New Pôle Muséal of Lausanne
One Museum, two museums, one space. Two solid volumes confine one space. One empty space that dilates and compresses. One space always in contact with the exterior. One space of arrival, of passage, of break, A covered place that gives access to both m …
LA STAZIONE DI FIRENZE SANTA MARIA NOVELLA – Da ottant’anni la porta della città
A project sponsored by Comune di Firenze, Grandi Stazioni S.p.A, concieved and coordinated by Fondazione Michelucci On October 30, 1935 the new Fabbricato viaggiatori of Firenze Santa Maria Novella Station was inaugurated. The project is the successful …
Drawing Ambience – Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association
“Although the works in Drawing Ambience may be read as part of a historical chapter, their time is not finished,” – The Guardian The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art presents Drawing Ambi …
Adémia office building and industrial warehouse
photo by André Cepeda Located in Coimbra’s industrial area, the building consists of two volumes: a smaller two-storey volume overlooking the main road, presenting a commercial area on the ground floor and offices on the first floor, and a larger and l …
The Couch
The new MVRDV project is located inside IJburg, a new expansion area to the east of Amsterdam. Developed on six artificial islands and populated by 16,000 inhabitants, this district supposed to host other new 18,000 homes to reach a total amout of 45,0 …
Folk Art Museum
The folk art museum is located within the campus of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, on a steep ground, previously used as a tea field. The museum is formed by a serie of units that creates a complex geometric pattern which follows the topography. …
Ports 1961 Shanghai
Located at a major high-end commercial district at the intersection of Changde Road and Nanjing West Road in Shanghai, a new facade is created for the fashion house Ports 1961’s flagship store. The facade is representative of the future vision of Ports …
Mark Rothko: A Retrospective
“A painting is not a picture of an experience,” Rothko stated in a 1959 article in Life Magazine. “It is an experience.” Mark Rothko: A Retrospective opened on the 20th of September at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is a great opportunity for the un …
Young-Old – Urban Utopias of an Ageing Society
Young-Old investigates the contemporary architectural and urban transformations recently occurred as a result of one of the most significant phenomena of our time: population aging. Deane Simpson, architect and expert in urban studies, defines “young-o …
The Broad
photo by: Iwan Baan Dubbed “the veil and the vault,” the museum’s design merges the two key programs of the building: public exhibition space and the archive/storage that will support The Broad Art Foundation’s lending activities. Rather than relegate …