Leeuwarden is the European Capital of Culture 2018, and museum Princessehof celebrates its 100th birthday. This anniversary was the motive for a major renovation of the museum, with the goal of increasing its appeal and accessibility to visitors. i29 interior architects created a surprisingly modern interior in the monumental buildings, which date from the 18th […] More
Taller de Arquitectura Contextual designed the NOON Afterschool in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico, an after school offering workshops, school counseling ad a general stay for children. Take a look at the complete story below. More
Maki and Associates designed the Bihar Museum as a “campus” – an interconnected landscape of buildings and exterior spaces that implements a multi-faceted museum program. Take a look at the complete story after the jump. More
Fondazione Prada will open a new Tower – Torre, on 20 April 2018 to the public. Torre marks the completion of the foundation’s Milan venue, designed by Rem Koolhaas, with Chris van Duijn and Federico Pompignoli, from architecture firm OMA, and first unveiled in May 2015. Take a look at the complete stroy after the […] More
Dominique Coulon et Associés have designed the « 3ème Lieu » media library. The library offers the city of Thionville, on the border with Luxembourg, a new cultural place that incorporates the old library and the center of plastic and digital arts. The result is a hybrid building, with undulating shapes, in which the reader also […] More
Dominique Coulon et Associés have recently completed the Théodore Gouvy Theater of Freyming-Merlebach. The project proposes a new space for culture. With its deconstructed bright white silhouette, it becomes the symbol of the renewal of this city with a substantial industrial past driven by the cooling industry. Take a look at the complete story after the […] More
How the museums can help improve the landscape of the city? Over the centuries the architecture has played a certain part of role and has influenced not only artists but also created a certain type of image of a different city. Now the entire art history we can know only by visiting museums which still […] More
Atelier Urban Face designed these stunning kiosks in Montreal’s most beloved landmarks and urban family escapes, the Mount Royal Park, in 2017. The kiosks are a practical response the surroundings and integrate into the park in the most discreet and harmonious manner possible. Take a look at the complete story after the jump. More
Tabanlıoğlu Architects is in charge of the reconstruction of the Ataturk Cultural Center in Istanbul (AKM). The center will overlook the city’s iconic Taksim Squareand is expected to be completed in 2019. The Center will be the new centrally located home for Istanbul’s arts and culture scene of twenty-first century Istanbul. Not only will the […] More
First, the location was selected. A hole was excavated in the limestone, a cellar open to the sky, then a cave was created, a fissured limestone karst landscape, soft steps with worn treads, then the blinding light, and a return to the caves to marvel at the organ pipe stalactites… More
NBBJ designed the Northside Library located in Columbus, OH, United States, in 2017. Take a look at the complete story below. Libraries are in transition. Once a point of knowledge dissemination and quiet introspection, they are becoming places to meet, socialize, study, hang out and plug in. Historically, we have seen a library’s civic value […] More
The New York Public Library has unveiled a Master Plan for its iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, one of the nation’s leading research libraries, which for over a century has stood as a symbol of open and free access to information and opportunity. The $317 million plan for the historic Midtown building on Fifth Avenue […] More