Architecture

February 23rd, 2009

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The Armani 5th Avenue store in New York City, designed by Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas Architects, opened last week. More »

February 23rd, 2009

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French architects Beckmann-N’Thépé and landscape designers TN+ have won a competition to remodel Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland. More »

February 23rd, 2009

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Stockholm-based architects Tham + Videgard Hansson Arkitekter have designed a hotel hidden in the trees, to be located in Harads, Sweden. More »

February 23rd, 2009

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Prague architects Projektil Architekti have completed Sluňákov, a centre for ecological activities in Olomouc, the Czech Republic. More »

February 22nd, 2009

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Buenos Aires architects Dieguez Fridman Arquitectos & Asociados have designed the flagship store for female fashion brand Ayres Store in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More »

February 21st, 2009

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Here’s another project by Toyko company Hiroyuki Tanaka Architects, who designed the House in Hiyoshi in our earlier story. More »

February 19th, 2009

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Rotterdam architects MVRDV have completed an apartment building at the docklands in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More »

February 19th, 2009

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MUMUTH, the Haus für Musik und Musiktheater in Graz, Austria, designed by UNStudio, opens on 1 March. More »

February 19th, 2009

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Danish architects MAPT have won first prize in a competition to design a cafe in the Anker Brygge harbour in Oslo, Norway. More »

February 17th, 2009

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Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au have won a competition to design the headquarters for China Insurance Group in Shenzhen, China. More »

February 17th, 2009

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Eden Bio, a Parisian social housing development set in an “urban wilderness” and designed by French architect Edouard François, has been completed. More »

February 17th, 2009

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Architects MAD have revealed a masterplan created when they invited 11 young architecture practices - including BIG, JDS, Mass Studies, Serie and Sou Fujimoto Architects - to design conceptual projects for Huaxi city centre in Guiyang, China. More »

February 16th, 2009

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Berlin architects Sauerbruch Hutton have completed the exterior of the new Brandhorst Museum in Munich, Germany. More »

February 16th, 2009

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London firm Sarah Wigglesworth Architects have completed a bike store in Bermondsey, London. More »

February 14th, 2009

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German architecture graduate Nora Graw has sent us these images of her diploma project for the film industry, located on the waterfront in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More »

February 11th, 2009

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Five buildings have been shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009. More »

February 10th, 2009

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Andrew Lih has sent us a set of photos of Office for Metropolitan Architecture’s Television Cultural Centre in Beijing, which was destroyed by fire last night (via Dezain). More »

February 9th, 2009

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London practice Zaha Hadid Architects have designed two buildings for the city of Reggio Calabria in Italy. More »

February 9th, 2009

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Elliot White, a 3rd year architecture student at Pratt Institute in New York has sent us these images of his conceptual design for a redevelopment of Queens Museum of Art at the World’s Fair site in Queens, New York. More »

February 8th, 2009

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London architects Sybarite have completed the new Alberta Ferretti flagship store in Los Angeles, California, USA. More »