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Taipei Performing Arts Center

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An ancient art form for civic participation, theater has evolved into the modern world as a vocation of the culturally refined, with its significance in daily life diminished. Theater space is valued for its potency for formal cultural productions, rather than its power to include and divert, and to be instantaneous. Contemporary performance theaters increasingly … Read more

Asif Khan’s Expo Gates

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London based Architect Asif Khan shared the first photographs of the three gates he designed and built for Expo 2020 Dubai this week. Asif Khan shared on his instagram stunning photos of the spectacular project with the note below, “After 3 years of painstaking work, the three entry Portals for Expo 2020 Dubai are now … Read more

Sainte-Geneviève Library by Henri Labrouste

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Sainte-Geneviève Library (French: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève) is a public and university library located at 10, place du Panthéon, across the square from the Panthéon, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. It is based on the collection of the Abbey of St Genevieve, which was founded in the 6th century by Clovis I, the King of the Franks. The collection of the library was saved from … Read more

Beirut Museum of Art

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A new hybrid – at once public and private, iconic and generic, large and small – WORKac’s design for the Beirut Museum of Art borrows from the modernist vernacular of the city to propose a more open model for the contemporary museum. The design rethinks the envelope of the museum using the balcony as a … Read more

Concrete at Alserkal Avenue

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Located in Dubai’s Al Qouz industrial area, Alserkal Avenue was founded in 2007 with the aim of promoting cultural initiatives in the region. Since then, it has become Dubai’s most important art hub with twenty-five galleries and art spaces. Concrete, a new venue, addresses the districts growing need for a centrally located public space which … Read more

Bandirma Park by NoRA

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Architect: NoRA Location: Balikesir, Turkey Program: Design Institute, Retail, 5 star hotel & convention centre, 4 star hotel Area: 60 000 m2 GFA Client: Balikesir Municipality Status: Competition, 2017 Collaborators: Landscape Architect: Inlandsis Visualizations: Ananas The historical ruins lay on the plateau at the heart of the site. Strictly aligned along a grid reminiscent of … Read more

Fondaco dei Tedeschi by OMA

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Architect: OMA Partners: Rem Koolhaas, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli Project architects: Francesco Moncada, Silvia Sandor Preservation architect: TA Architettura S.r.l. Structural engineer: Tecnobrevetti S.r.l. MEP engineer: Politecnica Ingegneria e Architettura Safety and coordination plan: Antonio Girello Fire safety advisor: Sicurtecno Cost consultant Dd phase: GAD Contractor: SACAIM S.p.A. Lighting: Viabizzuno source: dezeen.com/..

South Beach Ace by OMA

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Typically, as convention centers evolve their footprints expand. In Miami Beach-an island where every acre is precious and the only “periphery” is ocean-the convention center has claimed an entire precinct for asphalt. Since its initial construction in the 1950’s, the Miami Beach Convention Center has expanded twice, each time claiming more open space from the … Read more

Miami Beach Square by BIG

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BIG together with West 8, Fentress, JPA and developers Portman CMC proposes Miami Beach Square as the centerpiece of their 52 acre Convention Center. Miami Beach Square involves bringing to life one of Miami Beach’s most underutilized public sites with a fully-revamped convention center capable of luring major events from around the world, inviting green … Read more

OMA: Museum Plaza

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Louisville Museum Plaza was a 62-story skyscraper that was planned for Louisville, Kentucky, United States.[1] By August 1, 2011, despite the expenditure of public funds on its behalf, its developers had officially announced that they were abandoning plans to build it.[2] The 703-foot (214 m) tall skyscraper was projected to cost $490 million and contain … Read more