Museum

On top of a polished concrete base raised slightly off the ground, a light, gleaming, green-painted steel construction unfolds to form a shelter to protect delicate works of art. The diagonal lines of passage through this new pavilion interweave Middelheim Park with the Hortifloria Garden, a recent extension of this well-known Antwerp sculpture park. Filip Dujardin Four vertical recesses provide the entrances to the pavilion, divide the space into four and allow in natural light. The difference in the height of the walls gives rise to a complex composite roof surface which, with its boxed ceiling, unifies the internal spatiality. Filip Dujardin Robbrecht en Daem architecten More

In the best museums and galleries one finds one's way through a series of rooms, where the artefacts are carefully lit and set off by calm backgrounds. A degree of repetition helps navigation, some variation helps orientation. Filip Dujardin The proposals for the Whitechapel Art Gallery are bold in their restraint (someone commented: 'where’s the architecture?') and seize a simple but powerful opportunity: lower and upper floors are configured as circuits of rooms, with the stylistically different but volumetrically similar existing galleries linked up by smaller, more domestically scaled gallery spaces. The subtle rhythms and contrasts of the rooms form the backdrop to the wide variety of work on display (historic and contempor... More

Photo shoot of the Józef Piłsudski Museum in Sulejówek.The authors of the museum project are architects from the PIG Architekci, Radosław Kacprzak and Krzysztof Jaraczewski Piotr Krajewski - www.pkrajewski.pl Piotr Krajewski - www.pkrajewski.pl Piotr Krajewski - www.pkrajewski.pl Piotr Krajewski - www.pkrajewski.pl Piotr Krajewski - www.pkrajewski.pl   More

In the 1960s, with the economy in development and the population expanding rapidly after World War II, a group of architects formed the Metabolism movement. Using the core structure of the building as the load-bearing device, the architects of the Metabolism movement developed diverse ways to explore the land and space.Architect Kao, the designer of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, is one of the importantfigures of the Taiwanese Metabolism movement. Caption   The gift shop that we designed at 45 sqm, is located in the corner of the lobby. For asouvenir store which used to be the original ticket booth, it stands not only for asimple shop but also the history of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Here we incorporated the Metabolism concept... More

Growth is something we all strive for. But is what we call growth actually growth? The “market” acts as an authority and point of reference in our lives. It has taken hostage of our common idea of growth. To endure the pain, we collectively embark on a quest of “fixing the problem”, using the same approach that got us into this mess in the first place. We anxiously mend and maintain this idea of growth by adding prefixes: sustainable, equal, social, green, etc. Like a fairy tale no one believes in anymore but still needs to pursue. Complex, deeply intermeshed global issues are eroding our hard-wired societal systems. This calls for another line of reasoning. Kossmanndejong Labyrinthine Mesh Growth, what is tha... More

Architecture and Exhibit Design Firm, CambridgeSeven, led the transformation of the former New Orleans World Trade Center into a new luxury hotel with condominiums and topped by a new typology of cultural attraction to provide visitors with a comprehensive introduction to the Crescent City. In partnership with Cortina Productions, the design team turned a former rotating cocktail lounge into Vue Orleans - an immersive visitor attraction to celebrate, experience and bring to life the Big Easy’s culture and heritage through state-of-the-art technologies and dazzling media productions. Kwesi Budu-Arthur - CambridgeSeven When reimagining the iconic mid-century building into a vibrant destination at the foot of Canal Street, Cambridg... More

National Aviation Museum of Korea integrated Flexglo™ F15 LED light strips into its massive outdoor lighting project. First on the observation plaza, F15 linear luminaires are mounted around the circular architecture that is made up of vertical fins. When the lights are on, the place turns into quite a spectacle in darkness. On another corner, F15 lighting fixtures are installed under the concrete benches to illuminate the seat area, providing safety for walkers. Outside the circular exhibition hall stands a high fence wall and F15 lights are installed discreetly in the underside of the structure to light up the space.  More