Tag Museums

20-07-2011

STEVEN HOLL, LA CITÉ DE L’OCÉAN ET DU SURF MUSEUM

The inauguration of the Cité de l’Océan et du Surf, the fourth European museum by Steven Holl, together with his award-winning projects, the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art and the Knut Hamsun Center.

06-07-2011

PRIZE FOR GUSTAFSON GUTHRIE NICHOL

Gustafson Guthrie Nichol has won the Cooper-Hewitt’s 2011 National Design award in the landscape architecture section.

23-06-2011

Bernard Tschumi, Acropolis museum, Athens

One of 6 finalists for the 2011 Mies van der Rohe Prize for European Contemporary Architecture, the new Acropolis Museum in Athens was awarded the 2011 AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture by the prestigious American Institute of Architects.

17-06-2011

Master plan unveiled for Parque de Levante, Spain

A vast tract of land along the Segura River is the subject of a master plan by American architectural studio K/R Architects which reinvents the concept of the park/museum with the construction of one of the world’s biggest open-air museums of "land art".

14-06-2011

Ettore Alessi is dead

On May 30 2011 Ettore Alessi passed away, the honorary chairman of the company that bears his name, known the world over for the originality and prestige of its products, now included in the collections of prestigious museums such as Moma in New York.