The Blue Planet | 3XN
The Blue Planet. A world of energy inspired by the very creatures which it is tasked to exhibit, 3XN's winning proposal- The Blue Planet, a new aquarium for Copenhagen, Denmark- whirls and twists, ...
Cultural Buildings
Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts | Mecanoo
Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts | Mecanoo The Wei-Wu-Ying Metropolitan Park, a former military compound of 65 ha, which has been re-tasked by the Taiwanese Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA), is ...
Arhitekton Magazine’s Architecture Pavilion-Winner | Dimitrije Bugarski
The pavilion is for architecture, something a bit analogous to the culinary's amuse bouche. It is something which stands, relatively free of requirements or necessary program, mostly for enjoyment ...
Gdansk World War II Museum | KWADRAT Studio Architektoniczne
Exhibiting both presence and absence, the winning proposal for a World War II Museum by KWADRAT Studio Architektoniczne, stands in dedication of both what was lost and what if anything corporeal, was ...
Babiy Yar Memorial | Kokkugia
In the Babiy Yar Memorial, a speculative project by Kokkugia there are two very interesting design strategies at work: the introverted monument, and poly-scalar, self-similar forms. courtesy of ...
Batwing | Tom Wiscombe Design
Batwing, an architectural prototype designed by Tom Wiscombe Design, 'examines the threshold between architectural surface and infrastructural tracery'. The project looks to a future in architecture ...
My Green World | 2D3D
The 35.2 meters long, 15 meters high and 14.4 meters an egg shaped pavilion dubbed is officially called My Green World. The Orange stained Finnish hardwoods wrap 1200 square meter building envelope ...
(POP)culture | Garth Britzman
The question of what is architecture is probably not as good of a question as what can architecture do? Architecture us as much about solving a problem as being creative. Indeed it could be described ...
Elevated Theatre | Ayrat Khusnutdinov
Elevated Theatre Ayrat Khusnutdinov The project designed by Ayrat Khusnutdinov is in an intermediate position between urban design and architecture. The number one issue the project deals with is ...
Sun Moon Lake Visitor’s Center | Norihiko Dan and Associates
Sun Moon Lake Visitor's Center Green roofs, extension of landscape, fluid concrete, reflected worlds, austere concrete, surrounding trees. These elements are gracefully incorporated together by ...
CR Land Guanganmen Green Technology Showroom | Vector Architects
Sustainability and temporality go very nicely hand and hand. On the other hand, too much temporality- in the form of a badly constructed building- is obviously not very sustainable. The CR Land ...
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center | Weiss/Manfredi
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center | Weiss/Manfredi Green roofs are great, aren't they? They serve to in one fell swoop, alleviate concerns about the green-ness of a building. I mean just throw ...