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Moonbase Helsinki: Amos Rex by JKMM Architects
on 19 December 2018The Finnish capital’s new cultural centre, Amos Rex by JKMM Architects, establishes a synergy between a restored modernist icon and new underground galleries, beneath a surrealistic public square
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The skyscraper college dorm: The Atlas by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
on 22 October 2018The Atlas belongs to the trending typology of the student residential tower. It responds to the urban heritage of its London location, and its rigorous geometry efficiently enables accommodation on a mass scale
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The Jungle Block: Marina One by Ingenhoven Architects and Gustafson Porter + Bowman
on 29 August 2018Under an equatorial sun, a new wave of Singaporean buildings is blooming with vegetation. At Marina One, a vast complex designed by Ingenhoven Architects and landscaped by Gustafson Porter + Bowman, the big innovation is to integrate a jungle into the heart of the complex
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Reflecting the Romans: Musée de la Romanité by Elizabeth de Portzamparc
on 12 June 2018Elizabeth de Portzamparc’s new Musée de la Romanité in Nimes responds to two millennia of history with undulating reflections and a building that draws the city into — and on to — it.
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Gasholders London: from industrial structures to luxury housing
on 16 April 2018A unique trio of Victorian iron frames in which gas tanks once rose and fell, now host another unique structure — a trio of cylindrical apartment blocks. Referencing the industrial heritage, they are the latest additions to the trending, creative quarter of King’s Cross, London
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Billion dollar cube: the new US Embassy by KieranTimberlake
on 13 March 2018Donald Trump may have complained about it, but the new US Embassy in London is one of the most extraordinary projects the capital and the world of diplomacy have seen
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Bronzed and breathing: Bloomberg HQ by Foster + Partners
on 1 February 2018The new Foster + Partners-designed Bloomberg European HQ in the City of London is rated as the most sustainable office building to date. The project offers a dazzling internal environment, a Roman temple, and a renewed narrative on how cities can accommodate large-scale commercial architecture
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California dreaming: exploring the visions of the SCI-Arc graduates
on 14 November 2017As a juror at the Southern California Institute of Architecture’s Graduate Thesis Weekend, Herbert Wright got an insight into the future of architecture as seen by its would-be practitioners
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Raw, robust industrial chic: White Collar Factory by AHMM
on 30 October 2017AHMM’s addition to London’s Old Street roundabout, the White Collar Factory, provides a modern workplace complex with a distinctly Jean Prouvé feel
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Beauty in compromise: vGGG by Gonzalez Haase
on 24 October 2017A tight site with numerous restrictions in Berlin hosts a new residential building that has a complex relationship with the city