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The Whitney Museum of American Art at Gansevoort / Renzo Piano Building Workshop + Cooper Robertson

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Cultural Architecture, Museum
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New York, United States

Slovenia Pavilion – Milan Expo 2015 / SoNo Arhitekti

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Exhibition center, Installation, Pavilion
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Pero, Italy
  • Architects: SoNo Arhitekti
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  800 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Stora Enso
  • Professionals: Lumar IG, Biro ES, CBD

Austria Pavilion – Milan Expo 2015 / team.breathe.austria

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Exhibition center, Installation, Pavilion
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Milano, Italy

Water Museum / P-06 Atelier

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Museum
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Lisbon, Portugal
  • Architects: P-06 Atelier
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  170 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Exporlux

Neutelings Riedijk Architects Reveal Expansion Plans for Leiden’s Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Neutelings Riedijk Architects have revealed the final design for the expansion and renovation of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. With construction set to begin in October 2015, the rejuvenation scheme will see the renovation of 20,000m2 of the existing museum and the construction of an additional 19,000m2.

 Learn more about the project and view selected images after the break.

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Torsby Finnskog Center / Bornstein Lyckefors

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Museum, Renovation
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Torsby, Sweden

Davis Brody Bond to Expand Baltimore's National Great Blacks in Wax Museum

Davis Brody Bond's plan to expand Baltimore's National Great Blacks in Wax Museum has been approved. As the Baltimore Business Journal reports, the $75 million overhaul hopes to foresee a significant increase in attendance, bringing in more than 500,000 visitors annually.

A destination for both tourists and locals, the expanded museum will open itself to the surrounding community beyond normal operating hours. It will house a multi-purpose space, retail, orientation theatre, changing gallery and educational programs as well as the museum and a bus drop-off on the main thoroughfare. 

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Brazil Pavilion – Milan Expo 2015 / Atelier Marko Brajovic + Studio Arthur Casas

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Exhibition center, Installation, Pavilion
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Milano, Italy

Fondazione Prada / OMA

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Gallery, visual arts center, Adaptive reuse
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Milano, Italy
  • Architects: OMA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  18900 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Alucoil, Cymat Technologies Ltd., Garofoli, Ideal Work, Italcementi, +1

Vanke Pavilion - Milan Expo 2015 / Studio Libeskind

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Pavilion
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Milano, Italy
  • Architects: Studio Libeskind
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1210 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Vectorworks, FiAM, Keil, Lasvit

USA Pavilion - Milan Expo 2015 / Biber Architects

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Pavilion
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Milano, Italy
  • Architects: Biber Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3900 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015

UK Pavilion - Milan Expo 2015 / Wolfgang Buttress

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Pavilion
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Milano, Italy

UAE Pavilion - Milan Expo 2015 / Foster + Partners

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Exhibition center, Installation, Pavilion
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Milano, Italy

China Pavilion - Milan Expo 2015 / Tsinghua University + Studio Link-Arc

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Installation, Pavilion
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Milano, Italy

Camera Chiara / Annabel Karim Kassar

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Installation, Pavilion, Showroom
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Milan, Italy

Innsbruck Trade Fair A / ARGE CNBZ Architects

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Restaurant, Cultural Architecture, Exhibition center
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Innsbruck, Austria

JKMM's Helsinki Amos Anderson Art Museum to be Built Underground

The future of Helsinki's contemporary art scene has never been brighter; Amos Anderson Art Museum has announced plans to build a new venue at the heart of the the Finnish city. Designed by local firm JKMM, the New Amos Anderson Art Museum is to be built in and below Lasipalatsi square, a landmark site of Finnish Functionalism.

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Vira-Lata / Moradavaga

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Installation, Pavilion, Temporary installations
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Porto, Portugal
  • Architects: Moradavaga
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015