Designer Michal Staško designed a brightly colored cinema in Samorin-Cilistov, Slovakia, based on the idea of TULI beanbags being used as colorful objects that would be ideal to sit on. The cinema originally had a capacity of 300 seats, that now been completely transformed into colorful beanbag seating for around 100 visitiors, that would provide […] More
The Caixaforum cultural centre designed by Estudio Carme Pinós is part of La Caixa Foundation and is located on Avenida Anselmo Clavé 4, close to the railway station. The site covers an area of 4407 square metres. The building is designed for all types of public and offers a wide range of activities, such as conferences, seminars, […] More
Bing Thom Architects designed the Surrey City Centre Library near Vancouver featuring angled concrete walls, curved windows and a pointy corner that resembles a ship’s bow. The library is the main branch of the public library system in Surrey. The dwelling replaced an outdated facility and marked an important phase of “a major civic investment […] More
Sydney is getting a new civic and creative center, designed by architect Kengo Kuma as a circular building covered in spirals of wood.The 30-meter-tall structure will rise six stories and provide space for a ground-floor market hall, library space, makerspace, childcare center, additional program for start-ups, and a rooftop restaurant with views of Tumbalong Park, […] More
Set in the busy main road of the Avenue du General Gallieni in the district of lower Joinville,this contemporary school of dance was designed by Lankry architectes in 2015. Take a look at the complete story below. More
The Biesbosch Museum in Werkendam has undergone an eight-month redesign by Studio Marco Vermeulen and has been finally opened to the public in summer 2015.Take a closer look at the new museum below. More
Gordon Parks Arts Hall is bracketed by the two symmetrical neo-gothic towers of Belfield Hall at the north end of the University of Chicago Laboratory School’s main campus. The 1904 limestone façade of Belfield is reflected and re-interpreted in a muscular form in the Arts Hall, a visual dialogue of the 21st century with the […] More
Renowned architect Álvaro Siza Vieira has completed a public auditorium in llinars del vallès, a catalan village located 40 kilometers northeast of Barcelona. The project is conformed by two red brick buildings, one which houses an auditorium with capacity for 300 seats and a second building with all the offices and technical spaces associated to the theater. Take a look at the […] More
The project involves the restoration and renovation of the building called the old officers’ mess and extension of the building to create a design center for businesses to professionalize and promote young designers and the Walloon design. This is a building dating from around the late seventeenth century and the first quarter of the eighteenth century […] More
Architecture firm Snøhetta has designed library it has designed a library for Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It aims to challenge the “traditional typology of the research library”. For students and the surrounding community, the new building will house a “variety of study spaces, resource centers, sophisticated information technology, public spaces and event hall”.The project […] More
Christ & Gantenbein have designed a new wing for the National Museum in Zurich. Set to open to the public in July 2016, the new wing provides exhibition galleries, an auditorium and a library for the 118-year-old museum, which houses the largest collection of cultural and historical objects in Switzerland. The raw concrete chosen by […] More
Cologne based architecture firm RSAA has unveiled its designs for a new church complex in China’s Zhangjiagang district.The project consists of a central building surrounded by a ring of supporting structures aimed to serve the community, as well as sheltering the inner basilica from outside noises. The northern buildings will consist of prayer and counselling spaces, in the south […] More