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Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 – The latest pavilion, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, opened on 8 June and runs until 20 October. Fujimoto, the youngest of the 13 architects tapped for the annual pavilion in London’s Kensington Gardens, envisioned the structure as an assemblage of white grids that is organic, almost cloudlike…

Aurland Lookout (Stegastein Viewpoint) stands at 2000 feet height above the sea level, is built by Todd Saunders and Tommie Wihelmsen. It’s one of the most popular attractions in Norway. This project is part of a national program on tourist routes commissioned by the Norwegian Highway Department. A popular sightseeing bus roundtrip from Flåm and Aurland to the spectacular viewpoint Stegastein. Here, approx. 650 meters above the village Aurland and the fjord, you get a fantastic view of the fjord scenery. It’s a perfect place to take your holiday photos. The pictures actually say more than a thousand words…

The Gran Museo del Mundo Maya (Great Mayan Culture Museum) is a museum located in the city of Merida , Yucatan in Mexico . It has four permanent exhibition rooms, multimedia rooms and a screening room for documentaries, all related to the Mayan culture. The museum is located at the beginning of the road from Mérida to the port of Progreso , next to the Convention Center Yucatan Siglo XXI where industrial complex was Cordemex…

The design effort has been led by Steven Holl architects, a Columbia University faculty member and world-renowned architect who has won several awards including the AIA NY Sustainable Design Award and the American Architect Award. The Campbell Sports Center, the flagship of Columbia’s athletic renewal. The first new athletics building since the Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center was built in the mid-1970s, The Campbell Sports Center is the new cornerstone of the revitalized Baker Athletics Complex…

The two Danish architects Kristoffer Tejlgaard and Benny Jepsen have recently completed a deconstructed geodesic dome, commissioned by BL, the interest organization representing about 700 housing associations, which manage almost 20% of Denmark’s dwellings. The architects wanted to create a unique structure not only for the event (which was intended to discuss the future of housing), but also offer an independent piece of work that would in itself be a contribution…

Kielder Observatory was created by Charles Barclay Architects with the ambition to provide a dramatic yet sympathetic base for astronomers on the high fells overlooking Kielder Water & Forest Park. The structure resembles both a pier and a ship and is constructed mostly from timber…

KREOD is an innovative architectural sculpture, organic in form, environmentally-friendly and inspired by nature. Resembling three seeds, these three 20m² pods combine through a series of interlocking hexagons to create an enclosed structure that is not only magnificently-intricate but secure and weatherproof. KREOD functions beautifully both as an architectural landmark and an imaginative exhibition space…