Korean Cultural Center S.A.M.O.O. The Korean Cultural Service of New York selected S.A.M.O.O. Architects and Engineers to design a 33,000-square-foot, eight-story building that will accommodate exhibitions and performances. Suspended within a glass box, three volumes clad in polished ceramic, rough terra-cotta, and milled wood will hold much of the program, their form and material "representing Heaven, Earth, and Humanity." Image © SAMOO

Gardner Museum Expansion Renzo Piano Building Workshop For the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum, a 108-year-old private museum designed to resemble the Venetian Palazzo Barbaro, Renzo Piano will place a new addition 50 feet away from the existing structure. The 70,000-square-foot wing will double the Gardner’s floor space. The program includes an expanded entrance, performance hall, special gallery, classrooms, conservation labs, and artist-in-residence dwellings. Image © Renzo Piano Building Workshop

April 2010

Korean Cultural Center, S.A.M.O.O.
A Glass Box for NYC

Gardner Museum Expansion, Renzo Piano Building Workshop
A Sensible Extension to a Respected Museum

 

March 2010

Markthal Rotterdam, MVRDV
A Massive Marketplace for Central Rotterdam

One New Change, Jean Nouvel
Nouvel Project in London Reaches Milestone

Ferrari World, Benoy
A “High-Octane” Theme Park for Abu Dhabi

 

February 2010

Orchestra Hall Renovation, Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg
KPMB to Revamp Minneapolis Landmark

North Jutland House of Music, Coop Himmelb(l)au
Latest Scheme for Danish Concert Hall Revealed

Cantos National Music Centre, Allied Works, BKDI
Firms Win Competition for Calgary Project

 

December 2009

Perot Museum of Nature & Science, Morphosis
Thom Mayne Conducts an Urban Experiment in Dallas

Waco Mammoth Site , Cotera + Reed
Archaeology Meets Architecture in Texas

Musical Instrument Museum, Richard Varda; RSP Architects
Instruments from Around the Globe on Display

 

June 2009

Exchange Palace, Beyer Blinder Belle
BBB to Restore Budapest’s Exchange Palace

BAM Cultural District, H3 Hardy Collaboration, Leeser Architecture, Ken Smith
Brooklyn Arts District Plods Ahead

P.S. 122 Interior Renovation, Deborah Berke & Partners Architects
P.S. 122 Prepares for Next, Sustainable Chapter

 

December 2008

Université Catholique de Louvain Museum, Perkins+Will, Emile Verhaegen, and MATRIciel
Art Museum to Serve as Dynamic Gateway for Belgian Town

Swiss National Museum Extension, Christ & Gantenbein Architects
A Modern Addition Planned for a Picturesque Museum in Zurich

Utah Museum of Natural History, Polshek Partnership
For a Utah Museum, Polshek Takes Its Cue from the Land

 

November 2008

Seaport Square
Another Grand Plan for the South Boston Waterfront

Copley Place Tower, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Luxury Condo Tower to Rise Near Boston Landmarks?

 

September 2008

Calais Border Station, Robert Siegel Architects
Small Town in Maine Gets a New, $48-Million Border Station

Pulkovo Airport Expansion, Grimshaw Architects
Grimshaw Designs “Airport City” for St. Petersburg

Oslo Central Station Redesign, Space Group
Space Group Launches New Scheme for Transit Hub

 

August 2008

Art Museum of Yue Minjun, Studio Pei-Zhu
Studio Pei-Zhu Designs Museum for Iconic Chinese Artist

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners Paints a New Future for Pushkin Museum

International UFO Museum and Research Center, Ahearn-Schopfer Associates
UFO Museum Has Close Encounter of the CAD Kind

Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch, Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Whitney Reveals Piano’s Design for Downtown Branch

May 2008

Mesa Del Sol Town Center, Antoine Predock, FAIA, and Jon Anderson Architect
Ceramic Frit Does Double Duty.

Louisiana Superdome Re-clad, Trahan Architects, Billes Architecture, and Sizeler, Thompson, Brown Architects
Superdome’s New Skin is Tougher Than Pig Skin.

