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Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Visitor Center at Lincoln Center

New York, NY

"The design is intended to convert the Harmony Atrium into a generous and light filled portal to the artistic, cultural and daily life of the West Side."
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien
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Santiago Calatrava
Light Rail Train Bridge

Jerusalem, Israel

"In the end, the form of the bridge came to resemble a musical instrument, with the cables as the strings."
Santiago Calatrava

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Alsop Architects
The Public

West Bromwich, UK

A light-weight box that covers a series of sculptural forms.
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MAD
Erdos Museum

Kang Ba Shi City
Inner Mongolia, China

The first of seven cultural buildings in the Masterplan by MAD.
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Under construction
Asymptote
Strata Tower

Abu Dhabi, UAE

The exoskeleton veils the entire tower in a shimmering curvilinear form set against Abu Dhabi’s surrounding desert and sea.
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JKMM Architects
Viikki Church

Helsinki, Finland

The Viikki Church forms the core of an area plan, based on JKMM Architect’s winning entry, that will be implemented gradually.
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Zaha Hadid Architects
Guggenheim Hermitage Museum

Vilnius, Lithuania

"A place where you can experiment with the idea of galleries, spatial complexity and movement.”
Zaha Hadid
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Foster + Partners
Elephant House

Copenhagen Zoo
Copenhagen, Denmark

A stimulating environment that recreates aspects of the elephant’s former Asian habitat.

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THE ARCHITECT'S STUDIO
 
I.M. Pei
Concept Sketches

Musée d’Art Moderne

The action of the architect's hand, exploring
and resisting the imposed geometry of the site
and his own design principles.
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Design Hotel
East Hotel
Hamburg, Germany

The spirit of the old foundry lives on in this chic design hotel in the red-light district of Hamburg.
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 THE BOOKCASE  
   

Project Vitra
By Cornel Windlin & Rolf Fehlbaum

Publisher: Birkhäuser

The book offers an inside look at the firms collaboration with architects and designers.

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 THE CAMERA  
   

Paul Raftery
Church of Saint-Pierre de Firminy

By Le Corbusier

Following the original plans the Church was completed in 2006, 40 years after it’s conception.

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A visit to HafenCity
Hamburg, Germany

The 380 acre redevelopment zone will be a mix of office, retail, residential, and cultural uses.

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