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30-04-2014

BIG (Bjarke Ingels): Danish National Maritime Museum

The Danish National Maritime Museum completed recently in Helsingør is a contemporary architecture project by an international team including Bjarke Ingels (BIG), Rambøll, Kossmann.dejong and KiBiSi. Six years of work went into this project celebrating Denmark’s seafaring tradition, a museum leading the way in redevelopment of the docks near Kronborg Castle to give the city a new meeting-place and landmark.

05-02-2014

Zaha Hadid: Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku

The Heydar Aliyev Center in new Baku is one of Zaha Hadid’s boldest and most amazing projects. It makes a strong mark on the city and optimises use of the vast size and great complexity of its site, a hill in the urban area of the capital of Azerbaijan. The plastic form of a building designed to be photographed is silhouetted at the top of the hill. The materials used to make the panels covering the building also become the pavement of the plaza outside it, creating semi-public spaces where people can stop and enjoy their city.

04-02-2014

Culinary art and architecture: New Eataly location in Florence.

Eataly opened a new location in central Florence in December. Architect Riccardo Roda has created a high impact interior by renovating a historic palace in Via Martelli.

16-01-2014

Renzo Piano, Kimbell Art Museum pavilion

Renzo Piano’s pavilion for expansion of Louis Khan’s Kimbell Art Museum opened at the end of November.

01-01-2014

Tchoban&Kuznetsov: Museum for architectural drawing in Berlin

Russian architects Sergei Tchoban and Sergey Kuznetsov of Speech have created a museum for architectural drawings in Berlin’s arts district. The form and design of the construction makes it a landmark overlooking one of the city’s liveliest districts. The building’s architecture demonstrates its functions, so that it is both the medium and the message.

01-01-2014

UNStudio Hanjie Wanda Square, Wuhan, China

The Dutch studio founded by architect Ben van Berkel has announced the completion of the façade and interiors of Hanjie Wanda Square in Wuhan Central Culture Centre.

17-12-2013

Philippe Chiambaretta, Aeroville Paris

October saw the opening of Aeroville, a shopping and entertainment complex designed by architect Philippe Chiambaretta to serve Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.