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All under one roof: Focketyn del Rio Studio completes the transformation of the kHaus Basel, Switzerland. The transformation of a pre-existing building into a new cultural center has become a model for circular architecture and re-use: built 150 years ago as a military barracks, this seminal building has just become a new public nexus in the heart...
Project name
kHaus Cultural Center
Architecture firm
Focketyn del Rio Studio GmbH, Basel, Miquel del Rio + Hans Focketyn
Location
Kasernenhof 8, 4057 Basel, Switzerland
Photography
Adrià Goula, Piotr Hraptovich
Shunchang Museum is located in a county that features a unique location. As approaching the project, the architects studied the internal connection between the site and the city
Project name
Shunchang Museum
Architecture firm
The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd. (UAD)
Location
Tashan Road, Shunchang County, Nanping City, Fujian Province, China
Photography
Zhao Qiang
La Nave is a multipurpose pavilion located on a property of more than 7 hectares belonging to the RJG Group, a company linked to civil works, architecture and agricultural development, in the city of Pérez.
Project name
La Nave
Architecture firm
Estudio Pablo Gagliardo
Location
OBRING S.A (Av. Las Palmeras and El Zorzal – Pérez), Santa Fe, Argentina
Photography
Ramiro Sosa
The new building of the Museum of Ethnography in the Budapest City Park (Városliget) was opened (23/05/2022). The multiple award-winnig new museum building – which is part of Europe’s largest urban-cultural development called Liget Budapest Project - designed by FERENCZ, Marcel; Napur Architect - has dynamic yet simple lines simultaneously harmonis...
Project name
New Museum of Ethnography
Architecture firm
NAPUR Architect Ltd.
Location
Városliget, Budapest, Hungary
Photography
Palkó György
Golong Wormhole is an experimental space for events and exhibitions at the Golong Holdings headquarter building in Hangzhou, China. The space allows for flexible programming, while maintaining a consistent visual language that represents the inquisitive and transformative brand culture of Golong, a beauty and wellness conglomerate.
Project name
2022 Golong Wormhole
Architecture firm
PINES ARCH
Location
Hangzhou, China
Photography
BreezeImage - Guozhe
Intervening in an existing building is in itself a good challenge, when we have added centuries of history to the pre-existence, the challenge is even greater. The intervention focuses on the creation of an exhibition structure, alluding to the life and historical legacy of Damião de Gois, inside an old, restored church in Alenquer.
Project name
Museu Damião de Góis e as Vitimas da Inquisição / Damião de Góis Museum and the Victims of the Inquisition
Architecture firm
Spaceworkers
Location
Alenquer, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG. Video: Building Pictures
The gallery was endowed by a company. Nanjing University of the Arts found an open space among the crowded dormitory buildings, preparing to use the public housing space on the ground floor of the original 46th dormitory to renovate and expand a two-story art exhibition hall.
Project name
Art Gallery Extension of Nanjing University of the Arts
Architecture firm
Atelier Diameter
Location
Nanjing, China
Photography
Aurelien Chen
In a country that has been tormented by conflict, we wanted our pavilion to be an inclusive space, and a reminder of who we are as Syrians and as humans. Since the dawn of documented history, the Syrian people have contributed major achievements to the development of human history.
Project name
The Syria Pavilion
Architecture firm
XYZ Designers
Location
EXPO 2020 Dubai, Mobility District, UAE
Photography
Andri Iskandar