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 BUILDING SYSTEMS,FACADE / SKIN,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MASS & SHAPE,MATERIALS USED,Metal Sheet,Museum,OUTDOOR SPACE,Prefabricated elements,Steel,Travel,USABILITY,VOIDDecember 26, 2012
The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Hadid, the 46,000-square-foot Broad Art Museum at MSU features a striking façade of pleated stainless steel and glass, distinguishing the building from the traditional brick Collegiate Gothic north campus, and signaling the museum and the university’s forward-looking approach…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,BUILDING SYSTEMS,Concrete,Deck / Terrace / Plaza,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,FUNCTIONAL,Harmony With The Context,MASS & SHAPE,MATERIALS USED,Memorial & Museum Space,Museum,Natural Stone & Rock,OUTDOOR SPACE,Public Space,SOLUTION,Step / Stair,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,Wall / Retaining wall,World's Best Places to VisitOctober 17, 2012
Architecture is a means to bring people to the natural environment. The Museum features a large plaza that characterizes the building. The development of this area was vital to connecting the building to the environment. It arose from the idea to strengthen the relationship between the town and the natural landscape that exists around the museum…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,COLOR,Featured,FUNCTIONAL,MASS & SHAPE,Metal Sheet,Museum,OUTDOOR SPACE,Prefabricated elements,Steel,STRUCTURAL,Theatre and Auditorium,TravelSeptember 16, 2012
Design Museum Holon is the first museum in Israel dedicated to Design. The building of the museum was planned and designed by Israeli architect and industrial designer Ron Arad in cooperation with Bruno Asa. The museum is in the eastern part of the new culture area of Holon that includes the Médiathèque (central library, theater, cinémathèque). Nearby is the faculty of design in the Holon Institute of Technology…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in BUILDING SYSTEMS,CANTILEVERED,Concrete,DAYLIGHTING,FACADE / SKIN,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,GREEN AREA,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,INTERIORs SPACE,MATERIALS USED,Museum,Ornaments & Details,OUTDOOR SPACE,SOLUTION,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,USABILITY,World's Best Places to VisitSeptember 10, 2012
Designed by Allied Works Architecture, New Museum to House 94% of Still’s Creative Output and Provide Unprecedented Opportunity for New Scholarship and Public Appreciation of One of America’s Greatest Painters. The new museum will provide visitors with an intimate environment to experience the art of Clyfford Still. The museum’s inaugural exhibition will feature 100 works drawn from the Still collection…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Concrete,DAYLIGHTING,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,FUNCTIONAL,glass facade,GREEN AREA,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,INTERIORs SPACE,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MASS & SHAPE,Museum,OUTDOOR SPACE,Reseach / laboratories Center,SUSTAINABILITY,Translucent,TravelAugust 1, 2012
The Cité du Surf et de l’Ocean Museum intends to raise awareness of oceanic issues and explore educational and scientific Aspects of the surf and sea and Their role upon our leisure, science, and ecology. The project, designed in collaboration with Solange Fabião, is comprised of a museum building, exhibition areas, and a plaza, Within A larger master plan. The building form dérives from the spatial concept “Under the Sky” / “under the sea”…
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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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