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Palace of Aiete / isuuru arquitectos

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San Sebastián, Spain
  • Architects: isuuru arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1990
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

New City Hall and Concert Hall in Holon / Zarhy Architects

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Tel Aviv-based Zarhy Architects shared with us their proposal for a New City Hall and Concert Hall in Holon International Competition, for which they received 3rd Prize. More images and architect’s description after the break.

Building In Rouen / Stéphane Bigoni + Antoine Mortemard

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  • Architects: Antoine Mortemard, Stéphane Bigoni
    : Stéphane Bigoni, Antoine Mortemard, SIMA ingénierie, Louis CHOULET, ORFEA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1800
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

AD Classics: AD Classics: Igualada Cemetery / Enric Miralles

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Barcelona, Spain

AD Classics: National Library of France / Dominique Perrault Architecture

On the banks of the river Seine, just east of the Île de la Cité and downtown Paris, stand the four glittering towers of the National Library of France. Bent around the outskirts of a public esplanade, these towers are Dominique Perrault’s modern take on the age-old Parisian tradition of monumental public architecture. The project is both volume and void, enclosure and exposure, a juxtaposition of contrasting ideas that is as reverent of its place in a thousand-year-old legacy as it is deliberately self-critical.

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Casa das Histórias Paula Rego / Eduardo Souto de Moura

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  • Architects: Eduardo Souto de Moura
    : Souto Moura Arquitectos
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  panoramah!®, Lanxess Bayferrox, UNIBETÃO

AD Classics: Kunsthal / OMA

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  • Architects: OMA
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  1992

Louisiana State Museum / Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

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Baton Rouge, United States
  • Architects: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  69000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2006
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Gordon

AD Classics: Parc de la Villette / Bernard Tschumi Architects

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As part of an international competition, 1982-83, to revitalize the abandoned and undeveloped land from the French national wholesale meat market and slaughterhouse in Paris, France, Bernard Tschumi was chosen from over 470 entries including that of OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, and Jean Nouvel.

Russian Orthodox Church and Cultural Center / FREAK freearchitects

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The french team of FREAK freearchitects have shared with us their recent international competition entry for a Russian Orthodox Church and Cultural Center in Paris. Additional images and a brief description after the jump.

Marine Research Center Bali / AVP_arhitekti

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Croatian design team, AVP_arhitekti, has submitted to ArchDaily their latest project, Marine Research Center Bali. Their proposal seeks to align the center with the elemental characteristics of Bali itself. Follow after the jump for additional images and a thorough description from the architects.

Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow / Claudio Nardi Architetto

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Cracow, Poland
  • Architects: Claudio Nardi Architetto
    : Claudio Nardi Architetto, Leonardo Maria Proli
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  5467
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  VetroTech Saint-Gobain

AD Classics: Church of the Light / Tadao Ando Architect & Associates

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Ibaraki-shi, Japan

Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jerome Robbins Theater / think!

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Theatre Agora / UNStudio

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Lelystad-Haven, The Netherlands
  • Architects: UNStudio
    : UNStudio in collaboration with B + M, Den Haag
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2007
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Hunter Douglas Architectural (Europe), Hafkon, Hunter Douglas

UCN IMAGO / GPP Architects

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GPP Architects were recently awarded 1st prize for their entry in the competition for the University College Nordjvlland‘s (UCN) new educational center and have kindly shared their work with us here at ArchDaily. Follow after the jump for a project description by GPP Architects , additional images and a video.

Yew Dell Gardens Visitor Center / De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop

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Xi Gallery / SKM Architects

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  • Architects: SKM Architects
    : Ken Sungjin Min, AIA / SKM Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  6735
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008