulating Green Roof The Green Cell by Kengo Kuma + Associates – Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World. Spain's €44m Niemeyer centre is shut in galleries glut. A dazzling €44 million (£37.7m) arts centre in the northern Spanish city of Avilés is to close after six months amid political squabbling as the country asks itself what to do with a glut of glittering new museums.
Niemeyer-Neubau in Spanien: Ufo der Hoffnung - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Reise. Avilés - Eigentlich hat Avilés alles, um Urlauber anzuziehen.
Die mittelalterliche Innenstadt bezaubert mit schönen Arkaden-Gängen und hübsch verzierten Holzbalkonen. Viele Gebäude in der Galiana-Straße und der Calle de Rivero stammen noch aus dem 14. Jahrhundert. Einige Kirchen wie die Iglesia de los Padres Franciscanos und San Nicolás de Bari wurden sogar im 13. Jahrhundert gebaut. Auch Stadtpaläste, Parkanlagen und das prachtvolle Theater Palacio Valdés lassen die glorreiche Vergangenheit der Hafenstadt erahnen.
"Trotzdem denken die Leute bei Avilés immer noch an qualmende Hochöfen und Schwerindustrie", sagt Javier Arribas vom örtlichen Tourismusbüro. So zog es Besucher Asturiens bisher eher nach Oviedo oder in den nahen Naturpark Picos de Europa. Ein Geschenk vom Stararchitekten Der Grund für die Aufbruchsstimmung lebt in Rio de Janeiro, ist im Dezember 103 Jahre alt geworden und gehört zu den berühmtesten Architekten unserer Zeit: Oscar Niemeyer. Bauprojekt lockt Hollywood-Prominenz. AD Classics: Yale Center for British Art / Louis Kahn. Across the street from Louis Kahn’s first significant piece of architecture stands his last.
The Yale Center for British Art was completed in 1974, the year of Kahn’s death and 23 years after its neighbor, The Yale University Art Gallery was finished. A style and theoretical change throughout a career is visible in one scene. Unlike most galleries, the design prompt for the Yale’s British Art Gallery called for very specific needs. Being part of an educational institution the agenda called for several learning oriented spaces. The program consisted of stipulations for exhibition space and storage space for paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints; a rare book collection; a research library; a photograph archive; an auditorium; classrooms; workshops and offices; and conservation facilities. How Tech Is Changing the Museum Experience. The Global Innovation Series is supported by BMW i, a new concept dedicated to providing mobility solutions for the urban environment.
It delivers more than purpose-built electric vehicles — it delivers smart mobility services. Visit bmw-i.com or follow @BMWi on Twitter. Museums are exploring digital and mobile technologies to enhance visitor experience. Initiatives go beyond technology within exhibits and installations, but also include more pervasive uses of tech to create interactive experiences for visitors throughout a museum, as well as remote experiences for those who cannot get there.
Serlachius Museum Gösta Competition Entry / Eero Lunden Studio (Helsinki, Finland) + Eric Tan of PinkCloud.DK. Can the experience of art be enhanced through architecture?
White walls + Isolated Rooms = Good museum? Eero Lunden Studio’s design of the Serlauchius Museum extension seeks to deviate from that mantra by developing an architecture that directly facilitates human interaction with art. It is Eero Lunden Studio’s belief that the experience of art can be enhanced through innovative architecture and new spatial experiences. The design of the Maison Promino seeks to achieve two main goals: to create an inspiring piece of architecture that will enhance the image of Serlachius Art Museum globally and to provide a truly unique museum experience by connecting visitors with the art like never before. Teshima Art Museum / Ryue Nishizawa.
The Teshima Art Museum designed by Tokyo-based architect Ryue Nishizawa and Japanese artist Rei Naito opened in 2010 for the Setouchi International Art Festival that was held in the Takamatsu Port area of Japan.
The open gallery space features 25cm thick concrete shell with two elliptical openings that are open to elements. Iwan Baan shows on his website a great photo set of the art museum which can be viewed here. Update: BMW Guggenheim Lab / Atelier Bow-Wow. Last Fall, we introduced the collaborative effort between the Guggenheim and BMW to create a modern day public form exploring a variety of urban issues.
The New York Lab, designed by Atelier Bow-Wow, has just opened in the East Village on a leftover 2,000 sqf plot squished between two existing buildings. With the ground level open to passersby, the museum focuses on creating a transparent and welcoming atmosphere to house discussions, lectures and the like. “We wanted the Guggenheim Labs to be in the middle of an urban environment where people live, work and hang out,” Mr. van der Leer, a curator for the Guggenheim, told the Times. Yan ZhenQing Calligraphy Museum / Serie Architects.
Yan ZhenQing Museum, designed by Serie Architects, displays works from the important calligrapher of the same name who lived in Shandong Province in China during the 8th century.
Museum of Energy / Arquitecturia. Architects: Arquitecturia Location: Tarragona, Spain Collaborators: M. Agudo, I. Sola, A. Horta, J. Farres, A. Serrats Contractor: TCSA Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Pedro Pegenaute.