By opening up the building to promote its special collections to the wider public, Wilkinson Eyre has also addressed the building’s identity and related it more closely to its immediate context by improving its perception and approach.
The most complex building design to date by Spanish architect Fernando Menis: The interior is marked by the presence of the red brick, crashed and melted into concrete. Almost all the exterior is made of white concrete.
Design: casanova+hernandez architecten. Shortlisted for Mies van der Rohe 2017 Awards: the new building opens a new generation of contemporary museums in Albania, not only restoring the Albanian cultural heritage, but also forming an attraction for visitors.
Design: Heneghan Peng architects. Located in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this delightful building houses the main university library and the departments of Architecture, Landscape and Arts.
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Design: Schulz und Schulz. This building was awarded the Best Church of the Year, one of the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards 2016: the building has a central public space with an “ingenious concept”.
Design: Burwell Deakins Architects and Levitt Bernstein Architects. £9.3m project to transform a Refectory and an underused service yard into a vibrant social space and courtyard, restoring the historic splendour of the heart of the university and improving campus connectivity.
Transforming a former German WWII bunker, within the protected shorelands of Blåvand the new building has four main volumes, housing four independent institutions: a bunker museum, an amber museum, a history museum and a special exhibitions gallery.
Design: Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos. The new building hosts the Universidad Popular, the headquarters of the PhotoEspaña International Centre in Alcobendas, as well as a media library and a citizen’s advice service of the City Council.
The Southern California Institute of Architecture news for 2106 – SCI-Arc Launches New Scholarship for LAUSD Students, full-tuition scholarship for current Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students.
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Design: Melvin Villarroel, architects. Integrated resort located on Tenerife’s west coast: shapes, materials and landscaping relate to local traditions and similar tropical destinations in order to provide a strong sense of place in exceptional surroundings.
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