Cool Modern Architecture

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School of the Arts / WOHA
Architects: WOHA
Location: Zubir Said Drive, Singapore

http://www.archdaily.com/217481/scho...the-arts-woha/

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Oficinas y Fábrica Fotovoltaica / Quadrante Arquitectura
Arquitectos: Quadrante Arquitectura – João Rainha Castro
Ubicación: Moura, Portugal

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...-arquitectura/

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Prosecutor’s Office in Tbilisi, Georgia / by Architects of Invention
By Guest Author on Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Young Georgian practice Architects of Invention has completed its first building in Tbilisi, the stunning Prosecutor’s Office.

The firm submitted a proposal as part of an invited competition for a new build to the north west of the city, just on the outskirts of the city centre and close to the Tbilisi Court building. The building was completed in February 2012. The brief was to create workspace for 60 members of staff, a substantial lobby and car parking. Work began in May 2011 and the building was completed in early 2012.

http://www.architecturelist.com/2012...-of-invention/

Alésia Museum visitor’s centre by Bernard Tschumi Architects
20 March 2012

Slideshow: a visitor’s centre with an ornate herringbone facade by Bernard Tschumi Architects opens this weekend on an archaeological site in central France.

The cylindrical centre occupies the same position held by the Roman army during a historic battle against the Gauls over 2000 years ago and its wooden exterior references the timber fortifications that would have been constructed nearby.

http://www.dezeen.com/2012/03/20/ale...mi-architects/

Church in La Laguna by Menis Arquitectos
20 March 2012

Slideshow: the concrete walls of this church in Tenerife are roughly lined with crushed volcanic rocks.

Completed in 2008 by Spanish architect Fernando Menis of Menis Arquitectos, the church comprises four chunky concrete volumes separated from one another by sliced openings.

http://www.dezeen.com/2012/03/20/chu...s-arquitectos/

Guardería en los Jardines De Malaga / Batlle i Roig Arquitectes
Arquitectos: Batlle i Roig Arquitectes (Enric Batlle, Joan Roig)
Ubicación: Barcelona, España

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...g-arquitectes/

[brickell]

sorry, as a layperson, these are getting worse and worse. Some are cool and other are interesting, but they feel cold and uninviting to me. It's brutalism all over again.

[amor de cosmos]

oooooook...

VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre / Perkins+Will
Architect: Perkins+Will
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

http://www.archdaily.com/215855/vand...e-perkinswill/

[trueviking]

that church is spectacular!

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Casal de la Ciudad de Balaguer / Domingo Ferré
Autores: Domingo Ferré (Mamen Domingo y Ernest Ferré)
Ubicación: Balaguer , Lleida, España

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...domingo-ferre/

[SpongeG]

sorry if its been posted but i love this one

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[amor de cosmos]

^ seen that one. it got lots of coverage, lots of people seem to like it

208 West 96th Street Residences / Arctangent Architecture + Design
Architects: Arctangent Architecture + Design
Location: Upper West Side, New York City, USA

http://www.archdaily.com/218243/208-...ecture-design/

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Arteixo Sport Center / Jose Ramon Garitaonaindia de Vera
Architect: José Ramón Garitaonaindía de Vera
Location: Avenida de Arsenio Iglesias, Arteixo, A Coruña, Spain

http://www.archdaily.com/218481/arte...india-de-vera/

Plantahof Auditorium / Valerio Olgiati Architect
Architects: Valerio Olgiati Architect
Location: Landquart, Switzerland

http://www.archdaily.com/218434/plan...ati-architect/

BIG + sanProgetto trabaja con celosías y formas curvas para la fachada del centro de negocios Eni en Italia

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...eni-en-italia/

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New Flagship Office / ESA Architects
Architects: ESA Architects
Location: Newbury, Berkshire, England

http://www.archdaily.com/219007/new-...sa-architects/

School Center Lucie Aubrac / Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Address: Allée de Bourgogne, Nanterre, France

http://www.archdaily.com/218772/scho...r-architectes/

TSR Building / by Jun’ichi Ito Architect & Associets
By Guest Author on Friday, March 23, 2012

-The clients are a family (a father and a son) who are psychiatrists and have been running a mental health clinic in Minato ward in central Tokyo for fifty years. Although the clinic has a long history housed in its current old wooden building, it became necessary for it to relocate due to a road schedule based on an urban plan formulated immediately after the Japanese defeat in World War II. In accordance with the relocation, the family decided to purchase an old building a five-minute walk from the clinic and build a new building on the site in order to reopen the clinic there. The beginning of this project was to the dismantling of the old building.

http://www.architecturelist.com/2012...ect-associets/

mecanoo architects: eurojust

delft-based practice mecanoo architects have collaborated with royal haskoning and DS landscape architects to design 'eurojust', a new complex to join the hague world forum area of peace, safety and justice, which supports the activities for cross-border criminal matters for the europoean union in the netherlands. a dune landscape will interconnect the neighboring buildings creating a lush environment of gentle mounds covered with grass. respecting the historical urban context, the structure maintains the scale of neighboring villas and apartments. two levels placed underground including the conference center receive daylight through the void created by the sloping garden.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...-eurojust.html

Xinjin Zhi Museum by Kengo Kuma and Associates
23 March 2012

Slideshow: this museum in Xinjin, China, by Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Associates appears to be screened by rows of floating tiles.

