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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.

03-12-2013

Sweet interior design in Yokohama.

The Papabubble sweet shop and artisanal confectioner in Yokohama, Japan, designed by Japanese studio Schemata Architects, is all about the visual interaction between the building materials and the goods on display.

30-10-2013

Khmaladze: Service station and McDonalds in Batumi (Georgia)

Awarded a special mention for best first project in Next Landmark 2013, the second international architecture contest, Giorgi Khmaladze’s project is a strong urban landmark in a new district in Batumi, Georgia. Occupying only a small piece of ground, the building combines a service station with a McDonalds restaurant so that the two services complement one another.

23-10-2013

Kengo Kuma FONDS REGIONAL D’ART CONTEMPORAIN (FRAC) Marseilles

Kengo Kuma’s FRAC in Marseilles is inspired by French writer André Malraux’s concept of an imaginary museum without walls.

16-10-2013

Minimal ceramics

An example of porcelain tiles on show to represent contemporary living: Eiffelgres continues its refined study of solid colours and textures in tiles.

09-10-2013

Ala Architects: Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Norway

In Kristiansand, Norway, Finnish architectural studio Ala Architects has built an arts centre containing a large concert hall and a theatre. The history of the project, which began in the ’80s, led to construction of a landmark of great symbolic value; the Kilden has a sculptural shape somewhere between art and architecture, overlooking the city’s waterfront, and its design and use of materials are derived from local history.

03-10-2013

gmp Architekten, State Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria

gmp Architekten’s new building for the State Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria has been completed in Nuremberg.

25-09-2013

Mecanoo Library of Birmingham

The delicate filigree covering Birmingham library is Mecanoo’s way of paying homage to the city’s tradition of craftsmanship.