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FC Barcelona’s iconic Camp Nou stadium is set for a massive renovation. The Japanese architecture fi rm Nikken Sekkei was chosen to carry out the project, which will expand the seating capacity of the stadium to 105,000 and involves the addition of a 506,000-square-foot canopy to provide coverage to fans in inclement conditions. This renovation will…
A conceptual design for what would be the world’s tallest observation tower has been revealed by Car lo Ratti Associati. Commissioned by a mystery client, Italian architect Carlo Ratti has conceived “The Mile,” a cloud-bursting column of public open space — inspired by New York City’s very own Central Park. “Imagine you take New York’s Central…
The MetLife Building — formerly the Pan Am Building — is one of New York City’s most unassuming, yet unmistakable landmarks. Built in 1963 by a team that included Walter Gropius, this monumental glass tower looms behind Grand Central Terminal like a sentinel, a modernist masterpiece that, somehow, doesn’t clash with the Terminal’s ornate beaux-arts…
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has begun work on a clubhouse and gallery in the mountainous distri ct of Gaoyao, 62 miles (100 kilometers) west of Guangzhou. Set in the center of a lake, the project will be a pavilion for a new development of exclusive villas at the base of a nearby mountain. The Danish firm…
Temporary shelter is a bigger issue in today’s world than ever before as we face extreme changing we ather patterns, disasters and political instability. And there’s no group better suited to providing creative solutions to such social issues than the architecture and design community.
There has been a proliferation of striking contemporary designs for mosques emerging from architectu re studios in recent times, with Henning Larsen, BIG and Rux Design all producing radical reinterpretations of this age-old typology. London-based firm Amanda Levete Architects may have conceived the most modern mosque yet, though, triumphing in a key competition to design a…
An initiative cofounded by the Canadian firms RAW Design, Ferris + Associates and Curio, the annual Winter Stations Design Competition is an open-air art installation that strives to bring Toronto residents outside in the coldest months of the year. The competition called for architects, artists or designers to intervene on the existing lifeguard stands stationed…
On the 27th of February 2016, visionary French architect Claude Parent passed away aged 93. Describe d by philosopher Paul Virilio as a “utopianist of the territory,” Parent was known as a “supermodernist” who frequently confounded the architectural expectations of his peers, producing spectacular and often subversive projects to test the rigid principles of Modernism. Claude…
The mayor of Lyon recently unveiled plans for a massive renovation of Part-Dieu, an iconic shopping center located in the center of the French city. Rotterdam-based firm MVRDV will carry out the transformation, which involves the construction of a massive, elevated public garden and aims to seamlessly blend the shopping center with the urban fabric…