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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Aquarium, Hoz Fontan, Landscape architecture, Refurbishment / Extension, Spain, Waterfront architecture
The Aquarium of San Sebastian has been lodged for more than 100 years in a building on Mount Urgull’s feet, in one of the most visible zones of La Concha Bay. It is an institution for which its own building, while being at the same time its identity seal, had become an obstacle for its [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Aquarium, Competition, Denmark, Fluid form, Henning Larsen architects, Iconic architecture, Waterfront architecture
Danish architectural practice Henning Larsen Architects‘ winning proposal for Batumi Aquarium is inspired by the characteristic pebbles of the Batumi beach – shaped by sea currents through millennia. The 2,000 m2 aquarium will replace the previous aquarium of the port and will be situated on the beach side of Rustaveli Str. adjacent to Batumi 6 [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Aquarium, Behnisch, Cladding, Europen architecture, Features, Fluid form, Germany, Museum, Skin, Waterfront architecture, White
Germany-based architecture and planning firm Behnisch Architekten has designed a very large public aquarium in the German city of Stralsund – Ozeaneum German Oceanographic Museum. The new museum is an open structure flooded from all sides by light, similar to the way stones in the sea near the water’s edge are flooded by the surrounding [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Mixed Use Tags: Aquarium, Europen architecture, Fluid form, Iconic architecture, Performing Arts Center, Waterfront architecture, White, Zaha Hadid
Regium Waterfront project designed by London practice Zaha Hadid Architects for the Municipality of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy. The project composed of 3 separated elements that will house a museum of Mediterranean history and performing art center, serving a gathering place for all ages.
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