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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.
The Pierre Lassonde Pavilion Québec building design by OMA, Architects with Provencher_Roy Architectes gradually decreases in height as it retreats from the urban turbulence, creating a cascade effect that enables the museum to reach out toward the park at the back while inviting the city in on the front.
Design: Werner Tscholl
This bold concrete structure juts out like an erratic boulder, 2474 m above sea level. The “Ice Cave” inside the museum pays tribute to the pioneers of the High Alpine Road.
Design: Provencher_Roy, architects. Remarkable conversion of former Erskine and American Church into a 444-seat concert hall. The rear annex has been completely reconstructed in contemporary style to form the new art pavilion.
The Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation has announced that they have selected Adjaye Associates – working with the Latvian team AB3D – as the winner of the invited international competition to design a new contemporary art museum for the centre of Riga.
Site-specific architectural installation inspired by nature and fabricated by robots – design to be highlight of the V&A’s first ever Engineering Season.
Images of designs by six architecture teams shortlisted for the new Museum of London in West Smithfield. The international design competition architectural concepts now on display.
Design: Trost & Associates. As a part of a major expansion in Tamar Valley, the Planica Nordic Center includes a new central building located near the end of cross-country skiing tracks.
Latvia Museum of Contemporary Art Design Competition, LMCA Architects Shortlist: Design Contest in Riga for architectural team – by Malcolm Reading Consultants, Baltic Architecture Competition news: Online gallery showcasing the shortlisted design concepts by architects in running for €30m building unveiled.
Design: Irving Smith Architects. Following recent development of new commercial outlets away from Whakatane’s town centre, Whakatane Library & Exhibition Centre relocates public facilities back into the centre to revitalize an area of big box retail and carparking left devoid of urban life.
Design: Jean Pierre HEIM and Carolyn HEIM architects
The concept for this design is to access and exit the Museum of Delos with three long concrete slabs bridging over a reservoir collecting rain-water during the winter season and drainage in the ground.
Design: Nizio Design International. The Ulma Family Museum of Poles Saving Jewish People during World War II in Markowa is Poland’s first institution commemorating Poles who helped Jews.
Design: John McAslan + Partners, architects. The art museum building is part of the redevelopment of the historic Bolshevik Factory. The building will display Russian Impressionist art, temporary exhibitions, lectures, concerts and multi-media presentations.
London Science Museum New Events Spaces Architects Shortlist. Alison Brooks Architects ; Duggan Morris ; Originate ; RCKa ; Wright & Wright. The winning architecture studio will be named in July.
Design: MVRDV and COBE. Denmark’s new museum for rock, pop and youth culture oozes of rock’n’roll attitude with its golden exterior and velvety red interior. The building is clad in dramatic golden studs and sits among old warehouses
Design: RTA-Office, architects
The project developed by RTA-Office belongs to a big masterplan that includes three different museum buildings surrounded by a big green area.
Design: Cornelius+Vöge and Kengo Kuma
The design features a series of cylindrical volumes with glass and latticed timber facades, and scooped green roofs. The building design revolves around the writer’s popular fairy tales.