Eight key projects by Christo and Jeanne Claude
Following the sad news that Christo has died, here are eight key projects by the Bulgarian artist and his late partner Jeanne Claude. More
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Cluster of hull-like roofs form The National Maritime Museum of China
Australian practice Cox Architecture designed The National Maritime Museum of China in Tianjin as four metal-clad wings that fan out to overlook Bohai Bay. More
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Tuñón Arquitectos adds white concrete gallery to Museum of Contemporary Art Helga de Alvear
Spanish practice Tuñón Arquitectos has added a white concrete extension to the Museum of Contemporary Art Helga de Alvear in Cáceres, Spain. More
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Spaceworkers interprets Romanesque architecture in concrete for Romanesque architecture interpretation centre
Architecture office Spaceworkers has designed the concrete Centro de Interpretação do Românico museum in Portuguese village Lousada to explain the history of Romanesque architecture in the north of the country. More
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Protests in Tirana as Albanian national theatre demolished to make way for BIG project
The site of BIG's proposed new national theatre in Tirana has become the focus of anti-government protests as demolition of the original theatre begins. More
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Museum de Lakenhal given redesign and concertina-style pale brick extension
Museum de Lakenhal, a 375-year-old building in the Dutch town of Leiden, has been given a contemporary extension and redesign by Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven and Julian Harrap Architects. More
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Equipo de Arquitectura updates synagogue in Paraguay with board-marked concrete
Board-marked concrete and warm wood are contrasted in this synagogue in Asunción, Paraguay, which has been renovated by local studio Equipo de Arquitectura. More
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New York's Poster House museum by LTL Architects contrasts "the rustic and the refined"
New York studio LTL Architects has designed minimal grey interiors that contrast white neoclassical pillars for the USA's first major museum dedicated to the history of posters. More
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Arthur Mamou-Mani seeks game designers to help realise virtual Burning Man installation
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has called for help to turn a timber amphitheatre designed for this year's Burning Man into a virtual experience after the desert festival was cancelled. More
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BIG creates spiral museum for Audemars Piguet in the Swiss mountains
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet is a spiral-shaped building rising up out of the landscape of Vallée de Joux in Switzerland designed by BIG for the watchmaker to house its collection of timepieces. More
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Arcadio and Javier Marín design Mexican art gallery to be an "inhabitable sculpture"
Monolithic concrete colonnades wrap around a pool in this studio and gallery that Mexican architect Arcadio Marín has designed for his sculptor brother Javier. More
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Beeline installation by SO-IL creates a "clandestine" shortcut through Amanda Levete's MAAT museum
Architecture studio SO-IL has designed a major installation for Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology that creates a new public route through the middle of the Amanda Levete-designed building via a secret rear entrance. More
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Microlibrary Warak Kayu features a hammock-style floor and a swing
Architecture firm Shau has built a library in Semarang, Indonesia, featuring a grand staircase, a net floor and a large communal swing. More
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10 significant concrete buildings featured in Chinese Brutalism Today
Alberto Bologna spotlights 10 key buildings from his book Chinese Brutalism Today, which examines the enduring trend of concrete architecture in China. More
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MVRDV's art depot for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen nears completion
New photographs reveal that the MVRDV-designed Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen is nearing completion in Rotterdam. More
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Baerbel Mueller and Juergen Strohmayer create concrete gallery in Accra
Architect Baerbel Mueller and architectural designer Juergen Strohmayer have created a multi-use gallery for the Nubuke Foundation in Ghana. More
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Henning Larsen designs Norwegian arctic museum as "cluster of glowing beacons"
Henning Larsen has revealed plans for The Arctic University Museum of Norway, which will evoke a cascade of glass beacons on the coast of Tromsø. More
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Provencher Roy spirals ramp underneath Quebec parliament building
Provencher Roy and GLCRM Architectes have added a subterranean pavilion to the parliamentary home of the Canadian province Quebec. More
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Zigzagging aluminium walls wrap Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
American firm Rand Elliott Architects has designed a new home for the Oklahoma Contemporary art centre covered in 16,800 extruded aluminium fins. More
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Frank Gehry's twisting Luma Arles tower nears completion in France
Scaly aluminium cladding and projecting glass boxes wrap around Frank Gehry's Luma Arles tower, which is nearing completion in the south of France. More
