Images: Foster + Partners
Here is another one of those incredible Chinese projects whose scale and audacity leave most people agog. Foster + Partners advise that their Datong Museum project is now under construction! Read more
Images: BIG
As far as hotel experiences go, leaning out over a lake with a view of the mountains around Guiyang in China, promises to be a memorable one. The building, designed by BIG, aims to increase the profile of an area already popular with tourists through the iconic nature of the building design. The city’s educational cultural centre could well become something of a architectural theme park with apparently several international practices creating proposals there. Read more
Photos: René den Engelsman and EYE
I have become used to seeing exceptionally expressive architecture in the Middle East and China, but this noticeable piece is to be found in Amsterdam and is set to open on the 5th April. It is EYE: The Film Institute Netherlands.
We are told that the design of the building was concerned with ‘plural perspective’ and ‘physiological effect’. The white cladding is apparently a reference to cinematography and the façade, I think that means the glazing, reflects light in constantly changing conditions. Read more
Images: Arte Charpentier Architects in collaboration with the Shanxi Institute of Architecture
City gateways, either physical or metaphorical, are seldom as elegant, or as heroic as the Shanxi Grand Theatre. Arte Charpentier Architects saw the project as an opportunity to take the theatre to the people by creating a giant esplanade under the building where outdoor performances can be staged. In that sense the form of the building can be seen as a proscenium arch under which performances will take place, but also as a metaphorical gateway to open expression. Read more
Images: Architekten von Gerken, Marg und Partner
Details of the multi-purpose event venue for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan have been released by von Gerken, Marg und Partner. The bold crystalline form of the building was the architectural response to the request to create a landmark, internationally recognizable icon. Read more
