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Cidade das Artes: An Easily Delightful Mass of Concrete in Rio
Cidade das Artes is a massively impressive concrete building standing in the middle of two busy highways in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The architect took over a site in the middle of a new district in Rio...
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Theatre de Stoep: A Rejuvenation of Spijkenisse by UNStudio
Public facilities play a major role in setting the mood of a city. Most often than not; libraries, museums and other public amenities lack the spirit or oomph to inspire life above the utility for...
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The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Frank Gehry’s Curvaceous, Stainless Steel in...
Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall is a world-class performance venue to the privileged people of Los Angeles and a tribute to Walt Disney’s devotion to the arts, an idea coined by his wife,...
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Theatre Agora is UNStudio’s Colorful Addition to Lelystad
The Kaleidoscope is an interesting invention coined by Sir David Brewster in 1817. The word ‘Kaleidoscope’ is a combination of ancient Greek words which would all come to refer to the observation of...
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Trinity River Audubon Centre, Dallas Texas by Antoine Predock and BRW Architects
Not so far from Dallas City‘s concrete jungle, shimmering lights and labyrinthine expressways is the Trinity River Audubon Centre, located in the largest urban hardwood forest in the United States....
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Pérez Art Museum: A Miami Stiltsville Metaphor by Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron is one of the world’s most respected architectural firms. The practice has over the years developed a reputation for conjuring up some of the planet’s most original building...
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Kengo Kuma’s Shortlisted Proposal for the ArtA Cultural Centre in Arnhem is a...
Kengo Kuma doesn’t shy away from incorporating the contextual signature material of a locality into his contemporary designs. For the ArtA Cultural Centre, a competition that featured firms like BIG,...
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Marina Bay Sands: Singapore’s Ultimate Resort Destination by Moshe Safdie
There are projects that come once in the lifetime of an architect, even great architects – twice or thrice if one’s really lucky. One such project is the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Safdie...
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Moshe Safdie’s Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum is an Indelible Concrete...
Located on Jerusalem’s Mount of Remembrance (HaZikaron) is the distillation of Israel’s Holocaust history. Yad Vashem was established in 1953 with the task of documenting the history of the Jewish...
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The Auditorium of the Park – A New Dawn for L’Aquila by Renzo Piano Building...
Great devastations always come with them the opportunities for fresh starts. As the first blossoms of spring breathe in life to the different shades of white that characterize winter – so a new and...
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Qujing Culture Centre: A Befitting Anti-gravity Concrete Mass to House...
Two of China’s oldest artefacts more than modestly referred to as ‘miracles’ needed a place to call home. A man-made lake situated in Qujing City, China, was the location upon which this home would be...
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Lotte World Tower: An Emblem of Korean Artistry by Kohn Pedersen Fox
This year will see a new addition in the top 10 list of the world’s tallest buildings. The 555 meter tall Lotte World Tower that is currently under construction in Seoul, is set to reach heights never...
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Peruri 88: MVRDV Explores Vertical Urbanism for Jakarta
Architects have for a long time interrogated the possibility of “a city in the sky.” With the continual densification of cities, it won’t be long before architects, urban planners and city authorities...
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The Cloud: Two Fused Luxury Residential Towers by MVRDV to Grace Seoul’s...
The Cloud is a set of two residential towers by MVRDV that will soon grace Seoul’s Yongstan District’s skyline. The project is part of the new Yongstan Dreamhub Project whose master plan was developed...
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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center by Renzo Piano Building Workshop...
Renzo Piano’s work stretches several countries around the world. From London’s tallest building, The Shard, to the Kimbell Art Museum Extension in Texas and The Auditorium of the Park in Italy, the...
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Emerging from the Landscape is the Undulating Harbin Opera House by MAD...
Back in the 19th Century, Polish immigrants arrived in plenty in Harbin, China, to build the Chinese Eastern Railway that would connect the country to the Trans-Siberian Railway. With that, Harbin...
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Szczecin Philharmonic Hall by Barozzi Veiga: A Building Worthy of the Mies...
The Szczecin Philharmonic Hall is a thing of beauty: a bright, translucent and upstanding object. Located in Poland’s city of Szczecin, the building that was designed by the Spanish architectural firm,...
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The Auditorium of the Park – A New Dawn for L’Aquila by Renzo Piano Building...
Great devastations always come with them the opportunities for fresh starts. As the first blossoms of spring breathe in life to the different shades of white that characterize winter – so a new and...
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Qujing Culture Centre: A Befitting Anti-gravity Concrete Mass to House...
Two of China’s oldest artefacts more than modestly referred to as ‘miracles’ needed a place to call home. A man-made lake situated in Qujing City, China, was the location upon which this home would be...
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Lotte World Tower: An Emblem of Korean Artistry by Kohn Pedersen Fox
This year will see a new addition in the top 10 list of the world’s tallest buildings. The 555 meter tall Lotte World Tower that is currently under construction in Seoul, is set to reach heights never...
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