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Ningbo Urban Planning Exhibition Center / Playze + Schmidhuber
Curated by Paula Pintos Text description provided by the architects. It is located at the heart of the newly built “Ningbo Eastern New Town” adjacent to the city hall and the civic square. The…
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LocHal Library / CIVIC architects + Braaksma & Roos architectenbureau + Inside Outside + Mecanoo
Curated by María Francisca González Text description provided by the architects. The LocHal redefines the library typology. It has already been coined ‘the next big thing in public libraries’ by experts. While keeping…
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Oodi Helsinki Central Library / ALA Architects
Curated by María Francisca González Text description provided by the architects. Oodi occupies a hugely significant site in central Helsinki: facing the steps of the Finnish parliament building, the Eduskuntatalo across the Kansalaistori…
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MAAT / AL_A
Text description provided by the architects. MAAT is an outward-looking museum located on the banks of the Tagus in Belém, the district from where the Portuguese great explorers set off. Proposing…
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Natural History Museum of Utah / Ennead Architects
by Victoria King The design for the new Natural History Museum of Utah embodies the Museum’s mission to illuminate the natural world through scientific inquiry, educational outreach, mutual cultural experience and…
The National Museum of World Writing Tells its Stories Through Architecture
by Dima Stouhi Writing is an unending dialogue that has been connecting one generation to another, maintaining history, culture, and information. For the National Museum of World Writing, stories were built rather than written. Just…
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Qatar National Convention Centre / Arata Isozaki
Text description provided by the architects. Officially opened on 4 December 2011, the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) is one of the most sophisticated convention and exhibition centres built to date, boasting…
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Livraria Zhongshuge de Guiyang / X+Living
Curated by 韩爽 – HAN Shuang Text description provided by the architects. The project is located at Yun Shang Fang Zhou in the general bonded area of Guiyang. Standing at the commercial plaza, you can…
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Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore / X+Living
Curated by 韩爽 – HAN Shuang Text description provided by the architects. As one of the world’s largest inland city of mountains and rivers, Chongqing is a city full of surprises and wonderful and charming…
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Museum of Tomorrow / Santiago Calatrava
Text description provided by the architects. The design of the Museum is inspired by the Carioca culture and through its architecture, explores the relationship between the city and the natural environment. The…
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Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía / Santiago Calatrava
Text description provided by the architects. The Valencia Opera House is meant to serve as both a major performing arts facility for Valencia and as a dynamic urban landmark, helping to consolidate and animate the area in…
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Seongdong Cultural & Welfare Center / UnSangDong Architects
Text description provided by the architects. The city is required the concept of urban regeneration which renews the abandoned and polluted environment. The current concept of urban regeneration is well used…
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Institute of Contemporary Art / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Text description provided by the architects. The ICA is the first museum to be built in Boston in 100 years. The 65,000 sf building includes temporary and permanent galleries, a 330 seat multi–purpose theater, a…
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Kaan Architecten’s Utopia combines music school and library
By Anna Winston Kaan Architecten has extended a 19th century school to create the Utopia building in Aalst, Belgium, which contains a music school and library. Utopia, the Library and Academy for…
