All Blog Posts Tagged 'cultural' (55)

Architecture firms HHF and Burckhardt+Partner were awarded second prize for their…

Za Koenji Public Theater is the work of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Toyo Ito.  Located in the Suginami…

The 420-foot tall mixed-use Phoenix Observation Tower is poised to become the headline destination in the Valley of the Sun in Arizona.  The design by BIG has been nicknamed "The Pin," and…

Designed by Randall Stout Architects, the Art Gallery of Alberta sits in downtown Edmonton, Alberta on Sir Winston Churchill Square.  The original museum was an undersized 1960s brutalist concrete…

The new Nanjing Sifang Art Museum sits at the gateway to the Contemporary International Practical Exhibition of Architecture.  Rising from the landscape of the Pearl Spring, the museum by…

Lighthouse Tower is a proposal by Mikou Design Studio that marks the entrance to Rio de Janeiro.  It is intended to be the poetic embodiment of its surroundings: the lush tropical…

The bold and distinctive design of the Library Building in Clapham One is the work of London’s own Studio Egret West, in collaboration with Cathedral Group. …

The Ningbo History Museum was designed by Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio, who is the first Chinese citizen to win the prestigious…

Espacio Talca takes an emptied Chilean prison and turns it into a viable public space for arts, sports, politics, and retail.  The winning proposal was created by a team of architects that includes Guillermo Hevia García,…

The concept design behind the Star Performing Arts Center is the desire to blur the boundaries between retail and cultural zones, as well as indoor and outdoor spaces.   Located at Vista Xchange in Singapore,…

Set to open its doors on November 9^th, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University was designed by Zaha…

21st Century Oasis is the stunning proposal by Japanese practice Sou Fujimoto Architects in collaboration with Taiwanese firm Fei & Cheng Associates that won first prize last year in the Taiwan…

The imposing Cottbus Library has an amoeba-like footprint and a glazed glass façade that is covered in repetitive white text and images.  The neutral-colored approach is…

The Wayfarers Chapel was designed by architect Lloyd Wright, son of the famous Frank Lloyd Wright.  Located along the coast of the Pacific Ocean in southern…

The Sir Duncan Rice Library of the University of Aberdeen is conceived as a cube that evokes the ice and light of the north.  Its straight exterior is covered in a façade whose myriad angled lines are reminiscent of shards of ice.  By contrast,…

The new Shell Museum in Dalian, China draws from its interior collections to inspire its outside form.  The architecture was conceived by the Design Institute of Civil Engineering & Architecture of…

I want to play here! 

Aarhus Gymnastics and Motor Skills Hall has been designed to encourage movement in 3- to 10-year-olds with footbridges and platforms along the length of the hall, and an area with…

The Chapel of Rest for the Steinfeld cemetery is composed of two curving formwork elements that are intended to resemble two gentle, receiving hands.  It is the centerpiece of the redesigned Cemetery Centre in Graz, Austria.  The reinforced concrete structure by…

Olafur Eliasson has virtually erased the boundaries between inside and outside, and between museum and artwork, in an effort to encourage people to think and sense beyond their traditional limits.…

Tower Studio sits perched on a rocky stretch of Fogo Island shoreline in Newfoundland, Canada.  It can only be reached by a 12-inch wide temporary wooden boardwalk.  Once that is gone, only a hike along the shore from the adjacent…