Cool Modern Architecture

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Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Zayed National Museum set to be first completed museum on Saadiyat Island

Foster + Partners has released new images of its designs for the Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi, after they were officially unveiled by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashi Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.

Already under construction, the Zayed National Museum is located on Saadiyat Island off the coast of Abu Dhabi, a mixed use development also set to receive the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum by Frank Gehry, the Louvre Abu Dhabi by Jean Nouvel and the Performing Arts Center and Maritime Museum by Tadao Ando over the coming years.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=15281

[amor de cosmos]

edited (wrong thread)

[Aleks]

wow! that's an awesome building! love the way the museum is actually under a man-made hill.

[amor de cosmos]

The Tower of Droplets by Sir Peter Cook
and Gavin Robotham
November 28th, 2010

This algae-producing tower designed by Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham of London studio CRAB came second in the recent Taiwan Tower Conceptual International Competition.

The project, a conceptual design for Taichung in Taiwan, features a tower with a series of steel cages attached that will be covered in algae to produce biofuel.

The competition was won by this design featuring floating observation decks attached to giant helium balloons.

The following information is from the architects:

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/11/28/the...avin-robotham/

[Flamesrule]

Ew. I don't like the last design.Thats just me though.

[photoLith]

Oh my god that museum design at the top of the page is simply incredible!

[Flamesrule]

Originally Posted by photolitherland

Oh my god that museum design at the top of the page is simply incredible!

Yeah I love the design.

[Innsertnamehere]

uhhh, montrealer, this is a place to put pics of cool modern archetecture, not pictures of a rather old city.

[amor de cosmos]

Gen Building / Assadi + Pulido
Architects: Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido
Location: Santiago, Chile
Associate Architect: David Zapata
Collaborators: Trinidad Schonthaler, Heidy Ullrich, Macarena Avila
Client: Inmobiliaria Unco

http://www.archdaily.com/91510/gen-b...assadi-pulido/

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Easy Way International Group Headquarters / Clearinkstone Design
Interior designer: Clearinkstone Design
Location: Taipei,Taiwan
Client: Easy way international Group

http://www.archdaily.com/93145/easy-...kstone-design/

[hammersklavier]

Originally Posted by amor de cosmos

http://www.archdaily.com/90709/anz-centre-hassell/

That really reminds me of a traditional department store's central atrium. Nice nice nicey nice.

[big T]

Originally Posted by amor de cosmos

http://www.archdaily.com/93145/easy-...kstone-design/

This really reminds me of the Koolhas designed MTCC at IIT (Chicago):

(picture mine)

[amor de cosmos]

wtf

Pop Music Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan / Emergent

Award-winning architectural studio Emergent unveiled their design for the new Pop Music Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. This design is intended to re-invigorate the Port of Kaohsiung as a cultural destination through world class public attractions, cutting edge music infrastructure, green energy technology, and lush landscaping. The design is based on creating two buildings located at anchor points on the site– one lifting into the air and the other embedded in the ground. By lifting partially off the ground, the Pop Music Center creates a huge shaded public plaza underneath the building. It also creates a protected space for the 12,000 seat public amphitheater, so that events can be planned year-round and in various weather conditions. The nine Performance Halls are organized inside bubbles nested between skin layers.

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/pop...iwan-emergent/

[jetsetter]

Off topic I know but this cracked me up.

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[amor de cosmos]

^ my kind of car

looks like another weird proposal for that harbour in taiwan

Kaohsiung Vortex / Influx_Studio
Architects: INFLUX_STUDIO
Location: Kaohsiung , Taiwan, R.O.C.
Collaborators: Ana Pinto, Linda Ait Belkacem, Carlos Moraga, Yun Guo, Daniela Trolio
Engineering: ARUP
Client: Construction Office, Public Works Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government

http://www.archdaily.com/93296/kaosi...influx_studio/

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Snaefellsstofa Visitor Center / ARKÍS architects
Architects: ARKÍS architects
Location: Egilsstaðir, Iceland
Owner: Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður – Vatnajökull galcier
Project area: 750 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson

http://www.archdaily.com/93050/snaef...is-architects/

[huggkruka]

I guess it was inevitable that Foster would do a version of the Sydney Opera House at some point.

Also recently finished from national architecture hero Bjarke Ingels(BIG): 8-tallet(the figure eight)

http://www.8tallet.dk/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/stendha...os/4717900398/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/janorama/4993339731/

It really is quite a complex building with many sides, and cleverly thought out.

[amor de cosmos]

PKU University Of Law / Kokaistudios
Architects: Kokaistudios
Location: Beijing, China
Team: Andrea Destefanis, Filippo Gabbiani, Li Wei, Fang Wei Yi, Liu Wen Wen, Yu Feng
Local Architect: BIAD
Structure: BIAD
Mechanics & Electricity: BIAD
Project Area: 10,000 sqm
Photographs: Charlie Xia

In 2009 a prestigious American Foundation and Beijing University invited Kokaistudios to design the building for the new faculty of law located in a prestigious location within the historical campus of China leading University. This particular site, where the pagoda symbol of the university is standing, required considerable effort in terms of design in order to find architectural answers that could satisfy and meld in a harmonious way the heritage elements; the beautiful natural environment and the new contemporary building. This prestigious project, completed in October 2010, is considered the milestone of a new era for Beijing University, and a symbol for better and more environmentally sustainable standard of living for the future University Community and for architectural buildings within that community.

http://www.archdaily.com/94355/pku-u...-kokaistudios/

[RLS_rls]

Talk about 60s flashback. Fantastic wood paneling in the second picture.

[amor de cosmos]

Evelyn Grace Academy / Zaha Hadid Architects
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Location: Brixton, London, England

he Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton, London Borough of Lambeth, broadens not only the educational diversity of this active and historical part of London but also augments the built environment in a predominantly residential area. This Academy presents itself as an open, transparent and welcoming addition to the community’s local urban regeneration process. The strategic location of the site within two main residential arteries naturally lends the built form to be coherent in formation. The building assumes a strong urban character and identity which is legible to both the local and neighboring zones.It offers a learning environment that is spatially reassuring thereby being able to engage the students actively. The design of the building to create a healthy atmosphere as a milieu for progressive teaching routines.

http://www.archdaily.com/95234/evely...id-architects/