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Musical Instrument Museum / RSP Architects

Oscar Lopez — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:00:00 +0000

U.S. Land Port of Entry / Julie Snow Architects

Kelly Minner — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Designed by Julie Snow Architects, the U.S. Land Port of Entry is recipient of a 2011 National Institute Honor Award for Architecture. Located in Warroad, Minnesota the facility supports the mission-driven demands of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the federal agency responsible for securing the nation’s borders and promoting legal trade and travel. Conceived as a specific response to the vast open landscape along the Minnesota-Canadian border, its form reiterates the dominant horizon of the landscape while making reference to the East-West border. Inflected building forms facilitate intuitive use by visitors, the officers’ ability to survey the entire site, and vehicle access to secondary and commercial inspection areas.

Urban Outfitters Corporate Campus / MSR Design

Igor Fracalossi — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:00:00 +0000

Located at the confluence of the Delaware and schuylkill Rivers, the Navy Yard served as a ship building and repair facility from 1868 through 1996. Decommissioned, it’s 187 buildings were abandoned. in 2004, the 1,000-acre National Historic District was master planned for redevelopment an evolution from public ownership to private use.