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Reinventing cultural architecture: inside OPEN’s revolutionary buildings

The Spaces

OPEN was founded during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games by architects Li Hu and Huang Wenjing. This structure highlights the inherent contradictions of being an architect in China – where building and innovation are embraced, often to the detriment of heritage preservation and the natural environment. Photography: Zaiye Studio.

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Come Together: At the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion, Lina Ghotmeh Invites Visitors to Gather

Architizer

They include “Réalimenter Masséna,” a groundbreaking sustainable wooden tower concept set for Paris and winner of the city’s appeal for innovative projects. Serpentine Pavilion 2023 designed by Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture Built with Nature Ink, Pencil & Watercolor Sketch by Lina Ghotmeh © Courtesy of Serpentine.

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The Sponge Evangelist

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Kongjian Yu, FASLA, sketches the concept for Chinatown Park in Boston in 2003. As the founder of Beijing-based Turenscape, China’s first non-state-run landscape office, he set out to fill the vacuum, becoming an expansive and innovative practitioner. That’s why I call landscape the art of survival.

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Qatar 2023 Venice Biennale Exhibition

e-architect

The new developments all will be operated by Qatar Museums which is responsible for preserving and enlarging Qatar’s cultural endowment by overseeing the country’s growing network of museums, heritage sites, festivals, public art program, and more. They include: Museum of Islamic Art, architect: I.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2023, London

e-architect

Designed by James Grey West, the Serpentine South building opened in 1934 and originally functioned as a teahouse until the early 1960s, before becoming an art gallery. The innovative design by Lina Ghotmeh complements our desire to use more sustainable materials while also advancing our expertise in mass timber building.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Slovenia

Architizer

Their unique architectural style amalgamated modernism, the Vienna Secession (a type of Art Nouveau) and past historical ideas and forms, which became the blueprint for the country’s contemporary architectural practice. The Ceramic’s room is a space of culture, identity and timeless design, a space of art and an art of space.”

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30 Best Architecture Firms in the Netherlands

Architizer

Cities across the Netherlands are bursting with innovative design, and in this respect, Rotterdam particularly stands out as a hotbed for experimentation. In all designs, Benthem Crouwel seeks a balance between economic, social and ecological interests, with a particular focus on innovation and sustainability.