Kaunas Science Centre Competition Entry Design

Kaunas Science Centre Competition Entry

Design contest entry by Architects of Invention for new €25m National Science and Innovation Centre of Lithuania in Kaunas: the most popular design contest ever in Lithuania with 144 design team entries.

Subterranean Science Museum Kaunas

Subterranean Science Museum in Kaunas

Architects: Bread studio. The suggested building will be located at the opposite end of the stadium on the Science Island. This will form another attraction on the island, and allow for further developments between the two anchor facilities.

Pavilniai Regional Park House Lithuania

Pavilniai Regional Park House

Design: G.Natkevičius and Partners, architects. The client bought a site where an old yellow brick lodge stood. Cleaning off the plaster revealed ancient bricks. Because of the historical value of this house it was preserved by wrapping it with an outer glass shape.

k18B Building Complex in Vilnius by Libeskind

k18B Building Complex in Vilnius by Libeskind Downtown Tower

Design: Studio Libeskind, Architects. Downtown Tower-k18B is a “harmonious progression of glass volumes” – an 18-storey tower above a 6-storey podium, connected by a luminous glass-covered galeria, according to the architects.

Dolphinarium in Klaipeda, Lithuania Museum

Dolphinarium

Design: Uostamiescio projektas. On the top of the building the roof cafe with a terrace was designed offering a view to the Curonian lagoon and the Baltic sea. Over the dolphin living space the sunroof was installed, dropping the maximum amount of light into the pool area.

Palanga Concert Hall in Lithuania, Vilnius

Palanga Concert Hall

Design: UAB, architects. The Palanga concert hall’s round white facade not only gives sense of lightness to a relatively big volume, but also highlights a valuable historic building by forming a contrasting background to it.

Modern Art Center in Vilnius by Studio Libeskind

Modern Art Center in Vilnius

Design: Studio Libeskind, Architects. Surrounded by a new public piazza located steps away from the historic medieval city, the 3,100 sqm museum stands as an expression of Vilnius past and present.

Vilnius University Library: Lithuania Building

Vilnius University Library Lithuania building

The library is on the outskirts of Vilnius. A relatively quiet and leafy location of the existing university campus is about to change significantly. In upcoming years, a new agglomeration of education facilities will emerge here.

Guggenheim Museum Lithuania: Zaha Hadid Vilnius

Guggenheim Museum Vilnius Building

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. ZHA beat Massimiliano Fuksas, Studio Daniel Libeskind to win design for a new museum and cultural centre in Vilnius. The nternational art building will house pieces from Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, NYC, and the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.

Swedbank Head Office: Vilnius Building, Lithuania

Swedbank Head Office Vilnius Building Lithuania

The Swedbank’s new head office building in Vilnius is located in a fairly recently developed but rapidly growing political, commercial and recreational centre of the Lithuanian capital, which was moved from its historical centre to the right bank of the Neris River.

Headquarters of Prosecutors Office Vilnius Building

Headquarters of Prosecutors Office Vilnius building

Design: KLAP, architects. The architectural-plastic idea – cube conceptually gives sense to order, stability, strength, rigour, etc. This form best reflects the specifics of the object and creates an exceptionally suggestive and concentrated image of a law enforcement institution.

LITEXPO Exhibition Pavilion Vilnius building

Litexpo Pavilion Vilnius Building

Design: Paleko Arch Studija, architects. A new triangular exhibition building is joined up to present pavilions. The grand hall is column-free, appropriate for various purposes. Also, a new conference hall, restaurant. Reconstructing exposition square.