Office building with a pedestrian street inside designed by Jean Nouvel Architecture 25.06.2022 Pritzker laureate Jean Nouvel built an office building in the French Quarter of Shanghai with a pedestrian street inside.Ekaterina KarpukhinaEmailPinterestVKonkakteEmailPinterestVKonkakteThe Henderson CIFI Tiandi building was designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel architects for the development and investment company CIFI Holdings. The site was located in an area that was part of
Reconstruction of the Art Museum has been completed in Philadelphia Architecture 24.06.2022 The Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry worked on the new galleries and public areas of the museum.Evgeny IonovEmailPinterestVKonkakteEmailPinterestVKonkakteThe museum, designed by architects Horace Trumbauer and Julian Abele, first opened to the public in 1928. The building received a typical American neoclassical appearance and became famous in many ways thanks to
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Counterspace Studio Architecture 24.06.2022 On June 11, in Kensington Gardens in London, at the Serpentine Gallery, according to tradition, a pavilion will open, which will become the twentieth building erected here by renowned architects.Ekaterina KarpukhinaEmailPinterestVKonkakteEmailPinterestVKonkakteIn 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the opening of the Serpentine Pavilion had to be postponed. Therefore, the Counterspace
Lakhta Center 2: the second tallest building in the world will be built in St. Petersburg Architecture 24.06.2022 An ultra-high skyscraper will be built in St. Petersburg according to the project of the Kettle Collective bureau. It will be slightly lower than the Burj Khalifa, but it will accommodate the world's highest observation deck.Ekaterina KarpukhinaEmailPinterestVKonkakteEmailPinterestVKonkakteThe design of the new skyscraper was carried out by the Scottish office Kettle
Wood and cork winery in Portugal Architecture 24.06.2022 In the Dao region in the north-central part of Portugal, a new Taboadella winery has appeared, with a farm, a 40-hectare vineyard and an impressive building designed by Carlos Castaneira.Ksenia OshchepkovaEmailPinterestVKonkakteEmailPinterestVKonkakteThe history of Taboadella goes back to the I century AD — even then wine was produced here. One of
The world’s longest suspension pedestrian bridge has opened in Portugal Architecture 24.06.2022 The suspension pedestrian bridge, which opened recently in Portugal, was named 516 Arouca, where the figure means its length.Ekaterina KarpukhinaEmailPinterestVKonkakteEmailPinterestVKonkakteThe bridge built in the Aroka Geopark is located at an altitude of 175 m above the Paiva River and connects two hills. The structure was created for tourists, as it
Seattle Houseboat Architecture 24.06.2022 Studio DIAA co-founder Suzanne Stefan has built her own house on the water, on Lake Union in Seattle.Ekaterina KarpukhinaEmailPinterestVKonkakteEmailPinterestVKonkakteHouseboats are not uncommon for Seattle. There is a long tradition of constructing such buildings on the water, so Susanna Stefan built her new house on a log foundation of the early
Architect and urbanist Jaime Lerner has passed away Architecture 24.06.2022 The Brazilian urbanist was 83 years old.Evgeny IonovEmailPinterestVKonkakteEmailPinterestVKonkakteJaime Lerner was admitted to the Curitiba Hospital on May 21, where he died six days later due to complications of chronic kidney disease. Planetizen magazine named him the second most important urban planner of all time after Jane Jacobs.Heuler AndreyIn 1964, Lerner
The exhibition “The Island of the Triumphal Gates” on Kutuzovsky Prospekt according to the project of the Wowhaus bureau Architecture 24.06.2022 The Wowhaus Bureau and the Museum of Moscow have installed an open-air exhibition that tells Muscovites and residents of the city about the history of the Triumphal Gates.Ekaterina KarpukhinaEmailPinterestVKonkakteEmailPinterestVKonkakteThe idea of this project was born after the son of one of the founders of the Wowhaus bureau asked why the
What the pavilion of Russia looks like after reconstruction: the first photos from the Venice Architecture Biennale Architecture 23.06.2022 The Venice Biennale will officially open only tomorrow, but all exhibitions and projects are already available to the press. We show the first photos of the renovated pavilion of Russia.Ekaterina KarpukhinaEmailPinterestVKonkakteEmailPinterestVKonkakteThe Pavilion of the Russian Federation was designed by architect Alexey Shchusev and first opened its doors to the public