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Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects design for the new CaoHeJing Guigu Creative Headquarters in Shanghai aims to be a platform for innovation. The new Headquarters will help high-tech firms develop, and collaborate locally and internationally. This will act as an accelerator for new technology in China.
The Ranch Mine’s Canal House in Arizona, USA, was designed to create shade and privacy in a variety of settings. The courtyards act as living areas which are anchored by a rusted steel clad outdoor fireplace.
MVRDV and co-architects BSK Arkitekter reveal its vision for Magasin 113, a former warehouse that will be transformed into a 16,500 sqm mixed use building located in Frihamnen RiverCity.
For Architect Mikko Lemmetti Sustainability was a key pillar of the renovation which contributed towards Kebony being selected for the pool house and the outdoor seating. The swimming pool was also equipped with flush pools and outdoor showers to facilitate more users.
In Bryant Alsops Park Cottage the interior is unexpectedly spacious and light, compared to its darker Victorian origins and 1970s additions that are hidden. This helps create a sense of depth and journey into an otherwise relatively small house.
C.F. Møller Architects Solar-powered School of the Future is located on a prominent site in Copenhagen’s new Nordhavn district. The modern educational architecture links the school with the urban environment, and give the school an open ambiance.
The SFA house is a refurbishment project. Architects Arqmov Workshop initially advised a new project, given previous unfortunate refurbishment work on the home, which was 30 years old. The property was stripped its original structure.
Free tours of iconic Frank Lloyd Wright architecture at global headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin, USA, during the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial. SC Johnson’s Administration Building is the only FLW–designed functional office space in the world.
The Price Company’s executive offices and corporate apartment remain largely in their original condition or have been restored to approximate their original state. After PTAC’s sensitive restoration Price Tower was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2007.
Le Corbusier’s use of exposed reinforced concrete and brick cladding for the museum’s facade symbolized the emergence of novel building typologies and the “arrival of the modern” in India as a newly independent nation. The Government Museum and Art Gallery is also recognized as a Grade-1 heritage site in India.
An anchor of cultural life in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) is a concrete and glass tour de force. Suspended on four massive pillars, the building shell hovers 26 feet above the ground and contains a total floor area of over 110,000 square feet.
The Getty Foundation award $1.7m in architectural conservation grants for exemplary 20th century buildings as part of its Keeping It Modern initiative: twelve projects including St Peter’s Seminary, Glasgow ; Price Tower, Oklahoma by Frank Lloyd Wright ; Bauhaus Building, Germany by Walter Gropius.
Nestled in a Moroccan oasis where ancient mineral springs have drawn visitors for centuries, the Sidi Harazem Thermal Bath Complex represents a marriage of nature, public space, and modern architecture. Built four years after Moroccan independence, the complex is the ambitious statement of a new nation determined to create modern and forward-thinking gathering places for its citizens.
Bauhaus Building, Dessau, Germany – revered Dessau structure designed by architect Walter Gropius one of twelve recipients of Getty Foundation’s Keeping It Modern Grants, architectural conservation grants dedicated to significant 20th century buildings.
The Middle East Technical University Faculty of Architecture Building in Ankara is considered the premier example of modern architecture in Turkey. Designed by Turkish-born architect couple Altuğ and Behruz Çinici as a manifestation of a forward-looking nation.
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Tour of The Gamble House, the most complete and best-preserved example of American Arts and Crafts style architecture. The house and furnishings were designed by famed architects Charles and Henry Greene in 1908 for David and Mary Gamble of the Procter & Gamble Company.