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Embassy Ethiopia / Bjarne Mastenbroek and Dick Van Gameren
Architects: Bjarne Mastenbroek and Dick Van Gameren
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

http://www.archdaily.com/198254/emba...ia-search-cma/

PTW architects: sydney grammar school assembly hall

australian firm PTW architects has completed the 'sydney grammar school assembly hall', a subterranean recital hall capable of seating 1500 people in sydney, australia. placed within the heart of a school complex, the venue hosts concerts and assemblies as well as facilitating interior and exterior circulation. the natural bedrock was carved to form the internal walls which become the auditorium's focal element. the space provides functional amenities with acoustical benefits for a variety of musical performances, and ideal sight lines from the seating arrangement which wraps the perimeter. generated high reverberation time is conducive to large scale 19th and 20th century orchestras and speech audibility is ideal for assemblies. the facility is capable of high quality video recording and projection.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...mbly-hall.html

dominique perrault: citylights - le campus du pont de sèvres

internationally-recognized french architect dominique perrault has redrawn plans for the pont de sèvres towers in boulogne-billancourt, france with 'citylights', a scheme to transform and re-urbanize the western suburb of paris. stripping the old façades of the pre-existing towers, the design features a double layer skin that alternates between transparency and silver shades, providing a rhythmic effect to the highly geometric structures.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...de-sevres.html

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum extension by Renzo Piano
12 January 2012

Architect Renzo Piano has completed a new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, which opens next week.

http://www.dezeen.com/2012/01/12/isa...y-renzo-piano/