Tag Museums

28-01-2015

Henning Larsen Architects and the new Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus

The archaeological and ethnographic collections of the Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus (Denmark) have a new home, designed by Henning Larsen Architects. Inspired by the experience of archaeological research, Henning Larsen Architects’ project “lifts” the green roof of the new Moesgaard Museum above the ground, hiding the building itself under a mantle of grass so that it does not interrupt the continuity of the landscape.

08-01-2015

Renzo Piano's expansion for Harvard Art Museums

The renovation and expansion of Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, Massachusetts, completed at the end of 2014, is the latest museum project by the Renzo Piano’s Italian studio (RPBW). In Harvard Art Museums, Renzo Piano restores the existing building and completes it with a contemporary volume, joining the two with a glass roof.

12-12-2014

Exhibition: Lina Bo Bardi 100 - Brazil’s Alternative Path to Modernism

The exhibition titled “Lina Bo Bardi 100 – Brazil’s Alternative Path to Modernism” is organised by the Munich polytechnic architecture museum at the Pinakothek der Moderne. Exploring the work of Lina Bo Bardi in her centenary year.

09-12-2014

Alberto Campo Baeza talks to Floornature

After contributing to the volume “Architecture on the web. A critical approach to communication”edited by Paolo Schianchi, Alberto Campo Baeza talks to Floornature in an interview describing his thoughts about communication in architecture, emphasising the importance of photographs, drawings and text in today’s world. He also talks about radical and drastic design of space, and explains why architecture is the best job in the world, with reference to his House of the Infinite.

26-11-2014

BIG unveils masterplan for Smithsonian South Mall Campus

BIG has unveiled its masterplan for the Smithsonian South Mall Campus in Washington DC, due to be constructed over 10 to 20 years starting in 2016.

25-11-2014

Karel Appel House by DUS Architects: a made to measure residence.

In Amsterdam, short-stay apartments in bright colours inspired by the work of artist Karel Appel can be transformed for different uses by their inhabitants; the rooms interact with one another to inspire a multitude of practical and creative uses.

24-11-2014

VMCF Atelier designs Cultural Plaza theme park in China

Cultural Plaza Nanbin Lu Ertang is an art theme park designed by VMCF Atelier and architect Valerio Maria Ferrari for the banks of the Yangtse River in Chongqing, China.

17-11-2014

Heike Hanada: Monumente exhibition, Architektur Galerie Berlin

The Architektur Galerie of Berlin is holding an exhibition about the work of architect Heike Hanada, whose most recent projects include a design created with Jan Kleihues of the German Pavilion for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, curated by Rem Koolhaas.