The new phase 2 of the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum by C. F. Møller Architects had the grand opening on 14 September 2009 and unveiled to the public on 15 September. The new Darwin Centre features a huge eight-storey concrete cocoon surrounded by a glass atrium, this iconic form expresses the enormous [...]
Bazil-based architectural firm CHN arquitetos has won the International Public Competition for the Architectural Project of the Exploratory Science Museum – Campinas, Brazil. The surface of the facade is created from the idea of infinity: a reference to the essence of its form, recognizable from its cosmological scale to its most minimal. CHN arquitetos + [...]
This is a project winner of the international invitation competition for the construction of the Automobile Museum in Nanjing, designed by Italy-based architecture studio 3GATTI to explore the relationship between car and museum. The competition was organized last year by the government of Nanjing and Jiangsu Head Investment Group. A building to be dedicated to [...]
Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark is a first prize winning project designed by Steven Holl Architects to accommodate exhibition galleries, 150 seat auditorium, music rehearsal rooms, restaurant, media library and administrative offices. The museum will open to public on September 9 2009. + Project description courtesy of Steven Holl architects The Herning [...]
Steven Holl Architects has designed the Knut Hamsun Center located in Hamarøy, Norway. This is an historical museum for writer Knut Hamsun including exhibition areas, library, reading room, cafe and 230 seat auditorium. The concept for the museum, “Building as a Body: Battleground of Invisible Forces,” is realized from inside and out. Here the wood [...]
Museum of Archeology in Vitoria is a competition-winning project designed by Spanish architect Francisco Mangado. We like to think of an archaeology museum as a compact jewel box concealing the treasure that history has entrusted to us piece by piece. But not any kind of history, or at least not the scientific history of experts, [...]
The honorable mention award project Umm el-Fahem Museum for Contemporary Arab Art, designed by Israel-based architect firm SO Architecture. + Design Statement courtesy SO Architecture The Function of the Museum Today, in the third millennium, amid the daily reality and worries about war and economic hardship, a museum of contemporary art will be built, and [...]
© The Art Institute of Chicago, Ph. Campbell © Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Ph. Charles G. Young, Interactive design architects © Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Ph. Charles G. Young, Interactive design architects The Modern Wing at Art Institute of Chicago, designed by Renzo Piano, a world renowned Italian architect and recipient of the [...]
A new 8,000 m2 Anchorage Museum Expansion designed by UK-based firm David Chipperfield Architects will be opened to public on 30 May 2009. Five distinct linear volumes vary in height and length arranged along the western face of the existing building, creating an interesting skyline to the west side of the existing museum. The glass [...]
BIG architect has shared with us their winning New Tamayo Museum presentation panels. From the panels, you can see the plans, sections, elevations, diagrams, details, facade pattern and perspectives. For further information of the project, visit our previous post – New Tamayo Museum | BIG + Michel Rojkind. + Special thanks to Daria Pahhota
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 [...]
Copenhagen architects BIG and Mexico practice Michel Rojkind architect have won cultural competition in Mexico. The New Tamayo Museum will sit on steep hillside with large cross-shaped roof-top platform overlooking Mexico city. + Project description provided by architect, BIG New Tamayo Museum overlooking Mexico City – BIG and Michel Rojkind win cultural competition in Mexico. [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
