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Associated architects SO – IL and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson announce the opening of their collaborative design effort at UC Davis. In keeping with the free-thinking, experimental legacy of the UC Davis School of Art, the light-filled, multi-use building is designed to further the educational mission of the museum.
The Médard Museum in Lunel and the Maritime Museum in Sète buildings designed by C+D Architecture are now part of a wide choice of cultural visits offered in Languedoc Roussillon.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – designed by celebrated architect Frank Gehry – announce a special programme of events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its opening
Design: Studio Pei-Zhu architects. This building focuses mainly on fashion shows, product design, and conceptual automotive shows. The goal was to create a space that is surreal to the subject matter but also transcendental in surrounding and feeling.
Design: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. The WCEC building cements the British Museum’s reputation as a world leader in the exhibition, conservation, examination and analysis of cultural objects from across the globe.
Architects: KWK Promes. The proposal assumes restoration of the building’s original form and elimination of, what is deemed to be, all unnecessary additions. The new exhibition space has been placed underground to the front of the existing Gallery.
Design: REX, architects. Forming a curatorial unity with the Mies van der Rohe-designed Neue Nationalgalerie, plus new administration, art storage, café, education/art appreciation spaces, exhibition spaces, media/event space, restaurant, restoration areas, and shop.
Design: Studio Niko Kapa. Relating to both the sea and the city and in constant dialogue between them, the building bridges the city with the sea and vice-versa. Conceived as a continuation and a transition through the wide public space, the building dives into the ocean and merges with it.
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects, London. ZHA awarded first prize in the architecture competition to build this new building in Diriyah. The contest was for the 8,780m² head office of the Heritage Museum.
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.
Design: Hans van Heeswijk Architects
For the new entrance building Kisho Kurokawa Architects & Associates made a sketch, completing the elliptical wing of the original building. This idea was developed and realized.
Design: Archohm Consults. The JPN Museum is a gateway framing the centre placed as a wedged-shaped monument with a massive arch carved out of the mass; its 9-metre height and 20-metre ambitious span are clearly attempts to push the limits of structural design and construction.
The story of Noah’s Ark was the competition concept set forth by the Jewish Museum Berlin by US architects Olson Kundig. The flood narrative is deeply rooted in Abrahamic cultures
Design: LMN Architects. Initial design for an expansion and renovation to the Asian Art Museum in Seattle. As Seattle Art Museum’s original home located in the Olmsted-designed Volunteer Park, the building will get its first substantial renovation since it was completed in 1933.