Posted by DesignalmicPosted in ATMOSPHERE,DAYLIGHTING,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,Gallery,glass facade,GREEN AREA,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,INTERIORs SPACE,Landform / Contour / Lawn,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MATERIALS USED,Memorial & Museum Space,Metal Sheet,Museum,NATURAL VENTILATION,OUTDOOR SPACE,Steel,TravelMay 8, 2013
Situated on a former coal mine in Lens, a quiet town in northern France, the newly opened branch of the Musée du Louvre stands as a stunning essay in transparency and geometry. Designed by the Japanese firm SANAA in collaboration with the Manhattan studio Imrey Culbert…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,BUILDING SYSTEMS,COLOR,DAYLIGHTING,Featured,Gallery,GREEN AREA,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,Marble,Pavilion,SOLUTION,Steel,TravelFebruary 20, 2013
The Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, the cornerstone of Phase II of LACMA’s Transformation, complements BCAM architecturally. The Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, designed by Renzo Piano, dramatically expands the museum’s exhibition space and unifies the western half of the museum’s twenty-acre campus. The single-story, 45,000 square foot structure is the largest purpose-built, naturally lit, open-plan museum space in the world…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Concrete,DAYLIGHTING,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,Gallery,GREEN AREA,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,INTERIORs SPACE,MASS & SHAPE,Museum,NATURAL VENTILATION,OUTDOOR SPACE,SCALE & SIZE,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,USABILITYJuly 31, 2012
The Hepworth Wakefield is Yorkshire’s inspiring new art gallery, celebrating the area’s unique artistic legacy and exploring the work of major contemporary artists. Designed by David Chipperfield Architects, ten superb gallery spaces make this one of the UK’s largest purpose-built galleries outside London…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 5. Large House - (more than 650 sqm),Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Ceramic / Tile,Concrete,Contemporary House,Courtyard,DAYLIGHTING,Door / Windows,Exterior Cladding Materials,FACADE / SKIN,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Famous / Popular / Great / World : House,Featured,FUNCTIONAL,Gallery,Glass House,Green & Sustainable House,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,House's Color,House's Level,House's Lighting,Indoor / Outdoor : Garden,Interior Space,INTERIORs SPACE,Luxury House,MATERIALS USED,NATURAL VENTILATION,Ornaments & Details,OUTDOOR SPACE,Plaster / Mortar / Masonry,Roof,SUSTAINABILITY,Ventilation,VOIDJuly 15, 2012
Steven Holl Architects – new york-based firm has completed the Daeyang Gallery and House, located in the Sungbuk district of Seoul, Korea. The private gallery and house were inspired by a 1967 sketch of a music score by composer Istvan Anhalt called ‘Symphony of Modules’, discovered in a book by John Cage titled ‘Notations’…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Adaptive Reuse,Brick Block,Editor's Picks,FACADE / SKIN,Firm / Solid / Strong,Gallery,Gallery Interior,MATERIALS USED,Modern Contempory Style,Simplicity,SmoothJune 15, 2012
Designed by award-winning Irish architects O’Donnell + Tuomey, the transformed building features a two storey extension that will double the size of the previous exhibition space. Providing a platform for an enhanced programme of exhibitions…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,CANTILEVERED,FACADE / SKIN,Featured,Gallery,Harmony With The Context,MASS & SHAPE,MATERIALS USED,Metal Sheet,SteelDecember 21, 2011
Located on a sloping terrain, surrounded by forest, this pavilion redesigned the topography so that the volume of the building blends…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Adaptive Reuse,Concrete,DAYLIGHTING,FACADE / SKIN,Featured,Gallery,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MASS & SHAPE,Museum,Ornaments & Details,VOIDNovember 7, 2011
The programme for this job was to restructure and extend the Musée d’Art Moderne of Lille, which stands in a magnificent park at Villeneuve d’Ascq. Designed by Roland Simounet and inaugurated in 1983, the existing buildings have already acquired historic landmark status…
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