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A market hall you can live in? A project-hybrid in Rotterdam from MVRDV
20 of December '24

A market hall you can live in? A project-hybrid in Rotterdam from MVRDV

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A market hall you can live in? A project-hybrid in Rotterdam from MVRDV
Robert Olnick Pavilion—an isotropic space where every angle is the same
City Hall in London from Foster+Partners: a symbol of the capital and an example of democratic transparency
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Underground inspiration in the heart of Gangdong. "Tunnel" woven into the city from ZAIRA Architects & Engineers.
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Australia in the heart of Washington, D.C., or the embassy as a cultural bridge between continents
Real Madrid in the soft embrace of steel, or the Santiago Bernabéu and the finish of the "remodeling of the decade"
Industrial Revolution 4.0: RAIM—pioneering artificial intelligence and robotics museum in Seoul
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A school hidden underground: modernizing a high school in Normandy from archi5

archi5 - the best buildings of the 21st century

Anastazja Dżupina, 23 of December '24
Liceum im. Marcela Sembata w Sotteville-lès-Rouen w Normandii

Marcel Sembat High School in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Normandy

Photo: Thomas Jorion © archi5

In Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Normandy, the Marcel Sembat High School was modernized and expanded. Taking into account the scale of the project and the context of the site, the archi5 studio created a space tailored to the needs of the users and the environment. [...]

In Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Normandy, the Marcel Sembat High School was modernized and expanded. Taking into account the scale of the project and the context of the site, [...]

How is the discussion about the project to expand the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw?

The most interesting comments and statements about the winning project of the studio TŁO by Michal Sikorski.

Przemysław Ciępka, 23 of December '24
Projekt rozbudowy Muzeum Architektury we Wrocławiu

Project to expand the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw

© BACKGROUND | Shared courtesy of contest organizers

On Friday, December 20, 2024, we got to know the winning design for the expansion of the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw by the Warsaw-based studio TŁO, founded by Michal Sikorski. The concept has become the hottest topic of the last few days - paradoxically, the form that the discussion around the "Lapidarium/Vivarium", as the work was titled, is currently taking is not only not conducive to the realization of this vision, but is also an infamous testimony to the level of architectural [...]

On Friday, December 20, 2024, we got to know the winning design for the expansion of the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw by the Warsaw-based studio TŁO, founded by [...]

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