In the open international competition for the planning and design ofa museum complex for the National Museum of Art, Architecture andDesign at Vestbane in Oslo, Norway the jury has selected three winners: 1st prize: #164 Forum Artis: Kleihues and Schuwerk Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH (Naples, Berlin) 2nd prize: #147 Urban Transition: JAJA Architects ApS (Copenhagen) + Jakob Rolver 3rd prize:..
Last year we presented you this interesting project by REX during its construction stage, where you could see how an unused structure was converted into the new headquarters for Vakko, integrated with a new complex steel structure. The project is now completed, and we can see the final result with photos by Iwan Baan and a complete set of drawings and diagrams courtesy of REX. Despite the mix of..
A new branch of the Swedish Museum of Modern Art in Malmö. Public opening on December 26th 2009. Moderna Museet Malmö is the first branch of the main museum in Stockholm. The former Electricity Station dating from 1900 and once the Rooseum gallery, has been refurbished to meet international museum standards. Seen from the exterior a new extension marks the arrival of the new museum. The extensio..
Greek studio Point Supreme sent us their entry for the international competition for the new UGM Art Gallery in Maribor, Slovenia (previously on Bustler). The Gallery Competition is part of a larger, international architectural ideas competition ‘EPK - DRAVA RIVER 2012’ Project Details: Status: competition Program: urban plan, contemporary art museum, architecture centre, design centre, children..
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), has won the competition for a major expansion to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ). The 12,000m2 new building, a cascade of three overlapping boxes at the juncture of downtown Quebec City and the historic Battlefields Park, will be OMA’s first built project in Canada. The winner was announced today by MNBAQ President Pierre Lasson..
Architects: White arkitekter AB Location:Kastrup, Denmark Landscape:White arkitekter AB Engineering:NIRAS Rådgivende ingeniører og Planlæggere A/S Contractor:Københavns Dykkerentreprise A/S Construction year: 2004 Photographs: Ole Haupt, White Arkitekter, Erco Lighting, Åke E:son Lindman Reaching out into the Øresund from Kastrup Strandpark in Kastrup, Kastrup Sea Bath forms a living and integra..
Architects: BURO II & Design Institute of China CITIC Location: Guangzhou, China Structural Design : Laurent Ney & Partners (Belgium) Landscape Design: Stefaan Thiers en Denis Dujardin (Belgium) Facade Engineering: Van Santen & Ass. (France) Interior Design: Lens°Ass (Belgium) Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Philippe van Gelooven This project recently won the civic category at the World Architec..
Peru studio 51-1 Arquitectos and Colombian architects Ctrl G have won a competition to design an extension to the Modern Art Museum of Medellin, Colombia. Drawing on the brick structures of the local barrios, the new building will be made up of stacked boxes. These will create a series of terraces that visitors will access by internal or external circulation. The information below is from the ar..
San Francisco architect Stanley Saitowitz has completed a museum in Florida, USA, which is wrapped in a perforated metal skin and cantilevers out from its glazed base. Called Tampa Museum of Art, the building is divided into two volumes, each organised around a courtyard. The first contains public areas of the museum and the other is for offices and curatorial facilities. A cafe and bookstore ar..
Architects: GH+A / Guillermo Hevia Location: Graneros, Chile Collaborators: Tomás Villalón, Francisco Carrión, Guillermo Hevia García, Marcela Suazo Client: Nestlé Chile S.A. Contractor: Precon S.A. Bioclimatic Consultant: Biotech Lighting: Opendark Project Area: 2,800 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Cristián Barahona, Guillermo Hevia H. & Guillermo Hevia García The new building, part of Nes..
