World Architecture News September 2012, Buildings across the Globe, Design Images
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Astrup Fearnley Museet Oslo, Norway : Renzo Piano / Narud Stokke Wiig architects
photo © Nic Lehoux
The new Icon Complex, part of the wider Tjuvholmen development, comprises an art museum, office building and a culture centre, all constructed on reclaimed land. The three buildings are covered by a striking double-curved roof – a design inspired by a bicycle tyre – that slopes down to touch the landscape. The roof is made up of over 2,000 unique panes of glass that allow natural light to illuminate the exhibition spaces.
Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Canada : Building news
photo © Tom Arban Photography Inc.
RIC is a museum-quality facility with main galleries, additional exhibit space in the Great Hall, Entrance Colonnade and Student Gallery. The colonnade features the Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall, a permanent installation visible from the adjacent square.
KREOD design, London – Portable Demountable Structure : Pavilion Architecture
photograph from designer
KREOD is a sustainable, ecological, portable, demountable and multi-functional indoor or outdoor exhibition space. It promotes business, culture, wellbeing, architecture, art and design in multiple locations within the city of London, and act as a positive exercise for all of those involved.
Visconti Courtyard Louvre Museum, Paris, France : Architects Rudy Ricciotti / Mario Bellini
photograph © R. Ricciotti – M. Bellini / Musée du Louvre © Lisa Ricciotti
A new cutting-edge architectural structure opens to the public after five years of construction work. Designed to showcase the museum’s treasures of Islamic art, the new project is located in the Visconti courtyard, at the very centre of the Louvre. Lafarge has worked in close partnership with the architects to supply the most appropriate materials for the structure.
Jean Carrière Nursery School, Nimes, south of France : Tectoniques
image © Jerome Ricolleau
Existing large plane trees form a remarkable framework of greenery, create a warm atmosphere, and act as natural climate regulators. The proposed scheme preserves most of them and associates them actively with the architecture. The second major factor concerns the habitability of the site, which is subject to a major constraint related to drainage.
Sports Center Sa Indiotería Palma de Mallorca, Spain : Jordi Herrero – Arquitecto
photograph : Jaime Sicilia
The building is implemented to bury the court and the locker rooms. The schema allows to go through, without visual barriers, from the park to the covered platform, to the stands, and finally descending to the court.
Sadar Vuga Arhitekti – Latest Design : Vander Urbani Resort, Slovenia
photo : Miran Kambi
Pierrevives Montpellier, France – new photographs + building news : Zaha Hadid Architects
photo : Iwan Baan
Sliced Porosity Block Chengdu, China – news : Steven Holl Architects
image : Steven Holl Architects
OCT Clubhouse Shenzhen, ROC : Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP
image courtesy of Roland Halbe
Lakhta Centre – Gazprom Tower, St Petersburg, Russia : RMJM Architects
image : courtesy of RMJM
Elbphilharmonie concert hall HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany – new photos : Herzog and de Meuron. 2 Sep
photograph © Adrian Welch
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photo © Ros Kavanagh
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