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Al Zorah Pavilion / Annabel Karim Kassar

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Pavilion, Institutional buildings, Cultural Center
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Ajman, United Arab Emirates

RAW Design Warms Canadian Skaters with Fur-Inspired “Nuzzles”

Toronto-based RAW Design has been crowned winner of the annual Warming Huts competition, which is intended to “push the envelop of design, craft and art” by encouraging architects to design innovative warming shelters along the frozen Red River Mutual Trail in Winnipeg, Canada.

Moving away from the traditional notion of an enclosed shelter, the firm’s winning proposal “Nuzzles” engages skaters with a playful arrangement of “insulated appendages” (a.k.a. pool noodles) supported by a geodesic lattice structure that is illuminated and heated from within. Users are encouraged to “nestle into the structure” and manipulate its fur-like exterior into informal resting areas. 

Archaeological Pavilion / kadawittfeldarchitektur

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Pavilion
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Aachen, Germany

Finnish/Chinese Architects Explore Copying and Collaboration at the Shenzhen Biennale

As part of the Shenzhen Architecture Biennale, Finnish practice Lassila Hirvilammi Architects entered into a collaboration with Chinese architect Gigi Leung to explore the themes of copying, authenticity and knowledge transfer between cultures. Working with master craftsmen, they created two versions of the same space (each influenced by their respective cultures), intentionally blurring the line between copying and taking inspiration.

Read on for more on this lesson in sharing differing architectural understandings

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Teshima Yokoo House / Yuko Nagayama & Associates

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Museum
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Tonosho, Japan

Born CC Library / Jorge Pérez Vale

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Hall 32 / Böll Architekten

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Refurbishment, Renovation, Cultural Center
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Gummersbach, Germany

New Opera in Jinan / Paul Andreu Architecte

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opera house
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Jinan, China

Princess Alexandra Auditorium / Associated Architects LLP

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auditorium, Schools
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Yarm, United Kingdom

Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto Designs the "Ideal Museum" in Japan

“This is the worst space I have ever encountered,” claimed Hiroshi Sugimoto in regards to the OMA-designed main gallery space at Seoul’s Leeum Samsung Museum of Art. Not a stranger to criticism, the Japanese photographer has decided to take museum design into his own hands, drafting what he claims to be the “ideal museum” on a coastal site in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture.

9/9 bis The Metaphone / Hérault Arnod Architectes

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Refurbishment, Renovation
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Oignies, France

Vertical Glass House / Atelier FCJZ

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Pavilion, Houses
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Shanghai, China
  • Architects: Atelier FCJZ
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  170 m²
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Acor

Pharmacy Museum / Site Specific Arquitectura

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Cultural Architecture, Museums & Exhibit
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Porto, Portugal

Harry Gugger and over,under Design Museum to House Central America’s Largest Maya Collection

Basel-based Harry Gugger Studio and Boston’s over,under have collaborated to design the Museo Maya de América, Central America’s largest museum of Maya artifacts and culture. Planned for a prominent site at the Northern edge of L’Aurora Park in Guatemala City, the $60 million project will be the “capstone” to a “cultural nexus”, which will eventually include the Children’s Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art within the city's largest recreational open space.

Suzhou SND District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall / BDP

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Exhibition center
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China
  • Architects: BDP
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  12000 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

China Taiyuan Coal Transaction Center / 2A2 Design Department, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD)

China Taiyuan Coal Transaction Center / 2A2 Design Department, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD) - Exhibition Center, Facade, Cityscape
© Yang Chaoying
Exhibition center
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Taiyuan, China

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Parc national du Lac-Témiscouata Discovery & Visitor Centre / bisson, charron architectes

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visitor center, Cultural Architecture
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Degelis, Canada

Garage Of The Bears / Openbox Architects

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Pavilion, Renovation
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Bangkok, Thailand
  • Architects: Openbox Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  230 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013