Amelia Tavella Architectes adds perforated copper extension to a Corsican convent
French studio Amelia Tavella Architectes renovated and extended a 15th-century convent on the island of Corsica, adding a perforated copper volume. More
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Kengo Kuma draws on fairytale landscapes for Hans Christian Andersen museum in Denmark
Winding maze-like hedges wrap a series of green-roofed timber pavilions at a museum dedicated to the work of Hans Christian Andersen in Odense, Denmark, designed by Japanese practice Kengo Kuma & Associates. More
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Snøhetta adds reflective underground extension to Ordrupgaard Museum
Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed an extension to Denmark's Ordrupgaard Museum, uniting the original country manor building and a 2005 Zaha Hadid addition with new subterranean galleries that make a sculptural protrusion into the landscape. More
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Carlo Ratti Associati designs MAE Museum dedicated to carbon fibre
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota have designed a museum dedicated to carbon fibre, which will be partially made from the material. More
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Laplace and Piet Oudolf transform 18th-century naval hospital into Hauser & Wirth art gallery
Architecture studio Laplace and landscape architect Piet Oudolf have transformed and repurposed a collection of historic buildings on Isla del Rey in Menorca into an art centre for the Hauser & Wirth gallery. More
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Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira Architects place concrete art pavilion atop hill in South Korea
Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira Architects have built a monolithic concrete art pavilion that will be used to display sculptures by Siza in an art park in South Korea. More
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Historic Palacio Pereira in Santiago turned into Chile's Ministry of Culture
Architects Cecilia Puga, Paula Velasco and Alberto Moletto have restored Santiago's Palacio Pereira, an abandoned 19th-century neoclassical mansion, turning it into offices where Chile's new constitution will be written. More
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Cobe reveals design for Gothenburg University Library with facade curved like book pages
Danish architecture studio Cobe has won the competition for the new University of Gothenburg library, with a design that evokes the pages of a book being opened. More
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MVRDV to transform Eindhoven's Heuvel shopping centre with glass "Music Mountain"
MVRDV will "break open" the Heuvel shopping centre in Eindhoven to connect it with the city, in plans that will also add a music venue topped with a climbable glass mountain. More
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Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale
Shahed Saleem designs replicas of London mosques for Venice Architecture Biennale
Architect and researcher Shahed Saleem has created life-size case studies of three London mosques for the Applied Arts Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
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Helsinki calls for proposals to transform Makasiiniranta port into cultural precinct
The city of Helsinki has launched a competition to create a new waterfront cultural and leisure district on the South Harbour, which will include a design and architecture museum complex. More
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Colab-19 builds open-sided church in Bogotá for worship during the pandemic
Colab-19 has built a temporary cross-shaped church from used construction components to allow a local congregation to worship safely during the coronavirus pandemic in Bogotá, Colombia. More
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Atelier Van Lieshout designs Brutus neighbourhood for artists in Rotterdam
Artist Joep van Lieshout has designed a brutalist-informed residential neighbourhood and a cluster of cultural buildings in Rotterdam as a "new model for urban renewal" that aims to foster an artistic community. More
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Mecanoo designs Macau Central Library with light-filtering facade informed by books
Mecanoo has unveiled its design for Macau's new central library, which will have a gridded, light-filtering facade that opens up like a book to a public square. More
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Studio Viktor Sørless and Estudio Juiñi design museum for Mexican jungle
Studio Viktor Sørless and Estudio Juiñi have designed the Xinatli museum to tower over an area of jungle in Mexico that is being reforested after years of illegal logging. More
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Skolnick Architecture converts historic Hamptons church into an arts centre
Tall windows and timber framing feature in this 1830s church building in New York, which has been converted into a cultural facility by Skolnick Architecture and Design Partnership. More
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O-office Architects transforms abandoned factory buildings into Chinese tea museum
O-office Architects has converted several buildings on a tea plantation near Guangzhou, China, into a cultural centre featuring a rooftop garden wrapped in bamboo screens. More
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Sweeping metal ribbon enfolds Chinese cultural centre by Christian de Portzamparc
A ribbon of steel and aluminium winds around the Suzhou Bay Cultural Center, which French architect Christian de Portzamparc has completed on the shore of Lake Tai in China. More
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Abin Design Studio creates latticed concrete and glass temple in India
Narayantala Thakurdalan by Indian practice Abin Design Studio is a concrete Hindu temple with a glazed corner that opens onto the street in Bansberia. More
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Hassell and OMA complete top-heavy WA Museum Boola Bardip in Perth
Architecture firms Hassell and OMA have renovated a group of old buildings in Perth, Australia, and stitched them together with protruding metal-clad structures to create the WA Museum Boola Bardip. More
