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Sanxingdui Museum / CSWADI

September 13, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

Park remodeling – The Sanxingdui relic site, located 40 kilometers north of Chengdu on the banks of the Yazi River and west of Guanghan City, holds a civilization that dates back 4,800 years. It has yielded tens of thousands of exquisite cultural relics through archaeological excavations. Sanxingdui occupies a significant position globally in the realm of bronze culture and is renowned as the “source of Yangtze River civilization”. In November 2019, the exploration and excavation of the Sanxingdui site recommenced, leading to the discovery of several national treasure-level cultural relics within the six newly-found artifact pits. This momentous find astounded the world again, signifying a new era in Sanxindui archaeology.

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Nashan Geological Museum / Xiamen Urban Environment Design & Engineering

September 7, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

Nashan Mountain is a shield-shaped ancient volcano formed 10 million years ago, with a complete set of volcanic eruptive facies, overflow facies, eruptive unconformities, faults, and other geological structures. There are also a series of geological relics such as basalt, sandstone, sedimentary rock, breccia, peridotite, diabase, volcanic bomb, and volcanic cinder. A large number of yuhua stones, wood fossils, and bone fossils have been discovered in the sands of the Cretaceous period. The most valuable asset of science, research, and landscape in Nashan Mountain are the basalt columns.

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Da Yu Art Museum / Yuan Architects

September 1, 2023 Hana Abdel 0

Da Yu Art Museum has a very peaceful and graceful atmosphere, set on the bank of a beautiful small lake near a suburban area in Nanjing City. It is a private museum owned by a group company and used for hosting art exhibitions, cultural events, and receptions.

“The landscape, art, humanity, and culture between the horizon.”

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Buffalo AKG Art Museum / OMA/Shohei Shigematsu

August 23, 2023 Paula Pintos 0

We often say that there are only two types of museums: a museum in the park, embedded in the tranquility of nature, and a museum in the city, implanted within the energy of urbanism. The Buffalo AKG Art Museum is both. It sits at the northern edge of the historic Delaware Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The city is known for its history of industrial revolution and the current revitalization of remnants from that past. It has a rich architectural history—from silos and manufacturing facilities to buildings by Eero Saarinen, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Buffalo AKG Art Museum / OMA/Shohei Shigematsu

August 23, 2023 Paula Pintos 0

We often say that there are only two types of museums: a museum in the park, embedded in the tranquility of nature, and a museum in the city, implanted within the energy of urbanism. The Buffalo AKG Art Museum is both. It sits at the northern edge of the historic Delaware Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The city is known for its history of industrial revolution and the current revitalization of remnants from that past. It has a rich architectural history—from silos and manufacturing facilities to buildings by Eero Saarinen, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Polish Army Museum / WXCA + Buro Happold

August 15, 2023 Paula Pintos 0

The project connects the history of the city, and the country as a whole, with the contemporary urban context. The museum site occupies 32 hectares of the Warsaw Citadel, a hilltop fortress built in the 1830s by the army of the Russian Empire. The Citadel was used by the Polish military and has been a restricted area, until now. Buro Happold worked closely with WXCA to reinvigorate the site, which overlooks the Vistula River and is separated from the city by an embankment. The Polish Army Museum building, together with the Museum of the 10th Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel and the Katyń Museum, stands alongside the soon-to-be-built Museum of Polish History, collectively forming one of Europe’s largest museum complexes. The Polish Army Museum project is part of Buro Happold’s extensive, ongoing engagement with the changing urban landscape of Warsaw.

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AGU Presidential Museum and Library / EAA – Emre Arolat Architecture

August 11, 2023 Andreas Luco 0

The buildings that were renovated as the Presidential Museum and Library are just two of the many units that formed Sumerbank Textile Factory, in Kayseri, Turkey. Built between 1933-1935 and designed by Russian architect Ivan Nikolaev, this production facility has been one of the most significant symbols of industrialization and modernization in the Republican period of Turkey.

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House of the Weimar Republic / Muffler Architekten PartG mbB

August 8, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

Context. Historical events shape identity, and this holds true for the building at Theaterplatz 4. Located directly across from the significant Weimar National Theatre, it plays a crucial role in the city’s narrative. This heritage-listed former carriage depot (1823) stands as a witness to a diverse history. Like the city itself, the building has undergone numerous architectural transformations. Its most recent incarnation as an art gallery, known as the “Bauhaus Museum,” strategically aligns with Theaterplatz, showcasing its grand facade. While the original symmetrical concept has been somewhat obscured by alterations to the side annexes, the art gallery’s expansive exhibition space emerges clearly from its original symmetry. However, while the building’s connection to the square is well-defined and architecturally significant, this precision is lost in the rear portion.

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National Pavilion of Biodiversity / Fernanda Ahumada + FREE

August 8, 2023 Benjamin Zapico 0

The National Pavilion of Biodiversity is a new space for UNAM, located in the cultural corridor of Ciudad Universitaria. The project aims to grow and preserve the archive of the Institute of Biology, as well as to create thematic laboratories for the scientific study of the largest collection of dead species in Latin America.