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MVRDV wins competition for Comic and Animation Museum in China

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Hangzhou urban planning bureau has announced MVRDV winner of the international design competition for the China Comic and Animation Museum (CCAM) in Hangzhou, China. MVRDV won with a design referring to the speech balloon: a series of eight balloon shaped volumes create an internally complex museum experience of in total 30.000m2. Part of the project is also a series of parks on islands, a public plaza and a 13.000m2 expo centre. Construction start is envisioned for 2012, the total budget is 92 million Euro.

More images and architect’s description after the break.

Moritzburg Museum Extension / Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos

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Arabian Library / Richard Kennedy Architects

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Neues Museum / David Chipperfield Architects + Julian Harrap

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Berlin, Germany

Sunrise Mountain Library / Richard Kennedy Architects

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VR Museum / Architectkidd

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Museum
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Bangkok, Thailand
  • Architects: Architectkidd
    : Architectkidd - Udomsak Komovilas, Jariyawadee Lekawatana, Luke Yeung
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  600 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Museum of Polish History / Ateliers O-S architectes

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Paris-based Ateliers O-S architectes shared with us their project for the Museum of Polish History in Warsaw. More images and architect’s description after the break.

AD Classics: Whitney Museum / Marcel Breuer

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Museums & Exhibit
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New York, United States

Waitakere Library And UNITEC Facilities / Architectus + Athfield Architects

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Library
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Auckland, New Zealand
  • Architects: Architectus, Athfield Architects
    : Architectus & Athfield Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  8000 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2006

AD Round Up: Museums Part VII

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Last year we featured many great museums. Like Alberto Campo Baeza’s Museum of Memory in Andalucia. Or Tampa’s Museum of Art designed by Stanley Saitowitz. Check five amazing museums from 2010 after the break.

Tampa Museum of Art / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects Museums began in ancient times as Temples, dedicated to the muses, where the privileged went to be amused, to witness beauty, and to learn. After the Renaissance museums went public with palatial structures where the idea of the gallery arose, a space to display paintings and sculpture (read more…)

Guangdong Museum / Rocco Design Architects

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Museum
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China
  • Architects: Rocco Design Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  41000 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Aomori Museum of Art / Jun Aoki & Associates

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National Museum of American Jewish History / Ennead Architects

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Museum
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Philadelphia, United States
  • Architects: Ennead Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  100000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Shildan

AD Classics: Neue Staatsgalerie / James Stirling

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Museum
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Stuttgart, Germany

AD Classics: Kimbell Art Museum / Louis Kahn

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Located in Fort Worth, Texas, the Kimbell Art Museum by Louis Kahn has become a mecca for all who are interested in modern architecture. The element of natural light is the main focus of the design, and creates elegant spaces that are perfectly suited for the art that it houses.

National Museum of China / gmp Architekten

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Museum
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Beijing, China
  • Architects: gmp Architects
    : gmp Architekten
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  192000 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Crocker Art Museum / Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects

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AD Classics: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University / I.M. Pei

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Museum
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Ithaca, United States
  • Architects: I.M. Pei
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  1973