The traditional local tiles are in fact stretched tautly around the building on wire strings, shading the glazed exterior from direct sunlight.

http://www.dezeen.com/2012/03/23/xin...nd-associates/

Edificio Eco Berrini / Aflalo e Gasperini Arquitetos
Arquitectos: Aflalo e Gasperini Arquitetos
Ubicación: São Paulo, Brasil

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...ni-arquitetos/

Casino Colegio Piamartino Carolina Llona / Mario Pérez de Arce Arquitectos
Arquitectos: Mario Pérez de Arce y Asociados Arquitectos Ltda / Mario Pérez de Arce A. + Carolina Díaz D.
Obra: Casino Padre Carlo Cittadini Stefini, Centro Educacional Piamartino Carolina Llona. Fundación Juan Piamarta, Congregación Sagrada Familia de Nazareth
Ubicación: San José N°577, Maipú, Santiago de Chile

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...e-arquitectos/

[THE BIG APPLE]

Capital Gate Building Abu Dhabi

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Health Center CAP La Garriga / R+B
Architects: R+B - José Miguel Roldán, Mercè Berengué
Location: St. Frances s/n, La Garriga, Barcelona, Spain

http://www.archdaily.com/219580/heal...la-garriga-rb/

La Cite des Affaires Office building in Saint-Etienne / by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
By Guest Author on Monday, March 26, 2012

« La Cite des Affaires » office building in Saint-Etienne : High performance façade

The façade’s design is the answer to the architectural, programmatic, geographic and economic context, with the purpose to lead to high thermal performances. The façade’s principle is based on the complimentarity of a glass skin and a mineral skin. Each skin performs from energetic and thermal viewpoints.

http://www.architecturelist.com/2012...-architecture/

selgascano: el B - auditorium in cartagena

recently completed, the auditorium and performing center 'el 'B'' designed by madrid-based practice selgascano is placed along the docks of the harbor city of cartagena, spain. spanning the 1 kilometer long alfonso dock, a 20 meter void between the building and water serves as a promenade, maintaining the artificial waterfront of the port. the translucent exterior of the linear volume stretches 210 meters and projects the orthogonal edges found in the man-made environment. as visitors enter the interior, a delicate and light space is presented, evoking a soft aquatic ambiance that is decidedly missing from outside the building's walls.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...cartagena.html

[THE BIG APPLE]

I'm using Abu Dhabi ALOT, and I promise after I get off this city I'll go to other ones. BUT Abu Dhabi has alot of Cool Modern Architecture.

Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Center















This will be done by early next year.

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Envision Energy Headquarters / AECOM

The Envision Energy Headquarters, designed by AECOM, is located in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China. Envision Energy is the leading Chinese wind turbine manufacturer that emphasizes in research, development, manufacturing, sales and maintenance. The new 3-story 3,000 square meter facility is a mixed use, multi-layered space which includes program of offices, dining facilities, galleries and exhibition spaces, an employee recreation lounge with karaoke room, theater, gym, massage room and game room.

http://www.archdaily.com/218304/envi...uarters-aecom/

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Nantong Sports Center Winning Proposal / Henn
Architects: Henn
Location: Nantong, China

http://www.archdaily.com/219982/nant...proposal-henn/

Bamboo Wing / Vo Trong Nghia
Architects: Vo Trong Nghia
Location: Flamingo Dai Lai Resort, Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam

http://www.archdaily.com/219880/bamb...o-trong-nghia/

[DecoJim]

Originally Posted by amor de cosmos

I quite like this one. The side of the building is like a diagram of the airflow over a turbine blade which of course relates directly to the company's product.

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Kyoto International Conference Centre
Architect: Sachio Otani
Kyoto, Japan

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[amor de cosmos]

^ THAT is cool. it looks like a building out of bladerunner.

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Stinson Transport Centre, Montreal, Canada
Strong ideas woven together for transport centre from Canada-based Lemay Associates

In anticipation of an increase in its services planned over the next few years, the Stinson Transport Centre (STM) will expand its fleet of buses and build a new transport centre. The proposed Stinson Transport Centre from Lemay Associates will accommodate 300 vehicles and 800 employees and will aim for an ambitious LEED Gold certification.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=19435

Al Muneera Development, United Arab Emirates
Al Muneera is the product of international collaboration on a large scale

The precinct of Al Muneera can be found within the Al Raha Beach Development in the United Arab Emirates, not far from the Abu Dhabi City Corniche. Previously 10km of beaches and shipping canal shoreline, it has recently been developed by Aldar Properties PSJC, an Abu Dhabi-based development company. Michael Cox, the Australian project director of Al Raha Beach Development was one of the original directors of Aldar. His strong vision drove the concept design and managed to draw in a wide range of international architects.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=19436

Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, Corniche West, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Etihad Towers is a luxury mixed-use development located at Corniche West, Abu Dhabi

The development comprises 5 towers above a 5 level podium and 4 levels of basement. The composition of the towers is as follows: Tower 1 has 63 levels which includes the Jumeirah 5 star, 382 room luxury hotel and the Jumeirah 189 luxury serviced apartments. Towers 2, 4 and 5 have 76 levels (305 metres) containing a total of 885 residential apartments. Tower 3 has a total of 63 levels, which includes 46,000m² of offices.

The podium contains the hotel lobby, 1800m² ballroom/convention centre, meeting rooms, restaurants, bars, lounges and wellness/spa centre.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=19433