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Coop Himmelb(l)au’s Musée des Confluences Through the Lens of Edmund Sumner

Edmund Sumner has shared with us images from his recent visit to Lyon, France, where he photographed Coop Himmelb(l)au’s newly completed Musée des Confluences. Perched on a century-old artificial peninsula at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, the “museum… Sigue leyendo

Riga 2014 Pavilion / U-R-A | United Riga Architects

Architects: U-R-A | United Riga Architects
Location: Esplanāde, Centra rajons, Rīga, Latvia
Architect In Charge: Austris Mailitis
Design Team: Jānis Ielejs, Simone Riccomi, AndraOdumāne / Mailitis A.I.I.M.
Area: 458.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of Austris Mailitis Contractor: Ramirent Baltic … Sigue leyendo

CRICOTEKA Museum of Tadeusz Kantor / Wizja + nsMoonStudio

Architects: Wizja Architects, nsMoonStudio
Location: Nadwiślańska, Kraków, Poland
Architects In Charge: Stanisław Deńko (Wizja sp. z o.o.), Agnieszka Szultk, Piotr Nawara (nsMoonStudio)
Area: 3567.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Wojciech Kryński , Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre Collaborators: IQ2-Group Consortium
Project Leader: Sławomir … Sigue leyendo

Architects to be Given Chance to Design New Bauhaus Museum in Dessau

In celebration of the 100th Bauhaus anniversary, the Foundation Bauhaus Dessau has announced plans to construct a new Bauhaus Museum in Dessau. As part of a competition “preannouncement” published on the museum’s site, an open two-phased international competition will challenge architects to… Sigue leyendo

Constell.ation II / LIKEarchitects

Architects: LIKEarchitects
Location: Plantage Muidergracht, 1018 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Design Team: Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, João Jesus and João Salgueiro
Client: Amsterdam Light Festival
Year: 2014
Photographs: Andreia Garcia Photography… From the architect. Constell.ation is a gestural proposal that recurs to Sigue leyendo

Sharon Fieldhouse / design/buildLAB

Architects: design/buildLAB
Location: The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Sharon School Circle, Clifton Forge, VA 24422, USA
Professors In Charge: Marie Zawistowski, Keith Zawistowski
Student Team: Landon Williams, Molly Vaughan, Mitchell August, Ryan Myers, Julia Vasquez, Xiao Fu, Ellie … Sigue leyendo

Video: Tour Through Trahan Architects’ Sculpted Louisiana Sports Hall and Museum

A contemporary museum set within the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase, Trahan Architects’ Louisiana State Sports Hall of Fame and Regional History Museum is distinguished for its sculpted interior and contrasting copper facade. Watch the short film above as Spirit of… Sigue leyendo

SO?–?IL and FREAKS Win Competition to Modernize France’s Site Verrier

SO-IL, in collaboration with FREAKS freearchitects, has been selected as the first-prize winner of a competition to reinvent the historic Site Verrier in France. Located in the Northern Vosges Natural Park, the updated plan addresses three elements of the site’s industrial past while providing a dynamic space… Sigue leyendo

SO/AP Architectes’ Warsaw Memorial Places Unity at its Center

This sculptural memorial by SO/AP Architectes, located at the center of what was the Warsaw Ghetto, commemorates the history and memories of the Polish nation by uniting its oppressive and heroic pasts in one form. Simultaneously representing the Jewish and non-Jewish population,… Sigue leyendo

RTA-Office’s Mountainous “Cultural Container” Wins First Prize

RTA-Office has released its first-prize winning proposal for the Wuhu Urban Planning Exhibition, Office, and Archive. The design stems from the idea of an “urban cultural container,” holding both knowledge and space, and extracts its sculptural form from the surrounding mountainous landscape.… Sigue leyendo