The following is a description from Kengo Kuma:
‘This is architecture that originates from the system of Cidori, an old Japanese toy. Cidori is an assembly of wood sticks with joints having unique shape, which can be extended merely by twisting the sticks, without any nails or metal fittings. The tradition of this toy has been passed on in Hida Takayama, a small town in a mountain, where many skilled craftsmen still exist. Continue Reading →
On September 14th. 2007, Copenhagen architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have won the competition for the new Danish Maritime Museum in Helsingor.
The design surrounds an existing dry dock, cutting into its walls and bridging across it but otherwise leaving the dock space empty. Continue Reading →
Tham & Videgård Arkitekter received first prize for the competition to design the Bergman Center, a foundation and a meeting place with focus on Ingmar Bergman’s oeuvre and on Fårö as his artistic base. Continue Reading →
This is the proposal by wHY architecture for the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec (MNBAQ) international competition, which was won by OMA. (See the winning project here.) Continue Reading →
The Jewish Museum Berlin held a press conference today on to reveal the design by Daniel Libeskind for the Jewish Museum Berlin Academy. Mr. Libeskind designed both the Jewish Museum Berlin (completed 2001) and the Glass Courtyard (completed 2007) which is an extension to the original building. Continue Reading →
Jean Nouvel’s new National Museum of Qatar utilizes technology to create a thoroughly new institution. Entire walls become cinematic displays and hand-held mobile devices guide visitors through the thematic displays of the collections. Continue Reading →
OMA has been announced as the winner of the international competition for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) expansion. The CAD$90 million project was also consulted with local residents, with an 82% of approval.
A series of stacked boxes remind the programmatic relations of Seattle’s Library, while generating an interesting grand hall facing the street with urban qualities. Continue Reading →
This is a Slovenian architecture project designed by Groleger Arhitekti. The proposal has won the 1st Prize in an international urban and architectural design competition in 2001. Called “White Box” the project is currently under construction in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova is due to be completed in 2011.
Renderings: Lidija Dikanovic Continue Reading →
Diller Scofidio + Renfro is responsible for the design proposal of a 145 foot tall inflatable meeting hall which Richard Kohsalek, the director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington DC), plans to erect at the cultural institution. The large translucent fabric ‘bubble’ will swell out of the top of the museum’s internal court yard, creating an air of lightness, making the building seem as if it were ready to float upwards into the sky. Continue Reading →
Toyo Ito has unveiled plans for his design of the Toyo Ito Architecture Museum in Ehime, Japan. Construction will start in 2010 and is due to open in the summer of 2011. Continue Reading →
