V&A Exhibition Road Extension in South Kensington, London

V&A Exhibition Road Extension that located in South Kensington, London, was designed by Amanda Levete Architects. AL_A has been awarded the Exhibition Road expansion project at the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, London. The practice’s precise 1,500 sq m composition will overlay an underground gallery for temporary exhibitions beneath an open public courtyard. [...]

Tags: Albert Museum, Amanda Levete, Amanda Levete Architects, Daniel Libeskind, Deconstructivism, Districts of England, Exhibition Road, GBP, Kensington, London, Natural History Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Science Museum, United Kingdom, Victoria

Arts Building – Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology in Nelson, New Zealand

The Arts Building – Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology designed by Irving Smith Jack Architects Ltd is located in Nelson, New Zealand. Set in a region of New Zealand renowned for being an arts incubator, this building is the built intersection of paired aspirations; the Nelson region’s physical and philosophical requirement for a leading edge [...]

Tags: Arts Building, Geography of New Zealand, Geography of Oceania, Institute of Technology, Irving Smith Jack Architects Ltd, Marlborough New Zealand, Nelson, Nelson New Zealand, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, New Zealand, New Zealand Government

V&A Exhibition Road Extension in London, United Kingdom

V&A Exhibition Road Extension is located in London, United Kingdom. A free exhibition of designs by the seven shortlisted practices in an international competition to visualise a new purpose built gallery for the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, London. Last year, the renowned Museum launched the competition to compose a new space in [...]

Tags: Albert Museum, Aston Webb, Districts of England, Exhibition Road, Grade I listed buildings in London, Kensington, Knights Bachelor, London, Natural History Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Science Museum, United Kingdom, Victoria, Victoria and Albert Museum

Public Plaza, external exhibitions, botanical garden and concert facilities

Designed by TAAU, Public Plaza is located in Tijuana, Mexico. From north to south, the main components of the square include a green façade and a new cultural centre featuring an elongated courtyard below ground for exterior exhibitions. In the central space, a giant screen and grandstand serve as complements for concerts or national holiday [...]

Tags: car flow, city wide flood control infrastructure, Environment, Mexico, national holiday, Natural Disaster, Public Plaza, Tijuana, wastewater treatment

Mirador Nature Activity Centre in Oostvaardersland, Netherlands

Designed by Allard Architecture, Mirador Nature Activity Centre  is located in Oostvaardersland, Netherlands. Imposed site challenges are absorbed through the structure which not only acts as an iconic visual reference, but connects the upper level dike and main road with the lower landscape. The form of their proposal is a product of the rational stacking [...]

Tags: Aesthetics, Arts, Grid parity, Immersion, Mirador Nature Activity Centre, Netherlands, Oostvaardersland, Photovoltaics, Visual arts