Reykjavik, Iceland that located in Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre, was designed by Henning Larsen Architects. Arguably the most noteworthy feature of the building is its kaleidoscopic facade, designed by HLA and Olafur Eliasson whose newly opened ‘Your Rainbow Panorama’ installation rests atop schmidt hammer lassen’s ARoS Museum in Aarhus. The glittering facade has been inspired by...
Your Rainbow Panorama that located in Arhus, Denmark, was designed by Olafur Eliasson. At the completion of shl’s red-brick cube in 2007, an international art competition was launched to find a jewel for the building’s crown, completing the journey though Dante’s legendary text. Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson was selected over Dominique Perrault, DS+R and Maya Lin in a bid for the project,...
Located in Århus, Denmark, Your rainbow panorama was designed by Olafur Eliasson. The artificially lit white ceiling in the walkway has two effects, the first being the creation of afterimages. Looking at the panorama through the red glass panes, the viewer’s eye will develop a green afterimage, and the white ceiling in the red walkway area will appear to be green. When said visitor moves through...
Designed by Snoehetta, Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 is located in Oslo, Norway. The landmark building by Snøhetta, who also designed the new Library of Alexandria (2002), is the largest cultural centre built in Norway in 700 years. The first element of the regeneration of the bay area of Oslo, its sloping stone roof – made up of 36,000 fitted pieces – rises up from the fjord; allowing members...