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AD Classics: Stockholm Public Library / Gunnar Asplund

With its simple geometry and classical arrangement, Stockholm’s Public Library is a difficult building to characterize. Designed by noted Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund during the 1920s, the library is the physical manifestation of a transitionary period in both the rationale of its designer and the shifting values of European architecture. The ultimate result is a deceptively complex synthesis of styles presented in a visually straightforward package: the fading influence of Neoclassicism juxtaposed against the emergence of Rationalism.

Terzo Piano Restaurant / Dirk Denison Architects

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Restaurant
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Chicago, United States

AD Classics: Denver Central Library / Michael Graves & Associates

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Library
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Denver, United States

Beirut Exhibition Center / L.E.FT

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Exhibition center
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Beirut, Lebanon
  • Architects: L.E.FT
    : L.E.FT Architects, Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1200 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Art of Americas Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / Foster + Partners

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Museum
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Boston, United States
  • Architects: Foster + Partners
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  193325 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Goppion

McNay Art Museum Extension / Jean Paul Viguier Architecture

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Museum, Refurbishment
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San Antonio, United States

AD Classics: Jewish Museum, Berlin / Studio Libeskind

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Preservation Site
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Berlin, Germany
  • Architects: Studio Libeskind
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  15500 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  1999
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Vectorworks

Musealization of the Archaeological Site of Praça Nova of São Jorge Castle / JLCG Arquitectos

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Museum
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Portugal

AD Classics: Le Grand Louvre / I.M. Pei

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In 1981, the newly elected French president, Francois Mitterrand, launched a campaign to renovate cultural institutions throughout France.  One of the most advantageous of those projects was the renovation and reorganization of the Louvre. 

Archeological Interpretation Center / Norvia-Consultores de Engenharia SA

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visitor center
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Murça Municipality, Portugal

Update: MOCA Cleveland / FOA

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A few months ago, we first introduced Farshid Moussavi’s design for the new Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland. This past week, the museum’s board voted to approve the project – a decision that will allow Moussavi and the London office of Foreign Office Architect to jumpstart their first US structure. The new museum, a strong geometric volume dramatically sloping upward, will provide a much needed permanent home for Cleveland’s contemporary art. Moussavi also revealed more details of her design at Hunter College recently, which has developed to include a plaza designed by Field Operations, a cobalt blue inner skin beneath the black stainless steel structure and a ceremonial entry stair.

More about the updated design after the break.

New Library in Bressanone / Michel Carlana, Luca Mezzalira and Curzio Pentimalli

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Italian architects Michel Carlana, Luca Mezzalira and Curzio Pentimalli shared with us their project for the new library in the town of Bressanone, located in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto. See more images and architect’s description after the break.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art Amir Building / Preston Scott Cohen

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Museum
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Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Architects: Preston Scott Cohen
    : Preston Scott Cohen, Inc.
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  18500 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Design Museum Holon / Ron Arad Architects

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Museum
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Tel Aviv, Israel

Zadar Library / SANGRAD architects and AVP_arhitekti

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Vedran Pedišić, (SANGRAD architects), Emil Špirić, Erick Velasco Farrera and Juan Jose Nunez Andrade (AVP_arhitekti) have submitted their competition proposal for the University of Zadar Library in Zagreb, Croatia. The project received was awarded with an honorable mention. Images of the proposal and the architect’s description after the break.

Open Air Exhibition Grounds of the Estonian Road Museum / Salto AB

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Park, Exhibition center
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Varbuse, Estonia
  • Architects: Salto AB
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Edouard Malingue Gallery / OMA

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Gallery
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Central, Hong Kong (SAR)
  • Architects: OMA
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

National Museum of Underwater Archaeology / Vázquez Consuegra

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Museum
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Cartagena, Spain
  • Architects: Vázquez Consuegra
    : Estudio Vazquez Consuegra
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  6012 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008