Link to image Link to Set The Maritime Museum of Denmark, which opened in October 2013, occupies a sensitive site between new Kulturværftet cultural centre in Helsingør (Elsinore) and Kronborg Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) produced a dazzling response, designing the 6,500 sq m Museum as a continuous loop around… Read more »
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The Quantum Nano Centre, Waterloo, Canada. Architect: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Bloomberg, 2013.
Link to image Link to Set The Quantum Nano Centre designed by Canada's hihgly respected KPMB Architects is a research and development complex for quantum science and nano-technology located in Waterloo, Ontario. The hexagonal exo-skeleton is inspired by the structure of molecules and is integral to the building's structure. Image Details: Image File: JBRI-0060-0022 Caption:… Read more »
Taroudant University, Taroudant, Morocco. Architect: Saad el Kabbaj, Driss Kettani, Mohamed Amine Siana, 2011.
Link to image Link to Set A secular town with a strong cultural identity, Taroudants architectural style is an expression of the deep Moroccan South. The Taroudant University is an attempt to reinterpret that heritage through a building that carries a vision for the future. The university is organised around a central ryad (interior garden)… Read more »
Musée Du Louvre Lens, Lens, France. Architect: SANAA, 2012.
Link to image Link to Set The Louvre Lens is a new outpost of the Musée du Louvre by Japanese architects SANAA and New York studio Imrey Culbert. It has its site between the town's two landmarks – the monumental slag heaps and the football stadium. The five main pavilions stretch over some 300m as… Read more »