The mission of the Palestinian Museum is to be the leading, most credible and robust platform for shaping and communicating knowledge about Palestinian history, society and culture. To deliver on this mission, the client’s intention has been to develop a Palestinian Museum hub located 25km north of Jerusalem (West Bank). The landscape of the Palestine has the ‘work...
Italy is fragile. The seismic sequence that has been devastating the country nonstop since 2009 has laid bare a cultural outlook. It shows behaviour oblivious to the events that have occurred over the past 50 years in the history of Italian earthquakes. Following the 3 recent earthquakes, the policies for dealing with catastrophes, preserving historical heritage, install...
The basic idea of the project is to create a core set, which consists of a studio atelier that has the potential to evolve gradually over time into a more complex organism. Bagnoli Atelier is a center for contemporary arts that can host exhibitions and performances, in close relationship with the territory and its specificity, with great attention to art academies and ...
at the TEFAF spring art fair in new york, bureau betak has conceived an electrifying LED-lit concrete grid as the booth installation for galerie gmurzynska. the dynamic setting hosts a specially curated art presentation of 20th century masters, including a painting by joan miró and a sketch of ‘the gates’ by christo and jeanne-claude. bureau betak creative director alexa...
previously built as a grain mill during the 1950’s, yudian design transforms this 800 sqm building into an airy museum of western regions, located in the nanshan grasslands near urumqi city, china. nestled in the northern chinese wilderness, the dongzhuang building resembles an off-white stone that’s rolled down the mountain, standing serenely and naturally in the open g...
the new silverlake conservatory of music in hollywood is housed inside an ubiquitous bowstring truss warehouse designed to facilitate and foster a vibrant community for children, adult students, and practicing musicians. the non-profit music education center, opened its doors 15 years ago and with the completion of the renovation, the space has been turned into a musical...
The Lascaux cave paintings, which date back around 20,000 years, are nicknamed the Sistine Chapel of prehistory. They have been closed to the public since 1963 to protect them, so a copy was constructed nearby in the early 1980s as a mock-up experience for visitors. However, it is now deemed too close to the original site. Snøhetta’s new International Cave Art Centre ...
The permanent 15,000 sq ft gallery designed by Meier at Mana Contemporary in New Jersey, a place we visited in 2014 when it opened, is where the history and style of the firm reveals itself in miniature form. Walking through the space, visitors can tour a breadth of Meier projects scattered across the globe, from the 1960s to the present. spread from our April 2017 i...
renowned architect frank gehry will celebrate the inauguration of the pierre boulez saal concet hall in the barenboim-said akademie building at the center of berlin, germany. the foundation, established to bridge east-west relations through the musical and literary backgrounds of founders daniel barenboim and edward w. said, provides workshops and classes for students a...
following up our previous coverage of I.M. pei’s previously completed museum of islamic art which opened in late 2008 in doha, qatar, new york-based photographer yueqi ‘jazzy’ li has released a series of updated images depicting the intricately geometrical structure. the museum is situated on the waterfront next to the persian gulf, standing as an object in space that ca...
The Danish Ministry of the Environment, with support from Realdania, commissioned MAP Architects to design visitor access to Kalø Slotsruin, a Danish archeological gem located on an isthmus projecting from the Jutland peninsula. The 38-square-meter intervention is a timber zigzagging staircase that winds up the three-story high and two-story deep brick tower that has lac...
Commissioned by China’s largest food processing company COFCO, the Cultural and Health Center will be located in a park set next to the Punan Canal. The cloud-shaped, community-oriented design draws inspiration from “Clouds & Time,” a concept introduced in philosopher Karl Popper’s famous 1965 lecture on the evolutionary model of free will. The building’s many openings a...
Located between Krakow and the Vistula River, the proposed masterplan is designed to blend into the natural landscape with its vernacular wooden lap panel cladding and use of energy-efficient technologies. Around 1,300 square meters of a Green City Solutions-developed air purification product would be embedded in the music academy’s moss-covered rooftops. The special mos...
Located in St Moritz, home to Lord Foster himself, the regeneration project aimed to breathe new life into the derelict Kulm Park by converting it into a community-centered resort. The renovation process focused on retaining the historic building’s original wooden vernacular, while adding contemporary features that could accommodate future sporting events. The 1905 pavi...
Winner of a 2017 AIA Honor Award, the Thread Artist Residency & Cultural Center comprises two artists’ dwellings and studio spaces for local and visiting international artists, but also serves as a greater community hub for Sinthian and the surrounding villages. Shared between twelve local tribes, the socio-cultural center provides agricultural training as well as an exh...
Bibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville is a public library for the metropolitan region Caen la Mer in Normandy, France. The 12,000 sqm multimedia library is located at the tip of the peninsula that extends out from the city of Caen to the English Channel. Its key position – between the city’s historic core and an area of Caen that is being developed – supports the city’s amb...
created by polish practice neostudio, the project responds to the university of life sciences in poznań, poland, which desires to expand and rebuild its library complex according to present needs and standards. indeed, the existing architecture is a 40-year-old construction located in the heart of the university campus — with many outdated features such as limited librar...
last year, architectural collective assemble — winner of the 2015 turner prize — collaborated with artist simon terrill to construct ‘the brutalist playground’ — an installation that recreates post-war play structures using foam. inspired by the brutalist architecture movement, the team used archival material from the royal institute of british architects (RIBA) to repro...
as part of an architectural competition initiated by the city of belgrade, design studio ARCVS has stood out with its concert hall proposal for the soon-to-be constructed philharmonic orchestra in the new belgrade block 13. the architects were required to develop high-quality areas and programs that embrace the spirit of the dynamic culture within that city hub. accord...
new york’s american museum of natural history (AMNH) has unveiled details of the spaces, programs, and exhibits that will be housed in the ‘gilder center’, a new building designed by studio gang. the 235,000 square-foot project includes the addition of connections to key areas within the museum’s original buildings, as well as the modernization of existing spaces. initia...
manchester city council has granted planning approval for ‘factory’, a flagship cultural venue designed by OMA. new images of the project have been released to coincide with the announcement. the scheme, which was first unveiled in november 2015, will be located on the site of the former granada TV studios in the english city’s st. john’s neighborhood. construction is se...
the latvian national museum of art in riga is a historic building dating back to the early 1900’s and is highly regarded as an architectural monument representing the city’s heritage. the façade demonstrates a classical baroque style showing the sculptural details and ornamentation that is still visible today. the decision was taken to reconstruct and extend the buildin...
as co-working spaces become increasingly popular in cities around the world, ‘utopic_us’ is an example designed by izaskun chinchilla architects located in madrid, spain. the space has the capacity to facilitate 100 workers in a diverse number of settings that are directly influenced by the contrasting and colorful cultures of japan and new york. ‘we need to feel our wor...
When in 2006 the Barcelona City Council acquired the Alchemika Factory, a former plastic factory located in the industrial district of Camp de l’Arpa, it commissioned Oliveras Boix Arquitectes to renovate and transformed it into a multi functional building, with community facilities agreed by the neighbourhood associations. The result is a program of social and diverse ...
On 24 November 2016, the Design Museum opens in its new home on Kensington High Street, west London. Housed in a landmark grade II* listed modernist building from the 1960s that has been sensitively retuned by John Pawson, the project is the culmination of a five-year construction process. The museum has now tripled to 10,000sqm from its previous premise in Shad Thames, ...
REX’s concept for the perelman center is inspired by the institution’s mission to ‘defy experiential expectations’. the center’s primary aims are to: foster artistic risk, incubate original productions, provide unparalleled flexibility, and deliver the most technologically advanced and digitally connected spaces for creative performance. ‘the perelman center is an immen...
once complete, one thousand museum will contain 83 residences alongside a wealth of luxury facilities, such as an aquatic center and a private helipad. the building has been designed by zaha hadid architects, with ODP architects working as the architect of record. the project takes its name from its location opposite museum park, and offers views across biscayne bay t...
the barcelona-based studio’s project has exercised the integration of blending the building structure within an urban ensemble. with this, the design aimed to minimize its exterior volume by inverting the program’s logical order. this response has led to the exhibition spaces located below ground level, in such way that the emerging structure -above street level- only co...
The three-story structure was conceived in collaboration with the Makoko waterfront community. Slightly adapted to the new site in Venice, the floating building showcases the potentials of easy prefabrication and rapid assembly. It is mobile and can be easily reassembled by communities living in regions affected by flooding. The team assembled the structure for the Veni...
What is the point of wondering now about women’s contribution to the design culture? There is a point, firstly in terms of a professional recognition which was hard fought for in the past and, in many cases, there has been late when not posthumous reparation. Creativity confined to the “gender” spheres (e.g. textiles and ceramics) has enjoyed little visibility. Italy’s...
The renovated arena has the capacity of 20,300 seats for large events, as well as smaller, more intimate performances for around 7,000 spectators. It will boast new amenities such as a large esplanade with a terrace, a large lobby, along with several additional spaces for dining and entertainment. The new Arena AccorHotels confirmed its place in the top 5 global venues,...
The factory-built homes not only give Americans the opportunity to buy a super insulated, energy-efficient home at what we presume will be an affordable price, but will also allow them to modify and customize their eco-friendly home to their tastes with ease. The Ecocor-RPA partnership launched today with the unveiling of eleven prefabricated passive house model home des...
Asymmetrical white walls will adorn a three-story visual arts center on the campus of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, which opened its doors in 1787. Holl’s signature minimalism is evident throughout the renderings unveiled during the college’s graduation ceremony this week. The New York-based architecture firm has developed a multi-phase plan for the college c...
Two years ago, in February 2014, Orkidstudio broke ground on a new girls’ school in Kenema, in the eastern region of the country, employing as many as seventy men and women from the local community each day. The Swawou Foundation sought to provide extensive new learning facilities for up to 120 young girls from the local area. First set up in 2009 by Ahmed Jaward and Ki...
Melbourne-based PHAB Architects transformed a former Nestle condensed milk packing shed into a contemporary art gallery called The Condensery. Located in Toogoolawah in Australia’s South East Queensland, the nearly century-old building was beautifully restored without compromising its industrial character. Built in the 1920s, the packing shed is the only surviving build...
Created to promote organic cooking and sustainable farming practices, River Cottage adopts a modern “farmyard” aesthetic that’s beautifully achieved through Satellite Architects’ eco-friendly renovations of disused farm buildings, as well as a new-build cookery school. Located in Devon of southwest England, River Cottage combines rural vernacular with high-quality materi...
