CCA Tashkent opens its doors to the public Studio KO transforms a 1912 former tram depot and diesel station in Old Tashkent into the Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent (CCA Tashkent), Uzbekistan’s first permanent institution dedicated to contemporary art. Led by Gayane Umerova, Chairperson of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF), the center…
A land reclamation project has added the equivalent of 42 football pitches to Denmark‘s southern coast, as part of the construction of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel under the Baltic Sea. Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is an 18-kilometre-long road-and-rail tunnel, set to be the longest of its kind in the world. It is being built to connect Denmark and…
A Matti Suuronen Futuro House has been manufactured for the first time in decades and decked out by Finnish design brand Marimekko for Helsinki Design Week. The famously flying-saucer-like structure recently landed in Kaisaniemi Botanical Gardens as part of the Finnish capital’s annual design festival. Initially conceived as a transportable ski cabin by Finnish architect…
Diagonal geometries shift the movement of Midosuji upwards Set along Osaka’s iconic Midosuji, 2050 Coffee’s new branch by TEKI Design introduces a new angle to the city’s historic axis. Through diagonal geometries and a vertical spatial experience, the café transforms everyday movement into discovery while reflecting 2050 Coffee’s vision for a more sustainable future. …
Construction broke ground this week on the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art designed by Frida Escobedo Studio. The addition will measure The post Construction begins on the Met’s Tang Wing designed by Frida Escobedo Studio appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Laneige’s Seoul flagship is more than a conventional beauty store. Across four floors, oversized architectural installations transform the Korean skincare brand’s bespoke services into physical experiences, while a sculptural red tube spirals from the lobby through the building and toward the sky. Designed by PlayLab, Inc., the space uses these bold gestures to give each…
BENGHAZI 2050 BUILDS AN ADAPTABLE FRAMEWORK FOR THE CITY Benghazi, the historic port city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, is looking toward 2050 with a new planning framework developed by a consortium including A&O TEC, Prior+Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), Homa, Buro Happold, Systematica and Fichtner. Conceived amid a period of urban growth, infrastructure investment…
a red arena at the edge of the old city CHYBIK + KRISTOF’s Jihlava Municipal Arena sits where a much larger building might usually feel difficult to place: directly beside the historic center of the Czech city. The 5,650-seat venue occupies the site of an ice rink that had served Jihlava since the 1950s,…
Light filters through the last fragments of stained glass clinging to the Gothic windows of Gary, Indiana’s City Methodist Church. Where a roof once stood, rows of limestone arches open The post Demolishing City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana, would be a major mistake appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Local architecture studio Arquitectonica has shaped the MSC Cruise Terminal, the world’s largest cruise terminal by size, in Miami to accommodate three ships at once. Arquitectonica designed a slim, elongated building for the building, which processes 36,000 daily passengers through its 492,000-square-feet (45,700 square metres). Arquitectonica has completed the world’s largest cruise terminal at Port…