building of the month

checkout the latest project by Zaha Hadid – The Riverside Museum in Glasgow – which is due to open on the 21 June 2011.

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Riverside Museum

location: Glasgow, UK <br /> architect: Zaha Hadid

ALSO: Zaha Hadid will be giving a talk on the New Glasgow Museum on the 9 June 2011 – checkout the events page for more details

NEWS: checkout the newly opened Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS) in Antwerp. It is situated in the heart of the old harbour, close to the city centre. The 60m high tower of stacked exhibition spaces twists 90 degrees with each level to form a giant spiral.

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recent contibutions – June 2011

  • maritime youth house
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

location: Paris, France <br /> architects: Andrault-Parat, Prouvé, Guvan

EMPAC

location: New York, USA <br /> architect: Grimshaw

Meiso no Mori Funeral Hall

location: Kakamigahara, Japan <br /> architect: Toyo Ito

Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention

location: Guangzhou, China <br /> architects: BURO II & Design Institute of China CITIC

Robie House

location: Chicago, USA <br /> architect: Frank Lloyd Wright

Libeskind Villa

location: Datteln, Germany <br /> architect: Daniel Libeskind

Audi Forum Tokyo

location: Tokyo, Japan <br /> architect: Creative Designers International

House of Spiritual Retreat

location: Serville, Spain <br /> architect: Emilio Ambrasz

Wellington City Gallery addition

location: Wellington, New Zealand <br /> architect: Architecture+

Hinzert Documentation Center

location: Hinzert, Germany <br /> architects: Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch

Palais de Tokyo refurbishment

location: Paris, France <br /> architect: Lacaton & Vassal

Espace Citroen

location: Paris, France <br /> architect: Manuelle Gautrand

Tower Flower

location: Paris, France <br /> architect: Edouard Francois