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Urbanauts, temporary installation, wood installation, modular design, orizzontale, public design, public spaces, exhibition spaces, the Netherlands, RAUM, green design, LED lights, LED, tower, observation deck, flexible spaces

This “boat” on wheels turns city dwellers into urban adventurers

Urban adventurers, prepare to set sail: A temporary installation in Utrecht, the Netherlands is transforming its...

Four Season Town Reception Center, Four Seasons Resort, Beijing, 2022 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics, eco-resort, green roof, Beijing, Group GSA, exhibition spaces

Green-roofed 2022 Winter Olympic center echoes the surrounding ski slopes

The newly-revealed Four Season Town Reception Center will be a beautiful center point for the 2022 Winter Olympics...

Louvre Abu Dhabi, museum, Abu Dhabi, Jean Nouvel, dome, green architecture, natural light, UAE, patterns, exhibition spaces

Jean Nouvel-designed Louvre Abu Dhabi set to open in November

Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi – the first universal museum in the Arab world – will open its doors to the...

UniCredit Pavilion, aMDL Michele De Lucchi Studio, timber pavilion, Milan, pavilion, solar power, LEED Gold certification, green architecture, mixed-use building, multipurpose auditorium, public spaces, exhibition spaces

Milan’s striking wooden UniCredit building is powered by the sun

You wouldn't expect it, but this radical solar-powered building in Milan is actually owned by a bank. aMDL Michele...

Emerge Architects, SINICA Eco-Pavilion, pavilion, Taipei, concrete, green architecture, curved glass windows, exhibition spaces, Taiwan

Nature and art overlap in this sinuous pavilion in Taipei City

Indoor and outdoor scenery overlap in this sinuous pavilion by Emerge Architects. The SINICA Eco-Pavilion was tailored...

Director's House, Paris, renovated factory, urban project, Semapa, multipurpose space, DATA architects, transformable interior, transformable space, green interior, glass, steel, exhibition spaces

An old factory building in Paris hides a transformable multipurpose space

The director's house at an old factory on the banks of the Seine in Paris now functions as an edgy multipurpose...

Skamlingsbanken Visitor Center , green-roofed visitor center in Denmark, CEBRA Architects

This green-roofed visitor center will be nestled under a hill in Denmark

The green-roofed Skamlingsbanken Visitor Center near Sjølund in southern Denmark will blur the line between nature...

Pino Familia, Pinocchio, museum, Seoul, Moon Hoon, fairytale museum, green architecture, exhibition spaces, auditorium, inner courtyard

Quirky Pinocchio-themed museum looks like it came out of Geppetto’s workshop

This unusual complex occupies a irregularly-shaped piece of land located on the outskirts of north eastern Seoul....

Estonian National Museum, Soviet architecture, Estonia, Dorell Ghotmeh Tane (DGT), exhibition spaces, auditorium, public library, conference hall, green architecture, triple glazing, natural light, glass facade

Estonia’s new National Museum replaces an old Soviet air base near Tartu

The monolithic building sits on a site which was part of the Raadi Manor area, owned by an aristocratic family...

KontenerART, shipping containers, communal spaces, reused shipping containers, temporary installation, Agnieszka Owsiany, Adam Wiercinski, Borys Wrzeszcz, green architecture, exhibition spaces

Solar-powered KontererART city in Poland is made of reused shipping containers

Instead of designing several freestanding pavilions, the architects created a single big building with interconnected...

Studio Libeskind, New Lithuanian Modern Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, art museum, courtyard, green roof, green architecture, exhibition spaces, natural light, public plaza

Daniel Libeskind unveils design for the new green-roofed Lithuanian Modern Art Center in Vilnius

Studio Libeskind just unveiled their latest design venture into the museum typology: the New Lithuanian Modern...

BUREAU A, Steelhenge, Stonehenge, temporary architecture, shipping containers, reused materials, Geneva, Switzerland, green architecture, exhibition spaces

BUREAU A recreates Stonehenge with stacked shipping containers

BUREAU A was commissioned to built a temporary venue for the first edition of the biennale for independent art...

Nikolay Polissky, green art, reclaimed wood, reclaimed materials, Russia, wooden sculpture, green design, Soviet architecture, green sculpture, exhibition spaces

Nikolay Polissky’s Selpo Pavilion envelops a dilapidated Soviet building with wood scraps

Nikolay Polissky's large-scale sculptures, such as the 22-meter-high ‘Beaubourg’ piece and the brain-shaped...

Fernando Romero Enterprise (FR-EE), Fernando Romero, Mexico, Mazatlan Museum, museums, weather-resistant design, waterfront architecture, exhibition spaces, green architecture, minimalist architecture

UFO-shaped Mazatlan Museum is heading to Mexico

The project, supported by entrepreneur and member of Union Trust Mazatlan, Ernesto Coppel Kelly, aims to position...

Studio Link-Arc, Studio Link-Arc China pavilion, Milan Expo 2015, Milan Expo 2015 China, chinese traditional architecture, undulating roofs, exhibition spaces, Expo architecture, timber roofs, LED installations, chinese vernacular architecture, Tsinghua University, Milan Expo, pavilion design, pavilions

Stunning Chinese Pavilion for Milan Expo 2015 resembles billowing wheat fields

Entitled ‘The Land of Hope,’ the project integrates Chinese traditional architecture with modern technologies. Its...

Geneva Ethnography Museum, Zurch-based architects, Graber Pulver Architekten, MEG Geneve, green renovation, museum design, museum facade, facade design, exhibition spaces, underground museums, Hager landscape, landscape architecture

Renovated Geneva Ethnography Museum to Open Next Month

The architects designed a new metal roof for the Helene Lancoux media library, which includes more than 40,000...

Lemur exhibit Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, Snowdon Architects, recycled timber, recycled materials, rattan structures, rattan architecture, weaved architecture, natural building materials, rattan pods Zoo, exhibition spaces, Zoo exhibit

Melbourne Zoo’s Lemur Exhibit Features Nestled Pods Made From Recycled Timber

The project was built in collaboration between the Melbourne Zoo, Urban Initiatives as landscape architects and...

Umeå Art Museum, Umeå University, Henning Larsen Architects, Swedish architecture, museum design, daylit spaces, exhibition spaces, museum building, university campus design

Henning Larsen Architects’ New Umeå Art Museum in Sweden is Bathed in Cool Nordic Light

The museum comprises three vertically stacked exhibition halls, with the total gross floor area of 3,500 square...

Gorky Park Pavilion, Shigeru Ban, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, temporary architecture, cardboard pavilion, exhibition spaces, Moscow architecture, green architecture

Shigeru Ban Unveils Temporary Cardboard Tube Pavilion for the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Gorky Park, Moscow

Using locally produced paper tubes, Shigeru Ban designed an oval wall which encompasses an area of 2,400 square...

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