American Institute of Architects North Carolina Headquarters, Frank Harmon, FAIA
Harmon Sews the Seeds of “Earthy Modernism”.

April 2008

Light*house, Z-huset,UNStudio; Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
Beacon of Affordable Housing Shines on Danish Waterfront.

HL23, Neil Denari
High Line Hosts a First for Neil Denari.

One Hundred Mill Avenue, Hayden’s Flour Mill, Davis; Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle and Substance Design Consortium
Tempe Nods to Past and Eyes the Future.

March 2008

Seongnam City Hall, KMD Architects
KMD's Government Building Alights Like a Bird.

National Performing Arts Center, Mecanoo
Banyan Tree Inspires Shape of Taiwan’s Largest Arts Hall.

Miami Art Museum, Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron Tap Tropical Climate for Design Ideas.

February 2008

Cornerstone Arts Center, Antoine Predock
Predock’s Flexible Arts Center Suits College’s Boundary-Breaking Style.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 4240 Architects
Constitution Text Inspires Immigration Building Design.

Cadillac Centre, Anthony Caradonna
Detroit Revs Up for Cadillac Centre.

January 2008

National Mountain Centre, Saucier+Perrotte Architectes
A Rocky Mountain museum and visitor’s center to be constructed in Canmore, Alberta.

Marianne, Massimiliano Fuksas
Crash course in chic design appreciation.

Spencer Dock Bridge , Future Systems
Santiago Calatrava’s bridges in Dublin.

August 2007

King Faisal Foundation, Nadel Architects
Nadel-designed skyscraper to blossom in Saudi desert

Opus, Zaha Hadid Architectss
Hadid’s next opus set for Dubai

Hydropolis, Crescent-Hydropolis Resorts
20,000 leagues under the Persian Gulf

July 2007

Human Sciences Institute, Agence Search
Anything But Stilted

Giant Group Pharmaceuticals Headquarters, Morphosis
Morphosis’s “Dragon” Takes Flight in Shanghai

Singapore Scotts Tower, OMA
OMA’s Beijing Office Designs Residential Tower for Singapore

June 2007

Alameda Theatre, Killis Almond & Associates
The Alameda, "San Antonio’s Apollo," Receiving a Makeover

Empire State Building Lobby, Beyer Blinder Belle
Empire State Building Lobby Getting a Makeover

Elbe Philharmonic, Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron’s "Pirate" Seizes Hamburg’s Skyline—and Its Imagination

Center on Halsted, Gensler
Coming Out of the Scaffolding: Chicago’s First LGBT Center

Hummingbird Centre, Studio Daniel Libeskind
Libeskind Tower to Perch Atop Hummingbird Centre

Silo Point, Parameter
Housing Takes Root in Former Grain Elevator

May 2007

Afro-American Cultural Center, The Freelon Group
Center Honors Charlotte’s African-American History

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Legorreta + Legorreta
Legorreta + Legorreta Unveil Fort Worth Design

Green Circle Shopping Center, Hufft Projects
Eco-Conscious Shopping Center Goes for Platinum

111 First Street, OMA
Koolhaas Raises Profile of Jersey City

April 2007

Rice Mill Lofts and Falstaff Brewery, Wayne Troyer Architect, HMS Architects
Sustainable, Affordable Housing on Rise in New Orleans

Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, Gehry Partners
Gehry’s First Vegas Building Breaks Ground

CityCenter, Gensler
CityCenter Scores Greenbacks for Going Green

March 2007

Valencia Stadium, Reid Fenwick Asociados, Arup Sport
Valencia’s City Map Inspires Stadium Facade

Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Lab Architecture Studio
Lab Architecture Experiments at Aussie Gallery

Saadiyat Cultural District, Gehry Partners, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid Architects
Starchitects Join Abu Dhabi’s Big Cultural Gambit

Fan Pier, Hill Glazier Architects, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Will Boston’s ICA Be Its Own Bilbao?