Photo©Iwan Baan
The UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo expresses British creativity and environmental engagement at the biggest event of its kind since the Expo phenomenon began in 1851 with the Great Exhibition at London’s Crystal Palace. Since then, there have been more than 50 Expos – which have also been known as World’s Fairs or World Expositions – and the most spectacular have included those at Chicago in 1893 and Paris in 1900. The latter attracted 50m visitors, a record at the time, setting an early benchmark for a country’s portrayal of innovation and progress. Read the rest of this entry »
The new Miami Art Museum at Museum Park
Herzog & de Meuron
Park view
© Herzog & de Meuron, visualization by Artefactorylab
NEW AND EXPANDED MIAMI ART MUSEUM
WILL OPEN IN 2013
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Photo©Roland Halbe
The National Museum for XXI Century Art (MAXXI) has completed in Rome with ten years of construction. MAXXI was an opportunity to fuse ancient with modern in the Flaminio quarter of Rome, in the area of the existing military barracks. Zaha Hadid Architects was awarded upon winning the international competition in 1999. Read the rest of this entry »
Photographer on behalf of the Autostadt: Uwe Walter
Personal responsibility in the sustainable use of global resources continues to play an increasingly important role in the life of the average consumer. In this context, the offices of J. MAYER H. Architects and Art+Com Berlin were commissioned to develope a permanent exhibition on the topic sustainability for the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany. The exhibition LEVEL GREEN was opened on the 4th of June 2009 and encompasses approximately 1000 m², the exhibition renders this highly complex topic tangible, providing for an aesthetic access to information. In so doing, it seeks to unfold the various aspects of the topic while creating an information environment that addresses the visitor on different sensual levels.
Diagram Courtesy J.MAYER H. Architekten
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For this year’s international architecture biennale in Venice UNStudio has produced ‘The Changing Room’ as part of the exhibition ‘out there: architecture beyond building’ curated by Aaron Betsky
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