
Cultural Center: The Latest Architecture and News
Casa de las Ideas Library / CROstudio
Vanke Sales Center Façade Renovation / Shenzhen Upright & Pure Architectural Design Co., Ltd

- Area: 4600 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Meijing zhizhou Development Ltd, Locus Associates, Matrix Design
Fine Arts Museum / Estudio Hago
Balnea Pavilion / Blouin Tardif Architectes

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Architects: Blouin Tardif Architectes
- Year: 2014
de Trefkoele+ Community Center / MoederscheimMoonen Architects + Spring Architecten

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Architects: MoederscheimMoonen Architects, Spring Architecten
- Area: 7500 m²
- Year: 2014
Grenswerk Poppodium / van Dongen-Koschuch
Harvard Art Museums Renovation and Expansion / Payette + Renzo Piano Building Workshop

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Architects: Payette, Renzo Piano Building Workshop
- Area: 204000 ft²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Goppion, Zone Display Cases, Thrislington Cubicles
Hardesty Arts Center / Selser Schaefer Architects

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Architects: Selser Schaefer Architects
- Area: 43000 m²
- Year: 2012
designcamp moonpark dmp Wins Competition for Asan Cultural Arts Center

designcamp moonpark dmp has won a competition to design the new cultural arts center in Asan, South Korea. The winning proposal, inspired by an "Echoing Sculpture," balances mass and void with two theaters and a cultural arts building that frames a garden and civic waterfront plaza.
More on the winning design, after the break.
Mikolai Adamus' Proposal for a New Aquarium in Gdynia

Mikolai Adamus has shared with us his proposal for a “New Aquarium” to activate the Southern Pier in Gdynia, Poland. Using the golden ratio and the Fibonacci sequence to guide the design, the rectangular structure burrows into the pier, becoming secondary to the surrounding landscape. As Adamus describes, the aquarium is designed to transparent and “a place where architecture is subordinated to function, devoid of unnecessary detail.” More details, after the break.
Leventis Art Gallery / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

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Architects: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: GCC Iacovu, Cyprus, GEMAC, J&A Philippou, RESDE DPM, +1
BIG Reveals 20-Year Restoration Plan for Washington DC's Smithsonian Campus

Nearly a year-and-a-half since the announcement of their selection, BIG has unveiled plans for a massive, 20-year-long overhaul for the Smithsonian’s southern campus in the center of Washington DC. With an overarching goal to unite the site by dissolving the notable impediments and discontinuous pathways that plague the area, BIG plans to also expand visitor, education and gallery spaces, while updating aging and inefficient building systems.
"Where today each museum is almost like a separate entity, in the future, it’s going to be a much more open, intuitive and inviting campus to meander around," Bjarke Ingels explained.
Dorte Mandrup Designs Wadden Sea Center for Denmark's Largest National Park

The city of Esbjerg has selected Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter through a competition to extend and refurbish the Wadden Sea Center in Vester Vedsted. A UNESCO World Heritage area, the Wadden Sea is Denmark’s largest National park. The new center aims to “create awareness and understanding for the marshland and the Wadden Sea,” as jury member and leader of the center Klaus Melbye explains. “The architecture is sustainable, visionary and bold and brings forth the Centre as an didactic information centre of the future.”
More about Dorte Mandrup’s winning design, after the break.
Extension to the Academy of Fine Arts / Hascher Jehle Architektur

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Architects: Hascher Jehle Architektur
- Year: 2013
MOSCA / Sarquella + Torres Arquitectes
Zurich Zoo Foyer Renovation & Extension / L3P Architects

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Architects: L3P Architects
- Year: 2014
Cultural Center Univates / Tartan Arquitetura e Urbanismo

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Architects: Tartan Arquitetura e Urbanismo
- Area: 9501 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Atlas Schindler, 3form, Ambi Brasil, Andaluz, Arcelor Mittal, +21
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Professionals: Engenhosul Obras, Lohmann Engenharia, Projeconsult, Simon Engenharia, Tartan Arquitetura e Urbanismo


















